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WK 7 · 2025FINALOPENER CAPTURED WED 3:46 PM ET

Week 7 · 2025 season

Michigan @ USC

The OVER 56.0 missed. The full grade is below.

The verdict

SAT, OCT 11 · FINAL · LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM
Michigan9-455%
USC9-445%
MICHNATL RANKUSC
0.2no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.3
0.2no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.3
0.1no rank
Defense rating
no rank0.0
-5.7no rank
Pace
no rank-3.9
40%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank37%
#4040th
Power rank
20th#20
#66th
Recruiting rank
14th#14

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

Open total56.0
Model total59.4
EDGE OVER 56.0 · MISS

RATINGS AS OF: MICH wk 17 · USC wk 17 · RANKS PRINTED IN EVERY TINTED CELL

Model margin (home)
+1.4
Open spread
-1.5
Close spread
-3.0
Close total
58.0

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.

MICH13
FINALLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
USC31
  • WinMichiganWIN MISS
  • ATSMichiganATS MISS
  • TotalsOVER 58.0TOTAL MISS
  • EdgeOVER 56.0EDGE 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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