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Alabama

SEC · 2-0 (1-0 SEC) · power +33.7 · #4
Our side · spreadALA -10.5 logged our number at the pick ALA -11.8 · now ALA -17.4 · 8.9 pts from the market now

Kentucky

SEC · 1-1 (0-1 SEC) · power +14.3 · #58
Final ALA 45 · UK 17 ML W Spread W Total W our logged sides, graded on the record
Our side
SpreadALA -10.5 logged live now: ALA -8.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours ALA -17.4

The line has not moved a point since it opened (UK +10.25 → +10.5), so our number decides: ALA by 11.8 against UK +10.5 means ALA covers.

TotalOver 49.5 logged live now: Over 47.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 55.7

The market's move decides. The total opened 48.5 and is now 49.5, toward the over; that side has covered 55.1% at the opener since 2021. Ours at the pick: 50.0 — the same side.

MoneylineALA to win logged ours 17% · book 25%

Our number: ALA by 11.8 — ALA to win.

UK team totalUK under 19.5 logged live now: UK over 18.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 19.1

Our number: UK 19.1, from our margin and total split into two scores.

Distance from the market 8.9 pts / +8.2 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 36–19 ALA – UK
2026-09-12 · 3:30 PM Kroger Field · Lexington, KY SEC game Early season

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

Book ALA spreadUK spread OverUnder ALA winUK win ALA TT overALA TT under UK TT overUK TT under
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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

SpreadAlabama -17.4
the marketKentucky +8.5
Total55.7
the market47.5
Kentucky win17% vs 25%

Both percentages are Kentucky’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 ALA 79% bets · 66% money total Under 70% bets · 51% money ML ALA 98% bets · 96% money
Series Alabama lead 39–2–1 · 42 meetings since 1917
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Kentucky Wildcats 99 ranks
Alabama Crimson Tide #213 rush offense Kentucky Wildcats #114 run defense
Pass game edge Alabama Crimson Tide 137 ranks
Alabama Crimson Tide #49 pass offense Kentucky Wildcats #186 pass defense
Run game edge Alabama Crimson Tide 93 ranks
Kentucky Wildcats #190 rush offense Alabama Crimson Tide #97 run defense
Pass game edge Alabama Crimson Tide 139 ranks
Kentucky Wildcats #168 pass offense Alabama Crimson Tide #29 pass defense
Alabama Crimson Tide Balanced · 48% run Ball-control Kentucky Wildcats Balanced · 56% run Ball-control
Kalen DeBoer · 57-17 Mark Stoops · 75-63

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
Alabama Crimson Tide
K Conor Talty 5 FG · 10 XP · 25 pts #2 K
LB Yhonzae Pierre 4 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #30 LB
LB Luke Metz 10 tkl #35 LB
RB Daniel Hill 151 rush yds · 3 TD · 4 rec #29 RB
Kentucky Wildcats
DL Mi'Quise Humphrey-Grace 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL #5 DL
DB Jordan Castell 16 tkl · 1 INT #22 DB
DL Tavion Gadson 5 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 2.0 TFL #33 DL
TE Willie Rodriguez 12 rec · 97 yds · 1 TD #16 TE

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
Alabama Crimson TideSEC +33.7 +18.9 +14.9 #4
Kentucky WildcatsSEC +14.3 +4.7 +9.5 #58

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

Where the number comes from
Alabama offense vs Kentucky defense+9.3 pts
Kentucky offense vs Alabama defense-10.1 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.