Sat, Oct 25, 2025, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 9 · at LSU · Conference game
Weather at kickoff71°F9 mphgusts 18DryWeather watch ›
7-0 · Power #10
49
▲ winner
Final
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5-2 · Power #31
25
final
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward LSU
Total
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
Opened 48.5 · closed 49.5 · moved 1 upmodel 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
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 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & season form
-2.541–43 L O47
Very close
2024 · Week 10 · very close · similar spread & rest
-221–26 L U55
Very close
CLEM @ FSU
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & situation
-4.534–28 W O51
Very close
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & season form
-5.524–14 W U54.5
Very close
MSST @ UK
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & situation
-3.517–27 L U50.5
Very close
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar rest & total
-4.517–7 W U50
Very close
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & spread
-2.545–18 W O56
Very close
PSU @ AUB
2022 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & spread
-2.541–12 W O47.5
Very close
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & season form
-2.536–45 L O52.5
Very close
TCU @ BAY
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & spread
-229–28 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.
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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
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

TA&M
Longer bar = better
LSU
#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 faster
63 plays #109
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When TA&M has the ball
Even matchup
TA&M offLSU defEdge
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
When LSU has the ball
Advantage: TA&M defense
LSU offTA&M defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TA&M scored
7.4
#43
12.7
#9
20.1
#16
7.3
#43
8.7
#37
16.0
#31
LSU allowed
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
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LSU scored
3.9
#119
9.1
#62
13.0
#91
7.0
#46
5.6
#94
12.6
#74
TA&M allowed
6.1
#86
5.3
#27
11.4
#55
4.6
#54
7.4
#91
12.0
#74

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
LSU +2.5
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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