Sun, Sep 6, 2026, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 1 · Neutral site
Closing spread
MISS -6.5
✓ LOU W
Total
54.5
▲ Over · 79 pts
Model before kickoff
LOU 24–32 MISS
✓ MISS (70%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenMISS -7
CloseMISS -6.5
Total53.5 → 54.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenMISS -7
0.5 → LOU
CloseMISS -6.5
0.5 pts toward Louisville
Total
Open53.5
▲ 1
Close54.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MISS -7 · closed MISS -6.5 · moved 0.5 toward LOUmodel MISS -10.5
model MISS -10.5
Opened 53.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 1 upmodel 56
model 56
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Neutral-site favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 66%, covered 36% (44 games)ⓘ
Moved off 7The team the line moved toward covered 68% (28 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenMISS -7
CloseMISS -6.5
Total53.5 → 54.5
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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
MISS as a 6.5-point neutral-site favorite against LOU, the favorite won 6, covered 4, and 4 went over the total.
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This game: MISS won 41–38; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 79 points went over 54.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 67%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 52%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 51%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 0.6 against an average line of 5.6; 49.4 points a game (usually 53.1). Of the 4 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2025 · Week 10 · very close · similar spread |
-7 | 24–20 | L | U50.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Postseason · close · similar spread & total |
-7.25 | 44–41 | L | O52 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar spread & team ratings |
-6.5 | 34–22 | W | O54 |
| Close |
2023 · Postseason · close · similar total & spread |
-4 | 3–14 | L | U51 |
| Close |
2023 · Postseason · close · similar team ratings |
-3.5 | 28–19 | W | U48.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 1 · close · similar spread |
-7.5 | 24–11 | W | U51.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 1 · close · similar situation & total |
-2.5 | 24–45 | L | O56.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Postseason · close · similar team ratings & spread |
-4.5 | 27–30 | L | O56.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Postseason · close |
-3.5 | 25–21 | W | U55 |
| Close |
2024 · Postseason · close |
-9.5 | 17–21 | L | U50 |
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 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
Louisville have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 624 earlier overs in games with totals 50.5–58.5, 33% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 4-6 40% | 4-6 40% | |
| 8-2 80% | 5-5 50% | 5-5 50% |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
87° · 9 mph
gusts 15 mph · at kickoff
Rest
LOU1st game
MISS1st game
Even
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