CFB Betting Edge
2025 · Week 15 · Big 12 · backtest — what the model predicted vs what happened, and vs the market
Week 15 backtest · Big 12 · 1 games — what the model predicted vs what happened
Straight up
1–0100%
ATS vs close
0–10%
Model margin MAE
24.4
Market margin MAE
14.5
Results — model read vs the final score + how the closing-line lean held up
BYU @ Texas TechFinal 7–34
Model
pred Texas Tech 2.6 · actual Texas Tech 27
winner Texas Tech ✓
ATS vs close
leaned BYU +12.5Miss ✗
margin err: model 24.4 · mkt 14.5 · mkt closer
The model beats SP+ but not the closing line (ATS ≈ break-even). “Model−Mkt” is the gap between our projected home margin and the market's implied margin — a read on disagreement, not a profitable edge. Upcoming games have no closing line yet, so the market number marked ~ is the consensus midpoint of the best posted spreads across books.