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Monday, October 5, 2026 Week 3 · Early Edition

College football · Week 3 · Saturday, September 19, 7:30 PM ET · Final Virginia Tech 35, Maryland 26

Virginia Tech at Maryland

Maryland +1.5 at our first look, +2.5 at kickoff. ACC vs. Big Ten.

Conditions · SECU Stadium: At kickoff: 75°F, wind 5 mph (gusts 14), dry.

The read at kickoff

News: Virginia Tech 0.0 · Maryland 0.0. Market: moved 1 toward Virginia Tech.

Landed: Virginia Tech 35, Maryland 26. Virginia Tech covered the closing line (Maryland +2.5). The move toward Virginia Tech was right. 61 points, over the closing total of 53.5.

Virginia Tech Hokies 0.0

No news that moves the number.

Maryland Terrapins 0.0

No news that moves the number.

Quarterback news, valued from college efficiency (this season, plus last at half weight) over the team's next quarterback, in points from his team's side. College football has no official injury report: statuses come from team and media reports. News that broke before the line opened is already in the opening number.

Line Movement

What moved the Maryland lineMaryland Terrapins spread, consensus of U.S. books. Right = against Maryland.
+1+2+3Opening line+1.5Reaction to last week's gameSun 9:55 AM+1.5Market move, no reported newsSat 9:55 AM−0.5Closing line+2.5
+1+2+3Opening line+1.5Reaction to last week's gameSun 9:55 AM+1.5Market move, no reported newsSat 9:55 AM−0.5Closing line+2.5

Final: Virginia Tech 35, Maryland 26. Maryland missed the closing number by 6.5.

Data
CauseWhenMove
Opening line+1.5
Reaction to last week's gameSun Sep 13, 9:55 AM ET+1.5
Market move, no reported newsSat Sep 19, 9:55 AM ET-0.5
Closing line+2.5
What moved the Maryland moneylineMaryland Terrapins moneyline, no-vig consensus of U.S. books. Right = toward Maryland.
+127+117+108Opening line+104Reaction to last week's gameSun 9:55 AM+122Market move, no reported newsSat 9:55 AM+115Price-only move+131Closing line+131
+127+117+108Opening line+104Reaction to last week's gameSun 9:55 AM+122Market move, no reported newsSat 9:55 AM+115Price-only move+131Closing line+131
Data
CauseWhenMove
Opening line48.9% (+104)
Reaction to last week's gameSun Sep 13, 9:55 AM ET45.1% (+122)
Market move, no reported newsSat Sep 19, 9:55 AM ET46.6% (+115)
Price-only move43.2% (+131)
Closing line43.2% (+131)
What moved the totalConsensus over/under across U.S. books.
495051525354Opening line53.5Market move, no reported newsThu 5:55 PM−4Reaction to last week's gameSun 9:55 AM+4Closing line53.5
495051525354Opening line53.5Market move, no reported newsThu 5:55 PM−4Reaction to last week's gameSun 9:55 AM+4Closing line53.5

Final: 61 points, over the closing total of 53.5.

Data
CauseWhenMove
Opening line53.5
Market move, no reported newsThu Sep 10, 5:55 PM ET-4
Reaction to last week's gameSun Sep 13, 9:55 AM ET+4
Closing line53.5

Every Book · Maryland side

BookSpreadPriceMoneylineDecimalWin % (no-vig)TotalAs of
Consensus+2.5 −102+1202.21 43.2%53.5Sat 5:55 PM
DraftKings+2.5 −102+1202.20 43.7%53.5Sat 5:55 PM
FanDuel+2.5 −102+1252.25 42.6%53.5Sat 5:55 PM
BetMGM+3 −112+1202.20 43.4%53.5Sat 5:55 PM
Caesars+2.5 −102+1212.21 43.5%53.5Sat 5:55 PM
BetRivers+3 −117+1202.20 43.1%53.5Sat 5:55 PM
BetOnline+2.5 +100+1252.25 42.9%53.5Sat 5:55 PM
Bovada+2.5 +100+1202.20 43.8%53Sat 5:55 PM
LowVig+2.5 +104+1252.25 42.9%53.5Sat 5:55 PM
MyBookie+3 −110+1202.20 43.3%53.5Sat 5:55 PM
BetUS+2.5 +100+1252.25 42.9%53.5Sat 5:55 PM

College football has no official injury report: our notes come from team and media reports, linked at the source, in our own words. Lines are the consensus (the median across U.S. sportsbooks) unless a book is named.