Sat, Sep 12, 2026, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at UConn
Weather at kickoff76°F10 mphDryWeather watch ›
1-0 · Power #72
38
▲ winner
Final
@
1-0 · Power #91
14
final
Closing spread
MD -11.5
✓ MD W
Total
52.5
▼ Under · 52 pts
Model before kickoff
MD 33–23 CONN
✓ MD (77%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenMD -12.5
CloseMD -11.5
Total53.5 → 52.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward UConn
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MD -12.5 · closed MD -11.5 · moved 1 toward CONNmodel MD -6.5
Opened 53.5 · closed 52.5 · moved 1 downmodel 55.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 10.5–12.5 since 2023: won 79%, covered 48% (63 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 49% (336 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenMD -12.5
CloseMD -11.5
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 1 games most like MD as an 11.5-point road favorite at CONN, the favorite won 1, covered 0, and 1 went over the total.

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This game: MD won 38–14; the favorite covered, as in 0 of the 1 similar games. 52 points stayed under 52.5, as in 0 of 1.
Favorite won
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 78%
Favorite covered
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 51%

Only 1 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 11 against an average line of 12.5; 101 points a game (usually 52.8). Of the 1 over, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 1 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
2024 · Week 1 · loose · similar situation & spread
-12.556–45 L O57.5
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 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
Maryland 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 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
MD+0.7 →+4.4▲ 3.7#48
CONN−4.3 →−3.6▲ 0.7#79
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

MD
Longer bar = better
CONN
#36
Offense
Even
#29
#5
Defense
Even
#19
+3.0 #8
Turnovers
◀ MD better
−2.0 #117
78 plays #24
Pace
◀ MD faster
73 plays #40
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MD has the ball
Even matchup
MD offCONN defEdge
Points / game 62.0 #11 7.0 #26 Even
Yards / play 8.28 #23 2.90 #15 Even
PPA / play +0.35 #47 −0.29 #25 CONN
Success rate 49% #61 14% #8 CONN
When CONN has the ball
Advantage: MD defense
CONN offMD defEdge
Points / game 56.0 #20 0.0 #4 Even
Yards / play 9.19 #9 1.70 #3 Even
PPA / play +0.46 #28 −0.60 #3 MD
Success rate 49% #59 15% #11 MD

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
CONN +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
76° · 10 mph
gusts 13 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
MD7d
CONN7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 151 plays
slowavg 135fast

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