Sun, Sep 6, 2026, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 1 · Neutral site
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0-0 · Power #23
38
final
Final
vs
0-0 · Power #12
41
▲ winner
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
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Louisville
Total
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
Opened 53.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 1 upmodel 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
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 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2025 · Week 10 · very close · similar spread
-724–20 L U50.5
Close
2024 · Postseason · close · similar spread & total
-7.2544–41 L O52
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar spread & team ratings
-6.534–22 W O54
Close
2023 · Postseason · close · similar total & spread
-43–14 L U51
Close
2023 · Postseason · close · similar team ratings
-3.528–19 W U48.5
Close
2025 · Week 1 · close · similar spread
-7.524–11 W U51.5
Close
2023 · Week 1 · close · similar situation & total
-2.524–45 L O56.5
Close
2025 · Postseason · close · similar team ratings & spread
-4.527–30 L O56.5
Close
2025 · Postseason · close
-3.525–21 W U55
Close
2024 · Postseason · close
-9.517–21 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.
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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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