Sat, Oct 17, 2026, 11:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Oregon · Conference game
Closing spread
ORE -6.5
✓ NEB W
Total
50.5
▼ Under · 31 pts
Model before kickoff
NEB 24–31 ORE
✓ ORE (69%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenORE -21.5
CloseORE -6.5
Total51.5 → 50.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenORE -21.5
15 → NEB
CloseORE -6.5
15 pts toward Nebraska
Total
Open51.5
▼ 1
Close50.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Pre-kickoff prices from ESPN · tap a dot
Opened ORE -21.5 · closed ORE -6.5 · moved 15 toward NEBmodel ORE -8
model ORE -8
Opened 51.5 · closed 50.5 · moved 1 downmodel 54.5
model 54.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 69%, covered 55% (274 games)ⓘ
Crossed 7The team the line moved toward covered 55% (124 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenORE -21.5
CloseORE -6.5
Total51.5 → 50.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Prices
DraftKings · prices at kickoff
| Book | Spread | Total | Moneyline | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over | Under | |||||
| DraftKingsDK | +6.5-110 | -6.5-110 | 50.5-115 | 50.5-105 | +190 | -230 |
Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 1 games most like
ORE as a 6.5-point home favorite against NEB, the favorite won 1, covered 1, and 0 went over the total.
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This game: ORE won 17–14; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 0 of the 1 similar games. 31 points stayed under 50.5, as in 1 of 1.
Favorite won
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 68%
Favorite covered
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 52%
Went over
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 49%
Only 1 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 14 against an average line of 1.5; 34 points a game (usually 52.5). When games like this go over ›
All 1 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose |
2025 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-1.5 | 24–10 | W | U56.5 |
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 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
Moderate Nebraska ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (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.
Nebraska ATS trend (5-1)
Nebraska have covered 83% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Market moved toward Nebraska
15 pts (ORE -21.5 → ORE -6.5), through the key number 7. · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 31 in the 4th quarter and got 11. 53% of games with totals 46.5–54.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% | 7-3 70% | |
| 7-3 70% | 5-5 50% | 7-3 70% |
Recent meetings
The series
NEB 6–3 ORE
NEB leads · 9 games since 1952 · ORE has won the last 2 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
NEB+6.6 →+14.8▲ 8.2#14
ORE+25.4 →+18.7▼ 6.7#10
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6
Longer bar = better
#28
Offense
◀ NEB better#51
#15
Defense
◀ NEB better#51
+0.8 #14
Turnovers
◀ NEB better+0.2 #60
73 plays #10
Pace
◀ NEB faster69 plays #41
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| NEB off | ORE def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 39.2 #16 | 22.0 #55 | NEB |
| Yards / play | 6.33 #44 | 5.22 #58 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.30 #18 | +0.02 #40 | NEB |
| Success rate | 47% #34 | 39% #49 | Even |
| ORE off | NEB def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 41.0 #9 | 15.2 #14 | Even |
| Yards / play | 6.63 #22 | 4.86 #27 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.12 #83 | −0.05 #12 | NEB |
| Success rate | 41% #88 | 33% #5 | NEB |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
NEB scoring against the ORE defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9.8 #18 | 11.5 #28 | 21.3 #19 | 3.5 #121 | 14.3 #2 | 17.8 #19 | |
2.6 #15 | 9.6 #107 | 12.2 #73 | 4.6 #68 | 5.2 #50 | 9.8 #49 |
ORE scoring against the NEB defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.8 #30 | 11.0 #36 | 19.8 #28 | 9.0 #16 | 12.2 #3 | 21.2 #5 | |
5.3 #85 | 2.8 #7 | 8.2 #25 | 2.2 #12 | 4.8 #39 | 7.0 #15 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
56° · 4 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
NEB7d
ORE7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 142 plays
slowavg 133fast
Travel
NEB 1,357 mi
2 time zones
Quarterback
ORE backup QB started
Not the usual starter
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