NCAAF › Week 3 › LSU at Ole Miss
AWAY · 4-1 · No. 10
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Final
Sat, Sep 19, 7:30 PM ET
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium · 88° · wind 4 mph
HOME · 3-1 · No. 9
32
Won

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (LSU–Ole Miss)31–27–24–32
SpreadLSU −3.2LSU −3Ole Miss −8
Total57.858.556
Ole Miss win chance42%––

Line moved from Ole Miss −1.5 at open. Lines: DraftKings.

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ LSU −3 Lost★ Under 58.5 Won
Spread: 0.2 pts better than Vegas for LSU (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 0.7 pts below Vegas (52% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around LSU by 3.2
25%
LSU by 14+
33%
LSU by 1–13
28%
Ole Miss by 1–13
14%
Ole Miss by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
LSU
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Ole Miss
Efficiency
+0.038 #40Offense EPA / play+0.104 #23
−0.271 #1Defense EPA / play allowed+0.011 #60
+5.1% #20Offense success rate+7.0% #12
−11.4% #1Defense success rate allowed−1.0% #49
+0.112 #30Rushing EPA / play+0.091 #36
−0.081 #93Passing EPA / play+0.169 #15
−0.254 #3Rush defense EPA allowed+0.008 #62
−0.297 #1Pass defense EPA allowed−0.005 #46
+9.7 #13Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+6.9 #21
−8.9 #9Scoring defense (pts vs avg)−2.8 #37
Situational
+8.9% #8Passing-down success (3rd & long)+4.3% #19
−9.5% #1Passing-down success allowed−5.2% #17
+0.96 #22Points per drive+0.63 #31
−1.12 #7Points per drive allowed−0.30 #40
Trenches
+0.34 #27Line yards per rush+0.00 #91
−0.96 #2Line yards per rush allowed−0.27 #27
−3.5% #46Runs stuffed at the line+1.4% #115
+11.0% #1Opponent runs stuffed+4.5% #17
−0.5% #95Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−2.8% #39
+5.9% #1Havoc created+0.6% #44
Big plays
+0.036 #61Rushing explosiveness+0.082 #35
+0.052 #85Passing explosiveness+0.208 #36
+0.31 #21Open-field yards per rush−0.13 #67
+0.207 #132Pass explosiveness allowed+0.018 #72
Style and schedule
53% #102Run rate52% #113
−1.4 #25Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−8.0 #56

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
LSUSeason to dateOle Miss
4-1Record3-1
1-1Conference1-1
4-0Home2-0
0-1Away0-1
2-3Against the spread1-3
3-2Over/under2-2
43.6 / 15.2Points for / against35.5 / 30.8
+28.4Avg margin+4.8
+6.5Avg vs. the spread-6.2
59.8Plays per game (excl. garbage time)64.5

LSU: last 2 games

W45-14didn’t cover
W51-10covered

Ole Miss: last 2 games

W41-9didn’t cover
W41-38didn’t cover

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.02+0.06+0.15+0.24+0.33Entering week123LSU · 1: +0.15LSU · 2: +0.30LSU · 3: +0.31Ole Miss · 1: +0.19Ole Miss · 2: +0.15Ole Miss · 3: +0.09
● LSU● Ole Miss