Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 9:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Washington · Conference game
Weather at kickoff59°F8 mphgusts 14DryWeather watch ›
3-2 · Power #62
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4-1 · Power #15
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▲ winner
Closing spread
WASH -9.5
✓ WASH W
Total
62.5
▼ Under · 57 pts
Model before kickoff
RUTG 25–36 WASH
✓ WASH (77%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWASH -10.5
CloseWASH -9.5
Total59.5 → 62.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Rutgers
Total
Up 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened WASH -10.5 · closed WASH -9.5 · moved 1 toward RUTGmodel WASH -13.5
Opened 59.5 · closed 62.5 · moved 3 upmodel 61
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 8.5–10.5 since 2023: won 77%, covered 44% (111 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 50% (222 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenWASH -10.5
CloseWASH -9.5
Total59.5 → 62.5
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 WASH as a 9.5-point home favorite against RUTG, the favorite won 8, covered 5, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: WASH won 38–19; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 57 points stayed under 62.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 74%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
3 of 933%
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 13.1 against an average line of 9.6; 57.7 points a game (usually 54.1). Of the 1 over, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
FSU vs WAKE
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & season form
-621–31 L U67.5
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & team ratings
-1029–27 L P56
Close
OKST vs TTU
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & season form
-11.541–31 L O65.5
Close
USC vs WSU
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & total
-12.530–14 W U64.5
Close
TEX vs WVU
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & season form
-7.538–20 W U61
Close
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & season form
-10.7523–26 L U56.25
Close
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar season form & situation
-1359–20 W O59.5
Close
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar total & spread
-731–7 W U61
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & situation
-7.537–9 W U57.5
Close
FSU vs FLA
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & team ratings
-1045–38 L O58
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
No clear signal on the spread
Moderate Over trend Miss
Moderate-or-stronger total leans went 21-19 (53%) in our 2024–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Both teams trending Over (8-2 combined)
Their games this season have mostly gone over the total. · Backtest 2023–26: 66-66 (50%)
Total moved up 3
59.5 → 62.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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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
RUTG+3.4 →+4.4▲ 1.0#53
WASH+8.0 →+13.0▲ 5.0#22
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

RUTG
Longer bar = better
WASH
#31
Offense
Even
#19
#104
Defense
WASH better ▶
#50
+0.2 #61
Turnovers
WASH better ▶
+1.0 #17
73 plays #18
Pace
◀ RUTG faster
67 plays #69
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When RUTG has the ball
Even matchup
RUTG offWASH defEdge
Points / game 39.0 #20 19.8 #39 Even
Yards / play 5.96 #58 4.60 #24 WASH
PPA / play +0.26 #28 +0.06 #57 RUTG
Success rate 51% #18 42% #78 RUTG
When WASH has the ball
Advantage: WASH offense
WASH offRUTG defEdge
Points / game 39.4 #17 25.4 #81 WASH
Yards / play 6.70 #23 6.37 #125 WASH
PPA / play +0.30 #21 +0.14 #92 WASH
Success rate 52% #14 46% #117 WASH

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
RUTG scoring against the WASH defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
RUTG scored
9.6
#17
15.0
#6
24.6
#10
5.4
#79
9.0
#33
14.4
#56
WASH allowed
4.0
#47
6.8
#58
10.8
#57
7.0
#107
2.0
#4
9.0
#36
WASH scoring against the RUTG defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
WASH scored
7.0
#53
9.6
#55
16.6
#60
8.2
#38
14.6
#1
22.8
#4
RUTG allowed
5.6
#83
7.4
#76
13.0
#82
7.6
#114
4.8
#39
12.4
#86

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
WASH +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
59° · 8 mph
gusts 14 mph · at kickoff
Rest
RUTG13d bye
WASH6d
RUTG +7 days
Tempo
Fast 139 plays
slowavg 134fast
Travel
RUTG 2,385 mi
3 time zones

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