Fri, Nov 28, 2025, 7:30 PM ESTWeek 14 · at Texas · Conference game
Weather at kickoff63°F11 mphgusts 23DryWeather watch ›
11-0 · Power #10
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Final
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8-3 · Power #14
27
▲ winner
Closing spread
TA&M -2.5
✓ TEX W
Total
54.5
▼ Under · 44 pts
Model before kickoff
TA&M 26–24 TEX
✗ TA&M (58%) lost
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenTA&M -1.5
CloseTA&M -2.5
Total52.5 → 54.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Texas A&M
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TA&M -1.5 · closed TA&M -2.5 · moved 1 toward TA&Mmodel TA&M -3.5
Opened 52.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 2 upmodel 50
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 56%, covered 47% (234 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 49% (265 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenTA&M -1.5
CloseTA&M -2.5
Total52.5 → 54.5
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 2.5-point road favorite at TEX, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: TEX won 27–17 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 44 points stayed under 54.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
5 of 956%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 3.5 against an average line of 3; 53.7 points a game (usually 52.8). Of the 2 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & rest
-27–36 L U58.75
Very close
TCU @ BAY
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar situation & rest
-229–28 L U58
Very close
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar total & season form
-5.524–14 W U54.5
Very close
MISS @ TA&M
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar total & rest
-331–28 P O55.25
Very close
2024 · Week 10 · very close · similar situation & season form
-221–26 L U55
Very close
2025 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & rest
-2.526–14 W U56.5
Very close
CLEM @ FSU
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & season form
-4.534–28 W O51
Very close
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & rest
-2.541–43 L O47
Very close
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar total & rest
-2.545–18 W O56
Very close
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar total & rest
-328–16 W U54
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Moderate Texas A&M ATS trend Miss
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over 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.

Texas A&M 3-1 ATS on the road
Strong against the spread on the road this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Texas ATS struggles (3-8)
Texas have covered only 27% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Total moved up 2
52.5 → 54.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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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 →+20.0▲ 5.7#8
TEX+23.2 →+14.6▼ 8.6#19
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW13

TA&M
Longer bar = better
TEX
#16
Offense
◀ TA&M better
#69
#35
Defense
Even
#33
−0.5 #110
Turnovers
TEX better ▶
+0.9 #12
70 plays #36
Pace
◀ TA&M faster
65 plays #92
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When TA&M has the ball
Even matchup
TA&M offTEX defEdge
Points / game 38.1 #10 20.0 #24 Even
Yards / play 6.69 #18 4.94 #28 Even
PPA / play +0.26 #16 +0.02 #31 Even
Success rate 48% #19 40% #48 TA&M
When TEX has the ball
Advantage: TA&M defense
TEX offTA&M defEdge
Points / game 29.8 #50 21.5 #39 Even
Yards / play 5.87 #56 4.94 #29 TA&M
PPA / play +0.12 #69 +0.07 #61 Even
Success rate 40% #100 34% #10 TA&M

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
TA&M scoring against the TEX defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TA&M scored
8.8
#18
9.6
#48
18.5
#23
10.0
#8
9.6
#14
19.6
#6
TEX allowed
3.0
#19
7.0
#60
10.0
#31
2.1
#5
7.9
#104
10.0
#40
TEX scoring against the TA&M defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TEX scored
6.9
#41
7.2
#89
14.1
#73
8.3
#22
6.5
#71
14.8
#38
TA&M allowed
6.1
#87
5.5
#24
11.6
#53
3.5
#24
6.3
#62
9.8
#39

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TEX +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
63° · 11 mph
gusts 23 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
TA&M6d
TEX6d
Even
Tempo
Average 135 plays
slowavg 134fast

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