

UC Davis Aggies at SMU Mustangs
Post-game analysis · Saturday, September 12, 2026
Model projection — no official pick
UCD 14 – SMU 45
This is a model projection only. No side was published for this game and nothing here is counted in our graded record.
Model rating: low
The betting line
SMU -32.5
Sportsbooks make SMU Mustangs the favorite by 32.5. Expected combined score: 58.5
DraftKings · updated Sat, 3:07 PM EDT
Our projected score
UC Davis Aggies14
SMU Mustangs45
Final score
UC Davis Aggies10
SMU Mustangs56
Pick missed
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Matchup preview · Sep 12, 2026
Preview: UC Davis Aggies at SMU Mustangs projection
UC Davis Aggies visit SMU Mustangs in NCAA Football on Saturday, September 12, 2026. Our model projects UCD 14 – SMU 45, a 31-point edge to SMU Mustangs. DraftKings currently has SMU -32.5 with a total of 58.5.
The only inputs are final scores and schedule dates from the current and prior season, opponent-adjusted, plus the live DraftKings spread and total. 14 completed home-side and 2 completed away-side games are on file, worth 0.11 weighted games on the thinner side after recency decay and a discount on prior-season results. Because that history is graded severe, the projected score is blended 95% toward the DraftKings number of -32.5 / 58.5, which sat 25.927 points from what the completed scores alone implied.
This is a model projection, not an official tracked recommendation. The model rates it unrated, so no side is published and it is not eligible for a tracked pick or a Covered Select. Reasons on file: only 0.11 weighted games of history for the thinner side; team form is not measurable yet; score anchored 95% to the DraftKings number (-32.5 / 58.5); unrated: the history behind this projection is insufficient, so the score is a market-anchored projection rather than a recommendation.
How the model got here
- Projected score: 14 – 45 (away – home).
- Current DraftKings number used: spread -32.5, total 58.5, and the projected score is blended 95% toward it.
- Completed games on file: 14 for the home side and 2 for the away side, worth 0.11 weighted games on the thinner side after recency decay.
- Before anchoring, the projection built from those completed scores sat 25.7 points from the market.
- Model rating: unrated — only 0.11 weighted games of history for the thinner side; team form is not measurable yet; score anchored 95% to the DraftKings number (-32.5 / 58.5); unrated: the history behind this projection is insufficient, so the score is a market-anchored projection rather than a recommendation. No side is published and it is not eligible for a tracked pick or a Covered Select.
Our recommendations on this game
The team recommendation, the full-game total and the player recommendations for this matchup, side by side. The full-game total is its own market, shown in its own panel above. Only high-rated recommendations taken at a locked DraftKings price are used on a parlay card, and a card never takes two legs from the same game.
Team
No high-rated team recommendation on this matchup. We only show one here when DraftKings posted the number and price and we locked a high-rated recommendation before kickoff.
Players
No high-rated player recommendation on this matchup. We only show one when DraftKings posted the number and price before kickoff.
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Player prop angles
No player prop angles for this matchup yet. Our stat lines need a few completed games of form for each player before we publish a number, so early-season NCAA Football games fill in as the season goes on. Check back closer to kickoff.
Records & form
How our picks have graded in NCAA Football, plus how both teams have actually played.
Our College Football record
3-2
60% of graded picks covered
Road team

UC Davis Aggies
Record 0-0
Against the spread 0-0
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Home team

SMU Mustangs
Record 0-1
Against the spread 0-1 (0%)
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