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

Week 1 · 2025 season

Buffalo @ Minnesota

The OVER 45.5 missed. The full grade is below.

The verdict

THU, AUG 28 · FINAL · HUNTINGTON BANK STADIUM
Buffalo5-711%
Minnesota8-589%
BUFNATL RANKMINN
-0.1no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.1
-0.1no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.1
-0.0no rank
Defense rating
no rank-0.0
2.0no rank
Pace
no rank-9.0
66%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank44%
#121121st
Power rank
81st#81
#9292nd
Recruiting rank
49th#49

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

Open total45.5
Model total48.6
EDGE OVER 45.5 · MISS

RATINGS AS OF: BUF wk 17 · MINN wk 17 · RANKS PRINTED IN EVERY TINTED CELL

Model margin (home)
+12.5
Open spread
-17.0
Close spread
-16.5
Close total
43.0

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.

BUF10
FINALHuntington Bank Stadium
MINN23
  • WinMinnesotaWIN HIT
  • ATSBuffaloATS HIT
  • TotalsOVER 43.0TOTAL MISS
  • EdgeOVER 45.5EDGE 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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