Sat, Sep 6, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Missouri
Weather at kickoff72°F12 mphgusts 26DryWindy Over 48% of 274 games since 2023Weather watch ›
2-0 · Power #54
31
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Final
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1-0 · Power #18
42
▲ winner
Closing spread
MIZ -6.5
✓ MIZ W
Total
49.5
▲ Over · 73 pts
Model before kickoff
KU 22–29 MIZ
✓ MIZ (69%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMIZ -6.5
CloseMIZ -6.5
Total50.5 → 49.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MIZ -6.5 · unchangedmodel MIZ -8
Opened 50.5 · closed 49.5 · moved 1 downmodel 51.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 70%, covered 56% (155 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMIZ -6.5
CloseMIZ -6.5
Total50.5 → 49.5
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 MIZ as a 6.5-point home favorite against KU, the favorite won 8, covered 7, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: MIZ won 42–31; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 73 points went over 49.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 68%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
4 of 1040%
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 8.3 against an average line of 7.1; 52.9 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar spread & situation
-724–34 L O53.5
Close
MINN vs PUR
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar total & rest
-910–20 L U53
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close
-8.531–19 W U56
Loose
2024 · Week 5 · loose · similar spread & rest
-7.542–28 W O49.5
Loose
KSU vs MIZ
2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest
-740–12 W U52.5
Loose
2024 · Week 5 · loose · similar spread & situation
-6.531–24 W O45
Loose
WASH vs MSU
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar situation & rest
-3.539–28 W O56.5
Loose
2024 · Postseason · loose · similar spread & total
-727–17 W U50.5
Loose
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest
-931–24 L U60
Loose
2024 · Week 9 · loose · similar spread
-5.531–17 W U54
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 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
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.

Small sample warning
Missouri has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
KU+6.8 →+8.6▲ 1.8#30
MIZ+10.7 →+13.7▲ 3.0#17
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

KU
Longer bar = better
MIZ
#19
Offense
Even
#10
#30
Defense
Even
#26
+0.5 #54
Turnovers
MIZ better ▶
+2.0 #15
68 plays #64
Pace
Even
69 plays #55
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When KU has the ball
Even matchup
KU offMIZ defEdge
Points / game 38.5 #38 6.0 #17 MIZ
Yards / play 7.46 #18 3.66 #23 Even
PPA / play +0.54 #12 −0.17 #28 Even
Success rate 63% #8 32% #36 KU
When MIZ has the ball
Even matchup
MIZ offKU defEdge
Points / game 61.0 #6 7.0 #22 Even
Yards / play 8.12 #11 3.39 #16 Even
PPA / play +0.53 #13 −0.01 #58 MIZ
Success rate 63% #9 27% #24 Even

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MIZ +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
72° · 12 mph
gusts 26 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
KU8d
MIZ9d
MIZ +1 day
Tempo
Average 137 plays
slowavg 133fast

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