← Matchups

Missouri

SEC · 2-0 · power +20.3 · #36
Our numberMISS -5.7 no book has priced this game

Ole Miss

SEC · 2-0 · power +24.9 · #18
Our side
MoneylineMISS to win ours 66%
Projected score 25–30 MIZ – MISS
2026-10-17 · kickoff TBD Vaught-Hemingway Stadium · Oxford, MS SEC game Early season

The books

No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.

Series Missouri lead 7–1 · 8 meetings since 1973
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Missouri Tigers 169 ranks
Missouri Tigers #29 rush offense Ole Miss Rebels #198 run defense
Pass game edge Ole Miss Rebels 159 ranks
Missouri Tigers #217 pass offense Ole Miss Rebels #58 pass defense
Run game even 4 ranks apart
Ole Miss Rebels #53 rush offense Missouri Tigers #57 run defense
Pass game even 12 ranks apart
Ole Miss Rebels #23 pass offense Missouri Tigers #11 pass defense
Missouri Tigers Run-heavy · 60% run Avg pace Ole Miss Rebels Balanced · 52% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 39 rush ypg
Eli Drinkwitz · 58-30 Pete Golding · 2-1

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
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
Ole Miss Rebels
WR Deuce Alexander 13 rec · 235 yds · 2 TD #24 WR
QB Trinidad Chambliss 561 pass yds · 5 TD · 1 INT #13 QB
DB Jaylon Braxton 11 tkl · 3 PD #111 DB
RB Kewan Lacy 148 rush yds · 3 TD · 5 rec #50 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
Missouri TigersSEC +20.3 +8.6 +11.7 #36
Ole Miss RebelsSEC +24.9 +16.2 +8.7 #18

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

Where the number comes from
Missouri offense vs Ole Miss defense-0.1 pts
Ole Miss offense vs Missouri defense+4.5 pts

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.