Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 8:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Florida International
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1-1 · Power #109
38
▲ winner
Closing spread
FIU -1.5
✓ FIU W
Total
56.5
▲ Over · 66 pts
Model before kickoff
FAU 25–27 FIU
✓ FIU (55%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenFIU -4.5
CloseFIU -1.5
Total54.5 → 56.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward Florida Atlantic
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened FIU -4.5 · closed FIU -1.5 · moved 3 toward FAUmodel FIU -2.5
Opened 54.5 · closed 56.5 · moved 2 upmodel 52.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 50%, covered 47% (149 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3The team the line moved toward covered 46% (70 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenFIU -4.5
CloseFIU -1.5
Total54.5 → 56.5
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 FIU as a 1.5-point home favorite against FAU, the favorite won 4, covered 3, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: FIU won 38–28; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 66 points went over 56.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 56%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 51%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 5.2 against an average line of 2.2; 53.6 points a game (usually 53). Of the 4 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar total & spread
-3.551–48 L O55.5
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread
-120–37 L O53.5
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & total
-26–26 L U59.5
Close
BALL vs EMU
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar rest
-2.516–20 L U57.5
Close
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar season form
-1.514–31 L U55
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & total
-1.517–45 L O56
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & spread
-129–27 W U60
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & rest
-2.520–23 L U56.5
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & total
-331–9 W U57.5
Close
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar total
-3.538–28 W O57.5
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Florida Atlantic ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over 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 Atlantic
3 pts (FIU -4.5 → FIU -1.5), through the key number 3. · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 2
54.5 → 56.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Florida Atlantic 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
FAU−10.0 →−9.4▲ 0.6#103
FIU−11.4 →−9.6▲ 1.8#105
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

FAU
Longer bar = better
FIU
#88
Offense
Even
#97
#79
Defense
Even
#71
−3.0 #135
Turnovers
FIU better ▶
−1.0 #109
87 plays #1
Pace
◀ FAU faster
73 plays #28
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When FAU has the ball
Even matchup
FAU offFIU defEdge
Points / game 31.5 #62 21.5 #71 Even
Yards / play 5.24 #104 5.68 #98 Even
PPA / play 0.00 #119 +0.04 #65 FIU
Success rate 44% #65 37% #50 Even
When FIU has the ball
Even matchup
FIU offFAU defEdge
Points / game 21.0 #103 26.5 #96 Even
Yards / play 5.14 #107 4.76 #54 FAU
PPA / play +0.07 #95 +0.22 #118 FIU
Success rate 42% #84 36% #46 FAU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 107 FBS teams
FAU scoring against the FIU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
FAU scored
14.5
8.5
23.0
0.0
8.5
8.5
FIU allowed
5.0
3.0
8.0
5.0
8.5
13.5
FIU scoring against the FAU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
FIU scored
3.5
10.5
14.0
3.5
3.5
7.0
FAU allowed
3.5
13.0
16.5
6.5
3.5
10.0

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
FIU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
76° · 3 mph
gusts 5 mph · at kickoff
Rest
FAU7d
FIU7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 159 plays
slowavg 134fast

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