Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 4:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Air Force · Conference game
Closing spread
AFA -6.5
✓ HAW W
Total
52.5
▲ Over · 79 pts
Model before kickoff
HAW 20–27 AFA
✗ AFA (70%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenAFA -4.5
CloseAFA -6.5
Total53.5 → 52.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenAFA -4.5
2 → AFA
CloseAFA -6.5
2 pts toward Air Force
Total
Open53.5
▼ 1
Close52.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened AFA -4.5 · closed AFA -6.5 · moved 2 toward AFAmodel AFA -11
model AFA -11
Opened 53.5 · closed 52.5 · moved 1 downmodel 47
model 47
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 70%, covered 57% (177 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 53% (174 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenAFA -4.5
CloseAFA -6.5
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
AFA as a 6.5-point home favorite against HAW, the favorite won 5, covered 5, and 6 went over the total.
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This game: HAW won 44–35 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 79 points went over 52.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 67%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 51%
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 3.4 against an average line of 7.3; 56.8 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 5 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 | 2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & total |
-7.5 | 14–17 | L | U50 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & total |
-3.5 | 38–34 | W | O52.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-8.5 | 56–34 | W | O48.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & total |
-8.5 | 27–42 | L | O49.25 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-4.5 | 23–45 | L | O55.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-10 | 10–12 | L | U48.75 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar season form & situation |
-6.5 | 26–18 | W | U55.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-7 | 48–14 | W | O56.75 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-7.5 | 24–31 | L | U60 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar total & situation |
-9.5 | 35–20 | W | O51.5 |
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Air Force ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total
Green signals have beaten the market in our backtest; yellow ones only describe the data.
Market moved toward Air Force
2 pts (AFA -4.5 → AFA -6.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Air Force at altitude (+2.0 km)
Hawai'i climb about 6,595 ft to play here; visitors have covered less often than the line expects at altitude. · Backtest 2023–26: 64-41 (61%)
Small sample warning
Air Force have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 498 earlier overs in games with totals 48.5–56.5, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 7-3 70% | 5-5 50% | |
| 5-5 50% | 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
HAW 1–0 AFA
HAW leads · 1 game since 2023 · HAW has won the last meeting
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11 2023 | Air Force 13 @ Hawai'i 27 | AFA -20 | HAW 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
HAW−11.4 →−10.0▲ 1.4#107
AFA−8.0 →−7.9▲ 0.1#95
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW4
Longer bar = better
#119
Offense
AFA better ▶#33
#43
Defense
◀ HAW better#133
−1.6 #132
Turnovers
AFA better ▶−0.3 #93
73 plays #17
Pace
Even73 plays #18
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| HAW off | AFA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 22.0 #101 | 37.0 #129 | HAW |
| Yards / play | 4.60 #130 | 7.56 #137 | Even |
| PPA / play | −0.04 #130 | +0.46 #137 | Even |
| Success rate | 38% #113 | 48% #128 | Even |
| AFA off | HAW def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 38.7 #32 | 21.2 #59 | AFA |
| Yards / play | 6.32 #47 | 4.54 #31 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.32 #24 | 0.00 #41 | Even |
| Success rate | 50% #28 | 38% #40 | Even |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
HAW scoring against the AFA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.4 #115 | 8.6 #75 | 12.0 #98 | 3.0 #122 | 7.0 #63 | 10.0 #106 | |
7.0 #103 | 7.0 #73 | 14.0 #95 | 12.7 #136 | 10.3 #128 | 23.0 #135 |
AFA scoring against the HAW defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.0 #59 | 10.3 #46 | 17.3 #54 | 10.0 #17 | 11.3 #10 | 21.3 #8 | |
4.0 #57 | 4.6 #27 | 8.6 #39 | 6.0 #88 | 6.6 #77 | 12.6 #91 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
76° · 12 mph
gusts 23 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
HAW7d
AFA7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 146 plays
slowavg 134fast
Altitude
HAW +6,595 ft
thin air for the visitors
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