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Week 1 · 2025 season

Eastern Michigan @ Texas State

Graded and filed. All four markets are below.

The verdict

SAT, AUG 30 · FINAL · BOBCAT STADIUM (TX)
Eastern Michigan4-89%
Texas State7-691%
EMUNATL RANKTXST
0.1no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.2
0.1no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.3
-0.1no rank
Defense rating
no rank-0.1
-1.2no rank
Pace
no rank2.5
25%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank93%
#8383rd
Power rank
41st#41
#9797th
Recruiting rank
101st#101

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

Open total58.5
Model total58.9
NO BADGE THIS GAME

RATINGS AS OF: EMU wk 17 · TXST wk 17 · RANKS PRINTED IN EVERY TINTED CELL

Model margin (home)
+16.4
Open spread
-14.0
Close spread
-14.0
Close total
56.5

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.

EMU27
FINALBobcat Stadium (TX)
TXST52
  • WinTexas StateWIN HIT
  • ATSTexas StateATS HIT
  • TotalsOVER 56.5TOTAL HIT
  • 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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