Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Auburn · Conference game
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2-0 · Power #17
44
▲ winner
Final
@
2-0 · Power #25
39
final
Closing spread
FLA -2.5
✓ FLA W
Total
53.5
▲ Over · 83 pts
Model before kickoff
FLA 26–25 AUB
✓ FLA (54%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenPick’em
CloseFLA -2.5
Total53.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2.5 pts toward Florida
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened Pick’em · closed FLA -2.5 · moved 2.5 toward FLAmodel AUB -3
Opened 53.5 · unchangedmodel 51.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 56%, covered 47% (256 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 50% (312 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenPick’em
CloseFLA -2.5
Total53.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like FLA as a 2.5-point road favorite at AUB, the favorite won 7, covered 7, and 8 went over the total.

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This game: FLA won 44–39; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 83 points went over 53.5, as in 8 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 56%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 11.9 against an average line of 4; 61.5 points a game (usually 52.6). Of the 8 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2025 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & rest
-2.545–19 W O49.25
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & total
-135–20 W U56.5
Close
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar situation & spread
-3.542–13 W O46.5
Close
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & situation
-3.531–32 L O54.5
Loose
2023 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest & spread
-4.524–15 W U44.5
Loose
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation
-745–24 W O49.5
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & situation
-3.527–30 L O48.5
Loose
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation
-335–38 L O58.5
Loose
2024 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & season form
-6.531–12 W O42
Loose
2024 · Week 8 · loose · similar situation
-4.552–45 W O61
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Florida ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Market moved toward Florida
2.5 pts (Pick’em → FLA -2.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Florida have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
FLA+10.9 →+12.8▲ 1.9#20
AUB+11.9 →+12.7▲ 0.8#21
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

FLA
Longer bar = better
AUB
#3
Offense
◀ FLA better
#72
#26
Defense
Even
#39
+1.0 #25
Turnovers
◀ FLA better
0.0 #79
65 plays #87
Pace
AUB faster ▶
81 plays #5
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When FLA has the ball
Advantage: FLA offense
FLA offAUB defEdge
Points / game 59.0 #2 12.0 #25 FLA
Yards / play 8.82 #4 4.18 #30 FLA
PPA / play +0.60 #3 −0.07 #39 FLA
Success rate 63% #2 38% #60 FLA
When AUB has the ball
Advantage: FLA defense
AUB offFLA defEdge
Points / game 30.0 #75 12.0 #23 FLA
Yards / play 6.22 #63 3.96 #24 FLA
PPA / play +0.13 #80 −0.19 #13 FLA
Success rate 45% #68 35% #45 FLA

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 81 FBS teams
FLA scoring against the AUB defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
FLA scored
13.5
28.0
41.5
10.5
7.0
17.5
AUB allowed
0.0
7.5
7.5
0.0
4.5
4.5
AUB scoring against the FLA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
AUB scored
10.0
8.5
18.5
8.0
3.5
11.5
FLA allowed
1.5
7.0
8.5
3.5
0.0
3.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
AUB +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
79° · 5 mph
gusts 9 mph · at kickoff
Rest
FLA7d
AUB7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 145 plays
slowavg 133fast

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