Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 4:05 PM EDTWeek 8 · at North Texas · Conference game
Weather at kickoff76°F12 mphgusts 30Wet0.1 mmWindy Over 48% of 274 games since 2023Weather watch ›
3-3 · Power #65
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Final
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5-1 · Power #38
55
▲ winner
Closing spread
UNT -3.5
✓ UNT W
Total
63.5
▲ Over · 72 pts
Model before kickoff
UTSA 30–34 UNT
✓ UNT (61%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNT -5.5
CloseUNT -3.5
Total68.5 → 63.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward UTSA
Total
Down 5 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UNT -5.5 · closed UNT -3.5 · moved 2 toward UTSAmodel UNT -5.5
Opened 68.5 · closed 63.5 · moved 5 downmodel 64
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 60%, covered 50% (256 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 51% (172 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNT -5.5
CloseUNT -3.5
Total68.5 → 63.5
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 UNT as a 3.5-point home favorite against UTSA, the favorite won 5, covered 2, and 2 went over the total.

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This game: UNT won 55–17; the favorite covered, as in 2 of the 10 similar games. 72 points went over 63.5, as in 2 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 59%
Favorite covered
2 of 1020%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
2 of 1020%
Normal range · usually 51%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 0.1 against an average line of 4.5; 53.3 points a game (usually 52.9). Of the 2 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & situation
-4.524–27 L U59
Very close
2024 · Week 5 · very close · similar spread & rest
-445–10 W U60.5
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar season form & rest
-7.56–44 L U56.5
Close
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & rest
-3.516–30 L U58.5
Close
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & season form
-3.517–15 L U57.5
Close
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar spread & rest
-4.556–14 W O59.5
Close
SMU vs MEM
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest
-4.534–31 L U68.5
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & rest
-535–34 L O66
Close
OKST vs WVU
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread
-5.519–24 L U59.75
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & spread
-2.514–38 L U64.5
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Mixed signals on the spread
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

North Texas 3-1 ATS at home
Strong against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Market moved toward UTSA
2 pts (UNT -5.5 → UNT -3.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved down 5
68.5 → 63.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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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
UTSA−2.5 →−0.4▲ 2.1#69
UNT−6.2 →+2.5▲ 8.7#58
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW7

UTSA
Longer bar = better
UNT
#55
Offense
UNT better ▶
#28
#68
Defense
Even
#62
+0.5 #45
Turnovers
UNT better ▶
+1.0 #13
67 plays #68
Pace
UNT faster ▶
70 plays #35
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When UTSA has the ball
Even matchup
UTSA offUNT defEdge
Points / game 34.5 #37 27.2 #92 UTSA
Yards / play 5.91 #58 4.96 #35 UNT
PPA / play +0.20 #41 0.00 #28 Even
Success rate 42% #83 43% #91 Even
When UNT has the ball
Advantage: UNT offense
UNT offUTSA defEdge
Points / game 43.3 #6 26.8 #87 UNT
Yards / play 6.26 #40 5.52 #74 UNT
PPA / play +0.24 #29 +0.14 #90 UNT
Success rate 47% #35 36% #20 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
UTSA scoring against the UNT defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UTSA scored
6.8
#58
11.5
#29
18.3
#39
10.8
#6
5.3
#99
16.2
#32
UNT allowed
4.0
#45
6.3
#54
10.3
#46
8.2
#121
8.2
#111
16.3
#126
UNT scoring against the UTSA defense
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UNT scored
11.5
#7
13.3
#9
24.8
#6
9.7
#15
6.7
#73
16.3
#30
UTSA allowed
2.5
#21
6.8
#61
9.3
#32
9.8
#128
7.7
#100
17.5
#131

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UNT +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
76° · 12 mph
gusts 30 mph · 0.059 in rain · wind lowers scoring
Rest
UTSA7d
UNT8d
UNT +1 day
Tempo
Average 137 plays
slowavg 134fast