Liberty at James Madison

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Returning production

The read

• At 13.5 the line sits just short of 14, so the games decided by exactly 14 fall on the favorite's side of this bet.
• The spread has moved from -6 to -13.5 since it opened, toward the home side. It crossed 7 and 10, changing the result in 12.3% of historical games.
• A total of 33.5 sits among the lowest quarter of real college football scores (the median FBS game lands on 54). That places the number; it does not predict the result — overs land almost exactly 50% against closing totals.
• SP+ and the market differ by 7.9 points — the market rates the home side higher. Worth knowing, but not a signal: we backtested betting that disagreement and it went 49.8% against the spread, versus the 52.4% needed to break even.

Team profile

How games at these numbers have gone

• Spread 13.5 — the 10-14 point band. In 1,140 archived games at this number, the favorite covered 48.2% of the time — a coin flip once the 95% range (45.3–51.1%) is taken into account.
• Total 33.5 — this game's spread sits in the 7-14 point band. In 1,954 archived games with a spread this size, the over hit 48.6% of the time — a coin flip once the 95% range (46.4–50.8%) is taken into account.

Measured on our archive of FBS games with a closing line and a final score. Context, not a pick — see every band.

SP+ team strength · 2026

SP+ implies James Madison -5.6 versus the market's -13.5 — a 7.9-point disagreement.

Context, not a pick — tap the ⓘ for what these numbers mean and what we measured.