Sat, Sep 6, 2025, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Georgia State
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1-0 · Power #61
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Final
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0-1 · Power #125
16
final
Closing spread
MEM -15.5
✓ MEM W
Total
57.5
▼ Under · 54 pts
Model before kickoff
MEM 37–22 GAST
✓ MEM (85%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMEM -13.5
CloseMEM -15.5
Total54.5 → 57.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Memphis
Total
Up 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MEM -13.5 · closed MEM -15.5 · moved 2 toward MEMmodel MEM -12
Opened 54.5 · closed 57.5 · moved 3 upmodel 59.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 13.5–17.5 since 2023: won 84%, covered 51% (67 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 51% (150 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMEM -13.5
CloseMEM -15.5
Total54.5 → 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 1 games most like MEM as a 15.5-point road favorite at GAST, the favorite won 1, covered 0, and 0 went over the total.

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This game: MEM won 38–16; the favorite covered, as in 0 of the 1 similar games. 54 points stayed under 57.5, as in 1 of 1.
Favorite won
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 84%
Favorite covered
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 47%

Only 1 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 8 against an average line of 17.5; 48 points a game (usually 53.2). When games like this go over ›

All 1 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
2024 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & situation
-17.528–20 L U52
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
Slight Memphis ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (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.

Market moved toward Memphis
2 pts (MEM -13.5 → MEM -15.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 3
54.5 → 57.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Memphis 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
MEM+2.2 →+2.8▲ 0.6#56
GAST−9.1 →−11.2▼ 2.1#111
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

MEM
Longer bar = better
GAST
#27
Offense
◀ MEM better
#123
#34
Defense
◀ MEM better
#132
+1.0 #46
Turnovers
GAST better ▶
+1.0 #30
61 plays #96
Pace
Even
60 plays #99
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MEM has the ball
Advantage: MEM offense
MEM offGAST defEdge
Points / game 45.0 #25 63.0 #135 MEM
Yards / play 7.08 #28 8.58 #134 MEM
PPA / play +0.38 #34 +0.40 #126 MEM
Success rate 57% #20 64% #134 MEM
When GAST has the ball
Advantage: MEM defense
GAST offMEM defEdge
Points / game 7.0 #127 10.0 #45 MEM
Yards / play 4.33 #113 4.14 #45 MEM
PPA / play −0.07 #117 −0.26 #17 MEM
Success rate 22% #135 30% #30 MEM

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
GAST +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
80° · 1 mph
gusts 8 mph · at kickoff
Rest
MEM7d
GAST7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 121 plays
slowavg 133fast
Quarterback
GAST backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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