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Post-game analysisNCAA FootballSaturday, September 12, 2026Final
UC Davis Aggies logoSMU Mustangs logo

UC Davis Aggies at SMU Mustangs

Post-game analysis · Saturday, September 12, 2026

Model projection — no official pick

UCD 14SMU 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 Aggies logoUC Davis Aggies14

SMU Mustangs logoSMU Mustangs45

Final score

UC Davis Aggies logoUC Davis Aggies10

SMU Mustangs logoSMU Mustangs56

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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

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