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Week 1 · 2025 season

Kennesaw State @ Wake Forest

Graded and filed. All four markets are below.

The verdict

FRI, AUG 29 · FINAL · ALLEGACY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION STADIUM
Kennesaw State10-49%
Wake Forest9-491%
KENNNATL RANKWAKE
0.0no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.2
0.1no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.2
-0.1no rank
Defense rating
no rank0.1
-0.4no rank
Pace
no rank-1.9
46%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank26%
#101101st
Power rank
46th#46
#154154th
Recruiting rank
63rd#63

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

Open total51.5
Model total52.4
NO BADGE THIS GAME

RATINGS AS OF: KENN wk 17 · WAKE wk 17 · RANKS PRINTED IN EVERY TINTED CELL

Model margin (home)
+16.0
Open spread
-17.5
Close spread
-18.5
Close total
51.5

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.

KENN9
FINALAllegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium
WAKE10
  • WinWake ForestWIN HIT
  • ATSKennesaw StateATS HIT
  • TotalsOVER 51.5TOTAL MISS
  • 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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