Sat, Sep 5 · 12:45 PM ET
Kent State at South Carolina
South Carolina favored by 35.5 · total 53.5
Game has kicked off — lines shown are the pre-kickoff close.
Kent StateGolden Flashes
Away · Mid-American
+35.5
+4000
ML
South CarolinaGamecocks
Home · SEC
-35.5
-50000
ML
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Returning production
| Kent State | South Carolina | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 64% | 69% |
| Passing | 103%* | 65% |
| Rushing | 76% | 80% |
| Receiving | 45% | 67% |
* Outside 0–100% on purpose — production is PPA-weighted, so a departing player who cost his team yards pushes the share above 100 and a returning group with negative combined output shows below zero.
The read
- The spread has moved from -36.5 to -35.5 since it opened, toward the away side.
- A total of 53.5 sits right around the middle of real college football scores (the median FBS game lands on 54). That places the number; it does not predict the result — overs land almost exactly 50% against closing totals.
- SP+ and the market differ by 9.1 points — the market rates the home side higher. Worth knowing, but not a signal: we backtested betting that disagreement and it went 49.8% against the spread, versus the 52.4% needed to break even.
Team profile
With the ball
Without it
Last three seasons
Kent State
9-12 ATS · 4-17 SU
11-10 O/U · 5-8 away
South Carolina
15-9 ATS · 12-12 SU
12-12 O/U · 7-6 home
A record, not a signal — we measured team-level situational splits at 50% against the spread. Useful for knowing a team, not for picking one.
How games at these numbers have gone
- Spread 35.5 — the 35+ point band. In 449 archived games at this number, the favorite covered 48.1% of the time — a coin flip once the 95% range (43.5–52.7%) is taken into account.
- Total 53.5 — this game's spread sits in the 28+ point band. In 715 archived games with a spread this size, the over hit 54.5% of the time (95% range 50.9–58.2%), against a 52.38% break-even rate at −110.
Measured on our archive of FBS games with a closing line and a final score. Context, not a pick — see every band.
SP+ team strength · 2026
SP+ implies South Carolina -26.4 versus the market's -35.5 — a 9.1-point disagreement.
Context, not a pick — tap the for what these numbers mean and what we measured.
Line movement
Spread (home)
-36.5 → -35.5+1.0
Total
53.5 → 53.5unmoved
"From" is the first price we recorded, not necessarily the market open — DraftKings publishes no opening number, so we only claim what we saw.
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