Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 8 · at Georgia · Conference game
Weather at kickoff78°F7 mphgusts 18DryWeather watch ›
6-0 · Power #9
35
final
Final
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5-1 · Power #7
43
▲ winner
Closing spread
UGA -7.5
✓ UGA W
Total
56.5
▲ Over · 78 pts
Model before kickoff
MISS 24–32 UGA
✓ UGA (70%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUGA -6.5
CloseUGA -7.5
Total54.5 → 56.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Georgia
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UGA -6.5 · closed UGA -7.5 · moved 1 toward UGAmodel UGA -6.5
Opened 54.5 · closed 56.5 · moved 2 upmodel 56
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 6.5–8.5 since 2023: won 72%, covered 56% (165 games)ⓘ
Crossed 7The team the line moved toward covered 58% (64 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUGA -6.5
CloseUGA -7.5
Total54.5 → 56.5
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 UGA as a 7.5-point home favorite against MISS, the favorite won 9, covered 6, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: UGA won 43–35; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 78 points went over 56.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
6 of 967%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
3 of 933%
Normal range · usually 51%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 14.4 against an average line of 7.1; 48 points a game (usually 53.4). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & rest
-642–20 W O58
Very close
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar situation & rest
-5.541–3 W U60
Very close
2025 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & season form
-6.516–10 L U51.5
Very close
CLEM vs LOU
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & spread
-731–16 W U52
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & situation
-7.537–9 W U57.5
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar situation & rest
-1029–27 L P56
Close
TEX vs BAY
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread
-1038–27 W O55.25
Close
TEX vs TCU
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & spread
-7.510–17 L U65.75
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & total
-7.541–15 W O54.5
Close
2025 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & rest
-327–24 P 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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Ole Miss ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Hit
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.

Georgia home ATS weakness (1-3)
Weak against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 216-236 (48%)
Total moved up 2
54.5 → 56.5. · 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
MISS+19.8 →+16.8▼ 3.0#12
UGA+21.0 →+19.7▼ 1.3#7
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW7

MISS
Longer bar = better
UGA
#20
Offense
◀ MISS better
#47
#58
Defense
UGA better ▶
#33
−0.7 #117
Turnovers
UGA better ▶
−0.2 #87
74 plays #13
Pace
Even
72 plays #23
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MISS has the ball
Even matchup
MISS offUGA defEdge
Points / game 37.8 #20 17.0 #19 Even
Yards / play 6.93 #18 4.84 #32 Even
PPA / play +0.27 #25 +0.04 #43 Even
Success rate 50% #16 39% #36 Even
When UGA has the ball
Even matchup
UGA offMISS defEdge
Points / game 32.2 #49 19.2 #34 Even
Yards / play 5.76 #66 5.26 #52 Even
PPA / play +0.19 #45 +0.13 #84 UGA
Success rate 48% #26 41% #61 UGA

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
MISS scoring against the UGA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MISS scored
4.5
#98
16.0
#1
20.5
#23
6.8
#57
10.5
#15
17.3
#24
UGA allowed
5.8
#83
5.0
#24
10.8
#52
1.7
#6
4.0
#26
5.7
#8
UGA scoring against the MISS defense
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UGA scored
7.0
#52
8.5
#75
15.5
#63
10.3
#7
5.3
#96
15.7
#38
MISS allowed
4.7
#62
6.2
#51
10.8
#52
3.3
#29
5.0
#38
8.3
#23

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UGA +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
78° · 7 mph
gusts 18 mph · at kickoff
Rest
MISS7d
UGA7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 146 plays
slowavg 134fast

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