Sat, Sep 6, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Clemson
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenCLEM -31.5
2 → TROY
CloseCLEM -29.5
2 pts toward Troy
Total
Open51.5
no move
Close51.5
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
model CLEM -25.5
Opened 51.5 · unchangedmodel 51
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose |
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest |
-25 | 48–14 | W | O51.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest |
-28 | 46–10 | W | O55 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest |
-23.5 | 31–28 | L | O58 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & total |
-30 | 42–7 | W | U53 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation & rest |
-25.5 | 31–45 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 16 in the 4th quarter and got 7. 55% of games with totals 47.5–55.5 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% | 6-4 60% | 5-5 50% | |
| 6-4 60% | 3-7 30% | 4-6 40% |
Recent meetings
The series
TROY 0–3 CLEM
CLEM leads · 3 games since 2011 · CLEM has won the last 3 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
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
Longer bar = better
#46
Offense
◀ TROY better#117
#67
Defense
Even#80
+1.0 #47
Turnovers
Even+1.0 #52
68 plays #67
Pace
◀ TROY faster58 plays #114
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| TROY off | CLEM def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| CLEM off | TROY def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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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