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Post-game analysisNCAA FootballSaturday, September 12, 2026Final
Navy Midshipmen logoFlorida Atlantic Owls logo

Navy Midshipmen at Florida Atlantic Owls

Post-game analysis · Saturday, September 12, 2026

Model projection — no official pick

NAVY 32FAU 28

This is a model projection only. No side was published for this game and nothing here is counted in our graded record.

Model rating: low

The betting line

NAVY -4

Sportsbooks make Navy Midshipmen the favorite by 4. Expected combined score: 59.5

DraftKings · updated Sat, 6:54 PM EDT

Our projected score

Navy Midshipmen logoNavy Midshipmen32

Florida Atlantic Owls logoFlorida Atlantic Owls28

Final score

Navy Midshipmen logoNavy Midshipmen30

Florida Atlantic Owls logoFlorida Atlantic Owls38

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Matchup preview · Sep 12, 2026

Preview: Navy Midshipmen at Florida Atlantic Owls projection

Navy Midshipmen visit Florida Atlantic Owls in NCAA Football on Saturday, September 12, 2026. Our model projects NAVY 32 – FAU 28, a 4-point edge to Navy Midshipmen. DraftKings currently has FAU +4 with a total of 59.5.

The only inputs are final scores and schedule dates from the current and prior season, opponent-adjusted, plus the live DraftKings spread and total. 12 completed home-side and 13 completed away-side games are on file, worth 0.63 weighted games on the thinner side after recency decay and a discount on prior-season results. Because that history is graded severe, the projected score is blended 95% toward the DraftKings number of +4 / 59.5, which sat 3.617 points from what the completed scores alone implied.

This is a model projection, not an official tracked recommendation. The model rates it unrated, so no side is published and it is not eligible for a tracked pick or a Covered Select. Reasons on file: only 0.63 weighted games of history for the thinner side; team form is not measurable yet; score anchored 95% to the DraftKings number (4 / 59.5); unrated: the history behind this projection is insufficient, so the score is a market-anchored projection rather than a recommendation.

How the model got here

  • Projected score: 32 – 28 (away – home).
  • Current DraftKings number used: spread +4, total 59.5, and the projected score is blended 95% toward it.
  • Completed games on file: 12 for the home side and 13 for the away side, worth 0.63 weighted games on the thinner side after recency decay.
  • Before anchoring, the projection built from those completed scores sat 3.6 points from the market.
  • Model rating: unrated — only 0.63 weighted games of history for the thinner side; team form is not measurable yet; score anchored 95% to the DraftKings number (4 / 59.5); unrated: the history behind this projection is insufficient, so the score is a market-anchored projection rather than a recommendation. No side is published and it is not eligible for a tracked pick or a Covered Select.

Our recommendations on this game

The team recommendation, the full-game total and the player recommendations for this matchup, side by side. The full-game total is its own market, shown in its own panel above. Only high-rated recommendations taken at a locked DraftKings price are used on a parlay card, and a card never takes two legs from the same game.

Team

No high-rated team recommendation on this matchup. We only show one here when DraftKings posted the number and price and we locked a high-rated recommendation before kickoff.

Players

No high-rated player recommendation on this matchup. We only show one when DraftKings posted the number and price before kickoff.

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Player prop angles

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