Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 1 · at Texas A&M
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0-0 · Power #65
24
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0-0 · Power #10
42
▲ winner
Closing spread
TA&M -23.5
✓ UTSA W
Total
59.5
▲ Over · 66 pts
Model before kickoff
UTSA 16–39 TA&M
✓ TA&M (95%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTA&M -24.5
CloseTA&M -23.5
Total57.5 → 59.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward UTSA
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TA&M -24.5 · closed TA&M -23.5 · moved 1 toward UTSAmodel TA&M -21
Opened 57.5 · closed 59.5 · moved 2 upmodel 56
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 22.5–24.5 since 2023: won 94%, covered 44% (53 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 50% (157 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTA&M -24.5
CloseTA&M -23.5
Total57.5 → 59.5
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 TA&M as a 23.5-point home favorite against UTSA, the favorite won 9, covered 2, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: TA&M won 42–24; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 8 of the 10 similar games. 66 points went over 59.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 91%
Favorite covered
2 of 1020%
Normal range · usually 45%
Went over
3 of 933%
Normal range · usually 49%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 14.3 against an average line of 22.8; 53.5 points a game (usually 54.4). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar total & spread
-2427–31 L P58
Very close
FLA vs USF
2022 · Week 3 · very close · similar spread & situation
-23.531–28 L O58
Very close
2023 · Week 6 · very close · similar team ratings
-2117–12 L U53
Very close
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar team ratings
-2048–31 L O57.5
Close
2024 · Week 1 · close · similar situation & spread
-2428–14 L U56.5
Close
MISS vs TLSA
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar team ratings & situation
-2135–27 L U66.5
Close
MICH vs MSU
2022 · Week 9 · close · similar spread
-22.2529–7 L U55
Close
USC vs ASU
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar spread
-24.542–25 L O61
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar team ratings & total
-2440–14 W U58
Close
UTAH vs STAN
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar team ratings
-2442–7 W U54
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
No clear signal on the spread
Slight Over trend Hit
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.

Total moved up 2
57.5 → 59.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
UTSA have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TA&M +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
92° · 1 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
UTSA1st game
TA&M1st game
Even

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