| Fresno State has covered the spread in five of the last six "Valley Trophy" battles vs. old rival (since 1921) San Jose State. Note the historical closeness in this series, with the Bulldogs leading 46-39-3 and an aggregate score of 1994-1908 favoring Fresno. That means we've seen an average score of 22.7-21.7 across the previous 88 meetings! |
| Dating back to early in the 2024 campaign, Northern Illinois is 5-15 against the spread over its last 20 games. |
| The Aztecs covered all five of their home games last season at Snapdragon Stadium, but have opened this new season 0-2 against the spread, including a shortcoming at home against Portland State in the opener. |
| Since arriving in Albuquerque last season after a successful stint at Idaho, New Mexico head coach Jason Eck is 10-3 against the spread, including 6-1 ATS as an underdog. |
| Dating back to the end of last season, Troy's last eight games have all stayed under the total. |
| Each of the last five meetings have gone over the total. Dating back to 2018, the winning team in this game has scored an average of 45.3 points per game. |
| Since the latter stages of the 2022 season, the Flames have gone 5-16 against the spread as a double-digit favorite with four outright upset losses. |
| Dating back to the infamous 63-3 loss in the 2023 Orange Bowl, Florida State has gone 3-10 against the spread as an underdog. |
| Since USC entered the Big Ten in 2024, the Trojans haven't covered a point spread in a conference road game outside of California (0-8 vs. line). |
| Since Bryce Underwood's arrival last season, the Wolverines are 2-6 against the spread as a double-digit favorite and we all know what coulda-shoulda-woulda happened in the opener against Western Michigan. |
| Utah State is 7-1 against the spread as an underdog under head coach Bronco Mendenhall since he arrived in Logan last year. |
| Over the last four seasons, Eastern Michigan has played four premier non-conference road games at Arizona State, Minnesota, Washington and Kentucky. The Eagles covered the number in all four of those contests. |
| Dating back to the end of last season, Iowa State's last six games have all stayed under the total. |
| Arizona State is 19-8 against the spread for Kenny Dillingham since the beginning of the 2024 campaign. |
| Clemson is 7-0 straight-up, 6-1 against the spread in the last seven meetings of this ACC series. The Tigers beat the Tar Heels 38-10 in Chapel Hill last season as a 15.5-point road favorite. Clemson out-gained North Carolina 488-270 in that contest. |
| After two spread wins to open the 2026 campaign, North Texas has now covered 11 of its last 14 against the spread since early last season. |
| Texas Tech has won-and-covered each of the last seven meetings, including a 35-11 road win at Houston last October. The Red Raiders out-gained Houston by 285 yards and held a 27-12 advantage in first downs. Cougars' starting QB Conner Weigman went 5-of-12 for 71 yards with no touchdowns and one interception in that contest. |
| Dating back to the end of last season, Wake Forest's last six games have all gone over the total. Those six games cleared their respective closing totals by an average of 15.2 points per game. |
| Pitt is 7-1 straight-up, 6-2 against the spread over the last eight meetings in this ACC matchup. The Panthers earned a 30-13 road win at Syracuse last season. Six of the last seven games have stayed under the total. |
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