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WEEK 3 PREVIEW — 2026MODEL OUTPUT, NOT BETTING ADVICE

James Madison at San Diego State

Scheduled matchup · saved model output · projection basis: Current SP+ (captured 2026-09-17). The home win estimate is a logistic conversion of the projected margin, not an independently fitted win-probability forecast. Its conversion scale was calibrated on the 2025 model’s historical games. Market lines may have moved since this snapshot. Return to this week.

Model vs market

PROJECTED MARGIN (HOME)
-2.0
MARKET IMPLIED (HOME)
+2
EDGE
-4.0
DERIVED HOME WIN ESTIMATE
45%

Pick status

PICK: James Madison +2 — bucket 3-7, backtested hit rate 51%

LINE MOVEMENT (HOME SPREAD, OPEN → CLOSE)

DraftKings -1.5-2.5 · total 46.5 → 46.5

Bovada -2.5-1.5 · total 46.5 → 46.5

Descriptive only. Across 3,306 games (2016–2025), betting the side the line moved toward hit 50.5% at the close — movement is already priced in by kickoff.

San Diego State

NET RATING -0.0 · 1 rated weeks · Pac-12

45TH PCTL FBS

James Madison

NET RATING +0.0 · 2 rated weeks · Sun Belt

61ST PCTL FBS

Model output, not betting advice. Historical hit rates are small-sample backtests; several edge buckets lose money at -110. Flat units only.