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CFB Week 4 · 2026

College football · Week 13 2026 · Saturday, November 28

Liberty vs Missouri State prediction and pick

Our Liberty Flames at Missouri State Bears pick: Liberty by 7.2, 66% 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, 9 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 ±17.1, 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.

Liberty at Missouri State

Sat, Nov 28, 2:00 pm ET · Plaster Sports Complex

Liberty by 7.2 · 66% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
Liberty win66.3%
Missouri State win33.7%
Middle 50%: Liberty by 19 to Missouri State by 450%
Middle 90%: Liberty by 35 to Missouri State by 2190%
Middle 95%: Liberty by 41 to Missouri State by 2795%
Exactly Liberty by 36.4%
Exactly Missouri State by 35.5%
Exactly Liberty by 75.3%
Exactly Liberty by 143.8%
Exactly Missouri State by 73.7%
P50
Half of games like this end between Liberty by 19 and Missouri State by 4.
P90
9 in 10 between Liberty by 35 and Missouri State by 21.
P95
19 in 20 between Liberty by 41 and Missouri State by 27.
Where the forecast comes from
This season, against its opponentsLiberty+13.9
Last seasonMissouri State+3.6
Home fieldMissouri State+3.1

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
Liberty 3–1 3.3 +0.3
Missouri State 1–3 1.9 −0.8

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.

Liberty vs Missouri State: questions and answers

Who will win Liberty vs Missouri State?

Our forecast picks Liberty, with 66% to win; Missouri State win 34% of the time.

What’s the spread for Liberty vs Missouri State?

Our spread: Liberty −7.2. 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 Liberty vs Missouri State?

Saturday, November 28, 2026, at 2:00 pm ET, at Plaster Sports Complex.