Sat, Nov 1, 2025, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 10 · at Texas · Conference game
Weather at kickoff60°F4 mphgusts 13Wet0.2 mmWet Over 45% of 309 games since 2023Weather watch ›
7-1 · Power #13
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Final
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6-2 · Power #14
34
▲ winner
Closing spread
TEX -3.5
✓ VAN W
Total
48.5
▲ Over · 65 pts
Model before kickoff
VAN 23–27 TEX
✓ TEX (61%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTEX -2.5
CloseTEX -3.5
Total45.5 → 48.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Texas
Total
Up 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened TEX -2.5 · closed TEX -3.5 · moved 1 toward TEXmodel TEX -5.5
Opened 45.5 · closed 48.5 · moved 3 upmodel 51
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 60%, covered 50% (271 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3The team the line moved toward covered 46% (95 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenTEX -2.5
CloseTEX -3.5
Total45.5 → 48.5
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 TEX as a 3.5-point home favorite against VAN, the favorite won 7, covered 4, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: TEX won 34–31; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 65 points went over 48.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 59%
Favorite covered
4 of 944%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 51%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 4 against an average line of 4.6; 45.6 points a game (usually 52.9). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2025 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & situation
-5.526–34 L O52.5
Close
2025 · Week 5 · close · similar total & situation
-6.516–10 L U51.5
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & season form
-2.514–17 L U49
Close
CLEM vs LOU
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & situation
-731–16 W U52
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & season form
-642–20 W O58
Close
FLA vs UK
2022 · Week 2 · close · similar rest & spread
-616–26 L U52.75
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & situation
-229–21 W U51.5
Close
2025 · Week 5 · close · similar spread & rest
-327–24 P U54.5
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & situation
-3.528–23 W O48.5
Close
NCST vs FSU
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread
-3.519–17 L U50.5
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
Moderate Vanderbilt ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Vanderbilt ATS trend (6-2)
Vanderbilt have covered 75% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Texas ATS struggles (2-6)
Texas have covered only 25% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Total moved up 3
45.5 → 48.5. · 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
VAN+3.1 →+13.6▲ 10.5#18
TEX+23.2 →+16.5▼ 6.7#13
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW9

VAN
Longer bar = better
TEX
#6
Offense
◀ VAN better
#89
#53
Defense
TEX better ▶
#14
+0.5 #39
Turnovers
TEX better ▶
+0.9 #16
60 plays #131
Pace
TEX faster ▶
67 plays #63
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When VAN has the ball
Even matchup
VAN offTEX defEdge
Points / game 38.4 #12 14.6 #10 Even
Yards / play 7.21 #7 4.43 #12 Even
PPA / play +0.41 #1 −0.08 #9 Even
Success rate 54% #2 38% #24 VAN
When TEX has the ball
Advantage: VAN defense
TEX offVAN defEdge
Points / game 29.0 #68 18.8 #24 VAN
Yards / play 5.61 #76 5.20 #48 VAN
PPA / play +0.07 #102 +0.13 #89 Even
Success rate 39% #111 40% #51 VAN

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
VAN scoring against the TEX defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
VAN scored
7.9
#34
12.0
#17
19.9
#18
9.9
#9
8.6
#37
18.5
#11
TEX allowed
2.5
#18
5.8
#37
8.3
#18
2.5
#14
3.9
#16
6.4
#8
TEX scoring against the VAN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TEX scored
5.3
#85
7.8
#81
13.0
#92
6.6
#63
8.1
#45
14.8
#47
VAN allowed
3.8
#35
7.1
#72
10.9
#46
2.5
#14
5.4
#47
7.9
#16

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TEX +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
60° · 4 mph
gusts 13 mph · 0.232 in rain · at kickoff
Rest
VAN7d
TEX7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 127 plays
slowavg 134fast

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