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CFB Week 4 · 2026

College football · Week 11 2026 · Saturday, November 14

Middle Tennessee vs Liberty prediction and pick

Our Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Liberty Flames pick: Liberty by 15.6, 82% to win. The forecast rates every team against the opponents it has played, this season and last, and adds home field. No betting information goes in.

An early look, 7 weeks ahead: it sharpens as the game comes up. Updated every day until kickoff, then frozen and scored. After the game this page shows who deserved to win.

Why the curves are so wide: luck. Even with both teams’ strength known exactly, one game’s bounces, kicks, calls and sequencing move the final margin by about ±12.1 points (one standard deviation, measured from every play since 2019). These forecasts carry ±17.0, so about 50% of the width is that luck; the rest is what nobody knows yet about the teams. That is why a 7-point favorite still loses about 3 times in 10.

Middle Tennessee at Liberty

Sat, Nov 14, 3:30 pm ET · Williams Stadium (VA)

Liberty by 15.6 · 82% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
Middle Tennessee win17.8%
Liberty win82.2%
Middle 50%: Liberty by 4 to Liberty by 2750%
Middle 90%: Middle Tennessee by 13 to Liberty by 4490%
Middle 95%: Middle Tennessee by 18 to Liberty by 4995%
Exactly Liberty by 35.0%
Exactly Liberty by 74.7%
Exactly Liberty by 144.1%
Exactly Liberty by 174.0%
Exactly Liberty by 214.0%
P50
Half of games like this end between Liberty by 4 and Liberty by 27.
P90
9 in 10 between Middle Tennessee by 13 and Liberty by 44.
P95
19 in 20 between Middle Tennessee by 18 and Liberty by 49.
Where the forecast comes from
This season, against its opponentsLiberty+9.0
Last seasonLiberty+3.5
Home fieldLiberty+3.1

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
Middle Tennessee 2–2 2.3 −0.4
Liberty 3–1 3.3 +0.3

Coin-flip wins: the wins each team’s games were worth with only the kicks, bounces, drops and calls re-rolled, the record adjusted for luck. Luck in wins: actual wins minus what the play was worth.

Middle Tennessee vs Liberty: questions and answers

Who will win Middle Tennessee vs Liberty?

Our forecast picks Liberty, with 82% to win; Middle Tennessee win 18% of the time.

What’s the spread for Middle Tennessee vs Liberty?

Our spread: Liberty −15.6. The betting line isn’t out yet. Ours uses no betting information, so where the two differ is where our read of the teams differs from the market’s.

When is Middle Tennessee vs Liberty?

Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 3:30 pm ET, at Williams Stadium (VA).