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

Week 3 · 2025 season

Western Michigan @ Illinois

The OVER 51.5 missed. The full grade is below.

The verdict

SAT, SEP 13 · FINAL · MEMORIAL STADIUM (CHAMPAIGN, IL)
Western Michigan10-47%
Illinois9-493%
WMUNATL RANKILL
0.1no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.2
0.1no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.1
-0.0no rank
Defense rating
no rank0.0
-3.4no rank
Pace
no rank-5.6
100%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank53%
#9191st
Power rank
56th#56
#104104th
Recruiting rank
45th#45

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

Open total51.5
Model total55.1
EDGE OVER 51.5 · MISS

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

Model margin (home)
+19.1
Open spread
-28.3
Close spread
-27.5
Close total
50.5

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.

WMU0
FINALMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
ILL38
  • WinIllinoisWIN HIT
  • ATSWestern MichiganATS MISS
  • TotalsOVER 50.5TOTAL MISS
  • EdgeOVER 51.5EDGE 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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