Week 8 • October 18, 2025, 04:00 PM UTC
6-0
ACC
Power Rank: 12.2
27 FINAL 18
4-2
ACC
Power Rank: 10.2
Georgia Tech covered by 11.5 | Game went Under by 16.5

Georgia Tech defeated Duke 27–18 in a one-score game.

Georgia Tech @ Duke Preview

General Information

Week: Week 8
Kick Off (at stadium): 12:00 PM EDT
Stadium: Wallace Wade Stadium
Capacity: 35,018
Elevation: 384 ft
HFA Rating: 2.9
Playing Surface: Grass

Betting Information

Spread Duke -2.5
Total (O/U) 61.5
Expected Score GT 29.5 - 32.0 DUKE
Power Rank Implied Line Georgia Tech +2.0
Prediction Markets Duke 61% Win Chance (Kalshi)

Weather Conditions

Forecast for: February 02, 2026
Sunny

Sunny

31.8°F

Wind Chill: 26.1°F
Wind: 6.3 mph SW
Gusts: 9.1 mph
Precipitation: 0.0"
Humidity: 94%
Rain Chance: 0%
Snow Chance: 0%

Travel & Rest

Georgia Tech (Away)

This Week: 345.4 miles
Last Week: Home Game
Season Total: 3379.1 miles
Body Clock Time: 12:00
Rest Days: 7

Duke (Home)

This Week: 0.0 miles
Last Week: No Game
Season Total: 7556.5 miles
Body Clock Time: 12:00
Rest Days: 14

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Betting Information
Current Line Duke -2.5
Total Points 61.5
Blue Chip Analytics Power Rating
Georgia Tech 12.2
Duke 10.2
Travel Impact
Away Team Travel 345 mi
Home Team Travel 0 mi
Rest Duke +7
HFA: Wallace Wade Stadium
Capacity 35,018
Elevation 384 ft
Weather: Sunny
Temperature 31.8°F
Wind Speed 6.3 mph
Your Line Duke -2.0
Implied Value

What are the key factors for Georgia Tech vs Duke?

Georgia Tech: Key Factors

Duke: Key Factors

What happened in the game?

Georgia Tech travels 345 miles to this game, a short road trip.

Georgia Tech won by 9 in a one-score game.

Georgia Tech covered the spread, covering by a solid margin.

The total went Under by 16.5 points.

Does weather affect this game at Wallace Wade Stadium?

At 31.8°F, this is a cold-weather game. Cold conditions below 35°F historically compress scoring and reduce passing efficiency, favouring unders and run-heavy offences.

Full conditions are shown in the data panel above. Forecast data sourced from WeatherAPI.com. Use the Line Value Calculator to apply a manual weather adjustment to your projected line.

How do Georgia Tech and Duke compare on power ratings?

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings favour Georgia Tech (12.2) over Duke (10.2) by 2.0 points on a neutral field. Despite playing at home, Duke faces a power rating deficit. Check whether the market spread accounts for this gap. Duke brings a meaningful home field advantage to this matchup (Blue Chip HFA: 2.9). Add this to the neutral-site differential to arrive at a venue-adjusted line.

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings represent expected point margin against an average FBS opponent on a neutral field, calculated from game data sourced via CollegeFootballData.com (CFBD). They are one input — cross-reference with the travel, rest, and weather data above before drawing conclusions.

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Georgia Tech won and Georgia Tech covered the spread.