NCAAF › Week 2 › Missouri at Kansas
AWAY · 4-1 · No. 14
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Won
Final
Fri, Sep 11, 8:00 PM ET
Memorial Stadium · 77° · wind 8 mph
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Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (Missouri–Kansas)29–27–38–21
SpreadMissouri −2.3Missouri −4Missouri −17
Total56.351.559
Kansas win chance44%––

Line moved from Missouri −7 at open. Lines: DraftKings.

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ Kansas +4 Lost★ Over 51.5 Won
Spread: 1.7 pts better than Vegas for Kansas (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 4.8 pts above Vegas (49% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Missouri by 2.3
24%
Missouri by 14+
32%
Missouri by 1–13
29%
Kansas by 1–13
16%
Kansas by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Missouri
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Kansas
Efficiency
+0.023 #48Offense EPA / play+0.089 #26
−0.064 #22Defense EPA / play allowed+0.054 #78
+2.7% #38Offense success rate+4.7% #19
−6.1% #8Defense success rate allowed−2.2% #33
−0.031 #99Rushing EPA / play+0.081 #43
+0.066 #29Passing EPA / play+0.123 #17
+0.009 #65Rush defense EPA allowed−0.028 #41
−0.107 #14Pass defense EPA allowed+0.091 #88
+2.5 #38Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+3.2 #34
+0.0 #61Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+1.0 #72
Situational
+4.4% #16Passing-down success (3rd & long)−0.1% #53
−2.9% #29Passing-down success allowed+0.7% #70
+0.61 #33Points per drive+1.13 #19
+0.33 #84Points per drive allowed+0.34 #88
Trenches
+0.19 #53Line yards per rush+0.40 #12
−0.13 #40Line yards per rush allowed−0.47 #9
−1.5% #75Runs stuffed at the line−5.3% #15
+2.1% #35Opponent runs stuffed+6.0% #5
−2.8% #32Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−2.9% #29
+0.8% #40Havoc created+1.9% #18
Big plays
−0.134 #128Rushing explosiveness−0.017 #87
+0.106 #71Passing explosiveness+0.223 #25
−0.21 #76Open-field yards per rush−0.17 #70
+0.058 #88Pass explosiveness allowed+0.134 #120
Style and schedule
56% #57Run rate57% #49
−45.1 #134Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−31.4 #112

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
MissouriSeason to dateKansas
4-1Record2-2
1-1Conference0-1
3-0Home2-1
1-1Away0-0
2-3Against the spread2-2
3-2Over/under2-2
37.6 / 20.0Points for / against36.0 / 17.0
+17.6Avg margin+19.0
+2.2Avg vs. the spread+4.9
60.8Plays per game (excl. garbage time)60.8

Missouri: last 1 games

W54-14didn’t cover

Kansas: last 1 games

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.01+0.03+0.08+0.12+0.17Entering week12Missouri · 1: +0.15Missouri · 2: +0.09Kansas · 1: +0.00Kansas · 2: +0.03
● Missouri● Kansas