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

Week 5 · 2025 season

San Diego State @ Northern Illinois

The OVER 42.8 missed. The full grade is below.

The verdict

SAT, SEP 27 · FINAL · HUSKIE STADIUM
San Diego State9-474%
Northern Illinois3-926%
SDSUNATL RANKNIU
0.1no rank
Overall rating
no rank-0.1
0.0no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.0
0.1no rank
Defense rating
no rank-0.2
-5.2no rank
Pace
no rank-5.6
80%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank53%
#7474th
Power rank
132nd#132
#7878th
Recruiting rank
84th#84

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

Open total42.8
Model total45.9
EDGE OVER 42.8 · MISS

RATINGS AS OF: SDSU wk 17 · NIU wk 17 · RANKS PRINTED IN EVERY TINTED CELL

Model margin (home)
-10.4
Open spread
+2.5
Close spread
+1.5
Close total
42.0

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.

SDSU6
FINALHuskie Stadium
NIU3
  • WinSan Diego StateWIN HIT
  • ATSSan Diego StateATS HIT
  • TotalsOVER 42.0TOTAL MISS
  • EdgeOVER 42.8EDGE 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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