Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 4:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Duke · Conference game
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1-1 · Power #97
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Final
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2-0 · Power #43
35
▲ winner
Closing spread
DUKE -9.5
✓ DUKE W
Total
51.5
▼ Under · 42 pts
Model before kickoff
STAN 21–31 DUKE
✓ DUKE (78%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenDUKE -10
CloseDUKE -9.5
Total50.5 → 51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Stanford
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened DUKE -10 · closed DUKE -9.5 · moved 0.5 toward STANmodel DUKE -15
Opened 50.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 1 upmodel 52
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 8.5–10.5 since 2023: won 78%, covered 47% (161 games)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenDUKE -10
CloseDUKE -9.5
Total50.5 → 51.5
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 DUKE as a 9.5-point home favorite against STAN, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: DUKE won 35–7; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 42 points stayed under 51.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 74%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 5.8 against an average line of 8.8; 44.2 points a game (usually 53). Of the 4 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & team ratings
-9.523–24 L O46
Very close
2024 · Week 5 · very close · similar total & rest
-1127–30 L O51.5
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & spread
-7.519–24 L U57.5
Close
2025 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & total
-9.533–0 W U53.5
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar team ratings & spread
-7.530–29 L O51
Close
2023 · Week 13 · close · similar spread
-9.57–33 L U51
Close
2025 · Week 13 · close · similar total & season form
-1025–3 W U51.5
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & total
-9.7534–3 W U48.5
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar total & situation
-77–33 L U49.25
Close
2025 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation
-6.545–13 W O46.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 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
No clear signal 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.

Small sample warning
Stanford have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
STAN−2.6 →−4.5▼ 1.9#85
DUKE+3.8 →+5.2▲ 1.4#43
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

STAN
Longer bar = better
DUKE
#80
Offense
◀ STAN better
#101
#122
Defense
DUKE better ▶
#63
+1.0 #27
Turnovers
◀ STAN better
+0.5 #66
69 plays #54
Pace
◀ STAN faster
67 plays #71
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When STAN has the ball
Even matchup
STAN offDUKE defEdge
Points / game 21.5 #109 15.0 #43 DUKE
Yards / play 5.71 #88 5.16 #73 Even
PPA / play +0.27 #43 −0.03 #49 Even
Success rate 43% #78 41% #85 Even
When DUKE has the ball
Advantage: DUKE offense
DUKE offSTAN defEdge
Points / game 24.0 #101 36.0 #129 DUKE
Yards / play 5.65 #89 6.13 #118 DUKE
PPA / play +0.10 #93 +0.24 #128 DUKE
Success rate 36% #121 44% #112 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 61 FBS teams
STAN scoring against the DUKE defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
STAN scored
5.0
5.0
10.0
4.5
7.0
11.5
DUKE allowed
5.0
7.0
12.0
1.5
1.5
3.0
DUKE scoring against the STAN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
DUKE scored
7.0
8.5
15.5
3.5
5.0
8.5
STAN allowed
7.0
10.5
17.5
7.0
11.5
18.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
DUKE +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
87° · 6 mph
gusts 7 mph · at kickoff
Rest
STAN15d bye
DUKE7d
STAN +8 days
Tempo
Average 136 plays
slowavg 133fast
Travel
STAN 2,375 mi
3 time zones

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