Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 4:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Air Force · Conference game
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3-2 · Power #90
44
▲ winner
Final
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1-2 · Power #95
35
final
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Air Force
Total
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
Opened 53.5 · closed 52.5 · moved 1 downmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
NU vs M-OH
2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & total
-7.514–17 L U50
Very close
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & total
-3.538–34 W O52.5
Very close
2024 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & situation
-8.556–34 W O48.5
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & total
-8.527–42 L O49.25
Very close
WMU vs EMU
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & situation
-4.523–45 L O55.5
Very close
CMU vs WMU
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form
-1010–12 L U48.75
Very close
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar season form & situation
-6.526–18 W U55.5
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & rest
-748–14 W O56.75
Very close
KENT vs EMU
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form
-7.524–31 L U60
Close
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar total & situation
-9.535–20 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.
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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
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

HAW
Longer bar = better
AFA
#119
Offense
AFA better ▶
#33
#43
Defense
◀ HAW better
#133
−1.6 #132
Turnovers
AFA better ▶
−0.3 #93
73 plays #17
Pace
Even
73 plays #18
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When HAW has the ball
Even matchup
HAW offAFA defEdge
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
When AFA has the ball
Even matchup
AFA offHAW defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
HAW scored
3.4
#115
8.6
#75
12.0
#98
3.0
#122
7.0
#63
10.0
#106
AFA allowed
7.0
#103
7.0
#73
14.0
#95
12.7
#136
10.3
#128
23.0
#135
AFA scoring against the HAW defense
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AFA scored
7.0
#59
10.3
#46
17.3
#54
10.0
#17
11.3
#10
21.3
#8
HAW allowed
4.0
#57
4.6
#27
8.6
#39
6.0
#88
6.6
#77
12.6
#91

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
AFA +2.5
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