Sat, Nov 15, 2025, 7:45 PM ESTWeek 12 · at Missouri · Conference game
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5-5 · Power #56
27
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Final
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6-3 · Power #18
49
▲ winner
Closing spread
MIZ -7.5
✓ MIZ W
Total
50.5
▲ Over · 76 pts
Model before kickoff
MSST 23–31 MIZ
✓ MIZ (72%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMIZ -5.5
CloseMIZ -7.5
Total51.5 → 50.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Missouri
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MIZ -5.5 · closed MIZ -7.5 · moved 2 toward MIZmodel MIZ -11.5
Opened 51.5 · closed 50.5 · moved 1 downmodel 53.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 6.5–8.5 since 2023: won 71%, covered 55% (193 games)ⓘ
Crossed 7The team the line moved toward covered 56% (84 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMIZ -5.5
CloseMIZ -7.5
Total51.5 → 50.5
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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 MIZ as a 7.5-point home favorite against MSST, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: MIZ won 49–27; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 76 points went over 50.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
3 of 933%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 2.6 against an average line of 8; 48.2 points a game (usually 53.3). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & spread
-7.57–17 L U48
Very close
TEX vs BAY
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar season form & rest
-1038–27 W O55.25
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar total & rest
-9.57–33 L U51
Very close
CLEM vs LOU
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar situation & rest
-731–16 W U52
Very close
2023 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & season form
-7.531–38 L O47.5
Very close
2025 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & season form
-79–16 L U48.5
Very close
ISU vs WVU
2022 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & total
-6.531–14 W U49.5
Very close
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & spread
-7.534–12 W U57.5
Very close
2024 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & season form
-1029–27 L P56
Very close
KSU vs TTU
2022 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & season form
-7.537–28 W O56
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Mississippi State ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Mississippi State ATS trend (7-2)
Mississippi State have covered 78% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Mississippi State 3-1 ATS on the road
Strong against the spread on the road this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
Market moved toward Missouri
2 pts (MIZ -5.5 → MIZ -7.5), through the key number 7. · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
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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
MSST+0.7 →+6.6▲ 5.9#45
MIZ+10.7 →+14.7▲ 4.0#16
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MSST
Longer bar = better
MIZ
#59
Offense
MIZ better ▶
#33
#91
Defense
MIZ better ▶
#23
+0.4 #35
Turnovers
◀ MSST better
−0.3 #102
71 plays #29
Pace
MIZ faster ▶
75 plays #5
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MSST has the ball
Advantage: MIZ defense
MSST offMIZ defEdge
Points / game 32.0 #43 19.1 #20 MIZ
Yards / play 5.67 #71 4.76 #18 MIZ
PPA / play +0.13 #60 +0.05 #44 Even
Success rate 43% #60 35% #9 MIZ
When MIZ has the ball
Advantage: MIZ offense
MIZ offMSST defEdge
Points / game 33.3 #31 26.3 #85 MIZ
Yards / play 6.03 #45 5.59 #76 MIZ
PPA / play +0.21 #32 +0.13 #93 MIZ
Success rate 48% #23 45% #110 MIZ

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
MSST scoring against the MIZ defense
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MSST scored
9.3
#12
5.8
#110
15.1
#69
7.3
#39
9.6
#18
16.9
#20
MIZ allowed
5.3
#67
4.9
#15
10.2
#35
4.0
#33
4.9
#34
8.9
#24
MIZ scoring against the MSST defense
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MIZ scored
5.9
#72
9.8
#48
15.7
#59
6.9
#50
10.1
#8
17.0
#19
MSST allowed
2.9
#24
8.2
#89
11.1
#46
4.6
#46
9.2
#126
13.8
#101

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MIZ +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
65° · 10 mph
gusts 17 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
MSST7d
MIZ7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 145 plays
slowavg 134fast