2026 Missouri vs 2026 Ole Miss

Hypothetical

Missouri by 4.3

62% to win

High confidence — 5 games in — see our accuracy

Hypothetical forecast · SBR sbr-2r

Why this number

MissouriPreseason baseline +14.3In-season results +5.9

Ole MissPreseason baseline +18.0In-season results +0.4

Missouri home field +2.5

How they're built

0–100 percentile · higher is stronger

Compare the whole profile, then explore each dimension.

Offensive production relative to that season’s field. Compare an offense with the opposing defense in the scouting report.

Recruiting and experience add context; the five axes aren't equal weights in the forecast.

The numbers behind the profiles

Measure	2026 Missouri	2026 Ole Miss
Offensive / play	0.2064th percentile	0.2782nd percentile
PPA allowed / play	−0.0274th percentile	0.1522nd percentile
Points per game	35.877th percentile6 games	38.885th percentile5 games
per game	17.780th percentile6 games	28.020th percentile5 games

Programs don't stand still

SP+ percentile among FBS teams, by season. The marked point is each compared season.

2026 Missouri2026 Ole Miss

Momentum

Missouri→ steady (+5 pctl over 3 seasons)

Ole Miss↘ falling (−10 pctl over 3 seasons)

Talent in, results out

Recruiting-class percentile feeding each roster, compared with its SP+ result.

2026 Missouri

Average signing-class percentile, classes 2023–2026: 81st percentile
SP+ percentile, 2026: 91st percentile

Outperforming its talent (+11)

2026 Ole Miss

Average signing-class percentile, classes 2023–2026: 85th percentile
SP+ percentile, 2026: 89th percentile

Matching its talent (+4)

Campus distance

350 miles apart

There's more to the matchup.

Supporting context, ready when you want it.

In the trenches · both directions

Matchup	O-line	D-line
2026 Missouri OL vs 2026 Ole Miss DL	309.3 lbs	284.1 lbs
2026 Ole Miss OL vs 2026 Missouri DL	310.0 lbs	274.6 lbs

2026 Missouri line yards 2.92 · 2026 Ole Miss stuff rate 22.6%

2026 Ole Miss line yards 3.06 · 2026 Missouri stuff rate 24.9%

Fans swear big lines win games. They're half right — big-line teams do win more, but only because good programs recruit big linemen. Once we account for talent and last season, line size adds nothing to the prediction. Across 11 seasons, no measurable effect on margin.

Roster size is context. It isn't a forecast advantage.

Backtested effect: 0.42 pts at 1σ.

Head-to-head · Missouri leads 4–0 since 2000

Missouri has won 4 straight

Season	Score	Venue
2019	Missouri 38–27 Ole Miss	Memorial Stadium · Missouri home
2013	Missouri 24–10 Ole Miss	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium · Ole Miss home
2007	Missouri 38–25 Ole Miss	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium · Ole Miss home
2006	Missouri 34–7 Ole Miss	Memorial Stadium · Missouri home

Coaching & program context

2026 Missouri

Eli Drinkwitz

Chip Lindsey

career average +29.7 SP+ offense

Scheme: Spread (listed on Wikipedia)

Style: Balanced, up-tempo (threw on 44% of its run–pass plays, 39th percentile of 2026 FBS; 70.5 plays a game, 73rd percentile)

Corey Batoon

career average +21.1 SP+ defense

Scheme: 4–2–5 (listed on Wikipedia)

2026 Ole Miss

Pete Golding

Cody Woodiel (co-OC)
John David Baker

career average +34.0 SP+ offense

Scheme: Veer and shoot (listed on Wikipedia)

Style: Pass-heavy, average pace (threw on 55% of its run–pass plays, 94th percentile of 2026 FBS; 68.4 plays a game, 58th percentile)

Bryan Brown
Marcus Woodson (co-DC)

career average +24.1 SP+ defense

Scheme: Multiple 4–2–5 (listed on Wikipedia)

A new coordinator feels like it should swing a game. Across 11 seasons, the change doesn't move the final margin beyond what the roster already tells us. Shown as context, not a factor in our number.

Run-heavy team meets a defense that can't stop the run — feels like extra points waiting. Across 7 seasons the matchup adds nothing beyond what the two ratings already say; if anything the point estimate leans the other way.