Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Miami
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1-2 · Power #37
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3-0 · Power #6
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▲ winner
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
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Florida
Total
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
Opened 52.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 1 downmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
MISS vs UK
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & total
-6.522–19 L U55
Very close
2024 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & season form
-6.527–34 L O55
Very close
MICH vs PSU
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & team ratings
-741–17 W O48.75
Close
CLEM vs NCST
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-6.530–20 W O45.75
Close
FSU vs FLA
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread
-1045–38 L O58
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & spread
-1029–27 L P56
Close
MD vs MSU
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-7.527–13 W U58.5
Close
UTAH vs ORST
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-10.542–16 W O54
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & spread
-8.534–20 W O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & total
-12.538–6 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.
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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 →+12.5▼ 0.6#23
MIA+18.0 →+17.7▼ 0.3#11
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

FLA
Longer bar = better
MIA
#79
Offense
MIA better ▶
#21
#33
Defense
Even
#33
−1.0 #112
Turnovers
MIA better ▶
+1.3 #21
72 plays #29
Pace
◀ FLA faster
67 plays #58
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When FLA has the ball
Advantage: MIA defense
FLA offMIA defEdge
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
When MIA has the ball
Even matchup
MIA offFLA defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
FLA scored
6.7
#73
12.3
#28
19.0
#40
3.3
#107
4.7
#99
8.0
#114
MIA allowed
1.0
#12
4.3
#33
5.3
#17
0.0
#1
7.7
#86
7.7
#31
MIA scoring against the FLA defense
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MIA scored
9.3
#25
14.0
#20
23.3
#20
7.0
#57
10.0
#29
17.0
#37
FLA allowed
0.0
#1
6.3
#61
6.3
#27
5.3
#77
1.0
#5
6.3
#25

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MIA +2.5
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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