Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 1 · at Indiana
Weather at kickoff74°F3 mphgusts 9Wet0.1 mmWet Over 45% of 309 games since 2023Weather watch ›
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0-0 · Power #10
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▲ winner
Closing spread
IU -25.5
✓ FIU W
Total
51.5
▼ Under · 38 pts
Model before kickoff
FIU 15–38 IU
✓ IU (95%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenIU -19.5
CloseIU -25.5
Total50.5 → 51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
6 pts toward Indiana
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened IU -19.5 · closed IU -25.5 · moved 6 toward IUmodel IU -15.5
Opened 50.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 1 upmodel 52.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 23.5–27.5 since 2023: won 92%, covered 47% (48 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenIU -19.5
CloseIU -25.5
Total50.5 → 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 IU as a 25.5-point home favorite against FIU, the favorite won 8, covered 3, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: IU won 31–7; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 38 points stayed under 51.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 92%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 56%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 11.8 against an average line of 23.5; 50.8 points a game (usually 55.5). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
LIB vs ODU
2021 · Week 3 · close · similar situation & team ratings
-27.545–17 W O53
Loose
GT vs NIU
2021 · Week 1 · loose · similar situation & team ratings
-1921–22 L U57
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & team ratings
-2343–35 L O63.25
Loose
2023 · Week 11 · loose · similar total
-24.524–22 L U52.75
Loose
2023 · Week 1 · loose · similar total & situation
-2838–17 L O54
Loose
SDSU vs HAW
2022 · Week 6 · loose · similar total
-23.7516–14 L U49
Loose
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation
-24.548–7 W U56.5
Loose
UCF vs GT
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation
-2127–10 L U56.5
Loose
2023 · Week 12 · loose · similar total
-18.541–20 W O47.5
Loose
2023 · Week 12 · loose · similar total
-2510–31 L U48.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2021 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 Indiana 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 Indiana
6 pts (IU -19.5 → IU -25.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Florida International have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
IU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
74° · 3 mph
gusts 9 mph · 0.051 in rain · at kickoff
Rest
FIU1st game
IU1st game
Even

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