Thu, Jan 1, 2026, 8:00 PM ESTAllstate Sugar Bowl · CFP Quarterfinal · Neutral site
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12-1 · Power #9
39
▲ winner
Final
vs
12-1 · Power #7
34
final
Closing spread
UGA -6
✓ MISS W
Total
53.5
▲ Over · 73 pts
Model before kickoff
MISS 26–31 UGA
✗ UGA (65%) lost
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenUGA -6.5
CloseUGA -6
Total56.5 → 53.5
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Ole Miss
Total
Down 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UGA -6.5 · closed UGA -6 · moved 0.5 toward MISSmodel UGA -2.5
Opened 56.5 · closed 53.5 · moved 3 downmodel 57.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Neutral-site favorites of 4–8 since 2023: won 60%, covered 38% (53 games)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenUGA -6.5
CloseUGA -6
Total56.5 → 53.5
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 6-point neutral-site favorite against MISS, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: MISS won 39–34 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 73 points went over 53.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 65%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 49%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 3.4 against an average line of 5.4; 51.4 points a game (usually 52.8). Of the 3 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
MICH vs TCU
2022 · Postseason · very close · similar situation & rest
-845–51 L O56
Close
2023 · Week 14 · close · similar total & spread
-524–27 L U53.5
Close
2023 · Postseason · close · similar situation & team ratings
-3.531–37 L O61.5
Close
2024 · Postseason · close · similar situation & spread
-5.528–14 W U51.5
Close
ORST vs FLA
2022 · Postseason · close · similar situation & total
-7.530–3 W U51.75
Close
CLEM vs TENN
2022 · Postseason · close · similar season form & spread
-414–31 L U61.5
Close
2025 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & rest
-724–20 L U50.5
Close
2023 · Postseason · close · similar situation & spread
-43–14 L U51
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar total & season form
-6.534–22 W O54
Close
2024 · Postseason · close · similar season form & situation
-2.541–21 W O55.5
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
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.

Total moved down 3
56.5 → 53.5. · 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 →+18.2▼ 1.6#11
UGA+21.0 →+20.5▼ 0.5#6
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW16

MISS
Longer bar = better
UGA
#14
Offense
◀ MISS better
#33
#42
Defense
UGA better ▶
#20
0.0 #73
Turnovers
Even
0.0 #74
74 plays #5
Pace
Even
71 plays #15
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MISS has the ball
Even matchup
MISS offUGA defEdge
Points / game 37.5 #10 15.9 #9 Even
Yards / play 6.70 #15 4.78 #18 Even
PPA / play +0.27 #13 +0.02 #32 Even
Success rate 48% #17 37% #21 Even
When UGA has the ball
Even matchup
UGA offMISS defEdge
Points / game 31.9 #30 19.3 #22 Even
Yards / play 5.71 #66 5.27 #44 MISS
PPA / play +0.23 #20 +0.06 #51 UGA
Success rate 49% #14 40% #49 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
8.7
#14
12.5
#5
21.2
#7
6.2
#59
10.1
#9
16.3
#20
UGA allowed
5.0
#55
3.6
#8
8.6
#13
3.7
#25
3.4
#9
7.1
#8
UGA scoring against the MISS defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
UGA scored
6.4
#49
10.2
#25
16.6
#37
7.9
#24
6.9
#61
14.8
#35
MISS allowed
4.2
#41
6.5
#42
10.7
#38
4.0
#32
4.6
#23
8.6
#19

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
MISS12d
UGA26d bye
UGA +14 days
Tempo
Fast 146 plays
slowavg 134fast

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