FAU
American Athletic · 5-2
at
North Texas
American Athletic · 5-2
Thu 29 Oct · 7:30 PM ET · ESPN · DATCU Stadium
Rest FAU 5 days, UNT 5 days · Travel FAU 1,124 mi
Market
UNT −14.5
total 76.5 · spread opened UNT −12.5, moved +2.0 toward UNT
Atlas projectsAtlas
28.7–43.6
FAU–UNT · total 72.3
Difference
+0.4
on the spread · total −4.2
B89/100
Historically sound.

A small disagreement of 0.4 points.

Across five seasons, cards this close to the market claimed 52% accuracy and delivered 49%. The claim runs a little ahead of the delivery.

How much weight this card's information deserves — not a recommendation.

Why

what the model is reading

Be careful about

  • One book is quoting this game, so the market number has no depth behind it and may move sharply.
  • Atlas and the market have moved opposite ways on the total since it opened.

Projection built Oct 29, 2026 4:14 AM ETMarket updated Oct 29, 2026 4:14 AM ETData status

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Market detail where the line opened, where it is now, and the prices
SpreadOpenCurrentMove
North Texas−12.5−14.5+2.0
FAU+12.5+14.5−2.0
Price−110−108—

The spread has moved 2.0 toward North Texas and the total has moved 7.0 up since the open.

TotalOpenCurrentMove
Game total69.576.5+7.0
Price (over)−110−115—
Moneyline · FAU +425 → +410 Moneyline · North Texas −575 → −550 De-vigged, the market gives North Texas a 81.2% chance. Books quoting: 1.

DraftKings · 1 book quoting

Projection detail the projected score, the chance of winning, the total's range and the most likely exact score
Projected score
28.7 – 43.6
FAU – North Texas
Projected spread
UNT −14.9
market −14.5
Projected total
72.3
market 76.5 · 80% range 51–93
North Texas win probability
82.5%
from the score grid
Under probability
53.7%
at the current total of 76.5
Most likely score
31–38
0.8% of the grid — one cell of 6,400
How this number is made. Every FBS team starts the season at a preseason expectation built from last season's ratings, roster talent, recruiting, returning production and the coaching situation. After every game a filter updates each team's offense and defense, opponent-adjusted, and the two teams' numbers meet here with the home advantage. The total adds the teams' pace and the wind. The market is never an input; it is shown so you can see where Atlas differs and read why.

Atlas difference

MeasureAtlas modelMarketDifference
SpreadUNT −14.9UNT −14.5+0.4
Total72.376.5−4.2
North Texas win probability82.5%81.2%+1.3 pts
A difference is not an edge. Atlas has measured what happens at every size of disagreement, and the gap between what the model claims and what it delivers widens as the disagreement grows. This game sits in the 0-1 band, where cards have claimed 52% accuracy and delivered 49% across 853 games.
Matchup how each offense compares with the defense it faces, season to date, ranked among 138 FBS teams

Season to date through 24 October: FAU 7 games, North Texas 7 games. Ranks are among 138 FBS teams, 1st the best; the crest marks which side ranks better on each line.

FAU offensevs North Texas defense
37.317th
Points per gameedge FAU
30.6116th
5.64101st
Yards per playedge FAU
6.11102nd
124.7113th
Rushing yards per gameedge North Texas
175.6106th
301.711th
Passing yards per gameedge FAU
222.380th
4.383rd
20+ yard plays per gameedge FAU
5.0111th
1.967th
Sacks per gameedge FAU
1.979th
53%12th
Third-down conversion rateedge FAU
38%56th
63%53rd
Red-zone touchdown rateedge FAU
71%131st
North Texas offensevs FAU defense
43.12nd
Points per gameedge North Texas
34.0129th
7.664th
Yards per playedge North Texas
7.09135th
183.944th
Rushing yards per gameedge North Texas
258.4137th
351.13rd
Passing yards per gameedge North Texas
192.627th
6.77th
20+ yard plays per gameedge North Texas
5.4127th
0.98th
Sacks per gameedge North Texas
1.1121st
50%16th
Third-down conversion rateedge North Texas
40%82nd
70%18th
Red-zone touchdown rateedge North Texas
75%134th
FAUvs North Texas
Situational
+0.7124th
Turnover margin per gameedge FAU
+0.2950th
75.64th most
Plays per game
69.925th most

Figures come from completed games only, so every one was known before kickoff. They are raw, not adjusted for opponents - All drivers has Atlas's adjusted view. College counts sack yardage as rushing, as the NCAA does.

Other models what FPI, SP+ and Elo say about this game, beside Atlas and the market
ModelMarginWinAs of
FPI (ESPN)UNT by 17.589%Oct 28
SP+UNT by 5.3—Oct 29
EloUNT by 20.8—Oct 29
AtlasUNT by 14.982%live
MarketUNT by 14.5—live

Each model's number for this game as its source published it before kickoff; Win is the favored side's chance to win, where the model gives one. FPI's margin and chance are ESPN's own. SP+ is the difference in the two teams' ratings, plus 2.5 for a home side; Elo is the difference in ratings at 24 points a point, plus 2.6 for a home side, as Atlas measured it on past seasons. None of these is an input to Atlas's number, and none is here to settle anything: they show where Atlas sits among other models.

How this grade was computed the four things that set the letter, out of a hundred
B89

Solid card

A moderate disagreement in a band where the model's claim and its realized accuracy stay reasonably close.

Calibration 39/45
Market agreement 24/25
Card conditions 10/15
Data completeness 15/15

Atlas sits 0.4 points from the market. The calibration curve, fitted to every completed season out of sample, expects cards at that distance to fall 4.6% short of what they claim — which is where the calibration component above comes from.

The total has moved 2.0 points since it opened. Cards on a market that has moved have calibrated worse in five of six seasons.

The grade describes how much weight the information deserves. It says nothing about which side of a market anyone should take, and Atlas does not publish that. How grades are computed.

All drivers all 4 things the model is reading, and how each team ranks against the rest of the country
Offense, in points UNT +6.1 pts

Atlas rates North Texas' offense at +7.3 points a game against FBS average and FAU's at +1.3, opponent-adjusted, after 6 games this season.

FAUNorth Texas
Pace and possessions 107 plays · 39th percentile

A combined 107 plays per game — the 39th percentile of this season's games. Few possessions, which pulls the projected total down.

fewer playsmore plays
Defense, in points UNT +5.4 pts

Atlas rates North Texas' defense at -5.7 points a game against FBS average and FAU's at -11.1, opponent-adjusted, after 6 games this season.

FAUNorth Texas
Pace and wind, on the total +3.1 pts

The teams' pace moves the projected total by +3.2 and the wind by -0.2, against an average game.

lower totalhigher total
Market movement how far the market has moved since the number opened, and which way

Total, open to current

78.2 73.0 67.8 Atlas 72.3 open 69.5 now 76.5
MeasureValue
Opening number69.5
Current number76.5
Market directionup 7.0
Atlas directiondown

Atlas and the market point opposite ways on this total. That is information, not a verdict.

Two findings that are not in conflict

Atlas has measured disagreement twice, against two different reference points, and they say different things.

Measured againstWhat it predicts
The closing numberthe model's own failure — so a large difference lowers the grade
The opening numberwhich way the line moves — tracked publicly, not graded

A model far from the close is wrong; a model far from the open is early. The second finding is tracked in the open closing-line record and is deliberately kept out of the grade.

Reliability record what Atlas claimed and what it delivered, across the seasons it never saw while being built

Calibration by disagreement band

82% 64% 45% this card10+ claimed realized

Two series, labeled directly. The widening gap is why Atlas grades large disagreements down.

This band, five seasons

MeasureThis bandAll cards
Realized accuracy49.5%49.2%
Claimed accuracy52.1%58.0%
Calibration gap−2.7 pts−8.8 pts
Seasons above 50%1 of 5—
Games measured8533,864
Read the gap, not the claim. Atlas's raw confidence numbers run high — a claimed 52% has historically delivered 49%. The grade already corrects for this. The claim is shown so the correction is visible rather than hidden.
What this card is. Research, analytics and market context. Atlas does not publish selections, does not size anything and does not project returns. Every figure is computed out of sample from a point-in-time database: nothing attached to a game uses information that did not exist before kickoff.