Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Virginia · Conference game
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1-2 · Power #85
20
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2-1 · Power #32
48
▲ winner
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
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UVA -16.5 · unchangedmodel UVA -14.5
Opened 49.5 · unchangedmodel 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
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 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & total
-1444–17 W O50
Very close
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & situation
-1456–28 W O53.5
Very close
2023 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & situation
-1738–14 W O48
Very close
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & team ratings
-1335–33 L O48
Very close
2024 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & season form
-1727–0 W U44
Very close
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar rest & spread
-17.538–14 W U54.5
Very close
2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & spread
-18.529–26 L O48
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation
-1642–35 L O56.5
Close
USA vs ODU
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread
-16.527–20 L P47
Close
TULN vs USM
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & total
-11.7524–27 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.
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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
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

STAN
Longer bar = better
UVA
#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
When STAN has the ball
Advantage: UVA defense
STAN offUVA defEdge
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
When UVA has the ball
Advantage: UVA offense
UVA offSTAN defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
STAN scored
5.3
#88
5.7
#103
11.0
#101
2.3
#118
4.3
#102
6.7
#123
UVA allowed
2.3
#30
4.7
#37
7.0
#32
11.7
#129
0.7
#3
12.3
#86
UVA scoring against the STAN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UVA scored
11.7
#17
19.7
#1
31.3
#4
10.3
#17
3.0
#124
13.3
#69
STAN allowed
4.3
#67
11.7
#121
16.0
#99
4.3
#60
3.0
#25
7.3
#28

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UVA +2.5
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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