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.
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Win chance
58%Jacksonville State GamecocksLean✓
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.
JVST by 3.6market JVST by 3.5
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.
46.0 pointsmarket 51.5
Why the model calls itThe reasons behind the winner call, in plain sentences drawn from this page's numbers.
The model has Jacksonville State Gamecocks at 58% to win, with the market at JVST by 3.5.
JVST has the advantage in passing: JVST passing ranks #31, GASO defends it at #96; the other way GASO #70 into JVST's #31.
Counterpoint: turnovers / game favours GASO. GASO turnovers / game ranks #33, JVST defends it at #108; the other way JVST #87 into GASO's #51. The pick still lands on JVST because it rests on the whole season's results and the market's price, not one area.
Home field is with JVST, which supports the pick.
ContextThe model makes it JVST by 3.6 against a market JVST by 3.5: essentially the same number, so there is little difference to read. The model's total is 46.0 against a line of 51.5: 5.5 points below 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 JVST by 3.6 · market JVST by 3.5
ⓘMost of these areas favor GASO, but the model still picks JVST. The model rates each team on its full body of results, adjusted for who it played, plus the quarterback, rest, home field and weather. Single-area matchups like these are shown for context: over past seasons, when they point the other way the winner has been close to a coin flip, so they have not been a better guide than the ratings.
Passing game
JVST
Clear advantage
JVST passing ranks #31, GASO defends it at #96; the other way GASO #70 into JVST's #31.
Rushing game
GASO
Slight advantage
GASO rushing ranks #93, JVST defends it at #109; the other way JVST #78 into GASO's #63.
Third down & red zone
GASO
Slight advantage
GASO third-down conversion ranks #70, JVST defends it at #117; the other way JVST #31 into GASO's #44.
Big plays
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Even
JVST pass explosiveness ranks #79, GASO defends it at #63; the other way GASO #106 into JVST's #23.
Pass protection & rush
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Even
JVST sack rate ranks #8, GASO defends it at #45; the other way GASO #35 into JVST's #61.
Ball security
GASO
Clear advantage
GASO turnovers / game ranks #33, JVST defends it at #108; the other way JVST #87 into GASO's #51.
Form (last 5)
JVST
Slight advantage
JVST +5.6 per game over the last five, GASO +1.0.
Market
JVST
Clear advantage
Consensus has JVST by 3.5; the model says JVST by 3.6.
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 JVST by 3.5 · model JVST by 3.6
Mkt JVST 3.5
Model JVST 3.6
← GASO by 28tieJVST by 28 →
The two numbers sit together; the disagreement is under half a point. Most common margins: 3 (9.3%), 7 (7.5%), 10 (4.3%), 14 (4.1%).
Totalmarket 51.5 · model 46.0
Mkt 51.5
Model 46.0
24 pts6096 pts
12.7% of FBS games finish between 51.5 and 46.0. 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.
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