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Western Kentucky at #4Indiana

Prediction · week 3, 2026 · Sat Sep 19, 3:00 PM CT / 4:00 PM ET · Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)

Updated Tue Oct 13, 7:56 PM CT

Result

Final: Indiana 38, Western Kentucky 0

Closest: Elo (Indiana by 37.8, missed by 0.2). 2 of 2 models named the winner.

Both models favor Indiana. The line, shown for comparison only, has Indiana by 44.5.

No call was made for this game: Our model had no number for it before kickoff.

SP+ has Indiana by 41.2 and Elo has Indiana by 37.8. SP+ and Elo are 3.4 points apart.

This page was first built after kickoff, so these are the week's projections as recorded then, from the same weekly ratings the season record scores.

Every model

ModelSaysMissed by
SP+
Western Kentucky -13.3 vs Indiana +25.4
Indiana by 41.2 ✓3.2
Elo Closest
Western Kentucky 1250 vs Indiana 2132
Indiana by 37.8 ✓0.2
Our model · experimental
no snapshot for this game
n/a–
Line (benchmark)
pregame line
Indiana by 44.56.5

Each margin is from the same weekly ratings the team pages use: SP+ and Elo from their rating gap, the home team given 2.5 points (none at a neutral site); Our model is this site's experimental rating; the line is the market's pregame margin, shown as a benchmark and never part of Our call. ✓ when a model named the winner, ✗ when it did not; Closest marks the one nearest the final margin (an exact tie goes to the first listed). How these work ›

Key injuries

No injury list was recorded for this game: its page was first built after kickoff.

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