Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 1 · at Maryland
Closing spread
MD -13.5
✓ MD W
Total
59.5
▼ Under · 46 pts
Model before kickoff
FAU 21–35 MD
✓ MD (84%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMD -14.5
CloseMD -13.5
Total59.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenMD -14.5
1 → FAU
CloseMD -13.5
1 pt toward Florida Atlantic
Total
Open59.5
no move
Close59.5
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MD -14.5 · closed MD -13.5 · moved 1 toward FAUmodel MD -16
model MD -16
Opened 59.5 · unchangedmodel 55
model 55
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 12.5–14.5 since 2023: won 82%, covered 47% (87 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 50% (151 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMD -14.5
CloseMD -13.5
Total59.5
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
MD as a 13.5-point home favorite against FAU, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 7 went over the total.
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This game: MD won 39–7; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 46 points stayed under 59.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 79%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 44%
Went over
7 of 1070%
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 10.6 against an average line of 13.5; 69.8 points a game (usually 54.3). Of the 4 overs, 2 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 |
2023 · Week 7 · very close · similar total & spread |
-13 | 43–46 | L | O59 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar situation & total |
-13 | 38–14 | W | U59 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar total & spread |
-14 | 55–19 | W | O60 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 2 · very close · similar situation & spread |
-13.5 | 30–16 | W | U61 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar total & team ratings |
-13.5 | 38–10 | W | U58.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 2 · very close · similar situation & total |
-11 | 49–21 | W | O56 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 2 · very close · similar situation & spread |
-14 | 42–55 | L | O59.75 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar total & spread |
-16 | 48–38 | L | O55.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 10 · very close · similar team ratings & total |
-15.5 | 38–28 | L | O55 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar total & team ratings |
-11.25 | 21–49 | L | O58.5 |
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 Atlantic have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 14 in the 4th quarter and got 0. 47% of games with totals 55.5–63.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-7 30% | 3-7 30% | 8-2 80% | |
| 3-7 30% | 2-7 22% | 7-2 78% |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
71° · 5 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
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MD1st game
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