2025 · Week 3 · Division

Final

Colts

Indianapolis

QB Daniel Jones

41·20

Titans

Tennessee

QB Cam Ward

Nissan Stadium · outdoors · grass · 84°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

IND -6

Total

43.5

Model margin

-1.3est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

3.0%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Colts

How each play moved the game.

Titans winsColts wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Coltsedge mapTitans
  • +0.083EPA / play-0.148
  • 46.6%Success rate37.9%
  • +0.104EPA / dropback-0.165
  • +0.052EPA / rush-0.117
  • 8.1%Explosive rate7.3%
  • +0.62CPOE-3.50
  • 43.0%Third-down rate32.0%
  • 71.1%Red-zone TD rate58.5%
  • 2.74Points / drive1.36
  • 2.0%Turnover rate1.7%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

IND lead 34–15 since 1999

IND have won 6 straight. Meetings average 46.3 points. TEN are 20-29 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W8TEN @ IND1438IND
2024 · W16TEN @ IND3038IND
2024 · W6IND @ TEN2017IND
2023 · W13IND @ TEN3128IND
2023 · W5TEN @ IND1623IND
2022 · W7IND @ TEN1019TEN
2022 · W4TEN @ IND2417TEN
2021 · W8TEN @ IND3431TEN

Box score

Individual performances

Colts

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Daniel Jones18/2522810

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jonathan Taylor171026.03
Daniel Jones4276.80
Tyler Goodson263.00
DJ Giddens133.00
Anthony Richardson4-1-0.30

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Michael Pittman66731
Alec Pierce45670
Tyler Warren35380
Josh Downs23340
Jonathan Taylor34160
Adonai Mitchell0200

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Cam Ward23/3821911

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tony Pollard16452.81
Julius Chestnut22613.00
Cam Ward3124.00
Chimere Dike231.50

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line -62.9%4.6%3.0%7.5%7.2%2.8%4.2%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Colts.

Half-point at risk

3.02%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

45.7%

Expected total

42.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.96
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-1.26