Betting
Spread
TEX favouredMarket TEX −2.5Ours TEX −4.6
LSU favouredgap 2.1 toward TEX
Grey dot: the market · gold: our card line · small dot: FEI (bcftoys.com). A gap is a reason to look, not to bet.
Vegas
| Team | Spread | Points | Moneyline | Win% | Kalshi |
|---|
| TEX away | -2.5 | 28.5 | -142 | 56.3% | — |
| LSU home | +2.5 | 26.0 | +120 | 43.7% | — |
| Total | 54.5 | |
The closing line: this game was played before live prices were being collected.
Our model — cards
| Team | Spread | Points | Win% | vs book |
|---|
| TEX away | -4.5 | 29.6 | 61.4% | -2.0 |
| LSU home | +4.5 | 24.9 | 38.6% | +2.0 |
| Total | no total model | | | |
FEI — bcftoys.com
Nothing to show for this game.
"Points" is the implied score for each side: a spread and a total are the margin and the sum, so solving them back out says what each team is expected to score. A favourite is shown negative, the way a book quotes it. "vs book" is that model's line for the team minus the book's, so a plus means the model makes them the weaker side. Our cards are EA College Football 27 launch ratings rolled up; the gap between two teams is multiplied by a scale fitted on this season's results (real margins have run about 1.8 times the raw gap), plus 2.5 points of home field; the win chance comes from how far 7,877 FBS results landed from a line. FEI is Brian Fremeau's projection, shown as a reference only: measured on his own results pages it went 49.9% against the spread over 3,101 games (2022–25), and the pickers never see it. Neither model has shown it beats a closing line.
Team ratings
| Points vs an average FBS team | TEX | LSU |
|---|
| Offence (cards) | +10.55th | +7.811th |
| Defence (cards) | +4.61st | +3.56th |
| Card team rating | +15.13rd | +11.39th |
| SP+ (CFBD's rating, theirs) | +22.47th | +21.310th |
| FEI (bcftoys.com, theirs) | +1.18th | +0.912th |
| F+ (FEI + SP+, theirs) | +1.78th | +1.510th |
| Card line | LSU +4.6 (the gap ×1.87, fitted on 215 games, plus 2.5 home field) |
| Returning production | 72% | 21% |
Cards are EA College Football 27's Week 3 Ratings (EA re-rates weekly; we take the newest) with CFBD's measured stats shown beside them; the team rating rolls EA's starters up with the NFL position weights, unmeasured for college. SP+ is opponent-adjusted; ours is not yet.
Quarterbacks
Arch Manning TEX91 overall · Junior
Points added per play0.195
Completion63.8%
TD–INT7-3
Pass attempts, median game30
Pass yards, median game198
Rush yards, median game15
Games this season4
Team throws per game31.0
Sam Leavitt LSU88 ▼2 overall · Junior
Points added per play0.424
Completion63.8%
TD–INT5-6
Pass attempts, median game28
Pass yards, median game271
Rush yards, median game43
Games this season4
Team throws per game33.0
The starter comes from the maintained depth chart (cfbdepth.com). The rating is EA College Football 27's Week 3 Ratings (EA re-rates weekly; we take the newest); everything under it is what CFBD has measured this season, as a median game rather than a total so a man who missed time is not shrunk.
Against the number
| Team | ATS | Cover% | vs spread | O/U | vs total |
|---|
| TEX away | 1-3 | 25% | +3.3 | 1-3 | -9.8 |
| LSU home | 2-2 | 50% | +9.3 | 2-2 | +0.8 |
Against DraftKings' closing number, this season. A record of what happened and nothing more — cover rates do not predict, which is why the pickers never see them.
Streak trends
| Team | Split | Streak (4+), and what happened next in 8,097 games |
|---|
| TEX | all | won 6 straight — next game covered 49.8% of the time (9369 cases) |
| TEX | away | failed to cover 6 straight — next game covered 56.2% of the time (1276 cases) |
| TEX | day | won 4 straight — next game covered 50.4% of the time (16696 cases) |
| TEX | favourite | won 9 straight — next game covered 49.1% of the time (5637 cases) |
| TEX | away division | failed to cover 5 straight — next game covered 53.4% of the time (2811 cases) |
| TEX | away favourite | failed to cover 4 straight — next game covered 52.7% of the time (6098 cases) |
| LSU | division | gone under 5 straight — next game went over 50.8% of the time (3311 cases) |
| LSU | day | gone under 4 straight — next game went over 51.1% of the time (6939 cases) |
| LSU | home | won 5 straight — next game covered 50.1% of the time (12375 cases) |
| LSU | underdog | lost 5 straight — next game covered 50.6% of the time (10094 cases) |
Streak picker (spread): bets TEX — TEX has failed to cover 6 straight as away.
Cover, win/loss and over/under streaks in every split (home, away, favourite, underdog, division, primetime, big favourite), counted against the closing line. Measured over every FBS season on file: cover and over/under streaks revert (fade 6+); college win/loss streaks tell you nothing against the spread (50%), so they are shown here but the picker ignores them. These never reach the pickers' bundle; the "streak" row on the picks board bets on its own.
Venue, weather, rest and travel
Built when the game's bundle is (Tiger Stadium (LA)).
Who is out (reported)
No news read for this game yet.
Covers.com injury tags
| Team | Player | Status | Since | Note |
|---|
| TEX | C. Coleman WR | probable Back | Mon, Sep 28 | Coleman is dealing with an back injury, and he is likely will suit up against Oklahoma on Saturday, October 10th. |
| TEX | D. McCutcheon WR | questionable Illness | Sat, Sep 26 | McCutcheon is ailing from an illness, and it is unclear if he will play against Oklahoma on Saturday, October 10th. |
| TEX | T. Goosby OG | questionable Knee | Sat, Sep 26 | Goosby is dealing with a knee injury, and it is unknown if he will suit up against Oklahoma on Saturday, October 10th. |
| TEX | N. Townsend TE | questionable Knee | Sat, Sep 26 | Townsend is hampered by a knee injury, and it is up in the air if he will suit up against Oklahoma on Saturday, October 10th. |
| TEX | H. Smothers RB | questionable Ankle | Sat, Sep 26 | Smothers is dealing with an Ankle injury, and it is unknown if he will suit up against Oklahoma on Saturday, October 10th. |
| LSU | T. Dottery LB | questionable Undisclosed | Sun, Sep 27 | Dottery is managing with an undisclosed injury, and it is unclear whether he will play against McNeese on Saturday, October 3th. |
| LSU | R. Guillory Jr. RB | questionable Undisclosed | Sun, Sep 27 | Guillory Jr. is battling with an undisclosed injury, and it is unclear whether he will play against McNeese on Saturday, October 3th. |
| LSU | P. Wright III WR | out Undisclosed | Mon, Sep 21 | Wright III is hampered by an undisclosed injury, and he is likely to miss the remainder of the season. |
| LSU | D. Spears S | out Knee | Mon, Sep 21 | Spears has been sidelined due to a torn ACL, and he is likely to miss the remainder of the season. |