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Missouri

SEC · 2-0 · power +20.3 · #36
Our side · spreadKU +6.5 logged our number at the pick MIZ -6.1 · now MIZ -8.8 · 4.3 pts from the market now

Kansas

B12 · 1-1 · power +9.5 · #89
Final MIZ 38 · KU 21 ML L Spread L Total L our logged sides, graded on the record
Our side
SpreadKU +6.5 logged live now: MIZ -4.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours MIZ -8.8

The line has not moved a point since it opened (KU +6.25 → +6.5), so our number decides: MIZ by 6.1 against KU +6.5 means KU covers.

TotalUnder 50.5 logged live now: Over 51.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 57.4

The total has not moved a point since it opened (50.5 → 50.5); ours 50.0 against 50.5 says under.

MoneylineKU to win logged live now: MIZ to win — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 31% · book 37%

Our number: MIZ by 6.1 — KU to win.

MIZ team totalMIZ over 27.5 logged live now: MIZ under 28.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 33.1

Our number: MIZ 28.0, from our margin and total split into two scores.

KU team totalKU over 21.5 logged live now: KU under 23.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 24.3

Our number: KU 21.9, from our margin and total split into two scores.

Distance from the market 4.3 pts / +5.9 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 33–24 MIZ – KU
2026-09-11 · 8:00 PM David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium · Lawrence, KS Early season

The books 5 account books · tap any price — the ticket builds at that book

Book MIZ spreadKU spread OverUnder MIZ winKU win MIZ TT overMIZ TT under KU TT overKU TT under
DraftKings
FanDuel
BetMGM
ESPN Bet
Caesars

The gold price is the best available on that side; a gold marks the side our number implies — a read, not a pick. TT is a team total — that team’s own points, not the game’s; columns are empty where no book hangs one. Send to book opens whichever book you tapped, not the one we would have picked. Prices are the books’ own.

Ours vs the market

SpreadMissouri -8.8
the marketKansas +4.5
Total57.4
the market51.5
Kansas win31% vs 37%

Both percentages are Kansas’s chance to win — ours, then the book’s with the vig removed, medianed across the books we track.

What the gap has been worth 10,740 games · 2016–2025

0–3 pts52.0%
3–750.2%
7–1449.3%
14+46.8%

How often the side we favoured covered, by how far our number sat from the market’s. Break-even at −110 is 52.4% — no bucket reaches it, and the rate falls as we disagree more. The further we sit from the market, the worse we have done.

Public vs booksbets vs money · Action Network captured in-game spread MIZ 69% bets · 56% money total Under 66% bets · 62% money ML MIZ 89% bets · 64% money
Series Missouri lead 55–48–8 · 111 meetings since 1901
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Missouri Tigers 93 ranks
Missouri Tigers #29 rush offense Kansas Jayhawks #122 run defense
Pass game even 16 ranks apart
Missouri Tigers #217 pass offense Kansas Jayhawks #233 pass defense
Run game even 19 ranks apart
Kansas Jayhawks #38 rush offense Missouri Tigers #57 run defense
Pass game edge Missouri Tigers 67 ranks
Kansas Jayhawks #78 pass offense Missouri Tigers #11 pass defense
Missouri Tigers Run-heavy · 60% run Avg pace Kansas Jayhawks Balanced · 54% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 34 rush ypg
Eli Drinkwitz · 58-30 Lance Leipold · 64-68 · offense-minded

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265 D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the 2025 season.

The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above

Who carried each team in 2025
Missouri Tigers
WR Donovan Olugbode 14 rec · 237 yds · 3 TD #28 WR
QB Austin Simmons 544 pass yds · 7 TD · 0 INT #15 QB
WR Cayden Lee 10 rec · 200 yds · 2 TD #78 WR
RB Jamal Roberts 172 rush yds · 2 TD · 1 rec #136 RB
Kansas Jayhawks
DL Leroy Harris III 8 tkl · 4.0 TFL #49 DL
WR Nik McMillan 8 rec · 182 yds · 2 TD #72 WR
DL David Santiago 9 tkl · 2.5 TFL #232 DL
QB Isaiah Marshall 414 pass yds · 4 TD · 2 INT #64 QB

Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no 2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Missouri TigersSEC +20.3 +8.6 +11.7 #36
Kansas JayhawksB12 +9.5 +7.6 +1.9 #89

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
Missouri offense vs Kansas defense+6.7 pts
Kansas offense vs Missouri defense-4.1 pts

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.