Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Ole Miss · Conference game
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2-0 · Power #40
35
final
Final
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2-0 · Power #9
41
▲ winner
Closing spread
MISS -4.5
✓ MISS W
Total
60.5
▲ Over · 76 pts
Model before kickoff
ARK 27–33 MISS
✓ MISS (67%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMISS -8.5
CloseMISS -4.5
Total60.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
4 pts toward Arkansas
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MISS -8.5 · closed MISS -4.5 · moved 4 toward ARKmodel MISS -12
Opened 60.5 · unchangedmodel 60
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 3.5–5.5 since 2023: won 66%, covered 52% (149 games)ⓘ
Crossed 7The team the line moved toward covered 64% (42 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMISS -8.5
CloseMISS -4.5
Total60.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like MISS as a 4.5-point home favorite against ARK, the favorite won 8, covered 7, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: MISS won 41–35; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 76 points went over 60.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 61%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 8.1 against an average line of 5.2; 53.7 points a game (usually 52.8). Of the 5 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-314–7 W U51
Loose
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation & rest
-724–10 W U55.5
Loose
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & total
-931–24 L U60
Loose
2024 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & situation
-2.534–35 L O61.5
Loose
2023 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & situation
-2.541–31 W O57
Loose
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar situation & rest
-644–31 W O52.5
Loose
2023 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & situation
-3.536–24 W O53.5
Loose
2024 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest & situation
-6.527–34 L O55
Loose
2023 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & situation
-420–12 W U46.5
Loose
TEX vs WVU
2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar total & rest
-7.538–20 W U61
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2022 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Arkansas ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Market moved toward Arkansas
4 pts (MISS -8.5 → MISS -4.5), through the key number 7. · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Arkansas have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
ARK+8.7 →+11.0▲ 2.3#27
MISS+19.8 →+19.7▼ 0.1#8
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

ARK
Longer bar = better
MISS
#6
Offense
◀ ARK better
#27
#47
Defense
Even
#48
+1.0 #34
Turnovers
◀ ARK better
−1.5 #121
67 plays #60
Pace
MISS faster ▶
77 plays #13
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ARK has the ball
Advantage: ARK offense
ARK offMISS defEdge
Points / game 54.0 #5 15.0 #47 ARK
Yards / play 8.82 #4 4.76 #63 ARK
PPA / play +0.55 #5 +0.02 #61 ARK
Success rate 59% #11 31% #19 Even
When MISS has the ball
Even matchup
MISS offARK defEdge
Points / game 46.5 #19 10.5 #25 Even
Yards / play 7.52 #18 3.91 #21 Even
PPA / play +0.25 #46 +0.01 #58 Even
Success rate 53% #25 41% #84 MISS

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 74 FBS teams
ARK scoring against the MISS defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ARK scored
19.0
14.0
33.0
14.0
7.0
21.0
MISS allowed
3.5
6.5
10.0
3.5
1.5
5.0
MISS scoring against the ARK defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MISS scored
3.5
17.5
21.0
13.5
12.0
25.5
ARK allowed
7.0
3.5
10.5
0.0
0.0
0.0

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MISS +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
87° · 4 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
ARK7d
MISS7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 144 plays
slowavg 133fast
Quarterback
MISS backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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