Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Tulsa · Conference game
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2-0 · Power #64
42
▲ winner
Final
@
1-1 · Power #113
23
final
Closing spread
NAVY -13.5
✓ NAVY W
Total
53.5
▲ Over · 65 pts
Model before kickoff
NAVY 34–20 TLSA
✓ NAVY (84%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenNAVY -14.5
CloseNAVY -13.5
Total53.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Tulsa
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened NAVY -14.5 · closed NAVY -13.5 · moved 1 toward TLSAmodel NAVY -16
Opened 53.5 · unchangedmodel 53.5 matches the line
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 12.5–14.5 since 2023: won 80%, covered 46% (59 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 51% (183 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenNAVY -14.5
CloseNAVY -13.5
Total53.5
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 NAVY as a 13.5-point road favorite at TLSA, the favorite won 6, covered 2, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: NAVY won 42–23; the favorite covered, as in 2 of the 10 similar games. 65 points went over 53.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 79%
Favorite covered
2 of 922%
Normal range · usually 45%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 51%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 1.5 against an average line of 12.1; 51.7 points a game (usually 54.1). Of the 3 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

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2024 · Week 2 · close · similar total & spread
-116–32 L U55
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UL @ RICE
2022 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & total
-11.521–33 L O52
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2023 · Week 4 · close · similar total & rest
-1038–6 W U53.5
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2023 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-13.545–28 W O50
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2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation
-16.519–21 L U48
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2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & spread
-13.7527–24 L U60.5
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2024 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation
-9.514–28 L U58.5
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2023 · Week 10 · close · similar rest
-12.536–31 L O59
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2024 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & total
-12.529–27 L O50.5
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CIN @ TLSA
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & season form
-1031–21 P U59
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
No clear signal on the spread
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.

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
NAVY+1.2 →+3.6▲ 2.4#52
TLSA−18.6 →−14.1▲ 4.5#122
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

NAVY
Longer bar = better
TLSA
#10
Offense
◀ NAVY better
#83
#68
Defense
TLSA better ▶
#47
+1.5 #18
Turnovers
◀ NAVY better
−0.5 #93
65 plays #85
Pace
TLSA faster ▶
79 plays #11
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When NAVY has the ball
Advantage: NAVY offense
NAVY offTLSA defEdge
Points / game 45.0 #19 14.0 #32 Even
Yards / play 7.90 #12 4.24 #32 Even
PPA / play +0.53 #3 +0.03 #64 NAVY
Success rate 61% #4 38% #61 NAVY
When TLSA has the ball
Even matchup
TLSA offNAVY defEdge
Points / game 24.5 #88 15.5 #40 NAVY
Yards / play 5.57 #83 5.68 #99 Even
PPA / play +0.12 #79 +0.06 #76 Even
Success rate 42% #81 38% #57 NAVY

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 101 FBS teams
NAVY scoring against the TLSA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NAVY scored
10.5
15.5
26.0
8.5
10.5
19.0
TLSA allowed
1.5
0.0
1.5
3.5
9.0
12.5
TLSA scoring against the NAVY defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TLSA scored
3.5
1.5
5.0
9.0
10.5
19.5
NAVY allowed
3.5
8.5
12.0
3.5
0.0
3.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TLSA +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
84° · 5 mph
gusts 12 mph · at kickoff
Rest
NAVY7d
TLSA7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 143 plays
slowavg 134fast
Quarterback
TLSA backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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