Sat, Dec 6, 2025, 4:00 PM ESTWeek 15 · Neutral site
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
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenUGA -2.5
1 → ALA
CloseUGA -1.5
1 pt toward Alabama
Total
Open47.5
▲ 1
Close48.5
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
model ALA -1.5
Opened 47.5 · closed 48.5 · moved 1 upmodel 51.5
model 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
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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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2024 · Week 15 · very close · similar situation & rest |
-3.5 | 45–37 | W | O51.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 15 · very close · similar situation & rest |
-3 | 19–22 | L | U51 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar rest & spread |
-2.5 | 31–34 | L | O56.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Postseason · close · similar spread & total |
-2 | 27–20 | W | O46 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 14 · close · similar situation & rest |
-5 | 24–27 | L | U53.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Postseason · close · similar situation & rest |
-5.5 | 28–14 | W | U51.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Postseason · close · similar season form & spread |
-2.5 | 41–21 | W | O55.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & rest |
-1.5 | 23–21 | W | U51 |
| Close |
2023 · Postseason · close · similar total & situation |
-4 | 3–14 | L | U51 |
| Close |
2024 · Postseason · close · similar rest |
-1.5 | 24–27 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 28 in the 4th quarter and got 14. 53% of games with totals 44.5–52.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9-1 90% | 5-5 50% | 3-7 30% | |
| 9-1 90% | 6-3-1 67% | 3-7 30% |
Recent meetings
Last 3 since 2023
UGA 27–45 ALA (3 tied)
ALA leads · 75 games since 1902 · UGA has won the last 2 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 2025 | Alabama 24 @ Georgia 21 | UGA -2.5 | ALA W |
| Sep 28 2024 | Georgia 34 @ Alabama 41 | UGA -1.5 | ALA W |
| Dec 2 2023 | Georgia 24 @ Alabama 27 | UGA -5.5 | ALA W |
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
Longer bar = better
#33
Offense
Even#38
#25
Defense
Even#18
−0.1 #79
Turnovers
ALA better ▶+0.7 #24
72 plays #15
Pace
◀ UGA faster69 plays #41
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| UGA off | ALA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| ALA off | UGA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.3 #55 | 10.5 #29 | 16.8 #42 | 8.0 #22 | 6.9 #63 | 14.9 #34 | |
2.8 #18 | 5.0 #14 | 7.8 #10 | 4.7 #47 | 4.0 #15 | 8.7 #21 |
ALA scoring against the UGA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.5 #31 | 12.3 #8 | 19.8 #13 | 5.6 #80 | 7.8 #41 | 13.4 #53 | |
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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