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Week 8 · 2025 season

Arkansas State @ South Alabama

Graded and filed. All four markets are below.

The verdict

TUE, OCT 14 · FINAL · HANCOCK WHITNEY STADIUM
Arkansas State7-639%
South Alabama4-861%
ARSTNATL RANKUSA
-0.1no rank
Overall rating
no rank-0.0
-0.0no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.1
-0.1no rank
Defense rating
no rank-0.1
6.4no rank
Pace
no rank0.3
59%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank25%
#114114th
Power rank
107th#107
#7575th
Recruiting rank
118th#118

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

Open total59.5
Model total59.9
NO BADGE THIS GAME

RATINGS AS OF: ARST wk 17 · USA wk 17 · RANKS PRINTED IN EVERY TINTED CELL

Model margin (home)
+3.8
Open spread
-7.5
Close spread
-8.5
Close total
57.5

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.

ARST15
FINALHancock Whitney Stadium
USA14
  • WinSouth AlabamaWIN MISS
  • ATSArkansas StateATS HIT
  • TotalsOVER 57.5TOTAL MISS
  • 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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