Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 3:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Toledo
Weather at kickoff66°F5 mphgusts 11DryWeather watch ›
1-1 · Power #104
48
final
Final
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1-1 · Power #75
49
▲ winner
Closing spread
TOL -4.5
✓ TEM W
Total
48.5
▲ Over · 97 pts
Model before kickoff
TEM 21–27 TOL
✓ TOL (66%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenTOL -4
CloseTOL -4.5
Total52.5 → 48.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Toledo
Total
Down 4 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TOL -4 · closed TOL -4.5 · moved 0.5 toward TOLmodel TOL -11
Opened 52.5 · closed 48.5 · moved 4 downmodel 48.5 matches the line
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 3.5–5.5 since 2023: won 66%, covered 52% (229 games)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenTOL -4
CloseTOL -4.5
Total52.5 → 48.5
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 TOL as a 4.5-point home favorite against TEM, the favorite won 8, covered 7, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: TOL won 49–48; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 97 points went over 48.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 61%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
3 of 933%
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 11.7 against an average line of 4.4; 48.7 points a game (usually 52.6). Of the 3 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & team ratings
-6.529–24 L P53
Close
2025 · Week 4 · close · similar total & situation
-734–9 W U46.5
Close
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & spread
-36–13 L U42.5
Close
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & rest
-7.536–7 W U43.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-331–23 W O49.5
Close
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & total
-2.534–14 W U48.25
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & spread
-3.533–35 L O52
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar total & spread
-445–37 W O51.5
Close
2025 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & rest
-330–20 W U51.5
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar spread
-3.524–3 W U42.5
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
No clear signal on the spread
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 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.

Total moved down 4
52.5 → 48.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Toledo has 1 game 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
TEM−7.3 →−8.6▼ 1.3#102
TOL+1.0 →−1.0▼ 2.0#69
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

TEM
Longer bar = better
TOL
#83
Offense
TOL better ▶
#52
#89
Defense
TOL better ▶
#37
+0.5 #56
Turnovers
◀ TEM better
−1.0 #124
58 plays #115
Pace
Even
59 plays #112
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When TEM has the ball
Advantage: TOL defense
TEM offTOL defEdge
Points / game 23.5 #104 20.0 #67 TOL
Yards / play 5.62 #91 3.80 #16 TOL
PPA / play +0.14 #72 −0.12 #28 TOL
Success rate 45% #64 34% #37 TOL
When TOL has the ball
Advantage: TOL offense
TOL offTEM defEdge
Points / game 41.5 #34 20.5 #68 TOL
Yards / play 7.20 #25 5.80 #109 TOL
PPA / play +0.25 #48 +0.11 #97 TOL
Success rate 39% #101 41% #81 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 45 FBS teams
TEM scoring against the TOL defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TEM scored
5.0
8.5
13.5
3.5
6.5
10.0
TOL allowed
6.5
4.5
11.0
0.0
9.0
9.0
TOL scoring against the TEM defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TOL scored
7.0
14.0
21.0
14.0
6.5
20.5
TEM allowed
3.5
8.5
12.0
5.0
3.5
8.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TOL +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
66° · 5 mph
gusts 11 mph · at kickoff
Rest
TEM7d
TOL7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 117 plays
slowavg 133fast
Quarterback
TEM backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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