Sat, Oct 4, 2025, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Georgia · Conference game
Weather at kickoff72°F10 mphgusts 24DryWeather watch ›
2-2 · Power #52
14
final
Final
@
3-1 · Power #7
35
▲ winner
Closing spread
UGA -19.5
✓ UGA W
Total
49.5
▼ Under · 49 pts
Model before kickoff
UK 14–34 UGA
✓ UGA (92%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUGA -20.5
CloseUGA -19.5
Total50.5 → 49.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Loading the recap…

Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Kentucky
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UGA -20.5 · closed UGA -19.5 · moved 1 toward UKmodel UGA -20
Opened 50.5 · closed 49.5 · moved 1 downmodel 47.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 18.5–20.5 since 2023: won 93%, covered 48% (75 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 51% (208 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUGA -20.5
CloseUGA -19.5
Total50.5 → 49.5
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 UGA as a 19.5-point home favorite against UK, the favorite won 10, covered 3, and 3 went over the total.

Compare by
Customize filters
Only include
Show up to
games
This game: UGA won 35–14; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 49 points stayed under 49.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 90%
Favorite covered
3 of 933%
Normal range · usually 46%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 50%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 17.7 against an average line of 20.5; 47.3 points a game (usually 54). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
CLEM vs MIA
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & spread
-1940–10 W O47.5
Very close
2024 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & situation
-2131–13 L U50
Very close
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread
-18.531–14 L U47
Very close
2023 · Week 7 · very close · similar situation & rest
-19.524–21 L U45.5
Very close
ALA vs AUB
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & situation
-2249–27 P O51
Very close
2024 · Week 6 · very close · similar season form & rest
-22.531–10 L U53
Close
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar total & situation
-20.535–6 W U49.5
Close
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & season form
-2117–12 L U53
Close
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & total
-18.529–26 L O48
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & rest
-22.538–9 W U54
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 4 trends and market moves behind it
Moderate Kentucky ATS trend Miss
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Kentucky ATS struggles (1-3)
Kentucky have covered only 25% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Georgia ATS struggles (0-4)
Georgia have covered only 0% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Georgia home ATS weakness (0-3)
Weak against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 216-236 (48%)
Georgia 0-4 ATS as a favorite
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 221-216 (51%)
Loading play-by-play…

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
UK+5.2 →+4.1▼ 1.1#55
UGA+21.0 →+20.0▼ 1.0#6
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

UK
Longer bar = better
UGA
#97
Offense
UGA better ▶
#43
#70
Defense
UGA better ▶
#53
−0.5 #103
Turnovers
Even
−0.5 #105
66 plays #81
Pace
UGA faster ▶
73 plays #18
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UK has the ball
Advantage: UGA defense
UK offUGA defEdge
Points / game 27.0 #80 19.5 #43 UGA
Yards / play 5.28 #104 5.18 #59 UGA
PPA / play +0.01 #116 +0.07 #66 UGA
Success rate 42% #86 39% #43 UGA
When UGA has the ball
Advantage: UGA offense
UGA offUK defEdge
Points / game 34.5 #47 26.0 #84 UGA
Yards / play 6.05 #58 5.73 #94 UGA
PPA / play +0.21 #48 +0.01 #43 Even
Success rate 51% #20 40% #57 UGA

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
UK scoring against the UGA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UK scored
9.5
#24
5.8
#108
15.3
#71
5.0
#90
6.8
#75
11.8
#87
UGA allowed
7.0
#104
5.0
#30
12.0
#74
2.5
#23
4.3
#31
6.8
#16
UGA scoring against the UK defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UGA scored
7.0
#55
10.3
#48
17.3
#51
9.5
#20
6.3
#84
15.8
#45
UK allowed
2.5
#28
13.3
#133
15.8
#103
2.5
#23
7.8
#98
10.3
#55

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UGA +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
72° · 10 mph
gusts 24 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
UK7d
UGA7d
Even
Tempo
Average 139 plays
slowavg 134fast

Schedules, links & other games

Previous and next games, standings, ESPN, and the rest of the week