Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Navy · Conference game
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3-0 · Power #56
44
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Final
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2-0 · Power #61
56
▲ winner
Closing spread
MEM -8.5
✓ NAVY W
Total
46.5
▲ Over · 100 pts
Model before kickoff
MEM 30–20 NAVY
✗ MEM (76%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMEM -11
CloseMEM -8.5
Total50.5 → 46.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2.5 pts toward Navy
Total
Down 4 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MEM -11 · closed MEM -8.5 · moved 2.5 toward NAVYmodel MEM -16
Opened 50.5 · closed 46.5 · moved 4 downmodel 50
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 6.5–10.5 since 2023: won 77%, covered 59% (87 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 36% (33 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMEM -11
CloseMEM -8.5
Total50.5 → 46.5
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 2 games most like MEM as an 8.5-point road favorite at NAVY, the favorite won 1, covered 1, and 1 went over the total.

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This game: NAVY won 56–44 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 1 of the 2 similar games. 100 points went over 46.5, as in 1 of 2.
Favorite won
1 of 250%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
1 of 250%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
1 of 250%
Normal range · usually 51%

Only 2 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 9.5 against an average line of 6.3; 40.5 points a game (usually 54). When games like this go over ›

All 2 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
2024 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation
-5.521–0 W U54
Loose
ISU @ BAY
2021 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation & total
-729–31 L O46
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2021 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 Navy ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (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.

Market moved toward Navy
2.5 pts (MEM -11 → MEM -8.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved down 4
50.5 → 46.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Navy have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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+2.0 →+7.9▲ 5.9#26
NAVY−17.5 →−9.5▲ 8.0#104
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

MEM
Longer bar = better
NAVY
#63
Offense
NAVY better ▶
#24
#21
Defense
Even
#31
+2.0 #11
Turnovers
Even
+1.5 #14
62 plays #103
Pace
NAVY faster ▶
66 plays #64
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MEM has the ball
Advantage: NAVY defense
MEM offNAVY defEdge
Points / game 32.7 #54 16.0 #43 Even
Yards / play 5.78 #86 4.84 #53 NAVY
PPA / play +0.24 #51 −0.12 #22 NAVY
Success rate 44% #61 30% #7 NAVY
When NAVY has the ball
Even matchup
NAVY offMEM defEdge
Points / game 43.5 #17 9.7 #17 Even
Yards / play 6.41 #46 3.87 #15 MEM
PPA / play +0.40 #15 −0.16 #11 Even
Success rate 52% #19 35% #39 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 121 FBS teams
MEM scoring against the NAVY defense
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MEM scored
5.7
#70
16.0
#8
21.7
#24
6.7
#64
4.3
#94
11.0
#84
NAVY allowed
3.5
1.5
5.0
3.5
7.5
11.0
NAVY scoring against the MEM defense
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NAVY scored
7.5
18.0
25.5
11.0
7.0
18.0
MEM allowed
0.0
#1
3.3
#22
3.3
#7
3.0
#28
3.3
#33
6.3
#29

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
NAVY +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
76° · 6 mph
gusts 17 mph · at kickoff
Rest
MEM7d
NAVY14d bye
NAVY +7 days
Tempo
Average 128 plays
slowavg 132fast

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