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Oklahoma

SEC · 1-1 · power +23.9 · #20
Our side · spreadOU -5.5 logged our number at the pick OU -1.8 · now MICH -0.1 · 4.6 pts from the market now

Michigan

B1G · 2-0 · power +22.1 · #24
Final OU 10 · MICH 17 ML L Spread L Total W our logged sides, graded on the record
Our side
SpreadOU -5.5 logged live now: MICH +4.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours MICH -0.1

The market's move decides. The line opened MICH -2.5 and is now MICH +5.5, toward OU; since 2021 the side the market moves toward has covered 54.7% at the opener, and our own number has carried nothing the closing line lacks. Our number at the pick: OU by 1.8 — the other side, overruled.

TotalUnder 43.5 logged live now: Over 43.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 44.4

The market's move decides. The total opened 45.5 and is now 43.5, toward the under; that side has covered 55.1% at the opener since 2021. Ours at the pick: 47.2 — the other side, overruled.

MoneylineOU to win logged live now: MICH to win — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 50% · book 35%

Our number: OU by 1.8 — OU to win.

no pick

No OU team-total pick: the market set both the spread and the total on this game, so the team totals are the book's own arithmetic and we hold no number of our own.

no pick

No MICH team-total pick: the market set both the spread and the total on this game, so the team totals are the book's own arithmetic and we hold no number of our own (those two picks do imply MICH less than 19.0).

Distance from the market 4.6 pts / +0.9 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 22–22 OU – MICH
2026-09-12 · 12:00 PM Michigan Stadium · Ann Arbor, MI Early season

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

Book OU spreadMICH spread OverUnder OU winMICH win OU TT overOU TT under MICH TT overMICH 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

SpreadMichigan -0.1
the marketMichigan +4.5
Total44.4
the market43.5
Michigan win50% vs 35%

Both percentages are Michigan’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 OU 79% bets · 81% money total Under 60% bets · 66% money ML OU 86% bets · 89% money
Series Oklahoma lead 2–0 · 2 meetings since 1975
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Michigan Wolverines 122 ranks
Oklahoma Sooners #212 rush offense Michigan Wolverines #90 run defense
Pass game edge Michigan Wolverines 55 ranks
Oklahoma Sooners #152 pass offense Michigan Wolverines #97 pass defense
Run game even 24 ranks apart
Michigan Wolverines #33 rush offense Oklahoma Sooners #9 run defense
Pass game edge Oklahoma Sooners 171 ranks
Michigan Wolverines #181 pass offense Oklahoma Sooners #10 pass defense
Oklahoma Sooners Balanced · 51% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 38 rush ypg Michigan Wolverines Balanced · 58% run Ball-control
Brent Venables · 32-20 · defense-minded Sherrone Moore · 17-8

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
Oklahoma Sooners
TE Rocky Beers 8 rec · 137 yds · 1 TD #13 TE
DB Reggie Powers III 11 tkl · 1 PD #103 DB
QB John Mateer 414 pass yds · 4 TD · 1 INT #26 QB
DL Taylor Wein 11 tkl · 3.0 TFL #142 DL
Michigan Wolverines
DL Dom Nichols 10 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #17 DL
DL John Henry Daley 11 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #45 DL
LB Troy Bowles 21 tkl · 2.0 TFL #74 LB
WR JJ Buchanan 8 rec · 174 yds · 1 TD #81 WR

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
Oklahoma SoonersSEC +23.9 +6.0 +17.9 #20
Michigan WolverinesB1G +22.1 +5.7 +16.4 #24

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

Where the number comes from
Oklahoma offense vs Michigan defense-10.4 pts
Michigan offense vs Oklahoma defense-12.2 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 883 mi

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.

Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them. Adding them again would double-count.