Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 1 · at Maryland
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0-0 · Power #108
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0-0 · Power #72
39
▲ winner
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Florida Atlantic
Total
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
Opened 59.5 · unchangedmodel 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 ›

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-1343–46 L O59
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2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar situation & total
-1338–14 W U59
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2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar total & spread
-1455–19 W O60
Very close
2023 · Week 2 · very close · similar situation & spread
-13.530–16 W U61
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2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar total & team ratings
-13.538–10 W U58.5
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UL vs EMU
2022 · Week 2 · very close · similar situation & total
-1149–21 W O56
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WVU vs KU
2022 · Week 2 · very close · similar situation & spread
-1442–55 L O59.75
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2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar total & spread
-1648–38 L O55.5
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2023 · Week 10 · very close · similar team ratings & total
-15.538–28 L O55
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CCU vs ODU
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar total & team ratings
-11.2521–49 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.
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Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MD +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
71° · 5 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
FAU1st game
MD1st game
Even

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