Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at UAB · Conference game
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenNAVY -2
3.5 → NAVY
CloseNAVY -5.5
3.5 pts toward Navy
Total
Open55.5
▲ 1
Close56.5
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
model UAB -1
Opened 55.5 · closed 56.5 · moved 1 upmodel 54
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close |
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar situation |
-4 | 42–29 | W | O61.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation |
-4 | 31–33 | L | O52.5 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 4 · loose · similar total |
-2.5 | 21–26 | L | U60.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 6 · loose · similar situation & total |
-4 | 24–31 | L | U59 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 7 · loose · similar situation |
-4.25 | 13–41 | L | U57.5 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar total |
-2.5 | 29–42 | L | O57.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 6 · loose · similar season form & spread |
-6.5 | 40–22 | W | O60 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 6 · loose · similar situation |
-3.5 | 20–23 | L | U54 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 8 · loose · similar situation |
-7.5 | 45–21 | W | O62 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation |
-7.5 | 31–9 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 228 earlier overs in games with totals 52.5–60.5, 34% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 5-3-1 63% | 5-4 56% | |
| 4-6 40% | 4-5 44% | 4-5 44% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
NAVY 3–1 UAB
NAVY leads · 4 games since 2023 · UAB has won the last meeting
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11 2023 | UAB 6 @ Navy 31 | UAB -2.5 | NAVY W |
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
Longer bar = better
#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
| NAVY off | UAB def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| UAB off | NAVY def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.3 #51 | 19.0 #1 | 26.3 #11 | 9.7 #16 | 11.7 #14 | 21.3 #12 | |
3.0 #40 | 9.0 #102 | 12.0 #77 | 5.3 #67 | 6.7 #79 | 12.0 #73 |
UAB scoring against the NAVY defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9.0 #35 | 9.0 #64 | 18.0 #45 | 1.0 #130 | 5.7 #89 | 6.7 #127 | |
7.0 #100 | 2.0 #12 | 9.0 #45 | 6.7 #87 | 9.7 #122 | 16.3 #120 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
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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