Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at LSU · Conference game
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1-1 · Power #37
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Final
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2-0 · Power #31
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▲ winner
Closing spread
LSU -5.5
✓ LSU W
Total
47.5
▼ Under · 30 pts
Model before kickoff
FLA 23–28 LSU
✓ LSU (65%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenLSU -8.5
CloseLSU -5.5
Total50.5 → 47.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward Florida
Total
Down 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened LSU -8.5 · closed LSU -5.5 · moved 3 toward FLAmodel LSU -4.5
Opened 50.5 · closed 47.5 · moved 3 downmodel 51
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 4.5–6.5 since 2023: won 70%, covered 58% (125 games)ⓘ
Crossed 7The team the line moved toward covered 63% (43 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenLSU -8.5
CloseLSU -5.5
Total50.5 → 47.5
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 LSU as a 5.5-point home favorite against FLA, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 9 went over the total.

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This game: LSU won 20–10; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 30 points stayed under 47.5, as in 1 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 63%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
9 of 1090%
Above normal · usually 50%

Overs above normal. Splits like this often fade, so treat it as context, not a pick. Average result: favorite by 5 against an average line of 5.9; 54.2 points a game (usually 52.8). Of the 6 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation
-8.534–20 W O47.5
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & total
-3.7533–30 L O49.25
Close
CLEM vs NCST
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation
-6.530–20 W O45.75
Close
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & total
-8.531–17 W O47
Close
PSU vs MINN
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation
-5.545–17 W O43
Close
NCST vs FSU
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation
-3.519–17 L U50.5
Close
WISC vs ILL
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar spread & rest
-6.510–34 L O43.5
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation
-6.527–34 L O55
Close
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-644–31 W O52.5
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar situation
-3.2523–26 L O44.75
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2022 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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Florida ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Under trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

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
3 pts (LSU -8.5 → LSU -5.5), through the key number 7. · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved down 3
50.5 → 47.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
FLA+13.1 →+13.3▲ 0.2#16
LSU+15.7 →+14.8▼ 0.9#13
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

FLA
Longer bar = better
LSU
#57
Offense
◀ FLA better
#102
#28
Defense
Even
#24
+0.5 #50
Turnovers
◀ FLA better
−1.0 #117
70 plays #43
Pace
LSU faster ▶
73 plays #26
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When FLA has the ball
Advantage: LSU defense
FLA offLSU defEdge
Points / game 35.5 #47 8.5 #18 LSU
Yards / play 5.80 #77 3.74 #14 LSU
PPA / play +0.24 #50 −0.08 #31 Even
Success rate 46% #54 33% #31 LSU
When LSU has the ball
Advantage: FLA defense
LSU offFLA defEdge
Points / game 20.0 #109 9.0 #19 FLA
Yards / play 4.97 #104 4.42 #47 FLA
PPA / play +0.05 #103 −0.10 #25 FLA
Success rate 41% #91 32% #21 FLA

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 88 FBS teams
FLA scoring against the LSU defense
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FLA scored
8.5
15.0
23.5
5.0
7.0
12.0
LSU allowed
1.5
3.5
5.0
0.0
3.5
3.5
LSU scoring against the FLA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
LSU scored
3.5
3.0
6.5
7.0
6.5
13.5
FLA allowed
0.0
3.0
3.0
4.5
1.5
6.0

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
LSU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
91° · 6 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
FLA7d
LSU7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 142 plays
slowavg 133fast

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