Sat, Oct 25, 2025, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 9 · at Oklahoma · Conference game
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6-1 · Power #9
34
▲ winner
Final
@
6-1 · Power #16
26
final
Closing spread
OU -5.5
✓ MISS W
Total
52.5
▲ Over · 60 pts
Model before kickoff
MISS 25–30 OU
✗ OU (64%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenOU -4.5
CloseOU -5.5
Total50.5 → 52.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Oklahoma
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened OU -4.5 · closed OU -5.5 · moved 1 toward OUmodel OU -2.5
Opened 50.5 · closed 52.5 · moved 2 upmodel 54
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 4.5–6.5 since 2023: won 68%, covered 56% (160 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 50% (208 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenOU -4.5
CloseOU -5.5
Total50.5 → 52.5
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 OU as a 5.5-point home favorite against MISS, the favorite won 9, covered 6, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: MISS won 34–26 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 60 points went over 52.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
9 of 1090%
Normal range · usually 63%
Favorite covered
6 of 967%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 11.5 against an average line of 4.2; 51.1 points a game (usually 53). 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 9 · very close · similar rest & situation
-238–23 W O54.5
Very close
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & rest
-5.541–3 W U60
Very close
2025 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & total
-6.516–10 L U51.5
Very close
CLEM vs LOU
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & spread
-731–16 W U52
Very close
2024 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & spread
-642–20 W O58
Very close
NCST vs FSU
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar situation & rest
-3.519–17 L U50.5
Close
2025 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & rest
-327–24 P U54.5
Close
BAY vs OKST
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & total
-2.525–36 L O56
Close
TULN vs UCF
2022 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & season form
-3.545–28 W O57.5
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & situation
-229–21 W U51.5
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
No clear signal on the spread
Mixed signals 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.

Both teams trending Under (10-4 combined)
Their games this season have mostly stayed under the total. · Backtest 2023–26: 48-54 (47%)
Total moved up 2
50.5 → 52.5. · 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 →+16.3▼ 3.5#14
OU+11.4 →+16.0▲ 4.6#15
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW8

MISS
Longer bar = better
OU
#18
Offense
◀ MISS better
#69
#86
Defense
OU better ▶
#3
−0.6 #113
Turnovers
Even
−0.7 #118
72 plays #25
Pace
Even
70 plays #31
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MISS has the ball
Even matchup
MISS offOU defEdge
Points / game 37.4 #16 9.4 #2 Even
Yards / play 6.80 #21 3.68 #1 Even
PPA / play +0.28 #18 −0.10 #6 Even
Success rate 50% #15 29% #1 Even
When OU has the ball
Even matchup
OU offMISS defEdge
Points / game 28.7 #71 22.6 #53 Even
Yards / play 5.44 #92 5.45 #69 MISS
PPA / play +0.13 #74 +0.18 #109 OU
Success rate 46% #40 45% #111 OU

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
MISS scoring against the OU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MISS scored
4.9
#96
15.7
#1
20.6
#17
7.9
#31
9.0
#31
16.9
#26
OU allowed
0.4
#1
2.9
#6
3.3
#2
3.7
#36
2.4
#3
6.1
#9
OU scoring against the MISS defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
OU scored
6.9
#52
9.7
#51
16.6
#52
7.9
#31
4.3
#114
12.1
#83
MISS allowed
4.4
#52
7.7
#86
12.1
#67
3.7
#36
6.7
#72
10.4
#50

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
OU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
64° · 4 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
MISS7d
OU7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 142 plays
slowavg 134fast

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