Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 4:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Tulsa · Conference game
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3-1 · Power #57
31
▲ winner
Final
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2-2 · Power #113
14
final
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Tulane
Total
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
Opened 53.5 · closed 52.5 · moved 1 downmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & spread
-15.537–17 W O47.5
Very close
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & spread
-13.538–21 W O54.5
Very close
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar situation & rest
-1155–7 W O51
Very close
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & spread
-13.541–40 L O51
Close
UAB @ LT
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & total
-1837–27 L O55.5
Close
APP @ TXST
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & total
-19.524–36 L O54.5
Close
FLA @ VAN
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & situation
-1424–31 L U58
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar team ratings & total
-15.523–13 L U48.5
Close
BOIS @ WYO
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & spread
-14.520–17 L U44.5
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & situation
-12.538–13 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.
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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
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

TULN
Longer bar = better
TLSA
#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
When TULN has the ball
Even matchup
TULN offTLSA defEdge
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
When TLSA has the ball
Even matchup
TLSA offTULN defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TULN scored
8.8
#31
9.0
#64
17.8
#50
3.3
#116
4.0
#117
7.3
#125
TLSA allowed
3.3
#45
3.5
#18
6.8
#23
5.3
#71
8.5
#109
13.8
#108
TLSA scoring against the TULN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TLSA scored
7.8
#45
3.0
#133
10.8
#106
5.3
#81
6.8
#73
12.0
#84
TULN allowed
6.8
#99
5.5
#45
12.3
#79
1.8
#14
12.5
#135
14.3
#113

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TLSA +2.5
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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