Sat, Dec 6, 2025, 4:00 PM ESTWeek 15 · Neutral site
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11-1 · Power #7
28
▲ winner
Final
vs
10-2 · Power #11
7
final
Closing spread
UGA -1.5
✓ UGA W
Total
48.5
▼ Under · 35 pts
Model before kickoff
UGA 26–25 ALA
✓ UGA (52%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenUGA -2.5
CloseUGA -1.5
Total47.5 → 48.5
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Alabama
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UGA -2.5 · closed UGA -1.5 · moved 1 toward ALAmodel ALA -1.5
Opened 47.5 · closed 48.5 · moved 1 upmodel 51.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Neutral-site favorites of 0.5–3.5 since 2023: won 49%, covered 46% (47 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 50% (315 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenUGA -2.5
CloseUGA -1.5
Total47.5 → 48.5
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 UGA as a 1.5-point neutral-site favorite against ALA, the favorite won 5, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: UGA won 28–7; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 35 points stayed under 48.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 48%
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 2.8 against an average line of 3.1; 50.2 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 5 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 15 · very close · similar situation & rest
-3.545–37 W O51.5
Very close
2024 · Week 15 · very close · similar situation & rest
-319–22 L U51
Close
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar rest & spread
-2.531–34 L O56.5
Close
2023 · Postseason · close · similar spread & total
-227–20 W O46
Close
2023 · Week 14 · close · similar situation & rest
-524–27 L U53.5
Close
2024 · Postseason · close · similar situation & rest
-5.528–14 W U51.5
Close
2024 · Postseason · close · similar season form & spread
-2.541–21 W O55.5
Close
TA&M vs ARK
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & rest
-1.523–21 W U51
Close
2023 · Postseason · close · similar total & situation
-43–14 L U51
Close
2024 · Postseason · close · similar rest
-1.524–27 L O45.5
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 no trends and market moves 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.

No notable trends or market moves for this game.
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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
UGA+21.0 →+19.4▼ 1.6#8
ALA+21.0 →+21.0–#6
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW14

UGA
Longer bar = better
ALA
#33
Offense
Even
#38
#25
Defense
Even
#18
−0.1 #79
Turnovers
ALA better ▶
+0.7 #24
72 plays #15
Pace
◀ UGA faster
69 plays #41
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UGA has the ball
Even matchup
UGA offALA defEdge
Points / game 32.3 #35 16.5 #11 ALA
Yards / play 5.81 #65 4.86 #21 ALA
PPA / play +0.23 #22 −0.02 #20 Even
Success rate 50% #10 37% #18 Even
When ALA has the ball
Even matchup
ALA offUGA defEdge
Points / game 33.3 #26 16.7 #12 Even
Yards / play 5.85 #58 4.85 #20 UGA
PPA / play +0.21 #30 +0.03 #43 Even
Success rate 45% #38 38% #26 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
UGA scoring against the ALA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UGA scored
6.3
#55
10.5
#29
16.8
#42
8.0
#22
6.9
#63
14.9
#34
ALA allowed
2.8
#18
5.0
#14
7.8
#10
4.7
#47
4.0
#15
8.7
#21
ALA scoring against the UGA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ALA scored
7.5
#31
12.3
#8
19.8
#13
5.6
#80
7.8
#41
13.4
#53
UGA allowed
5.4
#72
3.9
#8
9.3
#16
4.0
#29
3.1
#7
7.1
#10

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
UGA8d
ALA7d
UGA +1 day
Tempo
Fast 141 plays
slowavg 134fast

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