Sat, Oct 17 Β· 12:00 PM ET
Mississippi State at LSU
LSU favored by 17.5 Β· total 56.5

Mississippi StateBulldogs
Away Β· SEC
+17.5
-118
+550
ML

LSUTigers
Home Β· SEC
-17.5
-102
-800
ML
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Returning production
| Mississippi State | LSU | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 34% | 21% |
| Passing | -0%* | 13% |
| Rushing | 87% | 40% |
| Receiving | 28% | 20% |
* Outside 0β100% on purpose β 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.
Player props Β· 25 players
Passing yards
Rushing yards
Receiving yards
Anytime TD
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Every rung and price on the full prop board. We publish no model on college props β these are the market's numbers.
The read
- Forecast winds around 16 mph. Across 2,065 outdoor games, windy ones scored about 4 points fewer than calm ones β but the market moves its total to match, and backing the under in wind lost money at every threshold we tested. Conditions, not an edge.
- At 17.5 the line sits just past 17, so the games decided by exactly 17 fall on the underdog's side of this bet.
- The spread has moved from -10.5 to -17.5 since it opened, toward the home side. It crossed 14 and 17, changing the result in 9.7% of historical games.
- A total of 56.5 sits on the high side of real college football scores (the median FBS game lands on 54). That places the number; it does not predict the result β overs land almost exactly 50% against closing totals.
- SP+ and the market differ by 4.3 points β 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
Mississippi State
13-10 ATS Β· 5-18 SU
13-10 O/U Β· 7-3 away
LSU
9-15 ATS Β· 14-10 SU
8-16 O/U Β· 5-7 home
A record, not a signal β 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 17.5 β the 17-21 point band. In 639 archived games at this number, the favorite covered 51.0% of the time β a coin flip once the 95% range (47.1β54.9%) is taken into account.
- Total 56.5 β this game's spread sits in the 14-21 point band. In 1,186 archived games with a spread this size, the over hit 47.0% of the time, so the other side has been the more frequent of the two β though still short of the 52.38% break-even rate at β110.
Measured on our archive of FBS games with a closing line and a final score. Context, not a pick β see every band.
SP+ team strength Β· 2026
SP+ implies LSU -13.2 versus the market's -17.5 β a 4.3-point disagreement.
Context, not a pick β tap the for what these numbers mean and what we measured.
Line movement
Spread (home)
-10.5 β -17.5-7.0
Total
58.5 β 56.5-2.0
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