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LOULouisvillevsMISS#12 Ole Miss

Louisville 32%·Ole Miss 68%Verdict: Ole Miss by 8Projected 30–22

Verdict has Ole Miss No. 12 and Louisville No. 35, and rates Ole Miss 12.6 points the better team before venue. Both cases are live — Verdict projects Ole Miss to finish 8-4 and Louisville 7-5 — and the loser spends the rest of the season explaining this one.

What could flip itOne turnover swings a projection of 8 points, and Louisville only needs the game to stay close.

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Ole Miss by 8

MISSOle Miss
#12 · neutral site
68%
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LOULouisville
#35 · neutral site
32%
Projected score
30–22

Ole Miss should win it. 68% is the favorite, not a formality.

The record test
Ole Miss: Record and reality line up · No. 12 strength / No. 26 projected wins
Louisville: Record and reality line up · No. 35 strength / No. 44 projected wins
Why Verdict sees it this way
  • Ole Miss has been playing at a level Louisville hasn't reached yet, and that's the whole game right there.
  • Verdict has Ole Miss 23 spots higher at No. 12. Rankings don't tackle anybody, and this is where that gets tested.
  • Across a full year Verdict expects Ole Miss to finish 8-4 and Louisville 7-5 — neither one of these teams is here by accident.
  • Neutral field. Nobody's crowd, nobody's bus ride — just the two of them.
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