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UTSA

AAC · 2-0 · power +19.0 · #42
Our side · spreadTXST -1.5 logged our number at the pick UTSA -3.6 · now UTSA -6.3 · 8.8 pts from the market now

Texas State

SBC · 0-2 · power +10.8 · #78
Final UTSA 31 · TXST 26 ML L Spread L Total L our logged sides, graded on the record
Our side
SpreadTXST -1.5 logged live now: UTSA +2.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours UTSA -6.3

The market's move decides. The line opened TXST +1 and is now TXST -1.5, toward TXST; since 2021 the side the market moves toward has covered 54.7% at the opener, and our own number has carried nothing the closing line lacks. Our number at the pick: UTSA by 3.6 — the other side, overruled.

TotalOver 66.5 logged live now: Under 65.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 63.3

The market's move decides. The total opened 64.5 and is now 66.5, toward the over; that side has covered 55.1% at the opener since 2021. Ours at the pick: 59.8 — the other side, overruled.

MoneylineTXST to win logged live now: UTSA to win — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 36% · book 55%

Follows the spread pick: laying 1.5 points means picking the winner, so the moneyline is TXST too.

no pick

No UTSA team-total pick: the market set both the spread and the total on this game, so the team totals are the book's own arithmetic and we hold no number of our own.

no pick

No TXST team-total pick: the market set both the spread and the total on this game, so the team totals are the book's own arithmetic and we hold no number of our own (those two picks do imply TXST more than 34.0).

Distance from the market 8.8 pts / -2.2 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 35–28 UTSA – TXST
2026-09-12 · 3:30 PM UFCU Stadium · San Marcos, TX Early season

The books 5 account books · tap any price — the ticket builds at that book

Book UTSA spreadTXST spread OverUnder UTSA winTXST win UTSA TT overUTSA TT under TXST TT overTXST TT under
DraftKings
FanDuel
BetMGM
ESPN Bet
Caesars

The gold price is the best available on that side; a gold marks the side our number implies — a read, not a pick. TT is a team total — that team’s own points, not the game’s; columns are empty where no book hangs one. Send to book opens whichever book you tapped, not the one we would have picked. Prices are the books’ own.

Ours vs the market

SpreadUTSA -6.3
the marketTexas State -2.5
Total63.3
the market65.5
Texas State win36% vs 55%

Both percentages are Texas State’s chance to win — ours, then the book’s with the vig removed, medianed across the books we track.

What the gap has been worth 10,740 games · 2016–2025

0–3 pts52.0%
3–750.2%
7–1449.3%
14+46.8%

How often the side we favoured covered, by how far our number sat from the market’s. Break-even at −110 is 52.4% — no bucket reaches it, and the rate falls as we disagree more. The further we sit from the market, the worse we have done.

Public vs booksbets vs money · Action Network captured in-game spread UTSA 54% bets · 66% money total Under 87% bets · 80% money ML TXST 75% bets · 66% money
Series UTSA lead 5–2 · 7 meetings since 2012
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge UTSA Roadrunners 103 ranks
UTSA Roadrunners #51 rush offense Texas State Bobcats #154 run defense
Pass game edge UTSA Roadrunners 66 ranks
UTSA Roadrunners #83 pass offense Texas State Bobcats #149 pass defense
Run game edge Texas State Bobcats 164 ranks
Texas State Bobcats #9 rush offense UTSA Roadrunners #173 run defense
Pass game edge Texas State Bobcats 165 ranks
Texas State Bobcats #44 pass offense UTSA Roadrunners #209 pass defense
UTSA Roadrunners Balanced · 46% run Ball-control Texas State Bobcats Run-heavy · 58% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 58 rush ypg
Jeff Traylor · 53-26 · offense-minded G.J. Kinne · 23-16 · offense-minded

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265 D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the 2025 season.

The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above

Who carried each team in 2025
UTSA Roadrunners
LB Brandon Tucker 18 tkl · 0.5 TFL #78 LB
DB Ahamad Chapman 3 tkl · 1 INT #177 DB
WR Mekhi Anderson 12 rec · 125 yds · 1 TD #144 WR
WR AJ Wilson 11 rec · 125 yds · 1 TD #155 WR
Texas State Bobcats
DB Ryan Nolan 17 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #26 DB
DB Jayden Bradley 18 tkl #126 DB
RB Davian Jackson 128 rush yds · 2 TD · 1 rec #80 RB
DL Tymere Jackson 8 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL #201 DL

Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no 2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
UTSA RoadrunnersAAC +19.0 +11.8 +7.2 #42
Texas State BobcatsSBC +10.8 +10.0 +0.7 #78

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
UTSA offense vs Texas State defense+11.1 pts
Texas State offense vs UTSA defense+2.9 pts

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.