Titans
at
Bengals
Sun 1 Nov · 1:00 PM ET · CBS · Paycor Stadium
Rest TEN 7 days, CIN 7 days
Market
CIN −10.0
total 46.5 · spread opened CIN −6.5, moved +3.5 toward CIN
Atlas projectsAtlas
17.1–29.1
TEN–CIN · total 46.2
Difference
+2.0
on the spread · total −0.3
C78/100
Mixed record.

A moderate disagreement of 2.0 points.

Across seven seasons, cards this far from the market claimed 59% accuracy and delivered 50%. That gap is where this grade comes from.

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
Bengals−6.5−10.0+3.5
Titans+6.5+10.0−3.5
Price−110−118—

The spread has moved 3.5 toward Bengals and the total has moved 3.0 down since the open.

TotalOpenCurrentMove
Game total49.546.5−3.0
Price (over)−110−110—
Moneyline · Titans +220 → +380 Moneyline · Bengals −270 → −500 De-vigged, the market gives Bengals a 80.0% 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
17.1 – 29.1
Titans – Bengals
Projected spread
CIN −12.0
market −10.0
Projected total
46.2
market 46.5 · 80% range 30–63
Bengals win probability
82.3%
from the score grid
Under probability
50.3%
at the current total of 46.5
Most likely score
17–20
1.1% 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
SpreadCIN −12.0CIN −10.0+2.0
Total46.246.5−0.3
Bengals win probability82.3%80.0%+2.3 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 2-4 band, where cards have claimed 59% accuracy and delivered 50% across 571 games.
Matchup how each offense compares with the defense it faces, season to date, ranked among 32 NFL teams

Season to date through 26 October: Titans 7 games, Bengals 6 games. Ranks are among 32 NFL teams, 1st the best; the crest marks which side ranks better on each line.

Titans offensevs Bengals defense
15.431st
Points per gameedge Bengals
20.38th
4.5930th
Yards per playedge Bengals
5.7324th
91.326th
Rushing yards per gameedge Bengals
117.219th
157.731st
Passing yards per gameedge Bengals
230.723rd
2.031st
20+ yard plays per gameedge Bengals
4.328th
1.66th
Sacks per gameedge Bengals
3.51st
35%28th
Third-down conversion rate
48%28th
50%30th
Red-zone touchdown rateedge Bengals
44%2nd
Bengals offensevs Titans defense
27.24th
Points per gameedge Bengals
22.315th
5.7810th
Yards per playedge Bengals
5.6721st
81.830th
Rushing yards per gameedge Titans
132.326th
264.06th
Passing yards per gameedge Bengals
233.024th
3.023rd
20+ yard plays per gameedge Titans
3.720th
1.78th
Sacks per gameedge Bengals
2.411th
51%1st
Third-down conversion rateedge Bengals
42%18th
64%13th
Red-zone touchdown rate
60%13th
Titansvs Bengals
Situational
−0.4321st
Turnover margin per gameedge Bengals
+0.835th
54.332nd most
Plays per game
59.820th most
48.15th
Penalty yards per gameedge Titans
54.511th

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. Passing yards are net of sack yardage, as the NFL counts them.

Other models what FPI, SP+ and Elo say about this game, beside Atlas and the market
ModelMarginWinAs of
FPI (ESPN)CIN by 11.187%Oct 29
AtlasCIN by 12.082%live
MarketCIN by 10.0—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
C78

Mixed card

The disagreement is wide enough that the model's historical claim runs well ahead of what it delivered.

Calibration 31/45
Market agreement 21/25
Card conditions 10/15
Data completeness 15/15

Atlas sits 2.0 points from the market. The calibration curve, fitted to every completed season out of sample, expects cards at that distance to fall 10.7% short of what they claim — which is where the calibration component above comes from.

The total has moved 3.5 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 CIN +10.2 pts

Atlas rates Bengals' offense, with its expected quarterback, at +4.3 points a game against the NFL average and Titans' at -5.9, opponent-adjusted, after 6 games this season.

TitansBengals
Pace and possessions 106 plays · 12th percentile

A combined 106 plays per game — the 12th percentile of this season's games. Few possessions, which pulls the projected total down.

fewer playsmore plays
Offensive efficiency CIN +0.21 EPA/play

Bengals' offense sits in the 72nd percentile of FBS on opponent-adjusted EPA; Titans' is 6th percentile.

TitansBengals
Defense, in points CIN +1.3 pts

Atlas rates Bengals' defense at -0.1 points a game against the NFL average and Titans' at -1.4, opponent-adjusted, after 6 games this season.

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

Total, open to current

50.2 48.0 45.8 Atlas 46.2 open 49.5 now 46.5
MeasureValue
Opening number49.5
Current number46.5
Market directiondown 3.0
Atlas directiondown

Atlas and the market have moved the same way on this total.

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 card0-110+ claimed realized

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

This band, seven seasons

MeasureThis bandAll cards
Realized accuracy49.6%50.1%
Claimed accuracy58.6%57.1%
Calibration gap−9.0 pts−7.0 pts
Seasons above 50%3 of 7—
Games measured5711,800
Read the gap, not the claim. Atlas's raw confidence numbers run high — a claimed 59% has historically delivered 50%. 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.