Betting
Spread
LT favouredMarket LSU −34.5Ours LSU −33.1
LSU favouredgap 1.4 toward LT
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 |
|---|
| LT away | +34.5 | 10.0 | +3500 | 2.7% | — |
| LSU home | -34.5 | 44.5 | -20000 | 97.3% | — |
| 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 |
|---|
| LT away | +33.0 | 10.7 | 1.8% | -1.5 |
| LSU home | -33.0 | 43.8 | 98.2% | +1.5 |
| Total | no total model | | | |
FEI — bcftoys.com
| Team | Spread | Points | Win% | vs book |
|---|
| LT away | +29.0 | 9.1 | 1.0% | -5.5 |
| LSU home | -29.0 | 37.9 | 99.0% | +5.5 |
| Total | 47.0 | | | -7.5 |
"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 | LT | LSU |
|---|
| Offence (cards) | -2.890th | +7.811th |
| Defence (cards) | -2.2125th | +3.56th |
| Card team rating | -5.0100th | +11.39th |
| SP+ (CFBD's rating, theirs) | -9.8108th | +21.310th |
| FEI (bcftoys.com, theirs) | -0.495th | +0.912th |
| F+ (FEI + SP+, theirs) | -0.7104th | +1.510th |
| Card line | LSU -33.1 (the gap ×1.87, fitted on 215 games, plus 2.5 home field) |
| Returning production | 64% | 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
Trey Kukuk LT74 overall · Senior
Points added per play0.184
Completion62.7%
TD–INT3-1
Pass attempts, median game4
Pass yards, median game45
Rush yards, median game50
Games this season3
Team throws per game30.0
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 |
|---|
| LT away | 3-0 | 100% | +12.2 | 3-0 | +12.8 |
| 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
No 4+ streak in any split for either side.
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 |
|---|
| LT | B. Baker QB | out Hand | Mon, Sep 14 | Baker fractured his hand, and he will miss an undetermined length of time. |
| LT | D. Benedix WR | questionable Undisclosed | Sun, Sep 13 | Benedix is nursing with an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be active against Baylor on Saturday, September 19th. |
| 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. |