Eastern Kentucky at Austin Peay
Eastern Kentucky (3‑6) travels to Austin Peay (7‑2). No market line yet; the model gives Austin Peay a 91% shot.
How they got here
Last three games
Eastern Kentucky · 3-6
Rated 154th in our preseason ratings, 200th now.
1-2 in its last three, including a 3-point win over West Florida as a 1.5-point underdog.
L 24-28 @ Tarleton State No. 83 of 668 teams
lost by 4 as a 24.5-point underdog
W 16-13 vs West Florida No. 218 of 668 teams
won by 3 as a 1.5-point underdog
L 20-49 @ Tennessee Tech No. 121 of 668 teams
lost by 29 as a 14.5-point underdog
W 30-20 vs West Georgia No. 237 of 668 teams
won by 10 as a 5.5-point favorite
L 16-20 vs North Alabama No. 174 of 668 teams
lost by 4 as a 1.5-point favorite
L 14-17 vs Dayton No. 184 of 668 teams
lost by 3 as an 11.5-point favorite
W 22-17 vs Chattanooga No. 187 of 668 teams
won by 5 as a 3-point underdog
L 21-45 @ Western Carolina No. 195 of 668 teams
lost by 24 as a 3-point underdog
Last three games
Austin Peay · 7-2
Rated 118th in our preseason ratings, 105th now, up 13 spots.
2-1 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.
What’s at stake
Eastern Kentucky
- Eastern Kentucky is 2 games back in UAC with 2 left to make it up.
- A win would be one of Eastern Kentucky’s biggest of the season — a 95-spot gap in the power ratings.
Austin Peay
- Austin Peay is 1 game back in UAC with 2 left to make it up.
The series
Eastern Kentucky leads the series 11-5
16 meetings since 2007 · Eastern Kentucky has won the last 2
- 2025Eastern Kentucky 34-20
- 2024Eastern Kentucky 30-27
- 2023Austin Peay 33-30
- 2022Austin Peay 31-20
- 2021Eastern Kentucky 35-27
Home field
Austin Peay is worth +9.5 points (±16.2) more at home than on the road since 2018 — top tenth of FBS, 99th percentile.
50% at home, 21% on the road against FBS opponents (1-1 home, 3-11 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +2.5 at home vs. away over 53 games — inside the ±8.6 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
The visitors travel about 188 miles to get here.
Week by week
Austin Peay
- Wk 4Wvs UT Martin35-12
- Wk 5Wvs New Haven42-17
- Wk 6Lvs Tarleton State32-40
- Wk 7Wat West Georgia24-10
- Wk 8Wat North Alabama27-21
Eastern Kentucky
- Wk 5Lvs North Alabama16-20
- Wk 6Wvs West Georgia30-20
- Wk 7Lat Tennessee Tech20-49
- Wk 8Wvs West Florida16-13
- Wk 9Lat Tarleton State24-28
Power rating by week
Austin Peay is rated 6.5 points ahead as of week 10. Our power rating by week; higher is better.
Conference standings
Going into this game: place in the conference, then conference record.
- Austin Peay3rd3-1
- Eastern Kentucky5th2-2

