Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at UL Monroe
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2-1 · Power #102
45
▲ winner
Final
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0-3 · Power #137
17
final
Closing spread
FAU -11.5
✓ FAU W
Total
58.5
▲ Over · 62 pts
Model before kickoff
FAU 35–24 ULM
✓ FAU (78%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenFAU -13.5
CloseFAU -11.5
Total59.5 → 58.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward UL Monroe
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened FAU -13.5 · closed FAU -11.5 · moved 2 toward ULMmodel FAU -8
Opened 59.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 1 downmodel 59.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 10.5–12.5 since 2023: won 81%, covered 49% (68 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 51% (253 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenFAU -13.5
CloseFAU -11.5
Total59.5 → 58.5
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 FAU as an 11.5-point road favorite at ULM, the favorite won 8, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: FAU won 45–17; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 62 points went over 58.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 78%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 51%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 11.6 against an average line of 10; 55.8 points a game (usually 52.9). Of the 5 overs, 3 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest
-1124–17 L U63.5
Close
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar team ratings
-729–27 L O53.5
Close
2025 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & season form
-10.556–16 W O50.5
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & rest
-6.529–45 L O53.5
Close
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation
-7.528–9 W U58.5
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & team ratings
-1045–42 L O57.5
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & total
-9.521–13 L U54
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest
-14.523–3 W U49.5
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & season form
-9.545–46 L O52.5
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close
-13.537–3 W U53.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight UL Monroe ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Market moved toward UL Monroe
2 pts (FAU -13.5 → FAU -11.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Florida Atlantic 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 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
FAU−10.2 →−9.5▲ 0.7#107
ULM−17.2 →−19.8▼ 2.6#135
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

FAU
Longer bar = better
ULM
#104
Offense
Even
#109
#109
Defense
◀ FAU better
#134
+1.0 #29
Turnovers
◀ FAU better
−0.3 #96
79 plays #3
Pace
◀ FAU faster
70 plays #37
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When FAU has the ball
Advantage: FAU offense
FAU offULM defEdge
Points / game 25.0 #95 42.0 #138 FAU
Yards / play 4.38 #135 7.04 #134 Even
PPA / play +0.11 #90 +0.25 #126 FAU
Success rate 41% #97 51% #137 FAU
When ULM has the ball
Even matchup
ULM offFAU defEdge
Points / game 22.7 #108 35.3 #128 Even
Yards / play 4.96 #122 6.70 #128 Even
PPA / play −0.15 #137 +0.15 #96 FAU
Success rate 44% #67 41% #82 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
FAU scoring against the ULM defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
FAU scored
8.0
#47
10.3
#61
18.3
#49
6.7
#69
0.0
#136
6.7
#131
ULM allowed
9.3
#123
15.7
#137
25.0
#136
5.7
#84
11.3
#133
17.0
#121
ULM scoring against the FAU defense
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ULM scored
2.3
#126
8.7
#77
11.0
#107
6.7
#69
5.0
#105
11.7
#95
FAU allowed
8.0
#118
9.3
#102
17.3
#116
7.0
#101
11.0
#129
18.0
#126

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ULM +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
79° · 4 mph
gusts 6 mph · at kickoff
Rest
FAU7d
ULM7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 149 plays
slowavg 133fast

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