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Week 1 · 2025 season

Missouri State @ USC

The UNDER 59.5 missed. The full grade is below.

The verdict

SAT, AUG 30 · FINAL · LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM
Missouri State7-62%
USC9-498%
MOSTNATL RANKUSC
-0.1no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.3
0.1no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.3
-0.2no rank
Defense rating
no rank0.0
-5.1no rank
Pace
no rank-3.9
n/ano rank
Returning PPA
no rank37%
#118118th
Power rank
20th#20
#136136th
Recruiting rank
14th#14

Cell color follows national rank:top 4091st or worse.

Open total59.5
Model total55.8
EDGE UNDER 59.5 · MISS

RATINGS AS OF: MOST wk 17 · USC wk 17 · RANKS PRINTED IN EVERY TINTED CELL

Model margin (home)
+26.6
Open spread
-34.5
Close spread
-36.5
Close total
60.0

Graded, all four markets

Every market grades against the close. The edge is the only one we badge as a pick; the other three ride along for calibration.

MOST13
FINALLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
USC73
  • WinUSCWIN HIT
  • ATSMissouri StateATS MISS
  • TotalsUNDER 60.0TOTAL MISS
  • EdgeUNDER 59.5EDGE MISS
Where these numbers come from

One model scores every FBS game: a win probability, a projected margin, and a projected total, built from as-of team ratings (offense, defense, pace, returning production, recruiting). Ratings on this page are snapshots from the week shown, with zero future information baked in.

The totals edge compares the model's total to the opening number. A gap of 3 or more points earns the badge, and it's the only pick on the card. Win and spread numbers are predictions we publish for the record, unbadged. The ATS lean stays tracked but unbadged: it has never beaten the closing line, even though the model beats the opener by about half a point of line value.

All four markets grade against the closing line once the game goes final. The full ledger lives on the track record.

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