Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 6:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Florida Atlantic · Conference game
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenFAU -4.5
1 → FAU
CloseFAU -5.5
1 pt toward Florida Atlantic
Total
Open69.5
▼ 4
Close65.5
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
model FAU -6
Opened 69.5 · closed 65.5 · moved 4 downmodel 66
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2023 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-6.5 | 45–14 | W | U68 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & situation |
-6.5 | 47–27 | W | O68.25 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-5 | 41–20 | W | O60 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-6.5 | 31–50 | L | O57.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-8 | 34–24 | W | U61.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & season form |
-2.5 | 29–20 | W | U60.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & spread |
-7.5 | 24–31 | L | U60 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread |
-4.5 | 23–45 | L | O55.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation |
-6.5 | 27–24 | L | U60.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & season form |
-7.5 | 33–26 | 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%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q3. Of 87 earlier overs in games with totals 61.5–69.5, 21% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-6 40% | 4-6 40% | 7-3 70% | |
| 3-7 30% | 3-7 30% | 7-3 70% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
UAB 1–0 FAU
UAB leads · 1 game since 2023 · UAB has won the last meeting
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4 2023 | Florida Atlantic 42 @ UAB 45 | Pick’em | UAB 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
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
Longer bar = better
#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
| UAB off | FAU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| FAU off | UAB def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.2 #66 | 11.0 #33 | 17.2 #48 | 6.2 #63 | 5.4 #96 | 11.6 #84 | |
6.2 #93 | 8.6 #98 | 14.8 #95 | 9.6 #128 | 9.0 #126 | 18.6 #132 |
FAU scoring against the UAB defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11.4 #8 | 8.6 #74 | 20.0 #25 | 2.0 #130 | 6.8 #73 | 8.8 #118 | |
11.8 #135 | 11.6 #125 | 23.4 #136 | 7.0 #111 | 8.6 #117 | 15.6 #125 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
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
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