Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Miami
Closing spread
MIA -8.5
✓ MIA W
Total
51.5
▼ Under · 33 pts
Model before kickoff
FLA 23–31 MIA
✓ MIA (73%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMIA -9.5
CloseMIA -8.5
Total52.5 → 51.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenMIA -9.5
1 → FLA
CloseMIA -8.5
1 pt toward Florida
Total
Open52.5
▼ 1
Close51.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MIA -9.5 · closed MIA -8.5 · moved 1 toward FLAmodel MIA -8
model MIA -8
Opened 52.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 1 downmodel 54
model 54
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 7.5–9.5 since 2023: won 71%, covered 50% (116 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 51% (193 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMIA -9.5
CloseMIA -8.5
Total52.5 → 51.5
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
MIA as an 8.5-point home favorite against FLA, the favorite won 9, covered 6, and 6 went over the total.
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This game: MIA won 26–7; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 33 points stayed under 51.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
6 of 967%
Normal range · usually 52%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 12.5 against an average line of 8.6; 54.5 points a game (usually 53.8). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & total |
-6.5 | 22–19 | L | U55 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-6.5 | 27–34 | L | O55 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & team ratings |
-7 | 41–17 | W | O48.75 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread |
-6.5 | 30–20 | W | O45.75 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread |
-10 | 45–38 | L | O58 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & spread |
-10 | 29–27 | L | P56 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread |
-7.5 | 27–13 | W | U58.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread |
-10.5 | 42–16 | W | O54 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & spread |
-8.5 | 34–20 | W | O47.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & total |
-12.5 | 38–6 | W | U54.5 |
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 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
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.
Small sample warning
Florida have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 32 in the 4th quarter and got 13. 54% of games with totals 47.5–55.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 7-3 70% | 3-7 30% | |
| 7-3 70% | 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
FLA 0–1 MIA
MIA leads · 1 game since 2023 · MIA has won the last meeting
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 2024 | Miami 41 @ Florida 17 | MIA -2.5 | MIA W |
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 →+12.5▼ 0.6#23
MIA+18.0 →+17.7▼ 0.3#11
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3
Longer bar = better
#79
Offense
MIA better ▶#21
#33
Defense
Even#33
−1.0 #112
Turnovers
MIA better ▶+1.3 #21
72 plays #29
Pace
◀ FLA faster67 plays #58
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| FLA off | MIA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 27.0 #80 | 13.0 #28 | MIA |
| Yards / play | 5.45 #88 | 4.73 #48 | MIA |
| PPA / play | +0.08 #90 | −0.06 #25 | MIA |
| Success rate | 45% #56 | 35% #30 | MIA |
| MIA off | FLA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 40.3 #26 | 12.7 #26 | Even |
| Yards / play | 7.22 #21 | 4.96 #57 | MIA |
| PPA / play | +0.35 #22 | −0.05 #30 | Even |
| Success rate | 56% #14 | 32% #17 | Even |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 131 FBS teams
FLA scoring against the MIA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.7 #73 | 12.3 #28 | 19.0 #40 | 3.3 #107 | 4.7 #99 | 8.0 #114 | |
1.0 #12 | 4.3 #33 | 5.3 #17 | 0.0 #1 | 7.7 #86 | 7.7 #31 |
MIA scoring against the FLA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9.3 #25 | 14.0 #20 | 23.3 #20 | 7.0 #57 | 10.0 #29 | 17.0 #37 | |
0.0 #1 | 6.3 #61 | 6.3 #27 | 5.3 #77 | 1.0 #5 | 6.3 #25 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
78° · 4 mph
gusts 12 mph · at kickoff
Rest
FLA7d
MIA7d
Even
Tempo
Average 139 plays
slowavg 134fast
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