Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at UAB · Conference game
Weather at kickoff69°F13 mphgusts 24Wet0.0 mmWet Over 45% of 309 games since 2023Weather watch ›
3-0 · Power #61
41
▲ winner
Final
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1-2 · Power #116
18
final
Closing spread
NAVY -5.5
✓ NAVY W
Total
56.5
▲ Over · 59 pts
Model before kickoff
NAVY 29–25 UAB
✓ NAVY (62%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenNAVY -2
CloseNAVY -5.5
Total55.5 → 56.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3.5 pts toward Navy
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened NAVY -2 · closed NAVY -5.5 · moved 3.5 toward NAVYmodel UAB -1
Opened 55.5 · closed 56.5 · moved 1 upmodel 54
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 4.5–6.5 since 2023: won 62%, covered 50% (58 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3Lines that moved 3.5+ pts toward the favorite: that team covered 43% (30 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenNAVY -2
CloseNAVY -5.5
Total55.5 → 56.5
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 5.5-point road favorite at UAB, the favorite won 4, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: NAVY won 41–18; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 59 points went over 56.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 62%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 1.9 against an average line of 4.6; 57.3 points a game (usually 53). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar situation
-442–29 W O61.5
Close
USA @ TXST
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation
-431–33 L O52.5
Loose
2024 · Week 4 · loose · similar total
-2.521–26 L U60.5
Loose
ORST @ WSU
2021 · Week 6 · loose · similar situation & total
-424–31 L U59
Loose
APP @ UL
2021 · Week 7 · loose · similar situation
-4.2513–41 L U57.5
Loose
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar total
-2.529–42 L O57.5
Loose
HOU @ TULN
2021 · Week 6 · loose · similar season form & spread
-6.540–22 W O60
Loose
DUKE @ GT
2022 · Week 6 · loose · similar situation
-3.520–23 L U54
Loose
2023 · Week 8 · loose · similar situation
-7.545–21 W O62
Loose
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation
-7.531–9 W U52.5
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 2 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.
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 Navy
3.5 pts (NAVY -2 → NAVY -5.5), through the key number 3. · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
UAB 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−17.5 →−5.7▲ 11.8#91
UAB−6.4 →−8.0▼ 1.6#99
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW4

NAVY
Longer bar = better
UAB
#8
Offense
◀ NAVY better
#86
#73
Defense
Even
#70
+1.3 #9
Turnovers
◀ NAVY better
−1.3 #129
62 plays #106
Pace
UAB faster ▶
73 plays #15
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When NAVY has the ball
Advantage: NAVY offense
NAVY offUAB defEdge
Points / game 47.7 #10 24.0 #76 NAVY
Yards / play 7.63 #10 4.74 #37 NAVY
PPA / play +0.53 #5 +0.07 #66 NAVY
Success rate 55% #7 43% #101 NAVY
When UAB has the ball
Even matchup
UAB offNAVY defEdge
Points / game 24.7 #98 25.3 #79 Even
Yards / play 5.16 #110 5.71 #89 NAVY
PPA / play +0.10 #93 +0.07 #67 NAVY
Success rate 47% #42 39% #58 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
NAVY scoring against the UAB defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NAVY scored
7.3
#51
19.0
#1
26.3
#11
9.7
#16
11.7
#14
21.3
#12
UAB allowed
3.0
#40
9.0
#102
12.0
#77
5.3
#67
6.7
#79
12.0
#73
UAB scoring against the NAVY defense
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UAB scored
9.0
#35
9.0
#64
18.0
#45
1.0
#130
5.7
#89
6.7
#127
NAVY allowed
7.0
#100
2.0
#12
9.0
#45
6.7
#87
9.7
#122
16.3
#120

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UAB +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
69° · 13 mph
gusts 24 mph · 0.004 in rain · wind lowers scoring
Rest
NAVY7d
UAB14d bye
UAB +7 days
Tempo
Average 135 plays
slowavg 132fast

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