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WK 2 · 2025FINALOPENER CAPTURED WED 3:46 PM ET

Week 2 · 2025 season

Vanderbilt @ Virginia Tech

Graded and filed. All four markets are below.

The verdict

SAT, SEP 6 · FINAL · LANE STADIUM
Vanderbilt10-371%
Virginia Tech3-929%
VANNATL RANKVT
0.5no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.2
0.5no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.3
-0.0no rank
Defense rating
no rank-0.1
-6.9no rank
Pace
no rank-5.0
86%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank50%
#55th
Power rank
51st#51
#7676th
Recruiting rank
39th#39

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

Open total47.5
Model total47.3
NO BADGE THIS GAME

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

Model margin (home)
-8.6
Open spread
-1.3
Close spread
-2.0
Close total
45.5

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.

VAN44
FINALLane Stadium
VT20
  • WinVanderbiltWIN HIT
  • ATSVanderbiltATS HIT
  • TotalsOVER 45.5TOTAL 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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