Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 5:05 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Georgia Tech
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2-1 · Power #96
24
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Final
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3-0 · Power #39
45
▲ winner
Closing spread
GT -24.5
✓ TEM W
Total
52.5
▲ Over · 69 pts
Model before kickoff
TEM 14–39 GT
✓ GT (96%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenGT -23.5
CloseGT -24.5
Total53.5 → 52.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Georgia Tech
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened GT -23.5 · closed GT -24.5 · moved 1 toward GTmodel GT -25.5
Opened 53.5 · closed 52.5 · moved 1 downmodel 53
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 23.5–25.5 since 2023: won 95%, covered 53% (65 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 51% (168 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenGT -23.5
CloseGT -24.5
Total53.5 → 52.5
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 GT as a 24.5-point home favorite against TEM, the favorite won 8, covered 5, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: GT won 45–24; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 69 points went over 52.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 92%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 44%
Went over
6 of 1060%
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 18.7 against an average line of 25.1; 56.7 points a game (usually 54.1). 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
MIA vs MTSU
2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & situation
-25.531–45 L O53.5
Close
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & total
-2510–31 L U48.5
Close
FSU vs UL
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & total
-2549–17 W O52.5
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & spread
-2548–14 W O51.5
Close
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & situation
-24.538–20 L O50
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & total
-22.538–9 W U54
Close
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & rest
-24.556–24 W O55.5
Close
BAY vs TXST
2022 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & total
-3042–7 W U53
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread
-23.535–14 L O48.5
Close
2024 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & spread
-2530–9 L U48.5
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
Temple 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
TEM−16.1 →−9.7▲ 6.4#108
GT+6.9 →+10.7▲ 3.8#28
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

TEM
Longer bar = better
GT
#41
Offense
Even
#35
#72
Defense
Even
#65
+1.3 #23
Turnovers
◀ TEM better
−0.7 #100
62 plays #108
Pace
GT faster ▶
65 plays #79
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When TEM has the ball
Advantage: TEM offense
TEM offGT defEdge
Points / game 33.3 #57 17.7 #46 Even
Yards / play 6.08 #58 5.11 #64 Even
PPA / play +0.40 #16 +0.08 #80 TEM
Success rate 50% #32 40% #70 TEM
When GT has the ball
Advantage: GT offense
GT offTEM defEdge
Points / game 36.7 #45 19.7 #61 Even
Yards / play 7.70 #12 4.96 #58 GT
PPA / play +0.20 #58 +0.06 #69 Even
Success rate 52% #23 44% #101 GT

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 129 FBS teams
TEM scoring against the GT defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TEM scored
9.3
#25
11.3
#39
20.7
#31
4.7
#87
8.0
#52
12.7
#76
GT allowed
4.3
#62
3.3
#21
7.7
#35
3.3
#41
6.7
#76
10.0
#57
GT scoring against the TEM defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
GT scored
3.3
#106
14.7
#18
18.0
#50
7.0
#54
11.7
#10
18.7
#28
TEM allowed
7.0
#97
8.0
#81
15.0
#93
4.7
#67
0.0
#1
4.7
#12

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
GT +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
87° · 2 mph
gusts 9 mph · at kickoff
Rest
TEM7d
GT7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 127 plays
slowavg 134fast