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Week 9 • October 22, 2025, 11:30 PM UTC
Middle Tennessee @ Delaware
1-5
CUSA
Power Rank: -18.2
28 FINAL 31
3-3
CUSA
Power Rank: -11.5
Middle Tennessee covered by 5.5 | Game went Over by 3.5

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Delaware defeated Middle Tennessee 31–28 in a nail-biter.

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General Information

Week: Week 9
Kick Off (at stadium): 07:30 PM EDT
Stadium: Delaware Stadium
Capacity: 18,500
Elevation: 105 ft
HFA Rating: 2.5
Playing Surface: Artifical Turf

Betting Information

Spread Delaware -8.5
Total (O/U) 55.5
Expected Score MTSU 23.5 - 32.0 DEL
Power Rank Implied Line Delaware +6.7

Weather Conditions

Forecast for: February 02, 2026
Freezing fog

Freezing fog

16.0°F

Wind Chill: 9.8°F
Wind: 3.6 mph WSW
Gusts: 7.6 mph
Precipitation: 0.0"
Humidity: 96%
Rain Chance: 0%
Snow Chance: 0%

Travel & Rest

Middle Tennessee (Away)

This Week: 637.6 miles
Last Week: No Game
Season Total: 8072.7 miles
Body Clock Time: 18:30
Rest Days: 14

Delaware (Home)

This Week: 0.0 miles
Last Week: 1371.6 miles
Season Total: 6488.1 miles
Body Clock Time: 19:30
Rest Days: 7

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Betting Information
Current Line Delaware -8.5
Total Points 55.5
Blue Chip Analytics Power Rating
Middle Tennessee -18.2
Delaware -11.5
Travel Impact
Away Team Travel 638 mi
Home Team Travel 0 mi
Rest Middle Tennessee +7
HFA: Delaware Stadium
Capacity 18,500
Elevation 105 ft
Weather: Freezing fog
Temperature 16.0°F
Wind Speed 3.6 mph
Your Line Delaware +6.7
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What are the key factors for Middle Tennessee vs Delaware?

Middle Tennessee: Key Factors

Delaware: Key Factors

What happened in the game?

Middle Tennessee travels 638 miles to this game, a moderate road trip.

Middle Tennessee arrives with a 1-hour body clock shift.

Delaware won by 3 in a nail-biter.

Middle Tennessee covered the spread, covering the spread.

The total went Over by 3.5 points.

Does weather affect this game at Delaware Stadium?

At 16.0°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 Middle Tennessee and Delaware compare on power ratings?

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings favour Delaware (-11.5) over Middle Tennessee (-18.2) by 6.7 points on a neutral field. After adding home field advantage, the rating-implied line may differ meaningfully from the market spread. Delaware brings a meaningful home field advantage to this matchup (Blue Chip HFA: 2.5). 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.

Where can I find more data on Middle Tennessee and Delaware?

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Model & Methodology

Delaware won and Middle Tennessee covered the spread.