Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Virginia · Conference game
Closing spread
UVA -16.5
✓ UVA W
Total
49.5
▲ Over · 68 pts
Model before kickoff
STAN 18–34 UVA
✓ UVA (88%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUVA -16.5
CloseUVA -16.5
Total49.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenUVA -16.5
no move
CloseUVA -16.5
No change since the open
Total
Open49.5
no move
Close49.5
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UVA -16.5 · unchangedmodel UVA -14.5
model UVA -14.5
Opened 49.5 · unchangedmodel 52
model 52
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 15.5–17.5 since 2023: won 90%, covered 45% (100 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUVA -16.5
CloseUVA -16.5
Total49.5
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Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 10 games most like
UVA as a 16.5-point home favorite against STAN, the favorite won 9, covered 5, and 7 went over the total.
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This game: UVA won 48–20; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 68 points went over 49.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 86%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
7 of 978%
Normal range · usually 49%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 14.6 against an average line of 15.5; 57.4 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 6 overs, 2 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 5 · very close · similar rest & total |
-14 | 44–17 | W | O50 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-14 | 56–28 | W | O53.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-17 | 38–14 | W | O48 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & team ratings |
-13 | 35–33 | L | O48 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-17 | 27–0 | W | U44 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-17.5 | 38–14 | W | U54.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-18.5 | 29–26 | L | O48 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation |
-16 | 42–35 | L | O56.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread |
-16.5 | 27–20 | L | P47 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & total |
-11.75 | 24–27 | L | O48.5 |
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
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 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q3. Of 466 earlier overs in games with totals 45.5–53.5, 35% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-8 20% | 3-7 30% | 5-5 50% | |
| 3-7 30% | 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
STAN−3.7 →−5.2▼ 1.5#83
UVA−1.6 →+3.9▲ 5.5#53
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3
Longer bar = better
#121
Offense
UVA better ▶#19
#75
Defense
Even#68
0.0 #70
Turnovers
Even+0.3 #59
63 plays #105
Pace
UVA faster ▶80 plays #7
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| STAN off | UVA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 17.7 #119 | 19.3 #59 | UVA |
| Yards / play | 4.50 #128 | 5.36 #81 | UVA |
| PPA / play | +0.03 #116 | +0.10 #84 | UVA |
| Success rate | 36% #121 | 37% #46 | UVA |
| UVA off | STAN def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 44.7 #17 | 23.3 #78 | UVA |
| Yards / play | 6.92 #28 | 5.16 #67 | UVA |
| PPA / play | +0.45 #8 | +0.03 #62 | UVA |
| Success rate | 51% #24 | 43% #91 | UVA |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 131 FBS teams
STAN scoring against the UVA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.3 #88 | 5.7 #103 | 11.0 #101 | 2.3 #118 | 4.3 #102 | 6.7 #123 | |
2.3 #30 | 4.7 #37 | 7.0 #32 | 11.7 #129 | 0.7 #3 | 12.3 #86 |
UVA scoring against the STAN defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11.7 #17 | 19.7 #1 | 31.3 #4 | 10.3 #17 | 3.0 #124 | 13.3 #69 | |
4.3 #67 | 11.7 #121 | 16.0 #99 | 4.3 #60 | 3.0 #25 | 7.3 #28 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
72° · 4 mph
gusts 7 mph · at kickoff
Rest
STAN7d
UVA7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 143 plays
slowavg 134fast
Travel
STAN 2,363 mi
3 time zones
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