Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Miami (OH)
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3-0 · Power #74
41
▲ winner
Final
@
0-2 · Power #91
38
final
Closing spread
UNLV -1.5
✓ UNLV W
Total
49.5
▲ Over · 79 pts
Model before kickoff
UNLV 27–25 M-OH
✓ UNLV (55%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNLV -3.5
CloseUNLV -1.5
Total48.5 → 49.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Miami (OH)
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UNLV -3.5 · closed UNLV -1.5 · moved 2 toward M-OHmodel UNLV -3
Opened 48.5 · closed 49.5 · moved 1 upmodel 52
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 0.5–2.5 since 2023: won 51%, covered 49% (115 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3The team the line moved toward covered 44% (73 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNLV -3.5
CloseUNLV -1.5
Total48.5 → 49.5
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 UNLV as a 1.5-point road favorite at M-OH, the favorite won 7, covered 6, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: UNLV won 41–38; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 79 points went over 49.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 56%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
4 of 1040%
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 10.5 against an average line of 2.9; 52.5 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 3 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar situation & total
-327–16 W U47.5
Close
FAU @ UTEP
2022 · Week 8 · close · similar total & spread
-321–24 L U50.75
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar total & situation
-4.534–33 L O51
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar rest
-2.2532–24 W U56.5
Loose
2024 · Week 10 · loose · similar total
-2.535–11 W U50.5
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & spread
-2.7555–27 W O54
Loose
MRSH @ TROY
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation & spread
-3.257–16 L U51.5
Loose
2023 · Week 12 · loose · similar spread
-128–7 W U46.5
Loose
2024 · Week 10 · loose
-424–38 L O51.5
Loose
WSU @ STAN
2022 · Week 10 · loose · similar total & spread
-352–14 W O48.5
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
Slight Miami (OH) 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.

Market moved toward Miami (OH)
2 pts (UNLV -3.5 → UNLV -1.5), through the key number 3. · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Miami (OH) 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
UNLV+5.4 →−0.6▼ 6.0#71
M-OH−2.8 →−7.5▼ 4.7#96
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

UNLV
Longer bar = better
M-OH
#33
Offense
◀ UNLV better
#118
#96
Defense
Even
#105
+1.7 #14
Turnovers
◀ UNLV better
−1.0 #114
59 plays #128
Pace
Even
43 plays #137
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UNLV has the ball
Advantage: UNLV offense
UNLV offM-OH defEdge
Points / game 35.3 #52 31.0 #114 UNLV
Yards / play 7.27 #19 5.09 #63 UNLV
PPA / play +0.31 #27 +0.19 #110 UNLV
Success rate 50% #33 51% #132 UNLV
When M-OH has the ball
Advantage: UNLV defense
M-OH offUNLV defEdge
Points / game 8.5 #136 25.0 #88 UNLV
Yards / play 5.71 #77 6.00 #106 M-OH
PPA / play −0.10 #134 +0.04 #66 UNLV
Success rate 35% #123 47% #122 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 119 FBS teams
UNLV scoring against the M-OH defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UNLV scored
8.0
#40
12.3
#31
20.3
#35
5.7
#64
9.3
#29
15.0
#47
M-OH allowed
5.0
8.5
13.5
7.0
10.5
17.5
M-OH scoring against the UNLV defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
M-OH scored
3.5
1.5
5.0
3.5
0.0
3.5
UNLV allowed
5.7
#73
3.3
#17
9.0
#47
5.7
#78
10.3
#111
16.0
#103

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
M-OH +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
76° · 4 mph
gusts 11 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UNLV14d bye
M-OH14d bye
Even
Tempo
Slow 102 plays
slowavg 134fast
Travel
UNLV 1,671 mi
3 time zones
Quarterback
M-OH backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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