Sat, Nov 8, 2025, 3:30 PM ESTWeek 11 · at Iowa · Conference game
Closing spread
ORE -4.5
✓ IOWA W
Total
42.5
▼ Under · 34 pts
Model before kickoff
ORE 26–21 IOWA
✓ ORE (65%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORE -5.5
CloseORE -4.5
Total43.5 → 42.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenORE -5.5
1 → IOWA
CloseORE -4.5
1 pt toward Iowa
Total
Open43.5
▼ 1
Close42.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ORE -5.5 · closed ORE -4.5 · moved 1 toward IOWAmodel ORE -9
model ORE -9
Opened 43.5 · closed 42.5 · moved 1 downmodel 46.5
model 46.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 3.5–5.5 since 2023: won 65%, covered 50% (139 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 47% (272 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORE -5.5
CloseORE -4.5
Total43.5 → 42.5
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
ORE as a 4.5-point road favorite at IOWA, the favorite won 8, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: ORE won 18–16; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 34 points stayed under 42.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 61%
Favorite covered
5 of 956%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
5 of 956%
Normal range · usually 51%
Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 1.7 against an average line of 4.6; 43.7 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close |
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & spread |
-6.5 | 28–13 | W | U47 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar situation & spread |
-3 | 20–13 | W | U47.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 7 · close · similar season form & situation |
-4.5 | 14–26 | L | P40 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar season form & situation |
-2.5 | 33–27 | W | O46.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar situation & spread |
-4.5 | 20–10 | W | U46.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar spread & situation |
-4.5 | 17–7 | W | U50 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar situation & rest |
-3 | 22–21 | L | O40.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar situation & spread |
-3 | 20–44 | L | O43.5 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 13 · loose · similar situation & total |
-11 | 26–25 | L | O45 |
| Loose |
2025 · Week 7 · loose · similar situation & spread |
-3 | 27–24 | P | O50.5 |
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 Iowa ATS trend Hit
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.
Iowa ATS trend (6-2)
Iowa have covered 75% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 21 in the 4th quarter and got 12. 54% of games with totals 38.5–46.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8-2 80% | 5-5 50% | 6-4 60% | |
| 7-3 70% | 6-4 60% | 5-5 50% |
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
ORE+21.3 →+24.0▲ 2.7#3
IOWA+7.8 →+12.5▲ 4.7#22
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW10
Longer bar = better
#6
Offense
◀ ORE better#67
#10
Defense
Even#10
+0.6 #25
Turnovers
Even+0.6 #24
66 plays #83
Pace
◀ ORE faster62 plays #124
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| ORE off | IOWA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 41.3 #6 | 13.1 #4 | Even |
| Yards / play | 7.36 #4 | 4.01 #4 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.37 #2 | −0.08 #7 | Even |
| Success rate | 50% #12 | 37% #23 | Even |
| IOWA off | ORE def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 31.3 #53 | 13.5 #6 | ORE |
| Yards / play | 5.15 #105 | 4.05 #5 | ORE |
| PPA / play | +0.11 #73 | −0.06 #12 | ORE |
| Success rate | 45% #37 | 37% #18 | Even |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
ORE scoring against the IOWA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9.0 #17 | 13.4 #5 | 22.4 #9 | 12.1 #3 | 5.1 #105 | 17.3 #17 | |
4.3 #46 | 4.8 #14 | 9.0 #20 | 1.3 #1 | 2.9 #5 | 4.1 #2 |
IOWA scoring against the ORE defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9.6 #10 | 9.4 #58 | 19.0 #25 | 4.5 #105 | 7.8 #49 | 12.3 #81 | |
2.5 #14 | 1.5 #1 | 4.0 #2 | 1.3 #1 | 7.4 #96 | 8.6 #23 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
41° · 5 mph
gusts 11 mph · 0.035 in rain · at kickoff
Rest
ORE14d bye
IOWA14d bye
Even
Tempo
Slow 128 plays
slowavg 134fast
Travel
ORE 1,595 mi
2 time zones
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