Tue, Oct 13, 2026, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Jacksonville State · Conference game
Closing spread
JXST -3
Push
Total
44.5
▲ Over · 51 pts
Model before kickoff
FIU 21–24 JXST
✓ JXST (58%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenJXST -3
CloseJXST -3
Total45.5 → 44.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Game recap · 1:29
Florida International at Jacksonville State: game recap
Made automatically (Oct 19, 1:31 PM ET). The “Model before kickoff” score on this card was updated after the video was made, so the video quotes an older one.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenJXST -3
no move
CloseJXST -3
No change since the open
Total
Open45.5
▼ 1
Close44.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened JXST -3 · unchangedmodel JXST -3 matches the line
model JXST -3 = line ✓
Opened 45.5 · closed 44.5 · moved 1 downmodel 44.5 matches the line
model 44.5 = line ✓
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 2–4 since 2023: won 59%, covered 50% (307 games)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenJXST -3
CloseJXST -3
Total45.5 → 44.5
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
JXST as a 3-point home favorite against FIU, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 6 went over the total.
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This game: JXST won 27–24; the favorite pushed, as in 0 of the 10 similar games. 51 points went over 44.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 50%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 0.4 against an average line of 2.5; 44.8 points a game (usually 52.6). Of the 6 overs, 1 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 |
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar total & season form |
-1.5 | 7–24 | L | U45.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & situation |
-3 | 7–17 | L | U46.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 9 · very close · similar situation & rest |
-2 | 26–41 | L | O48 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & situation |
-3.5 | 30–20 | W | O43.5 |
| Very close |
2026 · Week 5 · very close · similar total & situation |
-2.5 | 6–26 | L | U44.5 |
| Very close |
2026 · Week 6 · very close · similar spread & situation |
-3 | 32–31 | L | O48.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 4 · very close · similar total & rest |
-1 | 48–14 | W | O45.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & situation |
-3 | 6–13 | L | U42.5 |
| Very close |
2025 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & season form |
-2.5 | 38–19 | W | O44.5 |
| Very close |
2025 · Week 9 · very close · similar situation & spread |
-2.5 | 26–17 | W | O40.5 |
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
Moderate Jacksonville State ATS trend Push
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (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.
Jacksonville State 3-0 ATS at home
Strong against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Jacksonville State 3-1 ATS as a favorite
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q3. Of 477 earlier overs in games with totals 40.5–48.5, 34% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-3 70% | 7-3 70% | 5-5 50% | |
| 6-4 60% | 5-5 50% | 5-5 50% |
Recent meetings
Last 3 since 2023
FIU 1–4 JXST
JXST leads · 5 games since 2020 · JXST has won the last meeting
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22 2025 | Jacksonville State 21 @ Florida International 27 | FIU -2.5 | FIU W |
| Nov 16 2024 | Florida International 31 @ Jacksonville State 34 | JXST -12.5 | FIU W |
| Oct 25 2023 | Jacksonville State 41 @ Florida International 16 | JXST -9 | JXST W |
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
FIU−10.0 →−7.9▲ 2.1#99
JXST−8.9 →−8.5▲ 0.4#102
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6
Longer bar = better
#118
Offense
JXST better ▶#58
#8
Defense
◀ FIU better#68
−0.4 #96
Turnovers
Even−0.5 #102
71 plays #23
Pace
◀ FIU faster63 plays #106
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| FIU off | JXST def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 18.8 #121 | 22.5 #62 | JXST |
| Yards / play | 5.33 #112 | 5.24 #61 | JXST |
| PPA / play | −0.01 #123 | +0.07 #67 | JXST |
| Success rate | 39% #117 | 42% #83 | JXST |
| JXST off | FIU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 27.3 #82 | 12.2 #6 | FIU |
| Yards / play | 6.24 #51 | 4.02 #2 | FIU |
| PPA / play | +0.18 #58 | −0.07 #11 | FIU |
| Success rate | 47% #40 | 34% #12 | FIU |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
FIU scoring against the JXST defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.6 #81 | 4.8 #123 | 10.4 #113 | 4.2 #107 | 4.2 #120 | 8.4 #127 | |
2.2 #12 | 12.0 #125 | 14.2 #96 | 4.3 #62 | 3.2 #11 | 7.5 #26 |
JXST scoring against the FIU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.2 #91 | 10.3 #48 | 15.5 #66 | 6.3 #66 | 5.0 #112 | 11.3 #94 | |
3.2 #30 | 2.4 #8 | 5.6 #7 | 2.8 #26 | 3.8 #21 | 6.6 #12 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
74° · 7 mph
gusts 9 mph · at kickoff
Rest
FIU6d
JXST6d
Even
Tempo
Average 134 plays
slowavg 133fast
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