Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 4:15 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Missouri · Conference game
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2-1 · Power #53
27
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Final
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3-0 · Power #23
30
▲ winner
Closing spread
MIZ -18.5
✓ VAN W
Total
52.5
▲ Over · 57 pts
Model before kickoff
VAN 18–37 MIZ
✓ MIZ (92%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMIZ -21
CloseMIZ -18.5
Total52.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2.5 pts toward Vanderbilt
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened MIZ -21 · closed MIZ -18.5 · moved 2.5 toward VANmodel MIZ -23
Opened 52.5 · unchangedmodel 55
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 17.5–19.5 since 2023: won 98%, covered 56% (43 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 41% (37 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenMIZ -21
CloseMIZ -18.5
Total52.5
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 MIZ as an 18.5-point home favorite against VAN, the favorite won 10, covered 8, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: MIZ won 30–27; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 2 of the 10 similar games. 57 points went over 52.5, as in 6 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 90%
Favorite covered
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 46%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 22.4 against an average line of 16.5; 57.2 points a game (usually 54.3). Of the 5 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

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2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & spread
-1738–14 W O48
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PUR vs FAU
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-16.2528–26 L U57.25
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CCU vs TROY
2021 · Week 9 · close · similar spread
-1735–28 L O50
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2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & total
-2050–20 W O48.5
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UGA vs ARK
2021 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-16.537–0 W U48.5
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2023 · Week 6 · close · similar rest
-14.551–13 W O47
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2024 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & total
-13.534–19 W O49
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2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & spread
-1748–23 W O61.5
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2023 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & spread
-16.540–14 W U61
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2023 · Week 6 · close · similar season form & spread
-1737–17 W U57
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2021 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 Vanderbilt ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Market moved toward Vanderbilt
2.5 pts (MIZ -21 → MIZ -18.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Vanderbilt 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
VAN−6.1 →−2.5▲ 3.6#77
MIZ+14.2 →+15.9▲ 1.7#12
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

VAN
Longer bar = better
MIZ
#41
Offense
Even
#34
#62
Defense
MIZ better ▶
#7
+1.0 #23
Turnovers
Even
+1.0 #25
61 plays #109
Pace
MIZ faster ▶
78 plays #3
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When VAN has the ball
Advantage: MIZ defense
VAN offMIZ defEdge
Points / game 40.3 #22 7.0 #9 Even
Yards / play 5.94 #79 3.54 #9 MIZ
PPA / play +0.28 #38 −0.20 #6 MIZ
Success rate 50% #23 28% #3 Even
When MIZ has the ball
Advantage: MIZ offense
MIZ offVAN defEdge
Points / game 38.7 #24 21.0 #66 MIZ
Yards / play 6.18 #62 4.89 #56 Even
PPA / play +0.30 #31 +0.07 #77 MIZ
Success rate 53% #17 36% #50 MIZ

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 129 FBS teams
VAN scoring against the MIZ defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
VAN scored
4.3
#92
13.7
#20
18.0
#47
3.3
#112
16.7
#1
20.0
#20
MIZ allowed
2.3
#24
2.3
#15
4.7
#11
0.0
#1
2.3
#20
2.3
#6
MIZ scoring against the VAN defense
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MIZ scored
11.3
#18
14.0
#16
25.3
#14
8.0
#45
5.3
#87
13.3
#66
VAN allowed
1.0
#9
4.0
#31
5.0
#14
6.7
#85
9.3
#116
16.0
#114

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MIZ +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
84° · 3 mph
gusts 9 mph · at kickoff
Rest
VAN7d
MIZ7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 139 plays
slowavg 132fast

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