Week 4 • September 20, 2025, 11:00 PM UTC
2-1
SEC
Power Rank: 9.7
20 FINAL 29
2-0
SEC
Power Rank: 14.9
South Carolina covered by 4.5 | Game went Over by 2.5

Missouri defeated South Carolina 29–20 in a one-score game. South Carolina covered the spread; the game went Over.

South Carolina @ Missouri Preview

General Information

Week: Week 4
Kick Off (at stadium): 06:00 PM CDT
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 62,621
Elevation: 699 ft
HFA Rating: 2.4
Playing Surface: Artifical Turf

Betting Information

Spread Missouri -13.5
Total (O/U) 46.5
Expected Score SC 16.5 - 30.0 MIZ
Power Rank Implied Line Missouri +5.2
Prediction Markets Missouri 77% Win Chance (Kalshi)

Weather Conditions

Forecast for: February 02, 2026
Clear

Clear

20.4°F

Wind Chill: 12.5°F
Wind: 5.8 mph SE
Gusts: 12.3 mph
Precipitation: 0.0"
Humidity: 92%
Rain Chance: 0%
Snow Chance: 0%

Travel & Rest

South Carolina (Away)

This Week: 716.3 miles
Last Week: Home Game
Season Total: 1106.3 miles
Body Clock Time: 19:00
Rest Days: 7

Missouri (Home)

This Week: 0.0 miles
Last Week: Home Game
Season Total: 444.5 miles
Body Clock Time: 18:00
Rest Days: 7

Line Value Calculator

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Your line Missouri +5.2
Implied value
Betting
Current line Missouri -13.5
Total (O/U) 46.5
Power ratings — adjust if you disagree
South Carolina 9.7
Missouri 14.9
Travel impact
Away travel 716 mi
Home travel 0 mi
Rest Even
Home field — Memorial Stadium
Capacity 62,621
Elevation 699 ft
Weather: Clear
Temperature 20.4°F
Wind speed 5.8 mph

Positive adjustment = favours home team

What are the key factors for South Carolina vs Missouri?

South Carolina: Key Factors

Missouri: Key Factors

What happened in the game?

South Carolina travels 716 miles to this game, a moderate road trip.

South Carolina arrives with a 1-hour body clock shift.

Missouri won by 9 in a one-score game.

South Carolina covered the spread.

The total went Over by 2.5 points.

Does weather affect this game at Memorial Stadium?

At 20.4°F, this is a cold-weather game. Cold conditions below 35°F historically compress scoring and reduce passing efficiency, favouring unders and run-heavy offences.

Full conditions are shown in the data panel above. Forecast data sourced from WeatherAPI.com. Use the Line Value Calculator to apply a manual weather adjustment to your projected line.

How do South Carolina and Missouri compare on power ratings?

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings favour Missouri (14.9) over South Carolina (9.7) by 5.2 points on a neutral field. After adding home field advantage, the rating-implied line may differ meaningfully from the market spread. Missouri brings a meaningful home field advantage to this matchup (Blue Chip HFA: 2.4). Add this to the neutral-site differential to arrive at a venue-adjusted line.

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings represent expected point margin against an average FBS opponent on a neutral field, calculated from game data sourced via CollegeFootballData.com (CFBD). They are one input — cross-reference with the travel, rest, and weather data above before drawing conclusions.

Sources

Weather

Missouri won and South Carolina covered the spread.