Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Missouri
Weather at kickoff72°F4 mphgusts 10DryWeather watch ›
2-0 · Power #11
27
final
Final
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2-0 · Power #12
30
▲ winner
Closing spread
KSU -3.5
✓ MIZ W
Total
48
▲ Over · 57 pts
Model before kickoff
KSU 26–23 MIZ
✗ KSU (60%) lost
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseKSU -3.5
Total48
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Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseKSU -3.5
Total48
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Similar games

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

In the 10 games most like KSU as a 3.5-point road favorite at MIZ, the favorite won 5, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: MIZ won 30–27 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 57 points went over 48, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 60%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 2.5 against an average line of 2.9; 50.9 points a game (usually 54.7). When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
CIN @ IU
2021 · Week 3 · very close · similar situation & rest
-438–24 W O50
Close
MINN @ MSU
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-334–7 W U50
Close
MSST @ LSU
2022 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & spread
-316–31 L U53
Close
MICH @ NEB
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread
-2.532–29 W O50
Close
MSST @ UK
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & rest
-3.517–27 L U50.5
Close
ASU @ BYU
2021 · Week 3 · close · similar spread & situation
-3.517–27 L U50.5
Close
BAY @ WVU
2020 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & season form
-1.521–27 L U54
Close
NCST @ MSST
2021 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & rest
-1.510–24 L U55.5
Close
PSU @ AUB
2022 · Week 3 · close · similar total & rest
-2.541–12 W O47.5
Close
PITT @ TENN
2021 · Week 2 · close · similar spread & situation
-3.541–34 W O56
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2020 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
Kansas State 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 135 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
KSU+2.0 →+6.6▲ 4.6#26
MIZ+0.4 →+1.7▲ 1.3#54
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

KSU
Longer bar = better
MIZ
#21
Offense
◀ KSU better
#54
#10
Defense
◀ KSU better
#29
0.0 #78
Turnovers
Even
−0.5 #88
71 plays #44
Pace
◀ KSU faster
66 plays #74
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When KSU has the ball
Even matchup
KSU offMIZ defEdge
Points / game 43.5 #19 14.5 #31 Even
Yards / play 6.99 #21 3.83 #9 Even
PPA / play +0.36 #22 +0.02 #58 KSU
Success rate 53% #22 31% #17 Even
When MIZ has the ball
Advantage: KSU defense
MIZ offKSU defEdge
Points / game 29.0 #72 6.5 #7 KSU
Yards / play 5.82 #69 3.98 #13 KSU
PPA / play +0.24 #43 −0.15 #14 KSU
Success rate 50% #31 25% #5 KSU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 22 FBS teams
KSU scoring against the MIZ defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
KSU scored
7.0
21.0
28.0
5.0
10.5
15.5
MIZ allowed
0.0
5.0
5.0
1.5
8.0
9.5
MIZ scoring against the KSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MIZ scored
8.5
10.5
19.0
3.0
7.0
10.0
KSU allowed
0.0
5.0
5.0
0.0
1.5
1.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MIZ +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
72° · 4 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
KSU7d
MIZ7d
Even
Tempo
Average 136 plays
slowavg 134fast