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SMU v Utah State

Wednesday, November 25, 2026, 7:00 PM ET at Acrisure Arena. SMU our rank 71 · 3-0; Utah State our rank 54 · 3-0.

Who will win SMU vs Utah State?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives Utah State a 61% chance to beat SMU, with a projected score of Utah State 81, SMU 78.

To winUtah State 61%SMU 39%
Projected score78–81SMU, then Utah State
Margin3.1Utah State · no line posted
Total159.1no line posted
First half36–38Utah State ahead 55%
SMU by 30by 20by 10Evenby 10by 20Utah State by 30Model: Utah State by 3.1SMU by 30by 10by 10Utah State by 30Model: Utah State by 3.1

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 60–70% have been right 64.8% of the time in 15,721 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
Utah State
FalslevG · 32 min17.46.83.815+ 63%
CallaghanG · 29 min13.62.61.115+ 40%
HallG · 32 min13.34.45.515+ 38%
TosiF · 26 min12.94.71.415+ 36%
SMU
SellersG · 26 min11.33.01.410+ 57%
Szumert · 22 min11.34.11.510+ 57%
ToombsF · 25 min10.75.82.210+ 53%
BrumbaughG · 24 min10.12.72.510+ 49%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Mason Falslev: SMU 56%Utah State 44%

The white mark is the call with him: Utah State 61%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsUtah State without himChangeProjected score
Utah State
Mason Falslev4.644%−1780–79
Dallin Hall3.349%−1280–79
Will Hornseth3.050%−1180–80
Karson Templin2.353%−879–80
SMU
Jaden Toombs2.770%+977–82
Oziyah Sellers2.669%+877–82
Rowan Brumbaugh1.967%+677–82
Jermaine O'Neal Jr.1.867%+677–82

Change is in Utah State's win chance, in points. Scores read SMU, then Utah State. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    SMU 3-0WWW

    1. Nov 10W 98-63vs Prairie ViewCovered −26.5 · Over 160.5
    2. Nov 5W 95-70vs VMICovered −24.5 · Over 160.5
    3. Nov 2W 85-72vs Southern
    Last 3
    3–0, scoring 92.7 and allowing 68.3
    Against the spread, this season
    2–0
    Totals, this season
    2 over, 0 under

    Utah State 3-0WWW

    1. Nov 10W 118-86vs Utah TechCovered −25.5 · Over 156.5
    2. Nov 7W 90-56vs OmahaCovered −29.5 · Under 154.5
    3. Nov 2W 94-58vs Idaho St
    Last 3
    3–0, scoring 100.7 and allowing 66.7
    Against the spread, this season
    2–0
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 1 under

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    SMUUtah State
    Points scored per 100 possessions110.8 86th117.4 27th
    Points allowed per 10099.4 50th102.1 87th
    Possessions a game72.6 33rd71.6 95th
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)53.0% 42nd53.0% 40th
    Opponents' shooting48.5% 45th49.3% 95th
    Turnovers, share of possessions20.1% 343rd16.3% 17th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses31.4% 208th32.0% 164th
    Free throws per shot0.32 7th0.24 303rd

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    SMU 36, Utah State 38
    First-half margin
    Utah State by 1.7
    First-half points, both teams
    74.7
    Projected second half
    SMU 42, Utah State 43
    Second-half points, both teams
    84.5
    Tied at the half
    4%
    SMU, first halves so far
    Led 3 of 3 · 46.3 scored, 34.0 allowed
    Utah State, first halves so far
    Led 3 of 3 · 44.7 scored, 28.3 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    SMU

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Oziyah SellersG2611.33.01.41.3
    10+ pts 57% · 3+ reb 52% · 2+ ast 40%
    Jaden ToombsF2510.75.82.20.5
    10+ pts 53% · 6+ reb 49% · 1+ threes 41%
    Rowan BrumbaughG2410.12.72.51.1
    10+ pts 49% · 3+ reb 47% · 3+ ast 44%
    Jermaine O'Neal Jr.F2310.13.70.80.9
    10+ pts 49% · 4+ reb 48% · 1+ threes 54%
    Jakub SzumertNA2211.34.11.50.6
    10+ pts 57% · 4+ reb 55% · 1+ threes 46%
    David Terrell Jr.G196.32.13.70.2
    5+ pts 59% · 2+ reb 57% · 4+ ast 48%
    Billy White IIIF185.83.11.11.0
    5+ pts 53% · 3+ reb 55% · 1+ threes 58%
    Johan MunchF186.24.30.80.1
    5+ pts 58% · 4+ reb 58% · 2+ ast 20%

    Utah State

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Dallin HallG3213.34.45.51.8
    15+ pts 38% · 6+ ast 46% · 2+ threes 49%
    Mason FalslevG3217.46.83.81.1
    15+ pts 63% · 7+ reb 50% · 4+ ast 50%
    Solomon CallaghanG2913.62.61.12.4
    15+ pts 40% · 3+ reb 45% · 3+ threes 41%
    Will HornsethF2611.44.82.00.1
    10+ pts 58% · 5+ reb 49% · 2+ ast 55%
    Kingston TosiF2612.94.71.40.6
    15+ pts 36% · 5+ reb 49% · 1+ threes 44%
    Karson TemplinF177.23.80.90.6
    5+ pts 66% · 4+ reb 49% · 1+ threes 44%
    Brayden BoeG144.02.41.20.6
    5+ pts 35% · 3+ reb 41% · 1+ threes 44%
    AJ BatesG146.21.02.40.5
    5+ pts 58% · 3+ ast 43% · 1+ threes 37%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

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