Sat, Sep 6, 2025, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Indiana
Weather at kickoff66°F7 mphgusts 17DryWeather watch ›
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1-0 · Power #1
56
▲ winner
Closing spread
IU -35.5
✓ IU W
Total
51.5
▲ Over · 65 pts
Model before kickoff
KENN 5–41 IU
✓ IU (100%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenIU -35.5
CloseIU -35.5
Total50.5 → 51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened IU -35.5 · unchangedmodel IU -39.5
Opened 50.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 1 upmodel 46
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 33.5–37.5 since 2023: won 100%, covered 54% (62 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenIU -35.5
CloseIU -35.5
Total50.5 → 51.5
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 8 games most like IU as a 35.5-point home favorite against KENN, the favorite won 8, covered 4, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: IU won 56–9; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 8 similar games. 65 points went over 51.5, as in 4 of 8.
Favorite won
8 of 8100%
Normal range · usually 100%
Favorite covered
4 of 757%
Normal range · usually 54%
Went over
4 of 850%
Normal range · usually 55%

Only 8 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 39.3 against an average line of 34.2; 53.3 points a game (usually 55.8). Of the 1 over, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 8 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & rest
-35.559–3 W O55.5
Loose
MSU vs AKR
2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & spread
-34.552–0 W U56
Loose
2023 · Week 12 · loose · similar rest & spread
-3635–3 L U60.5
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest
-36.547–3 W U53.5
Loose
2024 · Week 12 · loose
-38.538–3 L U54.5
Loose
CLEM vs LT
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest
-33.548–20 L O53.5
Loose
MSST vs BGSU
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation & rest
-3145–14 P O53
Loose
PSU vs OHIO
2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & total
-2846–10 W O55
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 1 trend and market move 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.

Small sample warning
Kennesaw State has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
KENN−24.1 →−20.8▲ 3.3#134
IU+13.4 →+12.7▼ 0.7#18
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

KENN
Longer bar = better
IU
#121
Offense
IU better ▶
#64
#71
Defense
◀ KENN better
#89
0.0 #97
Turnovers
IU better ▶
+2.0 #23
76 plays #21
Pace
IU faster ▶
89 plays #2
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When KENN has the ball
Advantage: IU defense
KENN offIU defEdge
Points / game 9.0 #126 14.0 #60 IU
Yards / play 4.04 #117 6.98 #124 Even
PPA / play −0.07 #116 +0.22 #106 Even
Success rate 30% #126 37% #66 IU
When IU has the ball
Even matchup
IU offKENN defEdge
Points / game 27.0 #67 10.0 #47 Even
Yards / play 5.64 #70 4.64 #64 Even
PPA / play +0.09 #84 +0.04 #75 Even
Success rate 53% #34 42% #96 IU

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
IU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
66° · 7 mph
gusts 17 mph · at kickoff
Rest
KENN8d
IU7d
KENN +1 day
Tempo
Fast 165 plays
slowavg 133fast
Quarterback
KENN backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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