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WK 1 · 2025FINALOPENER CAPTURED WED 3:46 PM ET

Week 1 · 2025 season

Virginia Tech @ South Carolina

Graded and filed. All four markets are below.

The verdict

SUN, AUG 31 · FINAL · MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM · NEUTRAL SITE
Virginia Tech3-915%
South Carolina4-885%
VTNATL RANKSC
0.2no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.3
0.3no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.2
-0.1no rank
Defense rating
no rank0.1
-5.0no rank
Pace
no rank-4.0
50%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank63%
#5151st
Power rank
22nd#22
#3939th
Recruiting rank
18th#18

Cell color follows national rank:top 4091st or worse.

Open total47.5
Model total48.0
NO BADGE THIS GAME

RATINGS AS OF: VT wk 17 · SC wk 17 · RANKS PRINTED IN EVERY TINTED CELL

Model margin (home)
+9.1
Open spread
-8.5
Close spread
-7.5
Close total
51.5

Graded, all four markets

Every market grades against the close. The edge is the only one we badge as a pick; the other three ride along for calibration.

VT11
FINALMercedes-Benz Stadium
SC24
  • WinSouth CarolinaWIN HIT
  • ATSSouth CarolinaATS HIT
  • TotalsUNDER 51.5TOTAL HIT
  • Edgeno badgePASS
Where these numbers come from

One model scores every FBS game: a win probability, a projected margin, and a projected total, built from as-of team ratings (offense, defense, pace, returning production, recruiting). Ratings on this page are snapshots from the week shown, with zero future information baked in.

The totals edge compares the model's total to the opening number. A gap of 3 or more points earns the badge, and it's the only pick on the card. Win and spread numbers are predictions we publish for the record, unbadged. The ATS lean stays tracked but unbadged: it has never beaten the closing line, even though the model beats the opener by about half a point of line value.

All four markets grade against the closing line once the game goes final. The full ledger lives on the track record.

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