Sat, Nov 29, 2025, 3:30 PM ESTWeek 14 · at Tennessee · Conference game
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9-2 · Power #13
45
▲ winner
Final
@
8-3 · Power #22
24
final
Closing spread
TENN -2.5
✓ VAN W
Total
66.5
▲ Over · 69 pts
Model before kickoff
VAN 32–34 TENN
✗ TENN (58%) lost
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenTENN -2.5
CloseTENN -2.5
Total65.5 → 66.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TENN -2.5 · unchangedmodel TENN -4
Opened 65.5 · closed 66.5 · moved 1 upmodel 66
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 59%, covered 52% (316 games)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenTENN -2.5
CloseTENN -2.5
Total65.5 → 66.5
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 TENN as a 2.5-point home favorite against VAN, the favorite won 5, covered 3, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: VAN won 45–24 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 69 points went over 66.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 2.9 against an average line of 3.6; 55.9 points a game (usually 52.8). 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
ORE vs UTAH
2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar situation & rest
-120–17 W U61.5
Very close
MISS vs MSST
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & situation
-2.522–24 L U63
Very close
2025 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & rest
-2.528–42 L O61.5
Very close
USC vs ND
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread
-4.2538–27 W O62.75
Very close
TEX vs TCU
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & situation
-7.510–17 L U65.75
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar situation & rest
-120–22 L U62.5
Very close
UTAH vs USC
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & spread
-3.543–42 L O65
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation
-5.541–3 W U60
Close
MD vs PUR
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread
-329–31 L O59.5
Close
TCU vs OKST
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & total
-543–40 L O70
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
Moderate Vanderbilt ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (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.

Vanderbilt ATS trend (9-2)
Vanderbilt have covered 82% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Vanderbilt 3-1 ATS on the road
Strong against the spread on the road this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Vanderbilt 3-1 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
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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
VAN+3.1 →+15.4▲ 12.3#15
TENN+17.7 →+16.0▼ 1.7#13
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW13

VAN
Longer bar = better
TENN
#4
Offense
Even
#8
#68
Defense
Even
#66
+0.4 #39
Turnovers
Even
+0.3 #45
62 plays #124
Pace
TENN faster ▶
73 plays #11
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When VAN has the ball
Advantage: VAN offense
VAN offTENN defEdge
Points / game 38.9 #9 27.3 #87 VAN
Yards / play 7.40 #2 5.26 #47 VAN
PPA / play +0.40 #1 +0.04 #50 VAN
Success rate 53% #3 42% #80 VAN
When TENN has the ball
Advantage: TENN offense
TENN offVAN defEdge
Points / game 42.3 #4 21.7 #42 TENN
Yards / play 6.73 #17 5.51 #65 TENN
PPA / play +0.32 #5 +0.16 #105 TENN
Success rate 52% #6 41% #61 TENN

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
VAN scoring against the TENN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
VAN scored
6.0
#69
12.5
#8
18.5
#21
10.4
#4
9.5
#16
19.8
#5
TENN allowed
4.1
#42
8.8
#94
12.9
#73
5.4
#65
8.5
#113
13.8
#99
TENN scoring against the VAN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TENN scored
14.5
#1
11.0
#23
25.5
#2
9.4
#11
6.5
#71
15.9
#25
VAN allowed
4.9
#58
7.3
#62
12.2
#61
3.6
#25
5.9
#53
9.5
#31

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TENN +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
45° · 2 mph
gusts 7 mph · at kickoff
Rest
VAN7d
TENN7d
Even
Tempo
Average 135 plays
slowavg 134fast

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