Sat, Nov 1, 2025, 3:00 PM EDTWeek 10 · at UNLV · Conference game
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5-3 · Power #81
40
▲ winner
Final
@
6-1 · Power #74
35
final
Closing spread
UNLV -4.5
✓ UNM W
Total
60.5
▲ Over · 75 pts
Model before kickoff
UNM 29–34 UNLV
✗ UNLV (64%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNLV -5.5
CloseUNLV -4.5
Total62.5 → 60.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward New Mexico
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UNLV -5.5 · closed UNLV -4.5 · moved 1 toward UNMmodel UNLV -7
Opened 62.5 · closed 60.5 · moved 2 downmodel 63.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 3.5–5.5 since 2023: won 66%, covered 52% (197 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 47% (261 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNLV -5.5
CloseUNLV -4.5
Total62.5 → 60.5
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 UNLV as a 4.5-point home favorite against UNM, the favorite won 6, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: UNM won 40–35 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 75 points went over 60.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 62%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 51%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 8.1 against an average line of 4.7; 56.5 points a game (usually 53). Of the 5 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & season form
-4.524–27 L U59
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & team ratings
-5.517–20 L U61.5
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar total & spread
-6.525–23 L U60
Close
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & season form
-529–38 L O54.5
Close
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & total
-5.530–34 L O60
Close
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar team ratings & season form
-4.552–12 W O58.5
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar total & situation
-2.529–20 W U60.5
Close
FAU vs RICE
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & season form
-517–14 L U54.5
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread
-445–37 W O51.5
Close
2025 · Week 8 · close · similar spread
-455–17 W O64
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
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Total moved down 2
62.5 → 60.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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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 →−5.6▲ 8.1#85
UNLV+5.4 →−2.1▼ 7.5#76
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW9

UNM
Longer bar = better
UNLV
#71
Offense
UNLV better ▶
#20
#80
Defense
◀ UNM better
#121
−1.4 #135
Turnovers
UNLV better ▶
+1.4 #3
65 plays #97
Pace
Even
65 plays #100
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UNM has the ball
Advantage: UNM offense
UNM offUNLV defEdge
Points / game 29.0 #69 33.4 #125 UNM
Yards / play 5.73 #69 6.67 #135 UNM
PPA / play +0.10 #87 +0.15 #96 Even
Success rate 44% #60 47% #128 UNM
When UNLV has the ball
Advantage: UNLV offense
UNLV offUNM defEdge
Points / game 37.1 #17 24.8 #76 UNLV
Yards / play 6.92 #14 5.66 #83 UNLV
PPA / play +0.25 #23 +0.13 #85 UNLV
Success rate 48% #24 42% #75 UNLV

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
UNM scoring against the UNLV defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UNM scored
4.4
#108
11.0
#31
15.4
#63
4.1
#116
9.5
#23
13.6
#62
UNLV allowed
7.9
#116
6.9
#64
14.7
#92
9.4
#129
9.3
#129
18.7
#131
UNLV scoring against the UNM defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UNLV scored
7.3
#49
11.6
#25
18.9
#29
6.7
#60
11.6
#3
18.3
#13
UNM allowed
5.1
#63
9.3
#103
14.4
#87
4.5
#50
5.9
#56
10.4
#42

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UNLV +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
UNM7d
UNLV14d bye
UNLV +7 days
Tempo
Average 129 plays
slowavg 134fast