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Sat, Oct 17 Β· 7:30 PM ET

Louisville at Syracuse

Louisville favored by 14.5 Β· total 55.5

LouisvilleCardinals

Away Β· ACC

-14.5

-112

-650

ML

SyracuseOrange

Home Β· ACC

+14.5

-108

+470

ML

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SpreadLouisville -14.5-112
SpreadSyracuse +14.5-108
TotalOver 55.5-112
TotalUnder 55.5-108
MoneylineLouisville to win-650
MoneylineSyracuse to win+470

Returning production

LouisvilleSyracuse
Overall35%35%
Passing0%83%
Rushing85%-19%*
Receiving18%20%

* Outside 0–100% on purpose β€” production is PPA-weighted, so a departing player who cost his team yards pushes the share above 100 and a returning group with negative combined output shows below zero.

Player props Β· 25 players

Passing yards

Lincoln KienholzLOUcoin flip at 240+ (+107)ladder to 350+
Malachi NelsonSYRcoin flip at 200+ (+103)ladder to 310+

Rushing yards

Tylik HillSYRcoin flip at 80+ (-117)ladder to 190+
Lincoln KienholzLOUcoin flip at 30+ (-105)ladder to 80+

Receiving yards

Umari HatcherSYRcoin flip at 80+ (-101)ladder to 160+
Lawayne McCoyLOUcoin flip at 61+ (-115)ladder to 140+
TreyShun HurryLOUcoin flip at 48+ (-117)ladder to 120+
Tre RichardsonLOUcoin flip at 60+ (+100)ladder to 130+

Anytime TD

Ahmad MillerSYRcoin flip at Over (+380)ladder to Over
Cole WeaverSYRcoin flip at Over (+700)ladder to Over
Darien WilliamsSYRcoin flip at Over (+450)ladder to Over
Darius JohnsonSYRcoin flip at Over (+550)ladder to Over
Daunte BacheyieSYRcoin flip at Over (+360)ladder to Over
David ClementSYRcoin flip at Over (+1000)ladder to Over

+18 more anytime td ladders

fgm

Carson Hilbertcoin flip at 2+ (+140)ladder to 2+

Every rung and price on the full prop board. We publish no model on college props β€” these are the market's numbers.

The read

  • Played indoors, so weather is off the table entirely.
  • At 14.5 the line sits just past 14, so the games decided by exactly 14 fall on the underdog's side of this bet.
  • The spread has moved from 13.5 to 14.5 since it opened, toward the away side. It crossed 14, changing the result in 1.7% of historical games.
  • A total of 55.5 sits on the high side of real college football scores (the median FBS game lands on 54). That places the number; it does not predict the result β€” overs land almost exactly 50% against closing totals.
  • SP+ and the market differ by 8.2 points β€” SP+ rates the home side higher. Worth knowing, but not a signal: we backtested betting that disagreement and it went 49.8% against the spread, versus the 52.4% needed to break even.

Team profile

LouisvillepercentileSyracuse

With the ball

93Efficiency (PPA)34
86Success rate36
94Explosiveness83
67Points per trip37

Without it

28Efficiency allowed60
41Success rate allowed41
25Havoc72
3Stuff rate86

Last three seasons

Louisville

10-13 ATS Β· 15-8 SU

13-10 O/U Β· 5-5 away

Syracuse

10-14 ATS Β· 12-12 SU

13-10-1 O/U Β· 4-8 home

A record, not a signal β€” we measured team-level situational splits at 50% against the spread. Useful for knowing a team, not for picking one.

How games at these numbers have gone

  • Spread 14.5 β€” the 14-17 point band. In 708 archived games at this number, the favorite covered 52.8% of the time β€” a coin flip once the 95% range (49.1–56.5%) is taken into account.
  • Total 55.5 β€” this game's spread sits in the 14-21 point band. In 1,186 archived games with a spread this size, the over hit 47.0% of the time, so the other side has been the more frequent of the two β€” though still short of the 52.38% break-even rate at βˆ’110.

Measured on our archive of FBS games with a closing line and a final score. Context, not a pick β€” see every band.

SP+ team strength Β· 2026

AwayLouisville#27 (+11.1)scores 30.7 Β· allows 19.8
HomeSyracuse#76 (-1.9)scores 23.3 Β· allows 25.6

SP+ implies Syracuse +6.3 versus the market's +14.5 β€” a 8.2-point disagreement.

Context, not a pick β€” tap the for what these numbers mean and what we measured.

Total55.5O -112 Β· U -108

Line movement

Spread (home)

13.5 β†’ 14.5+1.0

Total

56.5 β†’ 55.5-1.0

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