Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 12:45 PM EDTWeek 1 · at Kentucky
Closing spread
UK -9.5
✓ TOL W
Total
48.5
▼ Under · 40 pts
Model before kickoff
TOL 18–29 UK
✓ UK (77%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUK -9.5
CloseUK -9.5
Total48.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenUK -9.5
no move
CloseUK -9.5
No change since the open
Total
Open48.5
no move
Close48.5
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UK -9.5 · unchangedmodel UK -13.5
model UK -13.5
Opened 48.5 · unchangedmodel 47
model 47
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 8.5–10.5 since 2023: won 80%, covered 45% (98 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUK -9.5
CloseUK -9.5
Total48.5
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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
UK as a 9.5-point home favorite against TOL, the favorite won 8, covered 4, and 6 went over the total.
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This game: UK won 24–16; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 40 points stayed under 48.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 74%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%
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 12.4 against an average line of 9.9; 48.4 points a game (usually 54.3). Of the 5 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 8 · very close · similar spread & team ratings |
-9.5 | 23–24 | L | O46 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & total |
-10 | 35–24 | W | O48.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar situation & total |
-11.75 | 24–27 | L | O48.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 1 · very close · similar situation & spread |
-9 | 30–28 | L | O45.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 10 · very close · similar spread & total |
-9.5 | 59–28 | W | O46.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & team ratings |
-10.5 | 49–10 | W | O43.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & total |
-8.5 | 10–9 | L | U45.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 10 · very close · similar total & spread |
-9.75 | 34–3 | W | U48.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 2 · very close · similar total & situation |
-12.5 | 20–14 | L | U49.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar team ratings & total |
-7.5 | 20–13 | L | U46.5 |
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
Toledo have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 37 in the 4th quarter and got 28. 53% of games with totals 44.5–52.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-5 50% | 4-6 40% | 5-5 50% | |
| 3-7 30% | 6-4 60% | 4-6 40% |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
74° · 7 mph
gusts 20 mph · at kickoff
Rest
TOL1st game
UK1st game
Even
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