Sat, Oct 4, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 6 · at App State
Closing spread
APP -2.5
✓ APP W
Total
54.5
▼ Under · 50 pts
Model before kickoff
ORST 27–30 APP
✓ APP (57%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORST -1.5
CloseAPP -2.5
Total55.5 → 54.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenORST -1.5
4 → APP
CloseAPP -2.5
4 pts toward App State
Total
Open55.5
▼ 1
Close54.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ORST -1.5 · closed APP -2.5 · moved 4 toward APPmodel APP -3
model APP -3
Opened 55.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 1 downmodel 56.5
model 56.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 58%, covered 50% (248 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 3.5+ pts toward the favorite: that team covered 42% (125 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenORST -1.5
CloseAPP -2.5
Total55.5 → 54.5
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
APP as a 2.5-point home favorite against ORST, the favorite won 6, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: APP won 27–23; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 50 points stayed under 54.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 47%
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 0.1 against an average line of 2.6; 54.1 points a game (usually 52.9). Of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-2.5 | 18–31 | L | U50.75 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-3 | 24–20 | W | U50.25 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & rest |
-3 | 30–29 | L | O49.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 13 · close · similar total & rest |
-1 | 38–19 | W | O53.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation |
-3.5 | 27–24 | L | U52.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & team ratings |
-0.5 | 27–48 | L | O53 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation |
-4 | 14–22 | L | U54.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total |
-2.5 | 10–13 | L | U55.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & total |
-3 | 52–37 | W | O56.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & total |
-2.75 | 31–27 | W | O54 |
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Mixed signals on the spread
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.
App State ATS struggles (1-3)
App State have covered only 25% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Market moved toward App State
4 pts (ORST -1.5 → APP -2.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 7 in the 4th quarter and got 2. 52% of games with totals 50.5–58.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-9 10% | 4-6 40% | 5-5 50% | |
| 5-5 50% | 4-6 40% | 2-7 22% |
Recent meetings
The series
ORST 0–1 APP
APP leads · 1 game since 2025 · APP has won the last meeting
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
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
ORST−5.2 →−6.9▼ 1.7#91
APP−6.4 →−9.8▼ 3.4#104
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5
Longer bar = better
#110
Offense
APP better ▶#86
#116
Defense
APP better ▶#76
−0.6 #114
Turnovers
◀ ORST better−1.8 #136
68 plays #46
Pace
APP faster ▶76 plays #11
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| ORST off | APP def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 17.4 #123 | 27.3 #98 | APP |
| Yards / play | 4.87 #126 | 4.97 #46 | APP |
| PPA / play | +0.06 #99 | +0.16 #96 | Even |
| Success rate | 42% #92 | 40% #64 | APP |
| APP off | ORST def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 22.5 #98 | 36.6 #130 | APP |
| Yards / play | 5.77 #76 | 6.66 #127 | APP |
| PPA / play | +0.02 #115 | +0.24 #121 | Even |
| Success rate | 45% #55 | 42% #86 | APP |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
ORST scoring against the APP defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.0 #110 | 3.8 #128 | 7.8 #123 | 3.0 #123 | 6.6 #79 | 9.6 #108 | |
6.0 #91 | 6.5 #60 | 12.5 #77 | 4.0 #47 | 10.8 #132 | 14.8 #115 |
APP scoring against the ORST defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.3 #90 | 6.0 #106 | 11.3 #108 | 6.8 #58 | 4.5 #108 | 11.3 #89 | |
8.4 #119 | 10.8 #120 | 19.2 #121 | 5.4 #76 | 11.4 #133 | 16.8 #129 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
66° · 5 mph
gusts 15 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ORST8d
APP7d
ORST +1 day
Tempo
Fast 144 plays
slowavg 134fast
Altitude
ORST +3,019 ft
moderate climb
Quarterback
APP backup QB started
Not the usual starter
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