Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 1 · at USC
Closing spread
USC -36.5
✓ USC W
Total
60.5
▲ Over · 86 pts
Model before kickoff
MOST 10–48 USC
✓ USC (100%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUSC -35.5
CloseUSC -36.5
Total59.5 → 60.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenUSC -35.5
1 → USC
CloseUSC -36.5
1 pt toward USC
Total
Open59.5
▲ 1
Close60.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened USC -35.5 · closed USC -36.5 · moved 1 toward USCmodel USC -42.5
model USC -42.5
Opened 59.5 · closed 60.5 · moved 1 upmodel 58
model 58
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Line context
Home favorites of 34.5–38.5 since 2023: won 100%, covered 50% (66 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 52% (132 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUSC -35.5
CloseUSC -36.5
Total59.5 → 60.5
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
USC as a 36.5-point home favorite against MOST, the favorite won 10, covered 6, and 2 went over the total.
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This game: USC won 73–13; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 86 points went over 60.5, as in 2 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 100%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 56%
Went over
2 of 1020%
Below normal · usually 52%
Overs below normal. Splits like this often fade, so treat it as context, not a pick. Average result: favorite by 42.1 against an average line of 36.3; 49.3 points a game (usually 55.2). Of the 2 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close |
2023 · Week 12 · close · similar team ratings & spread |
-36 | 35–3 | L | U60.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & spread |
-34.5 | 52–0 | W | U56 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & spread |
-38 | 35–7 | L | U57.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar situation & spread |
-38.25 | 55–10 | W | U67.75 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 1 · close · similar situation & total |
-35.25 | 37–10 | L | U59 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar spread |
-35.5 | 59–3 | W | O55.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 1 · close · similar situation & spread |
-35 | 52–0 | W | U62.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & spread |
-34.5 | 38–0 | W | U52 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 2 · close · similar situation |
-37.5 | 56–0 | W | O54.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar team ratings |
-38.5 | 38–3 | L | U54.5 |
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 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
Missouri State have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q3. Of 200 earlier overs in games with totals 56.5–64.5, 28% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 0% | 1-1 50% | 2-0 100% | |
| 5-5 50% | 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
90° · 7 mph
gusts 22 mph · at kickoff
Rest
MOST1st game
USC1st game
Even
Travel
MOST 1,418 mi
2 time zones
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