Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Kansas
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1-0 · Power #19
38
▲ winner
Final
@
1-0 · Power #46
21
final
Closing spread
MIZ -4
✓ MIZ W
Total
51.5
▲ Over · 59 pts
Model before kickoff
MIZ 29–25 KU
✓ MIZ (62%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenMIZ -7
CloseMIZ -4
Total53.5 → 51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
3 pts toward Kansas
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MIZ -7 · closed MIZ -4 · moved 3 toward KUmodel MIZ -5.5
Opened 53.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 2 downmodel 54
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 3–5 since 2023: won 63%, covered 48% (142 games)ⓘ
Moved off 7The team the line moved toward covered 69% (29 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenMIZ -7
CloseMIZ -4
Total53.5 → 51.5
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 6 games most like MIZ as a 4-point road favorite at KU, the favorite won 4, covered 1, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: MIZ won 38–21; the favorite covered, as in 1 of the 6 similar games. 59 points went over 51.5, as in 3 of 6.
Favorite won
4 of 667%
Normal range · usually 60%
Favorite covered
1 of 520%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
3 of 650%
Normal range · usually 51%

Only 6 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: underdog by 0.2 against an average line of 4.8; 55.5 points a game (usually 52.6). Of the 3 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 6 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & spread
-333–48 L O50.5
Close
2025 · Week 3 · close · similar spread & rest
-3.544–41 L O50.5
Loose
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation
-317–14 P U55.5
Loose
2024 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest
-4.517–23 L U58.5
Loose
2024 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest
-934–27 L O47.5
Loose
2023 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & situation
-5.521–14 W U52.5
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Kansas ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Under 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.

Market moved toward Kansas
3 pts (MIZ -7 → MIZ -4). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Total moved down 2
53.5 → 51.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
Small sample warning
Missouri has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
MIZ+13.4 →+13.2▼ 0.2#19
KU+3.1 →+5.8▲ 2.7#38
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

MIZ
Longer bar = better
KU
#27
Offense
Even
#23
#32
Defense
Even
#19
−1.0 #97
Turnovers
KU better ▶
0.0 #69
78 plays #20
Pace
Even
76 plays #28
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MIZ has the ball
Even matchup
MIZ offKU defEdge
Points / game 54.0 #24 6.0 #24 Even
Yards / play 7.21 #43 2.75 #14 KU
PPA / play +0.47 #26 −0.25 #30 Even
Success rate 62% #15 14% #9 Even
When KU has the ball
Even matchup
KU offMIZ defEdge
Points / game 51.0 #27 14.0 #57 KU
Yards / play 8.07 #27 3.74 #37 Even
PPA / play +0.55 #19 −0.26 #29 Even
Success rate 60% #20 11% #3 Even

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
KU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
81° · 4 mph
gusts 8 mph · at kickoff
Rest
MIZ8d
KU7d
MIZ +1 day
Tempo
Fast 154 plays
slowavg 135fast

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