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Week 3 · Saturday, September 19 · 7:30 PM ET

Colorado at Northwestern

Northwestern -3.5At Northwestern · Big 12 · Big Ten
Total 48.2
The read

Northwestern is favored by 3.5 at home against Colorado, and the total is 48.2. Our number has Northwestern by 8.4, so the lean is Northwestern -3.5. A lean, not a play. Northwestern has covered 9 of 12 at home, 2023-2026, better than the 10-13 they are everywhere else.

Spread
Northwestern -3.5
Colorado +3.5
Total
48.2
Over and under
Moneyline
Northwestern -187.5
Colorado +157.5

Our number vs the market

The lean
Northwestern -3.5
A lean, not a play
Our number
Northwestern by 8.4
Market has Northwestern -3.5
Gap
4.9 pts
Between our number and the market

College is leans only. The model has no proven edge against the spread here, so this is where we disagree with the market, not a bet we are telling you to make.

How each team covers in this spot

Colorado
Colorado has covered 10 of 13 when our model fades them, 2023-2026.
10 of 13, 77% in this spot
12 of 24, 50% in every other spot
Colorado has covered 6 of 8 as an underdog when our model fades them, 2023-2026.
6 of 8, 75% in this spot
16 of 29, 55% in every other spot
Northwestern
Northwestern has covered 9 of 12 at home, 2023-2026.
9 of 12, 75% in this spot
10 of 23, 44% in every other spot

Against the spread and the total, the last three seasons plus this one, pushes left out. Only the conditions that are true of this game, only where the team has at least 8 games in the spot, and only where the team beats the whole league in that spot. The second bar is the same team everywhere else.

Player trends that apply to this game

Caleb KomolafeRB has 5 of his last 6 games at home with 50+ rushing yards.
5 of 6, 83% in this spot · 2025-2026
4 of 18, 22% in every other spot

The second number is the point. Everyone posts the first one. Game logs through last season; this season joins the file as it is played.