North Carolina @ California: Result, Lines & ATS Trends (Week 8, 2025)

Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 10:30 PM EDTWeek 8 · at California · Conference game

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North Carolina

2-3 · Power #89

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Final

California

4-2 · Power #76

▲ winner

Closing spread

CAL -8.5

✓ UNC W

Total

47.5

▼ Under · 39 pts

Model before kickoff

UNC 19–28 CAL

✓ CAL (73%) won

Closing line · ESPN BET

SourceESPN BET closing line

OpenCAL -12.5

CloseCAL -8.5

Total46.5 → 47.5

Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

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Market

Open → close

Spread

OpenCAL -12.5

4 → UNC

CloseCAL -8.5

4 pts toward North Carolina

Total

Open46.5

▲ 1

Close47.5

Up 1 since the open

Line movement

Opening and closing line · tap a dot

Opened CAL -12.5 · closed CAL -8.5 · moved 4 toward UNCmodel CAL -9

model CAL -9

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Line context

Home favorites of 7.5–9.5 since 2023: won 71%, covered 51% (133 games)ⓘ

Lines that moved 3.5+ pts toward the underdog: that team covered 48% (44 games since 2024)ⓘ

Closing line · ESPN BET

SourceESPN BET closing line

OpenCAL -12.5

CloseCAL -8.5

Total46.5 → 47.5

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 CAL as an 8.5-point home favorite against UNC, the favorite won 8, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: CAL won 21–18; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 39 points stayed under 47.5, as in 5 of 10.

Favorite won

8 of 1080%

Normal range · usually 70%

Favorite covered

4 of 1040%

Normal range · usually 50%

Went over

5 of 1050%

Normal range · usually 52%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 11.4 against an average line of 8.1; 52.6 points a game (usually 53.7). Of the 5 overs, 3 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games

Match	Game	Line	Final	Covered	O/U
Close	CSU vs WYO 2024 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & season form	-8.5	24–10	W	U47
Close	ORST vs CSU 2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread	-10.5	39–31	L	O47
Close	OHIO vs BGSU 2025 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & spread	-7.5	35–20	W	O49.5
Close	UTSA vs RICE 2025 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & situation	-9.5	61–13	W	O48.5
Close	NCSU vs STAN 2024 · Week 10 · close · similar team ratings & season form	-9.5	59–28	W	O46.5
Close	FAU vs ECU 2023 · Week 11 · close · similar spread	-7.5	7–22	L	U44.75
Close	MINN vs PUR 2025 · Week 7 · close · similar team ratings & spread	-7.5	27–20	L	U49.5
Close	UCLA vs FRES 2024 · Week 14 · close · similar total	-7.5	20–13	L	U46.5
Close	RUTG vs UCLA 2024 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & team ratings	-4.25	32–35	L	O42.5
Close	UVA vs ODU 2022 · Week 3 · close · similar spread	-8.25	16–14	L	U52.5

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

ATS

Records before kickoff

	Season	Cover	Venue	Role
UNC LWWLL	2-3	40%	1-1	0-3
CAL LWLWL	3-3	50%	1-2	1-2

Venue/role: UNC away, as underdog; CAL home, as favorite. Squares: last 5 games ATS (W covered, L didn’t), oldest first.

Totals

Over/under before kickoff

	O-U	Over %	SU
UNC OUUUO	2-3	40%	2-3
CAL UOUUO	3-3	50%	4-2

Stayed under: it needed 17 in the 4th quarter and got 8. 53% of games with totals 43.5–51.5 went over.

When games like this go over ›

Squares: last 5 games (O over, U under), oldest first. Hover for the score and line.

Last 10 games

Before kickoff, this and last season

	Straight up	Spread	Over / under
UNC	4-6 40%	3-7 30%	4-6 40%
CAL	5-5 50%	3-7 30%	4-6 40%

Wins-losses (pushes and ties last). Spread and over / under skip games without a line.

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

UNC+2.3 →−6.8▼ 9.1#89

CAL+3.8 →−2.5▼ 6.3#77

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UNC

Longer bar = better

CAL

#119

Offense

CAL better ▶

#104

#86

Defense

CAL better ▶

#52

+0.2 #57

Turnovers

◀ UNC better

−0.5 #109

55 plays #137

Pace

CAL faster ▶

67 plays #62

Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense

When UNC has the ball

Advantage: CAL defense

	UNC off	CAL def	Edge
Points / game	18.8 #122	22.5 #58	CAL
Yards / play	4.80 #124	5.41 #63	CAL
PPA / play	+0.04 #114	+0.05 #47	CAL
Success rate	39% #115	39% #41	CAL

When CAL has the ball

Even matchup

	CAL off	UNC def	Edge
Points / game	24.2 #94	25.8 #80	Even
Yards / play	5.25 #103	5.46 #68	UNC
PPA / play	+0.03 #117	+0.21 #118	Even
Success rate	41% #101	42% #76	UNC

Bars show league standing (dashed mark = league middle); Offense and Defense use the average rank across the four stats below. In the tables, a highlighted value and the Edge column mark the side ranked better by at least 15% of the league; defense values are what that team allows. Yards and turnovers from ESPN box scores; PPA from CollegeFootballData (garbage time excluded). Descriptive only: the model already uses these.

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams

UNC scoring against the CAL defense

	Q1	Q2	1H	Q3	Q4	2H
UNC scored	6.0 #71	4.0 #128	10.0 #117	4.0 #104	4.8 #108	8.8 #119
CAL allowed	3.5 #36	8.3 #94	11.8 #66	4.5 #53	6.2 #62	10.7 #54

CAL scoring against the UNC defense

	Q1	Q2	1H	Q3	Q4	2H
CAL scored	7.5 #43	4.7 #121	12.2 #97	4.7 #93	7.3 #62	12.0 #84
UNC allowed	9.0 #124	7.2 #71	16.2 #112	5.6 #80	4.0 #23	9.6 #43

Regulation only (overtime is left out). 1H = Q1 + Q2, 2H = Q3 + Q4. #1 scores the most, or allows the fewest. Season to date, not adjusted for opponents.