FIU
Conference USA · 3-4
at
Liberty
Conference USA · 6-1
Sat 31 Oct · 3:30 PM ET · CBSSN · Williams Stadium (VA)
Rest FIU 11 days, LIB 9 days · Travel FIU 805 mi
Market
LIB −14.0
total 44.5 · spread opened LIB −11.5, moved +2.5 toward LIB
Atlas projectsAtlas
15.9–30.0
FIU–LIB · total 46.0
Difference
+0.1
on the spread · total +1.5
A91/100
Historically reliable.

Atlas and the market are closely aligned, 0.1 points apart.

Across five seasons, cards this close to the market claimed 52% accuracy and delivered 49%.

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.

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
Liberty−11.5−14.0+2.5
FIU+11.5+14.0−2.5
Price−110−110—

The spread has moved 2.5 toward Liberty since the open.

TotalOpenCurrentMove
Game total44.544.5unchanged
Price (over)−110−118—
Moneyline · FIU +330 → +440 Moneyline · Liberty −425 → −600 De-vigged, the market gives Liberty a 82.2% 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
15.9 – 30.0
FIU – Liberty
Projected spread
LIB −14.1
market −14.0
Projected total
46.0
market 44.5 · 80% range 27–66
Liberty win probability
83.0%
from the score grid
Over probability
51.3%
at the current total of 44.5
Most likely score
17–24
1.0% 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
SpreadLIB −14.1LIB −14.0+0.1
Total46.044.5+1.5
Liberty win probability83.0%82.2%+0.8 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: FIU 7 games, Liberty 7 games. Ranks are among 138 FBS teams, 1st the best; the crest marks which side ranks better on each line.

FIU offensevs Liberty defense
20.1120th
Points per gameedge Liberty
14.07th
5.42114th
Yards per playedge Liberty
5.0328th
125.4112th
Rushing yards per gameedge Liberty
123.040th
249.350th
Passing yards per gameedge Liberty
183.320th
4.476th
20+ yard plays per gameedge Liberty
3.638th
1.014th
Sacks per gameedge FIU
2.067th
48%22nd
Third-down conversion rateedge FIU
33%23rd
32%138th
Red-zone touchdown rateedge Liberty
31%4th
Liberty offensevs FIU defense
31.650th
Points per gameedge FIU
16.321st
6.6229th
Yards per playedge FIU
4.9321st
223.411th
Rushing yards per gameedge Liberty
119.139th
192.0114th
Passing yards per gameedge FIU
178.315th
4.664th
20+ yard plays per gameedge FIU
3.425th
1.967th
Sacks per game
2.067th
43%59th
Third-down conversion rateedge FIU
28%3rd
59%73rd
Red-zone touchdown rateedge FIU
20%1st
FIUvs Liberty
Situational
−0.57114th
Turnover margin per gameedge Liberty
+0.8612th
69.134th most
Plays per game
62.7100th 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)LIB by 16.788%Oct 28
SP+LIB by 17.9—Oct 29
EloLIB by 18.0—Oct 29
AtlasLIB by 14.183%live
MarketLIB by 14.0—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
A91

High-reliability card

Atlas and the market agree closely, and this disagreement band has been among the model's most consistent across five seasons.

Calibration 41/45
Market agreement 25/25
Card conditions 10/15
Data completeness 15/15

Atlas sits 0.1 points from the market. The calibration curve, fitted to every completed season out of sample, expects cards at that distance to fall 3.4% short of what they claim — which is where the calibration component above comes from.

The total has moved 2.5 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 LIB +8.1 pts

Atlas rates Liberty's offense at +0.2 points a game against FBS average and FIU's at -7.9, opponent-adjusted, after 6 games this season.

FIULiberty
Pace and possessions 120 plays · 84th percentile

A combined 120 plays per game — the 84th percentile of this season's games. A fast game, which lifts the projected total.

fewer playsmore plays
Defense, in points LIB +4.8 pts

Atlas rates Liberty's defense at +4.2 points a game against FBS average and FIU's at -0.5, opponent-adjusted, after 6 games this season.

FIULiberty
Home advantage LIB +2.6 pts

Playing at home is worth 2.6 points in this season's model, fitted, not assumed.

FIULiberty
Market movement how far the market has moved since the number opened, and which way

Total, open to current

45.6 44.5 43.4 Atlas 46.0 — beyond this range open 44.5 now 44.5
MeasureValue
Opening number44.5
Current number44.5
Market directionunchanged
Atlas directionup

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.