Sat, Oct 25, 2025, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 9 · at Indiana · Conference game
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7-0 · Power #1
56
▲ winner
Closing spread
IU -27.5
✓ IU W
Total
53.5
▲ Over · 62 pts
Model before kickoff
UCLA 12–40 IU
✓ IU (98%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenIU -24.5
CloseIU -27.5
Total52.5 → 53.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward Indiana
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened IU -24.5 · closed IU -27.5 · moved 3 toward IUmodel IU -28
Opened 52.5 · closed 53.5 · moved 1 upmodel 52
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 26.5–28.5 since 2023: won 98%, covered 56% (64 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 52% (199 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenIU -24.5
CloseIU -27.5
Total52.5 → 53.5
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 IU as a 27.5-point home favorite against UCLA, the favorite won 10, covered 6, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: IU won 56–6; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 62 points went over 53.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 95%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 54%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 57%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 29 against an average line of 27.3; 51.6 points a game (usually 55.8). Of the 3 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & spread
-26.533–14 L U61.5
Very close
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar rest & total
-2644–7 W O50.5
Close
MICH vs NEB
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & season form
-30.534–3 W U49.5
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & season form
-25.563–19 W O61.5
Close
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & team ratings
-27.537–3 W U51.5
Close
PSU vs CMU
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-2833–14 L U61.5
Close
FSU vs UL
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar total & rest
-2549–17 W O52.5
Close
2025 · Week 3 · close · similar spread & rest
-27.552–10 W O47.5
Close
2025 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & total
-26.531–15 L U56
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & rest
-29.527–11 L U47.5
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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Mixed signals 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.

UCLA 3-1 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Market moved toward Indiana
3 pts (IU -24.5 → IU -27.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (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
UCLA+5.3 →+0.6▼ 4.7#65
IU+13.4 →+22.3▲ 8.9#5
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW8

UCLA
Longer bar = better
IU
#73
Offense
IU better ▶
#7
#105
Defense
IU better ▶
#9
−0.1 #90
Turnovers
IU better ▶
+1.0 #10
64 plays #102
Pace
IU faster ▶
69 plays #43
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UCLA has the ball
Advantage: IU defense
UCLA offIU defEdge
Points / game 22.4 #106 11.6 #4 IU
Yards / play 5.68 #73 4.48 #14 IU
PPA / play +0.14 #69 −0.05 #13 IU
Success rate 45% #45 33% #6 IU
When IU has the ball
Advantage: IU offense
IU offUCLA defEdge
Points / game 43.9 #4 27.4 #94 IU
Yards / play 7.24 #8 5.71 #90 IU
PPA / play +0.31 #11 +0.16 #103 IU
Success rate 54% #3 48% #131 IU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
UCLA scoring against the IU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UCLA scored
2.9
#128
8.3
#77
11.1
#108
5.7
#74
5.6
#90
11.3
#92
IU allowed
3.9
#35
3.7
#10
7.6
#15
0.9
#1
3.1
#9
4.0
#1
IU scoring against the UCLA defense
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IU scored
11.4
#6
11.7
#24
23.1
#9
12.4
#3
8.3
#44
20.7
#5
UCLA allowed
6.7
#100
6.7
#60
13.4
#78
4.0
#42
10.0
#132
14.0
#105

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
IU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
51° · 5 mph
gusts 12 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UCLA7d
IU7d
Even
Tempo
Average 133 plays
slowavg 134fast
Travel
UCLA 1,778 mi
3 time zones

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