Data last updated Season 2026Model v20261029-e80118
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Week 8 · · MetLife Stadium

46% LV win54% NYJ win
Predicted winner
New York Jets
Low confidence

Low: close to a coin flip.

Why

New York Jets' home form (-8.9 average margin at home) drives most of this prediction towards New York Jets. Las Vegas Raiders' higher Elo rating (1421 vs 1388) pulls the other way.

Model vs betting line

ModelMarket
NYJ win probability54%53%
SpreadNYJ -1.3NYJ -1.5
Total points45.646.5
MoneylineNYJ -122 · LV +102

Closing line (nflverse). Moneyline margin of 4.5% removed. Gap +1 pts on NYJ winning. Betting markets have been more accurate than this model historically (see Performance), so a big gap more often means missing information (injuries, rest decisions) than a mispriced line.

Recent form (last 5)

Las Vegas Raiders
W35–27@ NO
L27–30v KC
L17–45@ NE
L30–33v BUF
L21–35v LAR
New York Jets
L24–31@ DET
L12–23@ CHI
W17–12v CLE
L19–26@ NE
L25–28v MIA

Season so far

LVNYJ
Record3-42-5
Conference rank1012
Last 103-42-5
StreakL4L2
Points for / game26.119.6
Points against / game28.121.4
Average margin-2.0-1.9

NYJ at home · LV on the road

This seasonLast season
NYJ at home1-2 · 19.7–20.02-7
LV away2-1 · 26.0–28.71-7

W-L, then points scored–allowed per game. Regular season and playoffs.

Rest · Las Vegas Raiders
6.9 days
Last played Los Angeles Rams, Oct 25, 2026
Rest · New York Jets
7.0 days
Last played Miami Dolphins, Oct 25, 2026

Head to head (last 10)

4 NYJ wins6 LV wins
  • LNov 12, 2023NYJ 12 @ LV 16
  • LDec 6, 2020LV 31 @ NYJ 28
  • WNov 24, 2019LV 3 @ NYJ 34
  • LSep 17, 2017NYJ 20 @ LV 45
  • LNov 1, 2015NYJ 20 @ LV 34
  • WSep 7, 2014LV 14 @ NYJ 19
  • WDec 8, 2013LV 27 @ NYJ 37
  • LSep 25, 2011NYJ 24 @ LV 34
  • WOct 25, 2009NYJ 38 @ LV 0
  • LOct 19, 2008NYJ 13 @ LV 16

W/L from New York Jets's point of view.

What moves this prediction

← favours LVfavours NYJ →
  • Elo strength rating-3 pts
  • Points scored / allowed-2 pts
  • Home / road form+2 pts
  • Season record+1 pts

Change in NYJ's win probability when the two teams are made equal on that group of inputs.

  • Elo (weight 10%)NYJ 52%
  • Margin model (weight 75%)NYJ 53%
  • Gradient boosting (weight 15%)NYJ 57%

Model version v20261029-e80118. Weights chosen on the 2016–2020 validation seasons.