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WK 8 · 2025FINALOPENER CAPTURED WED 3:46 PM ET

Week 8 · 2025 season

Texas @ Kentucky

The OVER 43.5 missed. The full grade is below.

The verdict

SAT, OCT 18 · FINAL · KROGER FIELD
Texas10-383%
Kentucky5-717%
TEXNATL RANKUK
0.3no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.1
0.2no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.1
0.1no rank
Defense rating
no rank0.0
-3.7no rank
Pace
no rank-2.9
28%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank27%
#2525th
Power rank
62nd#62
#11st
Recruiting rank
29th#29

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

Open total43.5
Model total51.1
EDGE OVER 43.5 · MISS

RATINGS AS OF: TEX wk 17 · UK wk 17 · RANKS PRINTED IN EVERY TINTED CELL

Model margin (home)
-12.1
Open spread
+12.5
Close spread
+12.5
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.

TEX16
FINALKroger Field
UK13
  • WinTexasWIN HIT
  • ATSKentuckyATS HIT
  • TotalsOVER 45.5TOTAL MISS
  • EdgeOVER 43.5EDGE MISS
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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