The pickThe locked winner and its win probability. A priced game's number is built on the market's no-vig price; the model's own margin and total sit beside the market's below, as context.
locked before kickoff
Win chance
84%Akron ZipsStrong✓
No moneyline was priced into this call, so it is the model's own number.
Model marginThe model's own predicted margin beside the market's number. Context for reading the game: the model makes no spread pick.
AKR by 16.8market AKR by 26.5
Model totalThe model's own predicted total points beside the market's number. Context for reading the game: the model makes no over/under pick.
52.8 pointsmarket 45.5
Why the model calls itThe reasons behind the winner call, in plain sentences drawn from this page's numbers.
The model has Akron Zips at 84% to win, with the market at AKR by 26.5.
No single matchup area stands out; the call rests on the teams' overall results this season, adjusted for who they played.
Rest: AKR has 2 more days since its last game (AKR 9d, RMU 7d).
Home field is with AKR, which supports the pick.
ContextThe model makes it AKR by 16.8 against a market AKR by 26.5: 9.7 points of daylight in RMU's favour. The model's total is 52.8 against a line of 45.5: 7.3 points above it.The model makes no spread or over/under pick: neither has shown an edge over the market in our backtests.
Matchup context: who has the advantageWhich team has the advantage in each area, and how clearly. Context for reading the game, not model inputs.
Model AKR by 16.8 · market AKR by 26.5
ⓘContext, not inputs. These areas show how the two sides match up so you can read the game. The model's call comes from the teams' overall ratings, the quarterback, rest, home field and weather, not from these tiles.
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Form (last 5)
AKR
Slight advantage
AKR −14.6 per game over the last five, RMU −19.0.
Market
AKR
Clear advantage
Consensus has AKR by 26.5; the model says AKR by 16.8.
the market, for comparison
Where the lines sitWhere the market's number and the model's sit among every final margin and total in the league's history; the highlighted bars are the games that landed between the two.
3,154 FBS games since 2023
Marginmarket AKR by 26.5 · model AKR by 16.8
Mkt AKR 26.5
Model AKR 16.8
← RMU by 28tieAKR by 28 →
13.4% of FBS games land between the two numbers. Most common margins: 3 (9.3%), 7 (7.5%), 10 (4.3%), 14 (4.1%).
Totalmarket 45.5 · model 52.8
Mkt 45.5
Model 52.8
24 pts6096 pts
16.4% of FBS games finish between 45.5 and 52.8. The league’s median total since 2023 is 53.
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Where the market maker moved the line since open, and whether other books followed. Tracked, not a pick.
The model alone was backtested walk-forward (each game priced only from what came before it). Since the winner call started following the market, the calibration that counts is the record of locked picks on the results page. Margin and total are context, not picks. Model reads, not personalized advice. For information only, not betting advice. 21+ only. Gambling problem? Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.
