Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Vanderbilt
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1-2 · Power #125
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final
Final
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3-0 · Power #13
70
▲ winner
Closing spread
VAN -26.5
✓ VAN W
Total
52.5
▲ Over · 91 pts
Model before kickoff
GAST 15–42 VAN
✓ VAN (97%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenVAN -26.5
CloseVAN -26.5
Total53.5 → 52.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened VAN -26.5 · unchangedmodel VAN -27.5
Opened 53.5 · closed 52.5 · moved 1 downmodel 57.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 25.5–27.5 since 2023: won 98%, covered 51% (63 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenVAN -26.5
CloseVAN -26.5
Total53.5 → 52.5
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 VAN as a 26.5-point home favorite against GAST, the favorite won 10, covered 4, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: VAN won 70–21; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 91 points went over 52.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 95%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
3 of 1030%
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 25.8 against an average line of 26.7; 46.8 points a game (usually 54.2). Of the 2 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
CIN vs USF
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread
-2728–24 L U58.5
Close
UK vs NIU
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-26.7531–23 L O53
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & spread
-28.566–0 W O56.5
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & rest
-28.552–14 W O50.5
Close
2025 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation
-27.538–0 W U50.5
Close
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & season form
-2744–10 W U55.5
Close
PSU vs NU
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-25.517–7 L U50
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total
-24.527–9 L U51.5
Loose
2024 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation
-27.528–3 L U44
Loose
2024 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest & total
-2432–15 L U54
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
Georgia State 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 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
GAST−9.1 →−12.3▼ 3.2#116
VAN+3.1 →+9.9▲ 6.8#31
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

GAST
Longer bar = better
VAN
#83
Offense
VAN better ▶
#14
#120
Defense
VAN better ▶
#36
−0.7 #99
Turnovers
VAN better ▶
+1.3 #18
63 plays #100
Pace
◀ GAST faster
60 plays #124
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When GAST has the ball
Advantage: VAN defense
GAST offVAN defEdge
Points / game 20.0 #108 10.0 #14 VAN
Yards / play 5.81 #75 4.21 #29 VAN
PPA / play +0.20 #59 +0.02 #59 Even
Success rate 42% #89 36% #43 VAN
When VAN has the ball
Advantage: VAN offense
VAN offGAST defEdge
Points / game 40.0 #31 40.7 #134 VAN
Yards / play 7.23 #20 6.47 #122 VAN
PPA / play +0.53 #3 +0.19 #109 VAN
Success rate 61% #3 46% #113 VAN

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 131 FBS teams
GAST scoring against the VAN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
GAST scored
7.7
#54
7.7
#84
15.3
#73
2.3
#118
2.3
#125
4.7
#130
VAN allowed
5.7
#87
3.3
#20
9.0
#47
0.0
#1
1.0
#5
1.0
#1
VAN scoring against the GAST defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
VAN scored
7.0
#59
10.3
#44
17.3
#55
9.0
#31
13.7
#3
22.7
#6
GAST allowed
4.7
#70
11.7
#121
16.3
#101
10.3
#125
14.0
#131
24.3
#131

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
VAN +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
83° · 2 mph
gusts 8 mph · at kickoff
Rest
GAST7d
VAN7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 123 plays
slowavg 134fast

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