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Week 8 · 2025 season

Florida International @ Western Kentucky

The UNDER 56.5 cashed. The full grade is below.

The verdict

TUE, OCT 14 · FINAL · HOUCHENS INDUSTRIES-L.T. SMITH STADIUM
Florida International7-626%
Western Kentucky9-474%
FIUNATL RANKWKU
0.1no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.1
0.1no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.1
-0.1no rank
Defense rating
no rank-0.0
-1.3no rank
Pace
no rank-0.8
42%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank33%
#8989th
Power rank
94th#94
#9090th
Recruiting rank
96th#96

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

Open total56.5
Model total52.9
EDGE UNDER 56.5 · HIT

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

Model margin (home)
+5.6
Open spread
-8.5
Close spread
-10.0
Close total
55.5

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.

FIU25
FINALHouchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium
WKU6
  • WinWestern KentuckyWIN MISS
  • ATSFlorida InternationalATS HIT
  • TotalsUNDER 55.5TOTAL HIT
  • EdgeUNDER 56.5EDGE HIT
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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