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

Week 2 · 2025 season

Illinois @ Duke

Graded and filed. All four markets are below.

The verdict

SAT, SEP 6 · FINAL · WALLACE WADE STADIUM
Illinois9-464%
Duke9-536%
ILLNATL RANKDUKE
0.2no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.2
0.1no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.3
0.0no rank
Defense rating
no rank-0.1
-5.6no rank
Pace
no rank-1.9
53%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank18%
#5656th
Power rank
61st#61
#4545th
Recruiting rank
30th#30

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

Open total49.8
Model total49.7
NO BADGE THIS GAME

RATINGS AS OF: ILL wk 17 · DUKE wk 17 · RANKS PRINTED IN EVERY TINTED CELL

Model margin (home)
-4.5
Open spread
+2.5
Close spread
+2.5
Close total
49.3

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.

ILL45
FINALWallace Wade Stadium
DUKE19
  • WinIllinoisWIN HIT
  • ATSIllinoisATS HIT
  • TotalsOVER 49.3TOTAL 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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