Sat, Oct 17, 2026, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Oklahoma · Conference game
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5-1 · Power #26
21
▲ winner
Final
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3-2 · Power #23
13
final
Closing spread
OU -7
✓ UK W
Total
44.5
▼ Under · 34 pts
Model before kickoff
UK 19–26 OU
✗ OU (69%) lost
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenOU -6.5
CloseOU -7
Total41.5 → 44.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Oklahoma
Total
Up 3 since the open
Line movement
Pre-kickoff prices from ESPN · tap a dot
Opened OU -6.5 · closed OU -7 · moved 0.5 toward OUmodel OU -7.5
Opened 41.5 · closed 44.5 · moved 3 upmodel 44.5 matches the line
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 6–8 since 2023: won 72%, covered 56% (220 games)ⓘ
Moved onto 7Too few earlier games to rateⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenOU -6.5
CloseOU -7
Total41.5 → 44.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Prices

DraftKings · prices at kickoff
BookSpreadTotalMoneyline
UKOUOverUnderUKOU
DraftKingsDK+7-110-7-11044.5-10844.5-112+220-270

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like OU as a 7-point home favorite against UK, the favorite won 7, covered 4, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: UK won 21–13 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 34 points stayed under 44.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
4 of 944%
Normal range · usually 52%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 48%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 9 against an average line of 6.7; 43.8 points a game (usually 52.3). Of the 6 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2025 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & situation
-3.534–31 L O48.5
Very close
2025 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & rest
-7.541–3 W O39.5
Very close
2025 · Week 7 · very close · similar situation & rest
-734–17 W O48
Close
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & spread
-7.57–17 L U48
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & spread
-637–17 W O48
Close
2025 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & situation
-7.516–24 L U47
Close
2025 · Week 13 · close · similar season form & situation
-737–10 W O45.5
Close
2025 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & spread
-6.516–10 L U51.5
Close
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar season form & spread
-7.514–24 L U51.5
Close
2025 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & rest
-728–21 P O44.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 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 Kentucky ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over 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.

Kentucky ATS trend (5-1)
Kentucky have covered 83% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Kentucky 3-1 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Total moved up 3
41.5 → 44.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
UK+5.5 →+10.3▲ 4.8#29
OU+15.2 →+14.0▼ 1.2#19
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

UK
Longer bar = better
OU
#40
Offense
◀ UK better
#120
#88
Defense
OU better ▶
#15
+1.2 #10
Turnovers
◀ UK better
−0.8 #123
66 plays #76
Pace
◀ UK faster
61 plays #119
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UK has the ball
Advantage: OU defense
UK offOU defEdge
Points / game 34.7 #45 17.6 #28 Even
Yards / play 6.32 #48 4.65 #21 OU
PPA / play +0.21 #45 −0.15 #5 OU
Success rate 49% #20 32% #4 Even
When OU has the ball
Advantage: UK defense
OU offUK defEdge
Points / game 23.0 #103 28.0 #108 Even
Yards / play 5.01 #118 5.32 #66 UK
PPA / play −0.07 #131 +0.06 #62 UK
Success rate 37% #126 45% #117 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
UK scoring against the OU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UK scored
5.8
#81
12.0
#27
17.8
#45
8.2
#27
6.0
#96
14.2
#56
OU allowed
4.2
#55
8.0
#76
12.2
#70
0.6
#1
4.8
#40
5.4
#6
OU scoring against the UK defense
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OU scored
4.2
#99
4.0
#132
8.2
#126
8.0
#30
6.8
#74
14.8
#48
UK allowed
5.2
#81
9.0
#100
14.2
#97
4.5
#65
7.0
#88
11.5
#75

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
OU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
59° · 4 mph
gusts 5 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UK7d
OU7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 126 plays
slowavg 133fast

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