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WK 5 · 2025FINALOPENER CAPTURED WED 3:46 PM ET

Week 5 · 2025 season

Duke @ Syracuse

The OVER 58.8 missed. The full grade is below.

The verdict

SAT, SEP 27 · FINAL · JMA WIRELESS DOME
Duke9-549%
Syracuse3-951%
DUKENATL RANKSYR
0.2no rank
Overall rating
no rank-0.1
0.3no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.0
-0.1no rank
Defense rating
no rank-0.1
-1.9no rank
Pace
no rank1.4
18%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank14%
#6161st
Power rank
127th#127
#3030th
Recruiting rank
42nd#42

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

Open total58.8
Model total62.0
EDGE OVER 58.8 · MISS

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

Model margin (home)
-1.7
Open spread
+5.5
Close spread
+4.0
Close total
59.5

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.

DUKE38
FINALJMA Wireless Dome
SYR3
  • WinSyracuseWIN MISS
  • ATSSyracuseATS MISS
  • TotalsOVER 59.5TOTAL MISS
  • EdgeOVER 58.8EDGE 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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