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WK 8 · 2025FINALOPENER CAPTURED WED 3:46 PM ET

Week 8 · 2025 season

Northern Illinois @ Ohio

The OVER 43.5 cashed. The full grade is below.

The verdict

SAT, OCT 18 · FINAL · PEDEN STADIUM
Northern Illinois3-926%
Ohio9-474%
NIUNATL RANKOHIO
-0.1no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.0
0.0no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.1
-0.2no rank
Defense rating
no rank-0.1
-5.6no rank
Pace
no rank-3.2
53%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank65%
#132132nd
Power rank
95th#95
#8484th
Recruiting rank
121st#121

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

Open total43.5
Model total46.7
EDGE OVER 43.5 · HIT

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

Model margin (home)
+11.0
Open spread
-12.0
Close spread
-10.5
Close total
41.5

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.

NIU21
FINALPeden Stadium
OHIO48
  • WinOhioWIN HIT
  • ATSOhioATS HIT
  • TotalsOVER 41.5TOTAL HIT
  • EdgeOVER 43.5EDGE 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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