Ohio @ Rutgers: Result, Lines & ATS Trends (Week 1, 2025)

Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 6:00 PM EDTWeek 1 · at Rutgers

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Ohio

0-0 · Power #78

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Final

Rutgers

0-0 · Power #62

▲ winner

Closing spread

RUTG -15.5

✓ OHIO W

Total

53.5

▲ Over · 65 pts

Model before kickoff

OHIO 19–33 RUTG

✓ RUTG (85%) won

Closing line · ESPN BET

SourceESPN BET closing line

OpenRUTG -15.5

CloseRUTG -15.5

Total49.5 → 53.5

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

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Market

Open → close

Spread

OpenRUTG -15.5

no move

CloseRUTG -15.5

No change since the open

Total

Open49.5

▲ 4

Close53.5

Up 4 since the open

Line movement

Opening and closing line · tap a dot

Opened RUTG -15.5 · unchangedmodel RUTG -10

model RUTG -10

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Line context

Home favorites of 14.5–16.5 since 2023: won 91%, covered 47% (70 games)ⓘ

Closing line · ESPN BET

SourceESPN BET closing line

OpenRUTG -15.5

CloseRUTG -15.5

Total49.5 → 53.5

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 RUTG as a 15.5-point home favorite against OHIO, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: RUTG won 34–31; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 65 points went over 53.5, as in 5 of 10.

Favorite won

7 of 1070%

Normal range · usually 84%

Favorite covered

5 of 1050%

Normal range · usually 46%

Went over

5 of 956%

Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 15 against an average line of 15.9; 56.4 points a game (usually 53.5). Of the 3 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games

Match	Game	Line	Final	Covered	O/U
Very close	AFA vs COLO 2022 · Week 2 · very close · similar situation & team ratings	-17.5	41–10	W	O50
Close	ARMY vs ECU 2024 · Week 8 · close · similar total & spread	-17.5	45–28	L	O54.5
Close	UTSA vs ECU 2023 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & team ratings	-17.5	41–27	L	O48
Close	MEM vs TROY 2024 · Week 2 · close · similar team ratings & situation	-18.5	38–17	W	U56.5
Close	USA vs UL 2023 · Week 9 · close · similar total & team ratings	-11.5	20–33	L	U55
Close	CAL vs ORST 2024 · Week 9 · close · similar team ratings & situation	-13	44–7	W	P51
Close	ARIZ vs COLO 2022 · Week 5 · close · similar spread	-17.75	43–20	W	O58
Close	TCU vs HOU 2024 · Week 6 · close · similar spread & total	-16.5	19–30	L	U52
Close	NAVY vs CLT 2024 · Week 8 · close · similar spread	-16.5	51–17	W	O57.5
Close	SMU vs BYU 2024 · Week 2 · close · similar situation	-12.5	15–18	L	U56

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