Sat, Sep 6, 2025, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Oklahoma
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1-0 · Power #21
13
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Final
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1-0 · Power #16
24
▲ winner
Closing spread
OU -3.5
✓ OU W
Total
44.5
▼ Under · 37 pts
Model before kickoff
MICH 18–22 OU
✓ OU (59%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenOU -5.5
CloseOU -3.5
Total45.5 → 44.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Michigan
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened OU -5.5 · closed OU -3.5 · moved 2 toward MICHmodel OU -2
Opened 45.5 · closed 44.5 · moved 1 downmodel 40
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 58%, covered 49% (216 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 49% (125 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenOU -5.5
CloseOU -3.5
Total45.5 → 44.5
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 OU as a 3.5-point home favorite against MICH, the favorite won 8, covered 6, and 7 went over the total.

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This game: OU won 24–13; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 37 points stayed under 44.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 59%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 51%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 5.5 against an average line of 3.6; 47.7 points a game (usually 52.8). Of the 5 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar total & rest
-1.2521–18 W U45
Close
CLEM vs NCST
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total
-6.530–20 W O45.75
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar total & rest
-1.533–14 W O45
Loose
2024 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest
-319–20 L O36
Loose
2023 · Week 13 · loose · similar rest & total
-330–24 W O47
Loose
2023 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & spread
-3.536–24 W O53.5
Loose
ISU vs BAY
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & total
-2.524–31 L O45
Loose
2024 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & spread
-4.523–19 L U45.5
Loose
NCST vs FSU
2022 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest
-3.519–17 L U50.5
Loose
2024 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & situation
-6.531–24 W O45
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Michigan ATS trend Miss
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.

Market moved toward Michigan
2 pts (OU -5.5 → OU -3.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Michigan 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
MICH+12.2 →+12.1▼ 0.1#20
OU+11.4 →+11.0▼ 0.4#23
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

MICH
Longer bar = better
OU
#44
Offense
Even
#31
#50
Defense
OU better ▶
#18
+2.0 #17
Turnovers
◀ MICH better
−2.0 #118
63 plays #86
Pace
OU faster ▶
69 plays #56
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MICH has the ball
Advantage: OU defense
MICH offOU defEdge
Points / game 34.0 #48 3.0 #13 OU
Yards / play 7.17 #23 3.28 #15 Even
PPA / play +0.35 #38 −0.19 #25 Even
Success rate 44% #68 26% #19 OU
When OU has the ball
Even matchup
OU offMICH defEdge
Points / game 35.0 #46 17.0 #75 OU
Yards / play 7.17 #24 3.51 #20 Even
PPA / play +0.45 #21 −0.17 #31 Even
Success rate 53% #33 38% #74 OU

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
OU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
70° · 6 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
MICH7d
OU7d
Even
Tempo
Average 132 plays
slowavg 133fast

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