Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 8 · at Air Force · Conference game
Closing spread
AFA -3.5
✓ WYO W
Total
56.5
▼ Under · 45 pts
Model before kickoff
WYO 22–26 AFA
✓ AFA (61%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenAFA -5.5
CloseAFA -3.5
Total58.5 → 56.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenAFA -5.5
2 → WYO
CloseAFA -3.5
2 pts toward Wyoming
Total
Open58.5
▼ 2
Close56.5
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened AFA -5.5 · closed AFA -3.5 · moved 2 toward WYOmodel AFA -4.5
model AFA -4.5
Opened 58.5 · closed 56.5 · moved 2 downmodel 48
model 48
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 59%, covered 50% (254 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 51% (167 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenAFA -5.5
CloseAFA -3.5
Total58.5 → 56.5
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
AFA as a 3.5-point home favorite against WYO, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 3 went over the total.
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This game: AFA won 24–21; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 45 points stayed under 56.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 59%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 51%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 4.3 against an average line of 3.9; 49.3 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar season form & total |
-3.5 | 31–17 | W | U53.75 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & team ratings |
-3 | 28–21 | W | U51.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar total & season form |
-6.5 | 26–18 | W | U55.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar season form & rest |
-1 | 20–37 | L | O53.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread |
-5.5 | 38–14 | W | U52.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & total |
-5 | 29–38 | L | O54.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & situation |
-2.5 | 16–20 | L | U57.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar spread & rest |
-3 | 48–26 | W | O55 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & season form |
-5.5 | 17–20 | L | U61.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 8 · close · similar season form & spread |
-3 | 15–14 | L | U52 |
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 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.
Wyoming 1-3 ATS as an underdog
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 221-216 (51%)
Market moved toward Wyoming
2 pts (AFA -5.5 → AFA -3.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved down 2
58.5 → 56.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 29 in the 4th quarter and got 17. 51% of games with totals 52.5–60.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-5 50% | 6-4 60% | 3-7 30% | |
| 5-5 50% | 7-3 70% | 8-2 80% |
Recent meetings
Last 2 since 2023
WYO 28–32 AFA (3 tied)
AFA leads · 63 games since 1957 · AFA has won the last meeting
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 2024 | Air Force 19 @ Wyoming 31 | AFA -4.5 | WYO W |
| Oct 14 2023 | Wyoming 27 @ Air Force 34 | AFA -12.5 | WYO W |
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
WYO−11.9 →−9.6▲ 2.3#107
AFA−8.0 →−7.5▲ 0.5#96
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW7
Longer bar = better
#109
Offense
AFA better ▶#13
#50
Defense
◀ WYO better#135
−0.3 #96
Turnovers
Even−0.5 #107
67 plays #70
Pace
AFA faster ▶69 plays #39
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| WYO off | AFA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 19.8 #117 | 40.0 #135 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.39 #94 | 8.08 #137 | WYO |
| PPA / play | +0.03 #115 | +0.48 #137 | WYO |
| Success rate | 40% #108 | 48% #131 | WYO |
| AFA off | WYO def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 38.3 #18 | 22.3 #57 | AFA |
| Yards / play | 7.11 #13 | 5.03 #39 | AFA |
| PPA / play | +0.34 #9 | +0.05 #49 | AFA |
| Success rate | 52% #11 | 41% #56 | AFA |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
WYO scoring against the AFA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.8 #128 | 3.8 #129 | 6.7 #130 | 4.0 #104 | 9.2 #28 | 13.2 #66 | |
7.5 #116 | 7.3 #75 | 14.8 #99 | 11.3 #134 | 13.8 #136 | 25.2 #136 |
AFA scoring against the WYO defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.0 #52 | 8.0 #81 | 15.0 #68 | 8.5 #28 | 14.8 #1 | 23.3 #2 | |
5.7 #79 | 8.2 #90 | 13.8 #84 | 3.5 #36 | 5.0 #38 | 8.5 #25 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
60° · 22 mph
gusts 36 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
WYO7d
AFA7d
Even
Tempo
Average 136 plays
slowavg 134fast
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