Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 7:45 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Ole Miss
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2-1 · Power #90
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Final
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3-0 · Power #3
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▲ winner
Closing spread
MISS -35.5
✓ MISS W
Total
68.5
▼ Under · 65 pts
Model before kickoff
GASO 14–50 MISS
✓ MISS (99%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMISS -35.5
CloseMISS -35.5
Total65.5 → 68.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Up 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MISS -35.5 · unchangedmodel MISS -36
Opened 65.5 · closed 68.5 · moved 3 upmodel 64.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 33.5–37.5 since 2023: won 100%, covered 51% (50 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMISS -35.5
CloseMISS -35.5
Total65.5 → 68.5
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 3 games most like MISS as a 35.5-point home favorite against GASO, the favorite won 3, covered 3, and 1 went over the total.

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This game: MISS won 52–13; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 3 similar games. 65 points stayed under 68.5, as in 2 of 3.
Favorite won
3 of 3100%
Normal range · usually 98%
Favorite covered
3 of 3100%
Normal range · usually 56%
Went over
1 of 333%
Normal range · usually 53%

Only 3 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 46.3 against an average line of 37.8; 62.3 points a game (usually 56.1). When games like this go over ›

All 3 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation
-38.2555–10 W U67.75
Loose
2024 · Week 1 · loose · similar spread & situation
-3552–0 W U62.5
Loose
OSU vs IU
2022 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest
-4056–14 W O62
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2021 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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Ole Miss ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

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

Ole Miss 3-0 ATS as a favorite
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Total moved up 3
65.5 → 68.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Georgia Southern have 3 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
GASO−6.0 →−9.3▼ 3.3#102
MISS+12.8 →+20.6▲ 7.8#6
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

GASO
Longer bar = better
MISS
#70
Offense
MISS better ▶
#2
#119
Defense
MISS better ▶
#10
+0.7 #43
Turnovers
MISS better ▶
+1.0 #27
66 plays #69
Pace
MISS faster ▶
78 plays #5
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When GASO has the ball
Advantage: MISS defense
GASO offMISS defEdge
Points / game 35.7 #35 3.0 #1 MISS
Yards / play 5.54 #95 3.75 #12 MISS
PPA / play +0.21 #55 −0.11 #25 MISS
Success rate 41% #96 28% #2 MISS
When MISS has the ball
Advantage: MISS offense
MISS offGASO defEdge
Points / game 56.0 #2 29.0 #105 MISS
Yards / play 8.87 #2 6.92 #130 MISS
PPA / play +0.64 #1 +0.25 #119 MISS
Success rate 63% #1 47% #121 MISS

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 131 FBS teams
GASO scoring against the MISS defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
GASO scored
4.7
#86
13.3
#22
18.0
#45
10.3
#17
7.3
#49
17.7
#30
MISS allowed
1.0
#10
2.0
#12
3.0
#4
0.0
#1
0.0
#1
0.0
#1
MISS scoring against the GASO defense
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MISS scored
20.3
#2
15.0
#11
35.3
#2
14.0
#4
6.7
#72
20.7
#18
GASO allowed
9.3
#116
7.0
#67
16.3
#106
6.0
#75
6.7
#80
12.7
#81

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MISS +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
84° · 2 mph
gusts 4 mph · at kickoff
Rest
GASO7d
MISS7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 144 plays
slowavg 132fast

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