Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Ole Miss
Weather at kickoff88°F7 mphgusts 16DryWeather watch ›
3-0 · Power #57
10
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Final
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3-0 · Power #9
45
▲ winner
Closing spread
MISS -11.5
✓ MISS W
Total
61.5
▼ Under · 55 pts
Model before kickoff
TULN 23–35 MISS
✓ MISS (82%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMISS -12.5
CloseMISS -11.5
Total61.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Tulane
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MISS -12.5 · closed MISS -11.5 · moved 1 toward TULNmodel MISS -17.5
Opened 61.5 · unchangedmodel 58
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 10.5–12.5 since 2023: won 73%, covered 39% (81 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 51% (186 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMISS -12.5
CloseMISS -11.5
Total61.5
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 MISS as an 11.5-point home favorite against TULN, the favorite won 10, covered 7, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: MISS won 45–10; the favorite covered, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 55 points stayed under 61.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 76%
Favorite covered
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 46%
Went over
5 of 956%
Normal range · usually 52%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 20.7 against an average line of 11.8; 60.3 points a game (usually 54.5). Of the 2 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & season form
-1359–20 W O59.5
Close
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total
-12.541–20 W U63
Close
TEX vs UTSA
2022 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation
-1341–20 W O57
Close
TENN vs UK
2022 · Week 9 · close · similar total & season form
-10.544–6 W U62.5
Close
PSU vs MD
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & spread
-10.530–0 W U56.5
Close
2023 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & total
-1327–20 L U62
Close
FSU vs FLA
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread
-1045–38 L O58
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & spread
-1029–27 L P56
Close
KSU vs KU
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & total
-1247–27 W O62
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & spread
-13.7542–20 W O56.25
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
Tulane have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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
TULN+5.1 →+4.8▼ 0.3#50
MISS+19.8 →+18.3▼ 1.5#9
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

TULN
Longer bar = better
MISS
#66
Offense
MISS better ▶
#21
#70
Defense
◀ TULN better
#90
+2.0 #9
Turnovers
◀ TULN better
−0.7 #103
70 plays #44
Pace
MISS faster ▶
74 plays #17
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When TULN has the ball
Advantage: TULN offense
TULN offMISS defEdge
Points / game 30.0 #69 21.7 #73 Even
Yards / play 6.00 #62 5.67 #97 TULN
PPA / play +0.17 #65 +0.22 #117 TULN
Success rate 44% #66 40% #72 Even
When MISS has the ball
Advantage: MISS offense
MISS offTULN defEdge
Points / game 44.7 #18 20.3 #66 MISS
Yards / play 7.29 #18 5.47 #89 MISS
PPA / play +0.30 #29 −0.05 #28 Even
Success rate 54% #17 43% #96 MISS

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 123 FBS teams
TULN scoring against the MISS defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TULN scored
11.7
#14
11.0
#42
22.7
#25
4.3
#89
3.0
#109
7.3
#106
MISS allowed
4.7
#62
11.3
#110
16.0
#94
2.3
#20
3.3
#30
5.7
#18
MISS scoring against the TULN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MISS scored
4.7
#81
19.7
#1
24.3
#17
11.3
#14
9.0
#39
20.3
#16
TULN allowed
5.7
#77
3.0
#18
8.7
#41
2.3
#20
9.3
#108
11.7
#76

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MISS +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
88° · 7 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
TULN7d
MISS7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 144 plays
slowavg 134fast
Quarterback
MISS backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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