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#13Missouri at #9Ole Miss

Prediction · week 7, 2026 · Sat Oct 17, 2:30 PM CT / 3:30 PM ET · Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Oxford)

Updated Tue Oct 13, 7:56 PM CT

The prediction

Our call: Ole Miss by 2.4Toss-up

All three models favor Ole Miss. The line, shown for comparison only, has Ole Miss by 6.0.

The average of SP+, Elo and Our model; the line is left out and kept as a benchmark. Toss-up under 3 points, Lean 3 to 7, Strong 7 and over. More ›

SP+ has Ole Miss by 0.4, Elo has Ole Miss by 4.7, and Our model has Ole Miss by 2.2. They are within 4.3 points of each other.

Every model

ModelSays
SP+
Missouri +18.0 vs Ole Miss +15.9
Ole Miss by 0.4
Elo
Missouri 1814 vs Ole Miss 1868
Ole Miss by 4.7
Our model · experimental
Missouri +13.9 vs Ole Miss +13.6
Ole Miss by 2.2
Line (benchmark)
pregame line
Ole Miss by 6
Our call
average of SP+, Elo and Our model · Toss-up
Ole Miss by 2.4

Each margin is from the same weekly ratings the team pages use: SP+ and Elo from their rating gap, the home team given 2.5 points (none at a neutral site); Our model is this site's experimental rating; the line is the market's pregame margin, shown as a benchmark and never part of Our call. How these work ›

Key injuries

Missouri

As of Sat Oct 10, 9:30 AM CT · official conference report and public reporting

Ole Miss

No injury report yet for this game. First reports usually come Wednesday.

Last 5 meetings

Missouri leads 7–1 · last: Missouri 38–27, 2019 · Missouri has won 6 straight

SeasonResultSite
2019Missouri 38–27Memorial Stadium
2013Missouri 24–10Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
2007Missouri 38–25Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
2006Missouri 34–7Memorial Stadium
1979Missouri 33–7—

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