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WK 8 · 2025FINALOPENER CAPTURED WED 3:46 PM ET

Week 8 · 2025 season

Louisville @ Miami

Graded and filed. All four markets are below.

The verdict

FRI, OCT 17 · FINAL · HARD ROCK STADIUM
Louisville9-420%
Miami13-380%
LOUNATL RANKMIA
0.3no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.4
0.2no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.2
0.1no rank
Defense rating
no rank0.2
-3.5no rank
Pace
no rank-0.8
46%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank13%
#3333rd
Power rank
10th#10
#6868th
Recruiting rank
13th#13

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

Open total54.0
Model total53.0
NO BADGE THIS GAME

RATINGS AS OF: LOU wk 17 · MIA wk 17 · RANKS PRINTED IN EVERY TINTED CELL

Model margin (home)
+14.8
Open spread
-13.0
Close spread
-10.5
Close total
49.5

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.

LOU24
FINALHard Rock Stadium
MIA21
  • WinMiamiWIN MISS
  • ATSMiamiATS MISS
  • TotalsOVER 49.5TOTAL 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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