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CFB · 2026 betting profile

LSU Tigers

4-2 straight up · 2-4 ATS · 4-2 over-under · #8 of 138 in our ratings

Next gameSat Oct 17, 12 PMESPNESPN Unlimited
vs16Mississippi State Bulldogs
SpreadLSU -15.5
Total57
Moneyline-715
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Upcoming lines

Open = the line when most books posted it for this week (Sunday night). A dash means we don't have that number.

Against the spread

SplitATSCover %Real or luck?Avg vs spread
All games2-433%Small sample+3.7
Home2-250%Small sample+10.9
Road0-20%Small sample-10.8
Favorite2-433%Small sample+3.7
Conference1-233%Small sample-0.3
Non-conference1-233%Small sample+7.7
Last 51-420%Small sample-1.8

6 graded games. Under 20 games, every split here is a small sample. Avg vs spread is the average margin against the closing number.

Over-under

SplitO-UOver %Real or luck?Avg vs total
All games4-267%Small sample+6
Home3-175%Small sample+5
Road1-150%Small sample+8
Conference1-233%Small sample+1.5
Non-conference3-0100%Small sample+10.5
Last 53-260%Small sample+4.7

Game log with closing lines

DateOpponentResultCloseATSTotalO-U
Oct 10at KentuckyL 34-35-9.5L -10.550.5O +18.5
Oct 3vs McNeese CowboysW 63-14-53.5L -4.562.5O +14.5
Sep 26vs Texas A&MW 35-6-8.5W +20.552.5U -11.5
Sep 19at Ole MissL 24-32-3L -1158.5U -2.5
Sep 12vs Louisiana TechW 45-14-34.5L -3.554.5O +4.5
Sep 5vs ClemsonW 51-10-10W +3148.5O +12.5

Close is LSU's spread at kickoff, from ESPN's odds archive (DraftKings). ATS margin is how much they beat or missed the number by.

Season by season

SeasonSUATSCover %Real or luck?O-UOver %Avg vs spread
20264-22-433%Small sample4-267%+3.7
20257-64-931%Small sample4-931%-4.1
20249-45-742%Small sample5-742%-1.9
202310-37-654%Small sample12-192%+1.9
202210-48-657%Small sample8-657%+14.2
20216-75-7-142%Small sample6-746%-1.6
20205-57-278%Small sample6-460%+4.2
201915-09-5-164%Small sample7-750%+7.8

Regular season and postseason, graded against the closing line. "Could be luck" means a coin flip could have done the same thing.

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