Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Ole Miss · Conference game
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4-0 · Power #31
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4-0 · Power #9
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▲ winner
Closing spread
MISS -3.5
✓ MISS W
Total
58.5
▼ Under · 43 pts
Model before kickoff
LSU 26–30 MISS
✓ MISS (62%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenLSU -1.5
CloseMISS -3.5
Total56.5 → 58.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
5 pts toward Ole Miss
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened LSU -1.5 · closed MISS -3.5 · moved 5 toward MISSmodel MISS -7
Opened 56.5 · closed 58.5 · moved 2 upmodel 56.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 59%, covered 50% (234 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3The team the line moved toward covered 44% (80 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenLSU -1.5
CloseMISS -3.5
Total56.5 → 58.5
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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 3.5-point home favorite against LSU, the favorite won 8, covered 7, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: MISS won 24–19; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 43 points stayed under 58.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 59%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
4 of 944%
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 12.3 against an average line of 3.7; 55.1 points a game (usually 53). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
UCF vs CIN
2022 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & situation
-1.525–21 W U55.5
Close
2023 · Week 8 · close · similar situation & rest
-5.541–3 W U60
Close
2023 · Week 7 · close · similar situation & rest
-2.541–31 W O57
Close
KSU vs OKST
2022 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & situation
-2.548–0 W U57.5
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & situation
-634–23 W P57
Loose
MISS vs UK
2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar situation & rest
-6.522–19 L U55
Loose
2023 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & situation
-348–20 W O61
Loose
FLA vs UK
2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation
-616–26 L U52.75
Loose
2024 · Week 9 · loose · similar situation & rest
-2.524–37 L O53.5
Loose
ORST vs ORE
2022 · Week 13 · loose · similar rest & situation
-138–34 W O57
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 5 trends and market moves behind it
Strong Ole Miss ATS trend Hit
Strong-or-stronger ATS leans went 52-45 (54%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Ole Miss ATS trend (3-1)
Ole Miss have covered 75% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Ole Miss 3-0 ATS at home
Strong against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Ole Miss 3-1 ATS as a favorite
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Market moved toward Ole Miss
5 pts (LSU -1.5 → MISS -3.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved up 2
56.5 → 58.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
LSU+15.7 →+14.6▼ 1.1#17
MISS+19.8 →+18.4▼ 1.4#10
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW4

LSU
Longer bar = better
MISS
#78
Offense
MISS better ▶
#15
#20
Defense
◀ LSU better
#69
+0.5 #53
Turnovers
◀ LSU better
−0.5 #102
69 plays #48
Pace
MISS faster ▶
73 plays #19
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When LSU has the ball
Even matchup
LSU offMISS defEdge
Points / game 29.0 #76 18.8 #41 MISS
Yards / play 5.70 #79 5.29 #67 Even
PPA / play +0.13 #77 +0.15 #94 Even
Success rate 43% #79 41% #74 Even
When MISS has the ball
Even matchup
MISS offLSU defEdge
Points / game 44.8 #12 9.3 #10 Even
Yards / play 7.44 #14 4.21 #21 Even
PPA / play +0.33 #21 −0.13 #11 Even
Success rate 54% #11 37% #36 MISS

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
LSU scoring against the MISS defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
LSU scored
3.5
#109
11.8
#35
15.3
#78
7.0
#57
6.8
#75
13.8
#67
MISS allowed
3.5
#52
9.3
#106
12.8
#79
1.8
#14
4.3
#34
6.0
#18
MISS scoring against the LSU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MISS scored
6.0
#80
18.0
#3
24.0
#21
8.5
#38
12.3
#7
20.8
#11
LSU allowed
1.5
#15
3.5
#17
5.0
#12
1.8
#14
2.5
#15
4.3
#5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MISS +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
82° · 8 mph
gusts 19 mph · at kickoff
Rest
LSU7d
MISS7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 142 plays
slowavg 134fast

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