Sat, Oct 7, 2023, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Missouri · Conference game
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3-2 · Power #10
49
▲ winner
Final
@
5-0 · Power #12
39
final
Closing spread
LSU -6.5
✓ LSU W
Total
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Model before kickoff
LSU 34–28 MIZ
✓ LSU (67%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseLSU -6.5
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Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseLSU -6.5
Total—
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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 LSU as a 6.5-point road favorite at MIZ, the favorite won 7, covered 4, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: LSU won 49–39; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 67%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
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 9.1 against an average line of 6.8; 53.9 points a game (usually 54.5). Of the 1 over, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3.

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & spread
-613–20 L U54.5
Very close
ORE @ WSU
2022 · Week 4 · very close · similar spread & rest
-6.544–41 L O57.25
Very close
FSU @ SYR
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & spread
-738–3 W U51.25
Very close
FLA @ UK
2021 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & rest
-7.513–20 L U56.5
Very close
WAKE @ BC
2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & rest
-6.541–10 W U64
Very close
FSU @ MIA
2022 · Week 10 · very close · similar spread & rest
-6.545–3 W U54
Very close
UNC @ DUKE
2022 · Week 7 · very close · similar situation & rest
-738–35 L O70
Very close
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & spread
-741–24 W O49.5
Very close
WASH @ CAL
2022 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & spread
-7.528–21 L U54.5
Very close
VT @ PITT
2020 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & rest
-6.514–47 L O53
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 no trends and market moves 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.

No notable trends or market moves for this game.
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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
LSU−6.4 →+13.8▲ 20.2#15
MIZ+0.4 →+6.7▲ 6.3#33
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

LSU
Longer bar = better
MIZ
#6
Offense
◀ LSU better
#31
#120
Defense
MIZ better ▶
#40
+0.2 #67
Turnovers
MIZ better ▶
+0.2 #51
71 plays #30
Pace
◀ LSU faster
66 plays #76
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When LSU has the ball
Advantage: LSU offense
LSU offMIZ defEdge
Points / game 44.0 #7 20.8 #41 LSU
Yards / play 7.77 #6 4.87 #31 LSU
PPA / play +0.45 #5 +0.08 #68 LSU
Success rate 55% #5 34% #18 Even
When MIZ has the ball
Advantage: MIZ offense
MIZ offLSU defEdge
Points / game 32.0 #53 31.0 #110 MIZ
Yards / play 6.85 #23 6.47 #123 MIZ
PPA / play +0.28 #22 +0.33 #131 MIZ
Success rate 48% #26 46% #114 MIZ

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 133 FBS teams
LSU scoring against the MIZ defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
LSU scored
7.6
#41
16.6
#2
24.2
#7
10.4
#14
9.4
#25
19.8
#12
MIZ allowed
4.8
#63
3.4
#8
8.2
#30
4.0
#41
8.6
#106
12.6
#80
MIZ scoring against the LSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MIZ scored
7.4
#48
10.4
#40
17.8
#45
4.0
#107
10.2
#15
14.2
#61
LSU allowed
8.2
#117
6.8
#59
15.0
#92
3.2
#30
12.8
#133
16.0
#114

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MIZ +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
55° · 6 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
LSU7d
MIZ7d
Even
Tempo
Average 137 plays
slowavg 134fast

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