Mon, Jan 19, 2026, 7:30 PM ESTCFP National Championship · Neutral site
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13-2 · Power #6
21
final
Final
vs
15-0 · Power #1
27
▲ winner
Closing spread
IU -7.5
✓ MIA W
Total
47.5
▲ Over · 48 pts
Model before kickoff
MIA 21–28 IU
✓ IU (70%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenIU -7.5
CloseIU -7.5
Total48.5 → 47.5
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 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened IU -7.5 · unchangedmodel IU -7
Opened 48.5 · closed 47.5 · moved 1 downmodel 49.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Neutral-site favorites of 5.5–9.5 since 2023: won 69%, covered 42% (48 games)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenIU -7.5
CloseIU -7.5
Total48.5 → 47.5
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Similar games

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

In the 10 games most like IU as a 7.5-point neutral-site favorite against MIA, the favorite won 6, covered 6, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: IU won 27–21; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 48 points went over 47.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 6.5 against an average line of 5.7; 52.1 points a game (usually 53.2). Of the 3 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Postseason · very close · similar rest & spread
-8.534–23 W O45.5
Very close
2024 · Postseason · very close · similar spread & rest
-5.528–14 W U51.5
Close
2023 · Week 14 · close · similar team ratings & spread
-524–27 L U53.5
Close
2023 · Postseason · close · similar situation & total
-227–20 W O46
Close
2025 · Week 15 · close · similar season form & total
-12.534–7 W U50.5
Close
2023 · Postseason · close · similar situation
-43–14 L U51
Close
2023 · Postseason · close · similar season form & situation
-534–13 W U55.5
Close
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar team ratings
-3.545–37 W O51.5
Close
MICH vs TCU
2022 · Postseason · close · similar spread & season form
-845–51 L O56
Close
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar team ratings
-319–22 L 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 1 trend and market move behind it
Slight Miami ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Miami 3-0 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
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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
MIA+18.0 →+20.4▲ 2.4#7
IU+13.4 →+27.0▲ 13.6#2
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW16

MIA
Longer bar = better
IU
#29
Offense
IU better ▶
#4
#12
Defense
Even
#6
+0.7 #13
Turnovers
Even
+1.4 #1
67 plays #59
Pace
◀ MIA faster
66 plays #73
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MIA has the ball
Advantage: IU defense
MIA offIU defEdge
Points / game 31.6 #30 11.1 #2 IU
Yards / play 6.08 #35 4.62 #10 IU
PPA / play +0.19 #29 −0.09 #5 IU
Success rate 47% #21 34% #6 Even
When IU has the ball
Even matchup
IU offMIA defEdge
Points / game 42.6 #2 14.0 #5 Even
Yards / play 6.96 #7 4.70 #14 Even
PPA / play +0.30 #5 −0.05 #12 Even
Success rate 52% #1 37% #15 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
MIA scoring against the IU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MIA scored
5.3
#84
10.1
#33
15.3
#53
8.0
#20
8.3
#34
16.3
#21
IU allowed
3.1
#19
3.1
#3
6.2
#5
2.0
#2
2.9
#4
4.9
#1
IU scoring against the MIA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
IU scored
9.3
#7
12.7
#3
22.0
#5
12.1
#1
8.5
#30
20.6
#3
MIA allowed
2.0
#3
2.7
#1
4.7
#3
2.7
#8
6.3
#58
8.9
#20

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
58° · 7 mph
gusts 17 mph · at kickoff
Rest
MIA11d
IU10d
MIA +1 day
Tempo
Average 133 plays
slowavg 134fast

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