Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Cincinnati · Conference game
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3-2 · Power #66
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4-1 · Power #58
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▲ winner
Closing spread
CIN -10.5
✓ UCF W
Total
55.5
▼ Under · 31 pts
Model before kickoff
UCF 22–32 CIN
✓ CIN (75%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCIN -10.5
CloseCIN -10.5
Total56.5 → 55.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened CIN -10.5 · unchangedmodel CIN -6
Opened 56.5 · closed 55.5 · moved 1 downmodel 54
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 9.5–11.5 since 2023: won 76%, covered 42% (111 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCIN -10.5
CloseCIN -10.5
Total56.5 → 55.5
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 CIN as a 10.5-point home favorite against UCF, the favorite won 9, covered 7, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: CIN won 20–11; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 2 of the 10 similar games. 31 points stayed under 55.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 75%
Favorite covered
7 of 978%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
3 of 933%
Normal range · usually 52%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 14.4 against an average line of 10.2; 48 points a game (usually 54.2). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & total
-9.538–27 W O54.5
Very close
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & total
-7.537–9 W U57.5
Very close
2024 · Week 6 · very close · similar situation & team ratings
-1024–14 P U52.5
Very close
2025 · Week 4 · very close · similar season form & total
-12.541–10 W U54.5
Very close
2024 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & spread
-1029–27 L P56
Very close
KSU vs TTU
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & total
-7.537–28 W O56
Very close
2024 · Week 9 · very close · similar situation & rest
-1121–6 W U52
Very close
PSU vs MD
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & total
-10.530–0 W U56.5
Very close
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar rest & season form
-12.538–6 W U54.5
Very close
2024 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & total
-10.517–41 L O57.5
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 1 trend and market move behind it
Slight Cincinnati ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Cincinnati ATS trend (3-1)
Cincinnati have covered 75% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
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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
UCF+6.8 →+4.2▼ 2.6#56
CIN+3.5 →+6.9▲ 3.4#41
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

UCF
Longer bar = better
CIN
#61
Offense
CIN better ▶
#9
#40
Defense
◀ UCF better
#87
+0.4 #48
Turnovers
◀ UCF better
−0.4 #103
65 plays #85
Pace
◀ UCF faster
59 plays #132
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UCF has the ball
Advantage: UCF offense
UCF offCIN defEdge
Points / game 31.8 #54 20.8 #48 Even
Yards / play 6.50 #36 5.57 #77 UCF
PPA / play +0.19 #48 +0.18 #110 UCF
Success rate 40% #105 45% #113 Even
When CIN has the ball
Advantage: CIN offense
CIN offUCF defEdge
Points / game 39.2 #18 17.4 #28 Even
Yards / play 8.05 #2 4.82 #29 CIN
PPA / play +0.40 #5 +0.04 #42 CIN
Success rate 53% #9 40% #59 CIN

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
UCF scoring against the CIN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UCF scored
9.0
#23
8.4
#79
17.4
#50
6.8
#52
7.6
#59
14.4
#56
CIN allowed
1.4
#7
7.4
#75
8.8
#32
5.6
#84
6.4
#73
12.0
#80
CIN scoring against the UCF defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CIN scored
13.8
#3
12.4
#29
26.2
#5
6.8
#52
6.2
#81
13.0
#72
UCF allowed
0.0
#1
6.8
#59
6.8
#16
7.2
#110
3.4
#20
10.6
#55

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
CIN +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
64° · 2 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UCF7d
CIN7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 125 plays
slowavg 134fast
Quarterback
UCF backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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