Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Texas Tech · Conference game
Weather at kickoff80°F12 mphgusts 30DryWindy Over 48% of 274 games since 2023Weather watch ›
4-2 · Power #54
17
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Final
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5-0 · Power #5
42
▲ winner
Closing spread
TTU -13.5
✓ TTU W
Total
58.5
▲ Over · 59 pts
Model before kickoff
KU 22–36 TTU
✓ TTU (84%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTTU -14.5
CloseTTU -13.5
Total60.5 → 58.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Kansas
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TTU -14.5 · closed TTU -13.5 · moved 1 toward KUmodel TTU -14.5
Opened 60.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 2 downmodel 58
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 12.5–14.5 since 2023: won 85%, covered 49% (110 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 49% (231 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTTU -14.5
CloseTTU -13.5
Total60.5 → 58.5
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 TTU as a 13.5-point home favorite against KU, the favorite won 7, covered 4, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: TTU won 42–17; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 59 points went over 58.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 79%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 46%
Went over
4 of 1040%
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 8.8 against an average line of 13.6; 53.8 points a game (usually 53.9). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
MINN vs PUR
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & season form
-910–20 L U53
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation
-1517–20 L U51.5
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & total
-1748–23 W O61.5
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & rest
-17.538–34 L O55.5
Close
OU vs KSU
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & season form
-13.534–41 L O53
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar total & team ratings
-8.531–19 W U56
Close
UTAH vs ORST
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total
-10.542–16 W O54
Close
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & spread
-1423–17 L U55.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation
-16.540–14 W U61
Loose
2023 · Week 10 · loose · similar spread
-14.530–21 L U55.5
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
Moderate Texas Tech ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Texas Tech ATS trend (4-0)
Texas Tech have covered 100% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Texas Tech 3-0 ATS as a favorite
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Total moved down 2
60.5 → 58.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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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
KU+6.8 →+8.0▲ 1.2#36
TTU+5.6 →+17.5▲ 11.9#12
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

KU
Longer bar = better
TTU
#19
Offense
Even
#11
#63
Defense
TTU better ▶
#3
+0.5 #45
Turnovers
TTU better ▶
+1.2 #10
61 plays #122
Pace
TTU faster ▶
77 plays #6
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When KU has the ball
Even matchup
KU offTTU defEdge
Points / game 35.0 #40 11.2 #4 TTU
Yards / play 7.15 #15 3.94 #6 Even
PPA / play +0.38 #8 −0.40 #1 Even
Success rate 52% #13 27% #2 Even
When TTU has the ball
Advantage: TTU offense
TTU offKU defEdge
Points / game 48.6 #2 20.5 #44 TTU
Yards / play 7.41 #11 5.36 #62 TTU
PPA / play +0.36 #10 +0.16 #102 TTU
Success rate 50% #21 39% #45 TTU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
KU scoring against the TTU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
KU scored
10.5
#13
9.7
#54
20.2
#24
10.2
#11
4.7
#107
14.8
#47
TTU allowed
0.6
#3
2.2
#7
2.8
#3
0.0
#1
8.4
#111
8.4
#26
TTU scoring against the KU defense
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TTU scored
16.0
#2
15.6
#2
31.6
#1
6.8
#57
10.2
#18
17.0
#28
KU allowed
4.5
#59
8.5
#96
13.0
#77
2.8
#22
4.7
#33
7.5
#16

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TTU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
80° · 12 mph
gusts 30 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
KU7d
TTU7d
Even
Tempo
Average 138 plays
slowavg 134fast
Altitude
KU +2,330 ft
moderate climb
Quarterback
TTU backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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