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Bowling Green

MAC · 0-2 · power -1.8 · #194
Our side · spreadBGSU +28.5 logged our number at the pick NEB -23.8 · now NEB -23.2 · 7.3 pts from the market now

Nebraska

B1G · 2-0 · power +19.7 · #40
Final BGSU 7 · NEB 56 ML W Spread L Total L our logged sides, graded on the record
Our side
SpreadBGSU +28.5 logged live now: BGSU +30.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours NEB -23.2

The line has not moved a point since it opened (NEB -28.5 → -28.5), so our number decides: NEB by 23.8 against NEB -28.5 means BGSU covers.

TotalUnder 51.5 logged live now: Over 49.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 54.4

The total has not moved a point since it opened (51.5 → 51.5); ours 51.1 against 51.5 says under.

MoneylineNEB to win logged ours 90% · book 97%

Our number: NEB by 23.8 — NEB to win.

BGSU team totalBGSU over 10.5 logged live now: BGSU over 9.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 15.6

Our number: BGSU 13.7, from our margin and total split into two scores.

NEB team totalNEB under 40.5 logged ours 38.8

Our number: NEB 37.4, from our margin and total split into two scores.

Distance from the market 7.3 pts / +4.9 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 16–39 BGSU – NEB
2026-09-12 · 7:00 PM Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE) · Lincoln, NE Early season

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

Book BGSU spreadNEB spread OverUnder BGSU winNEB win BGSU TT overBGSU TT under NEB TT overNEB TT under
DraftKings
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BetMGM
ESPN Bet
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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

SpreadNebraska -23.2
the marketNebraska -30.5
Total54.4
the market49.5
Nebraska win90% vs 97%

Both percentages are Nebraska’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 BGSU 91% bets · 27% money · money NEB total Over 68% bets · 1% money · money Under ML NEB 99% bets · 98% money
First recorded meeting between these programs
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 43 ranks apart
Bowling Green Falcons #188 rush offense Nebraska Cornhuskers #231 run defense
Pass game edge Nebraska Cornhuskers 113 ranks
Bowling Green Falcons #199 pass offense Nebraska Cornhuskers #86 pass defense
Run game even 35 ranks apart
Nebraska Cornhuskers #93 rush offense Bowling Green Falcons #128 run defense
Pass game edge Nebraska Cornhuskers 45 ranks
Nebraska Cornhuskers #146 pass offense Bowling Green Falcons #191 pass defense
Bowling Green Falcons Run-heavy · 63% run Ball-control Nebraska Cornhuskers Balanced · 52% run Ball-control
Eddie George · 4-8 · defense-minded Matt Rhule · 58-46

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
Bowling Green Falcons
DB Kal-El Pascal 22 tkl · 1 PD #29 DB
LB Dorian Pringle 23 tkl · 1.5 TFL #41 LB
TE Jeremiah Scoby 12 rec · 121 yds #25 TE
DB JoJo Johnson 9 tkl · 1 INT #359 DB
Nebraska Cornhuskers
RB Jamal Rule 210 rush yds · 3 TD · 2 rec #13 RB
WR Jacory Barney Jr. 13 rec · 175 yds · 2 TD #35 WR
WR Kwazi Gilmer 11 rec · 97 yds · 3 TD #60 WR
RB Mekhi Nelson 112 rush yds · 1 TD · 4 rec #49 RB

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
Bowling Green FalconsMAC -1.8 -6.9 +5.1 #194
Nebraska CornhuskersB1G +19.7 +14.2 +5.5 #40

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

Where the number comes from
Bowling Green offense vs Nebraska defense-12.4 pts
Nebraska offense vs Bowling Green defense+9.1 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 682 mi

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.

Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them. Adding them again would double-count.