Sat, Sep 6, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Navy · Conference game
Weather at kickoff75°F13 mphgusts 30Wet0.1 mmWindy Over 48% of 274 games since 2023Weather watch ›
1-0 · Power #119
24
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Final
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1-0 · Power #64
38
▲ winner
Closing spread
NAVY -22.5
✓ UAB W
Total
58.5
▲ Over · 62 pts
Model before kickoff
UAB 17–39 NAVY
✓ NAVY (94%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenNAVY -21.5
CloseNAVY -22.5
Total59.5 → 58.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Navy
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened NAVY -21.5 · closed NAVY -22.5 · moved 1 toward NAVYmodel NAVY -18.5
Opened 59.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 1 downmodel 56
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 21.5–23.5 since 2023: won 95%, covered 39% (57 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 51% (139 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenNAVY -21.5
CloseNAVY -22.5
Total59.5 → 58.5
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 NAVY as a 22.5-point home favorite against UAB, the favorite won 9, covered 3, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: NAVY won 38–24; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 62 points went over 58.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 90%
Favorite covered
3 of 933%
Normal range · usually 43%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 50%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 21.3 against an average line of 22.8; 56.1 points a game (usually 54.3). Of the 3 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
JMU vs TXST
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar spread & rest
-21.7540–13 W O51.5
Close
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar spread & rest
-2130–9 P U50
Close
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar total
-1920–23 L U57
Loose
USC vs ASU
2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar total & rest
-24.542–25 L O61
Loose
UK vs NIU
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation
-26.7531–23 L O53
Loose
2023 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest & spread
-20.569–10 W O55
Loose
2024 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & situation
-2744–10 W U55.5
Loose
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation & spread
-21.549–31 L O52.5
Loose
2024 · Week 8 · loose · similar situation
-21.524–10 L U53
Loose
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & spread
-24.538–20 L O50
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
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.

Small sample warning
UAB has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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
UAB−11.1 →−11.2▼ 0.1#114
NAVY+1.2 →+2.6▲ 1.4#58
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

UAB
Longer bar = better
NAVY
#9
Offense
Even
#14
#129
Defense
NAVY better ▶
#36
+1.0 #34
Turnovers
◀ UAB better
0.0 #57
58 plays #113
Pace
NAVY faster ▶
70 plays #47
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UAB has the ball
Advantage: UAB offense
UAB offNAVY defEdge
Points / game 52.0 #12 7.0 #20 Even
Yards / play 8.97 #7 4.24 #47 UAB
PPA / play +0.55 #11 −0.04 #55 UAB
Success rate 66% #4 26% #22 Even
When NAVY has the ball
Advantage: NAVY offense
NAVY offUAB defEdge
Points / game 52.0 #11 42.0 #125 NAVY
Yards / play 7.94 #12 7.91 #133 NAVY
PPA / play +0.49 #19 +0.51 #132 NAVY
Success rate 61% #13 56% #127 NAVY

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
NAVY +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
75° · 13 mph
gusts 30 mph · 0.079 in rain · wind lowers scoring
Rest
UAB9d
NAVY7d
UAB +2 days
Tempo
Average 128 plays
slowavg 133fast

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