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WK 1 · 2025FINALOPENER CAPTURED WED 3:46 PM ET

Week 1 · 2025 season

Sam Houston @ Western Kentucky

The UNDER 61.5 missed. The full grade is below.

The verdict

SAT, AUG 23 · FINAL · HOUCHENS INDUSTRIES-L.T. SMITH STADIUM
Sam Houston2-1045%
Western Kentucky9-455%
SHSUNATL RANKWKU
-0.3no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.1
-0.1no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.1
-0.2no rank
Defense rating
no rank-0.0
-4.1no rank
Pace
no rank-0.8
90%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank33%
#135135th
Power rank
94th#94
#122122nd
Recruiting rank
96th#96

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

Open total61.5
Model total50.7
EDGE UNDER 61.5 · MISS

RATINGS AS OF: SHSU wk 17 · WKU wk 17 · RANKS PRINTED IN EVERY TINTED CELL

Model margin (home)
+1.6
Open spread
-9.5
Close spread
-9.5
Close total
60.5

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.

SHSU24
FINALHouchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium
WKU41
  • WinWestern KentuckyWIN HIT
  • ATSSam HoustonATS MISS
  • TotalsUNDER 60.5TOTAL MISS
  • EdgeUNDER 61.5EDGE 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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