Sat, Oct 4, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 6 · at App State
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0-5 · Power #100
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Final
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2-2 · Power #115
27
▲ winner
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
4 pts toward App State
Total
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
Opened 55.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 1 downmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread
-2.518–31 L U50.75
Very close
BUFF vs M-OH
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & rest
-324–20 W U50.25
Close
2025 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & rest
-330–29 L O49.5
Close
EMU vs CMU
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar total & rest
-138–19 W O53.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & situation
-3.527–24 L U52.5
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & team ratings
-0.527–48 L O53
Close
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-414–22 L U54.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total
-2.510–13 L U55.5
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & total
-352–37 W O56.5
Close
CMU vs BUFF
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & total
-2.7531–27 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%)
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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
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

ORST
Longer bar = better
APP
#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
When ORST has the ball
Advantage: APP defense
ORST offAPP defEdge
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
When APP has the ball
Advantage: APP offense
APP offORST defEdge
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
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ORST scored
4.0
#110
3.8
#128
7.8
#123
3.0
#123
6.6
#79
9.6
#108
APP allowed
6.0
#91
6.5
#60
12.5
#77
4.0
#47
10.8
#132
14.8
#115
APP scoring against the ORST defense
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APP scored
5.3
#90
6.0
#106
11.3
#108
6.8
#58
4.5
#108
11.3
#89
ORST allowed
8.4
#119
10.8
#120
19.2
#121
5.4
#76
11.4
#133
16.8
#129

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
APP +2.5
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