Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 6:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Florida Atlantic · Conference game
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2-3 · Power #119
33
final
Final
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2-3 · Power #108
53
▲ winner
Closing spread
FAU -5.5
✓ FAU W
Total
65.5
▲ Over · 86 pts
Model before kickoff
UAB 30–36 FAU
✓ FAU (66%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenFAU -4.5
CloseFAU -5.5
Total69.5 → 65.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Florida Atlantic
Total
Down 4 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened FAU -4.5 · closed FAU -5.5 · moved 1 toward FAUmodel FAU -6
Opened 69.5 · closed 65.5 · moved 4 downmodel 66
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 4.5–6.5 since 2023: won 68%, covered 56% (151 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 49% (194 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenFAU -4.5
CloseFAU -5.5
Total69.5 → 65.5
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 FAU as a 5.5-point home favorite against UAB, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: FAU won 53–33; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 86 points went over 65.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 63%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
4 of 944%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 5.3 against an average line of 6.1; 61.5 points a game (usually 52.9). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & situation
-6.545–14 W U68
Very close
UNT vs LT
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & situation
-6.547–27 W O68.25
Very close
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread
-541–20 W O60
Very close
EMU vs BUFF
2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & season form
-6.531–50 L O57.5
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form
-834–24 W U61.5
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & season form
-2.529–20 W U60.5
Close
KENT vs EMU
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & spread
-7.524–31 L U60
Close
WMU vs EMU
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread
-4.523–45 L O55.5
Close
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation
-6.527–24 L U60.5
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & season form
-7.533–26 L P59
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
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Total moved down 4
69.5 → 65.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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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
UAB−11.1 →−14.3▼ 3.2#122
FAU−10.0 →−11.5▼ 1.5#111
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

UAB
Longer bar = better
FAU
#55
Offense
◀ UAB better
#93
#134
Defense
FAU better ▶
#108
−1.0 #125
Turnovers
Even
−2.0 #137
65 plays #93
Pace
FAU faster ▶
80 plays #1
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UAB has the ball
Advantage: UAB offense
UAB offFAU defEdge
Points / game 28.8 #69 33.4 #126 UAB
Yards / play 6.49 #37 5.73 #94 UAB
PPA / play +0.16 #63 +0.18 #109 UAB
Success rate 45% #50 44% #101 UAB
When FAU has the ball
Advantage: FAU offense
FAU offUAB defEdge
Points / game 28.8 #70 39.0 #134 FAU
Yards / play 5.42 #91 6.52 #128 FAU
PPA / play +0.04 #112 +0.36 #136 FAU
Success rate 41% #98 51% #136 FAU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
UAB scoring against the FAU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UAB scored
6.2
#66
11.0
#33
17.2
#48
6.2
#63
5.4
#96
11.6
#84
FAU allowed
6.2
#93
8.6
#98
14.8
#95
9.6
#128
9.0
#126
18.6
#132
FAU scoring against the UAB defense
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FAU scored
11.4
#8
8.6
#74
20.0
#25
2.0
#130
6.8
#73
8.8
#118
UAB allowed
11.8
#135
11.6
#125
23.4
#136
7.0
#111
8.6
#117
15.6
#125

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
FAU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
80° · 5 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UAB7d
FAU7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 145 plays
slowavg 134fast