Betting
Spread
WKU favouredMarket IU −44.5Ours IU −43.1
IU favouredgap 1.4 toward WKU
Grey dot: the market · gold: our card line · small dot: FEI (bcftoys.com). A gap is a reason to look, not to bet.
Vegas
| Team | Spread | Points | Moneyline | Win% | Kalshi |
|---|
| WKU away | +44.5 | 7.5 | — | — | — |
| IU home | -44.5 | 52.0 | — | — | — |
| Total | 59.5 | |
The closing line: this game was played before live prices were being collected.
Our model — cards
| Team | Spread | Points | Win% | vs book |
|---|
| WKU away | +43.0 | 8.2 | -0.0% | -1.5 |
| IU home | -43.0 | 51.3 | 100.0% | +1.5 |
| Total | no total model | | | |
FEI — bcftoys.com
| Team | Spread | Points | Win% | vs book |
|---|
| WKU away | +41.0 | 6.1 | 1.0% | -3.5 |
| IU home | -41.0 | 47.0 | 99.0% | +3.5 |
| Total | 53.0 | | | -6.5 |
"Points" is the implied score for each side: a spread and a total are the margin and the sum, so solving them back out says what each team is expected to score. A favourite is shown negative, the way a book quotes it. "vs book" is that model's line for the team minus the book's, so a plus means the model makes them the weaker side. Our cards are EA College Football 27 launch ratings rolled up; the gap between two teams is multiplied by a scale fitted on this season's results (real margins have run about 1.8 times the raw gap), plus 2.5 points of home field; the win chance comes from how far 7,877 FBS results landed from a line. FEI is Brian Fremeau's projection, shown as a reference only: measured on his own results pages it went 49.9% against the spread over 3,101 games (2022–25), and the pickers never see it. Neither model has shown it beats a closing line.
Team ratings
| Points vs an average FBS team | WKU | IU |
|---|
| Offence (cards) | -6.3130th | +9.38th |
| Defence (cards) | -2.6132nd | +3.64th |
| Card team rating | -8.9134th | +12.86th |
| SP+ (CFBD's rating, theirs) | -16.4123rd | +26.94th |
| FEI (bcftoys.com, theirs) | -0.6110th | +1.26th |
| F+ (FEI + SP+, theirs) | -1.1120th | +1.94th |
| Card line | IU -43.1 (the gap ×1.87, fitted on 215 games, plus 2.5 home field) |
| Returning production | 84% | 17% |
Cards are EA College Football 27's Week 3 Ratings (EA re-rates weekly; we take the newest) with CFBD's measured stats shown beside them; the team rating rolls EA's starters up with the NFL position weights, unmeasured for college. SP+ is opponent-adjusted; ours is not yet.
Quarterbacks
Brock Glenn WKU72 overall · Junior
Points added per play0.089
Completion54.1%
TD–INT3-2
Pass attempts, median game15
Pass yards, median game93
Rush yards, median game40
Games this season4
Team throws per game35.0
Josh Hoover IU88 overall · Senior
Points added per play0.756
Completion70.0%
TD–INT11-0
Pass attempts, median game20
Pass yards, median game216
Rush yards, median game2
Games this season4
Team throws per game21.5
The starter comes from the maintained depth chart (cfbdepth.com). The rating is EA College Football 27's Week 3 Ratings (EA re-rates weekly; we take the newest); everything under it is what CFBD has measured this season, as a median game rather than a total so a man who missed time is not shrunk.
Against the number
| Team | ATS | Cover% | vs spread | O/U | vs total |
|---|
| WKU away | 2-3 | 40% | -10.5 | 3-2 | +2.9 |
| IU home | 0-4 | 0% | -6.8 | 2-2 | -5.3 |
Against DraftKings' closing number, this season. A record of what happened and nothing more — cover rates do not predict, which is why the pickers never see them.
Streak trends
No 4+ streak in any split for either side.
Cover, win/loss and over/under streaks in every split (home, away, favourite, underdog, division, primetime, big favourite), counted against the closing line. Measured over every FBS season on file: cover and over/under streaks revert (fade 6+); college win/loss streaks tell you nothing against the spread (50%), so they are shown here but the picker ignores them. These never reach the pickers' bundle; the "streak" row on the picks board bets on its own.
Venue, weather, rest and travel
Built when the game's bundle is (Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)).
Who is out (reported)
No news read for this game yet.
Covers.com injury tags
| Team | Player | Status | Since | Note |
|---|
| WKU | K. Hutchinson WR | questionable Undisclosed | Sun, Sep 27 | Hutchinson is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it is unclear if he will suit up against New Mexico State on Thursday, October 1th. |
| WKU | G. Reimer TE | questionable Undisclosed | Sun, Sep 27 | Reimer is nursing an undisclosed injury, and it is uncertain if he will play against New Mexico State on Thursday, October 1th. |
| WKU | A. Boyd RB | questionable Undisclosed | Sun, Sep 27 | Boyd is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it is unclear whether he will play against New Mexico State on Thursday, October 1th. |
| IU | L. Beebe Jr. RB | questionable Undisclosed | Thu, Oct 1 | Beebe Jr. is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it is unclear if he will return |
| IU | T. Richard RB | probable Ankle | Wed, Sep 30 | Richard is dealing with an ankle injury, but he is expected to play on Saturday against the Rutgers. |
| IU | L. Bond WR | out Undisclosed | Sat, Sep 26 | Bond is nursing an undisclosed injury, and he is not projected to play against W. Kentucky on Saturday, September 19th. |