Fri, Oct 3, 2025, 10:00 PM EDTWeek 6 · at San José State · Conference game
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3-1 · Power #81
28
final
Final
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1-3 · Power #106
35
▲ winner
Closing spread
SJSU -2.5
✓ SJSU W
Total
58.5
▲ Over · 63 pts
Model before kickoff
UNM 28–31 SJSU
✓ SJSU (57%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSJSU -2.5
CloseSJSU -2.5
Total57.5 → 58.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened SJSU -2.5 · unchangedmodel SJSU -2.5 matches the line
Opened 57.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 1 upmodel 58.5 matches the line
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 58%, covered 50% (246 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSJSU -2.5
CloseSJSU -2.5
Total57.5 → 58.5
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 SJSU as a 2.5-point home favorite against UNM, the favorite won 3, covered 3, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: SJSU won 35–28; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 63 points went over 58.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
4 of 944%
Normal range · usually 51%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 13.2 against an average line of 2.7; 56.8 points a game (usually 52.9). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar situation & rest
-330–45 L O52
Very close
2023 · Week 7 · very close · similar situation & spread
-331–23 W P54
Very close
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & rest
-26–26 L U59.5
Very close
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar team ratings & spread
-442–21 W U65
Very close
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar situation & spread
-313–17 L U56.5
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & rest
-2.514–42 L U62.5
Very close
2023 · Week 10 · very close · similar spread & rest
-1.517–45 L O56
Very close
2023 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & rest
-2.514–56 L O61
Very close
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar situation & spread
-310–42 L U56.5
Close
GAST vs GASO
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & season form
-2.541–33 W O66.5
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
Slight New Mexico 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.

New Mexico ATS trend (3-1)
New Mexico have covered 75% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
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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
UNM−13.7 →−6.9▲ 6.8#89
SJSU−6.2 →−7.3▼ 1.1#93
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

UNM
Longer bar = better
SJSU
#78
Offense
Even
#79
#66
Defense
◀ UNM better
#103
−1.0 #126
Turnovers
Even
−1.3 #129
67 plays #57
Pace
◀ UNM faster
65 plays #91
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UNM has the ball
Advantage: UNM offense
UNM offSJSU defEdge
Points / game 30.5 #67 28.0 #101 UNM
Yards / play 5.81 #74 6.18 #117 UNM
PPA / play +0.10 #89 +0.22 #118 UNM
Success rate 42% #81 41% #74 Even
When SJSU has the ball
Even matchup
SJSU offUNM defEdge
Points / game 20.3 #115 21.5 #57 UNM
Yards / play 6.15 #52 5.71 #90 SJSU
PPA / play +0.08 #93 +0.03 #48 UNM
Success rate 45% #56 41% #69 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
UNM scoring against the SJSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UNM scored
5.3
#90
7.8
#87
13.0
#90
5.0
#90
12.5
#5
17.5
#27
SJSU allowed
9.5
#124
7.8
#89
17.3
#114
4.3
#56
6.5
#74
10.8
#60
SJSU scoring against the UNM defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
SJSU scored
2.5
#124
9.5
#56
12.0
#101
3.5
#114
4.8
#106
8.3
#120
UNM allowed
5.3
#82
9.3
#106
14.5
#99
3.0
#33
4.0
#26
7.0
#21

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
SJSU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
65° · 4 mph
gusts 15 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UNM6d
SJSU6d
Even
Tempo
Average 132 plays
slowavg 134fast