Sat, Nov 15, 2025, 4:00 PM ESTWeek 12 · at East Carolina · Conference game
Weather at kickoff67°F8 mphgusts 16DryWeather watch ›
8-2 · Power #61
27
final
Final
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6-3 · Power #51
31
▲ winner
Closing spread
ECU -2.5
✓ ECU W
Total
57.5
▲ Over · 58 pts
Model before kickoff
MEM 27–29 ECU
✓ ECU (57%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenECU -2.5
CloseECU -2.5
Total60.5 → 57.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Down 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ECU -2.5 · unchangedmodel ECU -2.5 matches the line
Opened 60.5 · closed 57.5 · moved 3 downmodel 55.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 59%, covered 51% (298 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenECU -2.5
CloseECU -2.5
Total60.5 → 57.5
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 ECU as a 2.5-point home favorite against MEM, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: ECU won 31–27; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 58 points went over 57.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 51%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 1.2 against an average line of 3; 50 points a game (usually 53). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & rest
-3.517–15 L U57.5
Very close
TULN vs UCF
2022 · Week 14 · very close · similar season form & rest
-3.545–28 W O57.5
Very close
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar situation & rest
-2.535–31 W O55.5
Very close
2024 · Week 15 · very close · similar spread & season form
-421–7 W U57.5
Very close
MD vs PUR
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar spread & rest
-329–31 L O59.5
Very close
WSU vs CAL
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & spread
-428–9 W U52.5
Very close
2023 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & spread
-221–38 L O50.5
Very close
BAY vs KSU
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar situation & rest
-2.53–31 L U52.25
Very close
TTU vs BAY
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & spread
-1.517–45 L O61
Very close
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar situation & spread
-328–21 W U51
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 Memphis ATS trend Miss
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.

Memphis ATS trend (8-2)
Memphis have covered 80% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Memphis 4-1 ATS on the road
Strong against the spread on the road this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Total moved down 3
60.5 → 57.5. · 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
MEM+2.2 →+4.3▲ 2.1#50
ECU−5.0 →+3.9▲ 8.9#53
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW11

MEM
Longer bar = better
ECU
#19
Offense
◀ MEM better
#40
#59
Defense
ECU better ▶
#21
+0.8 #18
Turnovers
Even
+0.6 #27
67 plays #61
Pace
ECU faster ▶
80 plays #1
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MEM has the ball
Even matchup
MEM offECU defEdge
Points / game 37.1 #15 17.3 #15 Even
Yards / play 6.40 #28 5.00 #31 Even
PPA / play +0.28 #14 −0.02 #22 Even
Success rate 48% #20 36% #14 Even
When ECU has the ball
Even matchup
ECU offMEM defEdge
Points / game 33.9 #25 21.1 #35 Even
Yards / play 5.87 #57 5.49 #69 Even
PPA / play +0.16 #47 +0.11 #80 ECU
Success rate 47% #29 40% #51 ECU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
MEM scoring against the ECU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MEM scored
9.0
#15
11.4
#19
20.4
#13
6.3
#58
10.4
#7
16.7
#21
ECU allowed
2.6
#14
7.1
#70
9.7
#28
3.4
#22
4.2
#22
7.7
#10
ECU scoring against the MEM defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ECU scored
10.3
#8
7.8
#82
18.1
#27
7.9
#29
7.9
#43
15.8
#30
MEM allowed
5.8
#82
10.2
#116
16.0
#106
2.3
#9
2.8
#3
5.1
#3

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ECU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
67° · 8 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
MEM8d
ECU7d
MEM +1 day
Tempo
Fast 147 plays
slowavg 134fast