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Troy

SBC · 2-0 · power +2.5 · #146
Our side · spreadTROY +27.5 our number MIZ -19.7 · 7.8 pts from the market our number starts from the opening line and is corrected +0.3 for this matchup by our data on both teams

Missouri

SEC · 2-0 · power +20.3 · #36
Our side
SpreadTROY +27.5 ours MIZ -19.7
TotalOver 49.5 ours 49.6
MoneylineMIZ to win ours 86% · book 95%
Distance from the market 7.8 pts / +0.1 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 15–35 TROY – MIZ
2026-09-19 · 7:00 PM Memorial Stadium · Columbia, MO Early season

The books 3 account books · tap any price — the ticket builds at that book

Book TROY spreadMIZ spread OverUnder TROY winMIZ win TROY TT overTROY TT under MIZ TT overMIZ TT under
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Ours vs the market

SpreadMissouri -19.7
the marketMissouri -27.5
Total49.6
the market49.5
Missouri win86% vs 95%

Both percentages are Missouri’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 2 hr ago total Over 78% bets · 81% money
Series Missouri lead 3–1 · 4 meetings since 2002
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Missouri Tigers 169 ranks
Troy Trojans #226 rush offense Missouri Tigers #57 run defense
Pass game edge Missouri Tigers 176 ranks
Troy Trojans #187 pass offense Missouri Tigers #11 pass defense
Run game edge Missouri Tigers 80 ranks
Missouri Tigers #29 rush offense Troy Trojans #109 run defense
Pass game edge Troy Trojans 153 ranks
Missouri Tigers #217 pass offense Troy Trojans #64 pass defense
Troy Trojans Balanced · 54% run Avg pace Missouri Tigers Run-heavy · 60% run Avg pace
Gerad Parker · 12-20 · defense-minded Eli Drinkwitz · 58-30

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
Troy Trojans
DL Keno Jones 13 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 4.5 TFL #22 DL
DB Donnie Smith 9 tkl · 1 PD #63 DB
WR TK Keyes 7 rec · 167 yds · 2 TD #109 WR
RB Jaheim Merriweather 149 rush yds · 3 TD · 1 rec #79 RB
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

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
Troy TrojansSBC +2.5 -1.3 +3.8 #146
Missouri TigersSEC +20.3 +8.6 +11.7 #36

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

Where the number comes from
Troy offense vs Missouri defense-13.0 pts
Missouri offense vs Troy defense+4.7 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 610 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.