Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 10:25 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Colorado
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2-1 · Power #107
20
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1-2 · Power #75
37
▲ winner
Closing spread
COLO -12.5
✓ COLO W
Total
45.5
▲ Over · 57 pts
Model before kickoff
WYO 15–29 COLO
✓ COLO (84%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCOLO -13.5
CloseCOLO -12.5
Total44.5 → 45.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Wyoming
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened COLO -13.5 · closed COLO -12.5 · moved 1 toward WYOmodel COLO -18.5
Opened 44.5 · closed 45.5 · moved 1 upmodel 44
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 11.5–13.5 since 2023: won 80%, covered 51% (79 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 51% (196 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenCOLO -13.5
CloseCOLO -12.5
Total44.5 → 45.5
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 COLO as a 12.5-point home favorite against WYO, the favorite won 8, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: COLO won 37–20; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 57 points went over 45.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 78%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 45%
Went over
5 of 1050%
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 15.6 against an average line of 12.6; 44 points a game (usually 54.1). Of the 4 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & total
-1210–24 L U43.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total
-1441–35 L O47
Close
FRES vs WYO
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & season form
-1430–0 W U50.5
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & spread
-10.546–7 W O48.5
Close
ARMY vs CONN
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar total & rest
-10.534–17 W O45
Close
MINN vs RUTG
2022 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & spread
-1431–0 W U40.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & season form
-1435–26 L O41
Close
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & spread
-13.542–9 W O45
Close
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar rest & total
-10.59–3 L U45.5
Close
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & rest
-12.520–21 L U45.5
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 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
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.

Small sample warning
Wyoming have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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
WYO−11.9 →−11.9–#115
COLO+9.6 →+2.7▼ 6.9#62
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

WYO
Longer bar = better
COLO
#104
Offense
Even
#102
#39
Defense
◀ WYO better
#92
0.0 #81
Turnovers
COLO better ▶
+1.0 #24
65 plays #84
Pace
◀ WYO faster
63 plays #110
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When WYO has the ball
Even matchup
WYO offCOLO defEdge
Points / game 15.7 #128 23.3 #74 COLO
Yards / play 5.30 #105 6.11 #114 Even
PPA / play +0.06 #104 +0.06 #66 COLO
Success rate 43% #77 46% #114 WYO
When COLO has the ball
Advantage: WYO defense
COLO offWYO defEdge
Points / game 23.7 #95 12.7 #19 WYO
Yards / play 5.34 #102 4.47 #33 WYO
PPA / play +0.11 #84 −0.01 #37 WYO
Success rate 37% #128 41% #67 WYO

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 135 FBS teams
WYO scoring against the COLO defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
WYO scored
2.3
#125
4.3
#117
6.7
#126
2.3
#124
6.7
#78
9.0
#110
COLO allowed
3.3
#47
8.7
#96
12.0
#70
5.7
#79
5.7
#67
11.3
#75
COLO scoring against the WYO defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
COLO scored
4.7
#97
9.0
#70
13.7
#86
3.3
#112
6.7
#78
10.0
#103
WYO allowed
1.0
#12
2.3
#16
3.3
#10
4.7
#67
4.7
#52
9.3
#51

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
COLO +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
60° · 2 mph
gusts 8 mph · at kickoff
Rest
WYO7d
COLO8d
COLO +1 day
Tempo
Slow 128 plays
slowavg 134fast