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WK 6 · 2025FINALOPENER CAPTURED WED 3:46 PM ET

Week 6 · 2025 season

James Madison @ Georgia State

The OVER 53.8 missed. The full grade is below.

The verdict

SAT, OCT 4 · FINAL · CENTER PARC STADIUM
James Madison12-295%
Georgia State1-115%
JMUNATL RANKGAST
0.3no rank
Overall rating
no rank-0.1
0.2no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.1
0.1no rank
Defense rating
no rank-0.2
-0.5no rank
Pace
no rank1.1
78%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank69%
#2727th
Power rank
130th#130
#108108th
Recruiting rank
67th#67

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

Open total53.8
Model total57.1
EDGE OVER 53.8 · MISS

RATINGS AS OF: JMU wk 17 · GAST wk 17 · RANKS PRINTED IN EVERY TINTED CELL

Model margin (home)
-21.7
Open spread
+19.5
Close spread
+19.5
Close total
52.5

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.

JMU14
FINALCenter Parc Stadium
GAST7
  • WinJames MadisonWIN HIT
  • ATSJames MadisonATS MISS
  • TotalsOVER 52.5TOTAL MISS
  • EdgeOVER 53.8EDGE 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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