Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 4:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Tulsa · Conference game
Closing spread
TULN -14.5
✓ TULN W
Total
52.5
▼ Under · 45 pts
Model before kickoff
TULN 33–18 TLSA
✓ TULN (85%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTULN -13.5
CloseTULN -14.5
Total53.5 → 52.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenTULN -13.5
1 → TULN
CloseTULN -14.5
1 pt toward Tulane
Total
Open53.5
▼ 1
Close52.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TULN -13.5 · closed TULN -14.5 · moved 1 toward TULNmodel TULN -15
model TULN -15
Opened 53.5 · closed 52.5 · moved 1 downmodel 51.5
model 51.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 13.5–15.5 since 2023: won 77%, covered 53% (47 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 51% (176 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTULN -13.5
CloseTULN -14.5
Total53.5 → 52.5
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
TULN as a 14.5-point road favorite at TLSA, the favorite won 8, covered 4, and 6 went over the total.
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This game: TULN won 31–14; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 45 points stayed under 52.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 82%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 46%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 49%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 11.5 against an average line of 14.8; 55.9 points a game (usually 53.7). Of the 4 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 3 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-15.5 | 37–17 | W | O47.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & spread |
-13.5 | 38–21 | W | O54.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar situation & rest |
-11 | 55–7 | W | O51 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & spread |
-13.5 | 41–40 | L | O51 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & total |
-18 | 37–27 | L | O55.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & total |
-19.5 | 24–36 | L | O54.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & situation |
-14 | 24–31 | L | U58 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar team ratings & total |
-15.5 | 23–13 | L | U48.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & spread |
-14.5 | 20–17 | L | U44.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & situation |
-12.5 | 38–13 | W | U54.5 |
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 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 8 in the 4th quarter and got 0. 53% of games with totals 48.5–56.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 5-5 50% | 5-5 50% | |
| 3-7 30% | 4-6 40% | 6-4 60% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
TULN 8–13 TLSA
TLSA leads · 21 games since 1968 · TULN has won the last 3 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11 2023 | Tulsa 22 @ Tulane 24 | TULN -24.5 | TLSA W |
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
TULN+5.1 →+3.4▼ 1.7#55
TLSA−18.6 →−13.0▲ 5.6#119
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW4
Longer bar = better
#83
Offense
◀ TULN better#99
#94
Defense
TLSA better ▶#65
+1.5 #11
Turnovers
◀ TULN better−0.3 #87
69 plays #44
Pace
TLSA faster ▶77 plays #12
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| TULN off | TLSA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 25.0 #89 | 20.5 #56 | TLSA |
| Yards / play | 5.54 #89 | 5.09 #54 | TLSA |
| PPA / play | +0.12 #82 | +0.04 #58 | TLSA |
| Success rate | 44% #73 | 43% #90 | Even |
| TLSA off | TULN def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 22.8 #98 | 26.5 #91 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.32 #104 | 6.10 #115 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.06 #104 | +0.05 #59 | TULN |
| Success rate | 41% #90 | 45% #112 | TLSA |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
TULN scoring against the TLSA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.8 #31 | 9.0 #64 | 17.8 #50 | 3.3 #116 | 4.0 #117 | 7.3 #125 | |
3.3 #45 | 3.5 #18 | 6.8 #23 | 5.3 #71 | 8.5 #109 | 13.8 #108 |
TLSA scoring against the TULN defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.8 #45 | 3.0 #133 | 10.8 #106 | 5.3 #81 | 6.8 #73 | 12.0 #84 | |
6.8 #99 | 5.5 #45 | 12.3 #79 | 1.8 #14 | 12.5 #135 | 14.3 #113 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
83° · 5 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
TULN7d
TLSA8d
TLSA +1 day
Tempo
Fast 146 plays
slowavg 134fast
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