Sat, Sep 6, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Navy · Conference game
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenNAVY -21.5
1 → NAVY
CloseNAVY -22.5
1 pt toward Navy
Total
Open59.5
▼ 1
Close58.5
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
model NAVY -18.5
Opened 59.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 1 downmodel 56
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | 2022 · Week 5 · close · similar spread & rest |
-21.75 | 40–13 | W | O51.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar spread & rest |
-21 | 30–9 | P | U50 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar total |
-19 | 20–23 | L | U57 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar total & rest |
-24.5 | 42–25 | L | O61 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-26.75 | 31–23 | L | O53 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest & spread |
-20.5 | 69–10 | W | O55 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-27 | 44–10 | W | U55.5 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation & spread |
-21.5 | 49–31 | L | O52.5 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 8 · loose · similar situation |
-21.5 | 24–10 | L | U53 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & spread |
-24.5 | 38–20 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 312 earlier overs in games with totals 54.5–62.5, 33% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-7 30% | 3-7 30% | 8-2 80% | |
| 7-3 70% | 6-3 67% | 6-4 60% |
Recent meetings
Last 2 since 2023
UAB 1–3 NAVY
NAVY leads · 4 games since 2023 · UAB has won the last meeting
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 2024 | Navy 41 @ UAB 18 | NAVY -5.5 | NAVY W |
| Nov 11 2023 | UAB 6 @ Navy 31 | UAB -2.5 | NAVY W |
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
Longer bar = better
#9
Offense
Even#14
#129
Defense
NAVY better ▶#36
+1.0 #34
Turnovers
◀ UAB better0.0 #57
58 plays #113
Pace
NAVY faster ▶70 plays #47
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| UAB off | NAVY def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| NAVY off | UAB def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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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