Fri, Sep 18 ยท 7:30 PM ET
Miami FL at Wake Forest
Miami FL favored by 20.5 ยท total 55.5
Game has kicked off โ lines shown are the pre-kickoff close.

Miami FLHurricanes
Away ยท ACC
-20.5
-1650
ML

Wake ForestDemon Deacons
Home ยท ACC
+20.5
+950
ML
Bet it or track it
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Returning production
| Miami | Wake Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 37% | 14% |
| Passing | 6% | 23% |
| Rushing | 91% | 5% |
| Receiving | 45% | 13% |
The read
- At 20.5 the line sits just short of 21, so the games decided by exactly 21 fall on the favorite's side of this bet.
- The spread has moved from 22.5 to 20.5 since it opened, toward the home side. It crossed 21, changing the result in 2.0% 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 โ overs land almost exactly 50% against closing totals.
- SP+ and the market differ by 10.4 points โ 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
With the ball
Without it
Last three seasons
Miami
17-10 ATS ยท 21-6 SU
15-12 O/U ยท 6-5 away
Wake Forest
11-11-1 ATS ยท 11-12 SU
12-10-1 O/U ยท 4-8 home
A record, not a signal โ 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 20.5 โ the 17-21 point band. In 639 archived games at this number, the favorite covered 51.0% of the time โ a coin flip once the 95% range (47.1โ54.9%) is taken into account.
- Total 55.5 โ 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 โ though still short of the 52.38% break-even rate at โ110.
Measured on our archive of FBS games with a closing line and a final score. Context, not a pick โ see every band.
SP+ team strength ยท 2026
SP+ implies Wake Forest +10.1 versus the market's +20.5 โ a 10.4-point disagreement.
Context, not a pick โ tap the for what these numbers mean and what we measured.
Line movement
Spread (home)
22.5 โ 20.5-2.0
Total
54.5 โ 55.5+1.0
"From" is the first price we recorded, not necessarily the market open โ DraftKings publishes no opening number, so we only claim what we saw.
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