Sat, Sep 6, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Clemson
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1-0 · Power #99
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Final
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0-1 · Power #34
27
▲ winner
Closing spread
CLEM -29.5
✓ TROY W
Total
51.5
▼ Under · 43 pts
Model before kickoff
TROY 11–40 CLEM
✓ CLEM (98%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCLEM -31.5
CloseCLEM -29.5
Total51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Troy
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened CLEM -31.5 · closed CLEM -29.5 · moved 2 toward TROYmodel CLEM -25.5
Opened 51.5 · unchangedmodel 51
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 27.5–31.5 since 2023: won 99%, covered 54% (72 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 47% (117 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCLEM -31.5
CloseCLEM -29.5
Total51.5
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 5 games most like CLEM as a 29.5-point home favorite against TROY, the favorite won 4, covered 3, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: CLEM won 27–16; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 2 of the 5 similar games. 43 points stayed under 51.5, as in 1 of 5.
Favorite won
4 of 580%
Normal range · usually 96%
Favorite covered
3 of 560%
Normal range · usually 55%
Went over
4 of 580%
Normal range · usually 51%

Only 5 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 18.8 against an average line of 26.4; 60.4 points a game (usually 55.5). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 5 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest
-2548–14 W O51.5
Loose
PSU vs OHIO
2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest
-2846–10 W O55
Loose
FLA vs USF
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest
-23.531–28 L O58
Loose
BAY vs TXST
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & total
-3042–7 W U53
Loose
MIA vs MTSU
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation & rest
-25.531–45 L O53.5
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Troy ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Market moved toward Troy
2 pts (CLEM -31.5 → CLEM -29.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Troy 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 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
TROY−7.1 →−5.7▲ 1.4#95
CLEM+15.2 →+14.6▼ 0.6#13
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

TROY
Longer bar = better
CLEM
#46
Offense
◀ TROY better
#117
#67
Defense
Even
#80
+1.0 #47
Turnovers
Even
+1.0 #52
68 plays #67
Pace
◀ TROY faster
58 plays #114
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When TROY has the ball
Advantage: TROY offense
TROY offCLEM defEdge
Points / game 38.0 #43 17.0 #79 TROY
Yards / play 6.12 #52 5.09 #88 TROY
PPA / play +0.31 #44 0.00 #60 Even
Success rate 50% #43 41% #91 TROY
When CLEM has the ball
Advantage: TROY defense
CLEM offTROY defEdge
Points / game 10.0 #125 20.0 #86 TROY
Yards / play 4.50 #107 4.79 #74 TROY
PPA / play −0.09 #120 −0.08 #47 TROY
Success rate 34% #115 36% #59 TROY

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
CLEM +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
78° · 4 mph
gusts 15 mph · at kickoff
Rest
TROY7d
CLEM7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 126 plays
slowavg 133fast

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