Sat, Oct 25, 2025, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 9 · at LSU · Conference game
Closing spread
TA&M -1.5
✓ TA&M W
Total
49.5
▲ Over · 74 pts
Model before kickoff
TA&M 26–24 LSU
✓ TA&M (56%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTA&M -2.5
CloseTA&M -1.5
Total48.5 → 49.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenTA&M -2.5
1 → LSU
CloseTA&M -1.5
1 pt toward LSU
Total
Open48.5
▲ 1
Close49.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TA&M -2.5 · closed TA&M -1.5 · moved 1 toward LSUmodel TA&M -4
model TA&M -4
Opened 48.5 · closed 49.5 · moved 1 upmodel 50
model 50
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 52%, covered 49% (147 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 48% (253 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTA&M -2.5
CloseTA&M -1.5
Total48.5 → 49.5
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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
TA&M as a 1.5-point road favorite at LSU, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: TA&M won 49–25; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 74 points went over 49.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
5 of 1050%
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 5.7 against an average line of 3.2; 55.3 points a game (usually 53). Of the 3 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 |
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-2.5 | 41–43 | L | O47 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 10 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-2 | 21–26 | L | U55 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-4.5 | 34–28 | W | O51 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-5.5 | 24–14 | W | U54.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-3.5 | 17–27 | L | U50.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar rest & total |
-4.5 | 17–7 | W | U50 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-2.5 | 45–18 | W | O56 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-2.5 | 41–12 | W | O47.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & season form |
-2.5 | 36–45 | L | O52.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-2 | 29–28 | L | U58 |
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 no trends and market moves 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.
No notable trends or market moves for this game.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q3. Of 541 earlier overs in games with totals 45.5–53.5, 34% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-3 70% | 3-7 30% | 7-3 70% | |
| 8-2 80% | 5-5 50% | 4-6 40% |
Recent meetings
Last 2 since 2023
TA&M 24–37 LSU (3 tied)
LSU leads · 64 games since 1906 · LSU has won the last meeting
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26 2024 | LSU 23 @ Texas A&M 38 | TA&M -1.5 | TA&M W |
| Nov 25 2023 | Texas A&M 30 @ LSU 42 | LSU -13 | TA&M W |
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
TA&M+14.3 →+18.7▲ 4.4#9
LSU+15.7 →+12.9▼ 2.8#19
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW8
Longer bar = better
#23
Offense
◀ TA&M better#75
#46
Defense
LSU better ▶#25
+0.1 #66
Turnovers
Even+0.3 #58
70 plays #32
Pace
◀ TA&M faster63 plays #109
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| TA&M off | LSU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 36.1 #27 | 14.6 #10 | Even |
| Yards / play | 6.66 #24 | 4.77 #25 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.29 #15 | 0.00 #25 | Even |
| Success rate | 48% #26 | 39% #40 | Even |
| LSU off | TA&M def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 25.6 #87 | 23.4 #61 | TA&M |
| Yards / play | 5.79 #65 | 5.24 #50 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.13 #71 | +0.08 #61 | Even |
| Success rate | 43% #78 | 36% #13 | TA&M |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
TA&M scoring against the LSU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.4 #43 | 12.7 #9 | 20.1 #16 | 7.3 #43 | 8.7 #37 | 16.0 #31 | |
3.3 #30 | 5.4 #29 | 8.7 #23 | 3.4 #31 | 2.4 #4 | 5.9 #6 |
LSU scoring against the TA&M defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.9 #119 | 9.1 #62 | 13.0 #91 | 7.0 #46 | 5.6 #94 | 12.6 #74 | |
6.1 #86 | 5.3 #27 | 11.4 #55 | 4.6 #54 | 7.4 #91 | 12.0 #74 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
71° · 9 mph
gusts 18 mph · at kickoff
Rest
TA&M7d
LSU7d
Even
Tempo
Average 133 plays
slowavg 134fast
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