Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 1 · at USC
Weather at kickoff90°F7 mphgusts 22DryWeather watch ›
0-0 · Power #112
13
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Final
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0-0 · Power #12
73
▲ winner
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward USC
Total
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
Opened 59.5 · closed 60.5 · moved 1 upmodel 58
Openline modelKickoff
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 ›

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MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
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2023 · Week 12 · close · similar team ratings & spread
-3635–3 L U60.5
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MSU vs AKR
2022 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & spread
-34.552–0 W U56
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2023 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & spread
-3835–7 L U57.5
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2023 · Week 3 · close · similar situation & spread
-38.2555–10 W U67.75
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2023 · Week 1 · close · similar situation & total
-35.2537–10 L U59
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2023 · Week 10 · close · similar spread
-35.559–3 W O55.5
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2024 · Week 1 · close · similar situation & spread
-3552–0 W U62.5
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2024 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & spread
-34.538–0 W U52
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2024 · Week 2 · close · similar situation
-37.556–0 W O54.5
Close
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar team ratings
-38.538–3 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.
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Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
USC +2.5
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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