Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 3:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Delaware
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1-1 · Power #87
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Final
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1-1 · Power #117
44
▲ winner
Closing spread
CONN -9.5
✓ DEL W
Total
51.5
▲ Over · 85 pts
Model before kickoff
CONN 32–22 DEL
✗ CONN (77%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCONN -10.5
CloseCONN -9.5
Total52.5 → 51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Delaware
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened CONN -10.5 · closed CONN -9.5 · moved 1 toward DELmodel CONN -13
Opened 52.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 1 downmodel 53.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 8.5–10.5 since 2023: won 73%, covered 49% (64 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 50% (175 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCONN -10.5
CloseCONN -9.5
Total52.5 → 51.5
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 CONN as a 9.5-point road favorite at DEL, the favorite won 8, covered 6, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: DEL won 44–41 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 85 points went over 51.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 74%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 52%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 14.8 against an average line of 9.5; 57.8 points a game (usually 54.2). Of the 5 overs, 3 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
UL @ RICE
2022 · Week 3 · very close · similar total & rest
-11.521–33 L O52
Very close
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & spread
-1038–6 W U53.5
Very close
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar rest & spread
-9.547–42 L O49.5
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar total & spread
-1032–17 W U54.5
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & spread
-1044–38 L O51.5
Very close
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar rest & total
-1155–7 W O51
Very close
USA @ ARST
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & rest
-931–3 W U52
Very close
2023 · Week 3 · very close · similar situation & rest
-6.2541–25 W O52
Close
UL @ ULM
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & rest
-9.517–21 L U51
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & spread
-8.537–23 W 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
UConn have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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
CONN−4.2 →−2.2▲ 2.0#77
DEL−22.6 →−16.5▲ 6.1#127
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

CONN
Longer bar = better
DEL
#35
Offense
◀ CONN better
#68
#74
Defense
◀ CONN better
#99
+1.0 #29
Turnovers
◀ CONN better
−0.5 #104
75 plays #18
Pace
◀ CONN faster
68 plays #53
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When CONN has the ball
Advantage: CONN offense
CONN offDEL defEdge
Points / game 39.5 #36 24.0 #91 CONN
Yards / play 7.09 #27 5.45 #90 CONN
PPA / play +0.29 #37 +0.21 #116 CONN
Success rate 48% #39 42% #97 CONN
When DEL has the ball
Even matchup
DEL offCONN defEdge
Points / game 21.0 #106 20.0 #66 CONN
Yards / play 6.06 #65 4.95 #72 Even
PPA / play +0.20 #55 +0.04 #70 Even
Success rate 47% #47 42% #88 DEL

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 40 FBS teams
CONN scoring against the DEL defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CONN scored
7.0
17.5
24.5
6.5
8.5
15.0
DEL allowed
3.5
6.5
10.0
7.0
7.0
14.0
DEL scoring against the CONN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
DEL scored
0.0
10.5
10.5
3.5
7.0
10.5
CONN allowed
3.5
4.5
8.0
1.5
7.0
8.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
DEL +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
80° · 5 mph
gusts 15 mph · at kickoff
Rest
CONN7d
DEL7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 143 plays
slowavg 133fast