2015 College Football: Season Betting Recap

2015 College Football: Season Betting Recap

The 2015 College Football Regular Season has nearly come to a close with just Army-Navy left to play in their traditional game on December 12th. Here were some key stats, trends, and futures from another exciting season.

Biggest moneyline upsets of the year:
New Mexico +5500 at Boise
Portland St +5250 at Washington St
Furman +1400 at Central Florida
Georgia St +1037 at Georgia Southern

-Oregon is the only team to cover at least half their games ATS since 2005 after going 7-5 ATS this season.

-Howard losing 62-0 at the half at BC back in September was the season’s biggest halftime deficit, and teams losing by 49+ points at halftime have covered in 11 straight games.

-In terms of 1st half spread margin, Cincinnati losing 51-3 against South Florida was the largest 1st half spread margin in the last 10+ years (Cincy closed as a pick ’em on the 1st half line).

-The two lowest Season Win Totals of the year both went under: Kansas was set at 1.5 but won 0 games, while Eastern Michigan was also set at 1.5 and only won 1 game.

-Bowling Green was the top team overall ATS this year, going 10-3. Right behind were South Florida (9-2 ATS) and Toledo (8-2 ATS).

-Central Florida was the worst team ATS, going just 2-10. They also went an abysmal 0-12 straight up.

-Betting on every single favorite this year would have netted a profit of +12.84 units, going 423-384 ATS.

-Road teams went 415-375 ATS this season for +14.39 units.

-Betting on either the Over or Under all year would have netted a loss. Unders had the slight edge, going 411-400 but for -13.49 units.

-Missouri (11-1), Vanderbilt (10-1), UConn (10-2) and Boston College (10-2) were the top teams for Unders this season.

-Syracuse (10-2) and New Mexico State (10-2) were the top teams for Overs this season.

Most Bet games of the year:
Michigan State at Michigan (October 17)
Utah at USC (October 24)
LSU at Alabama (November 7)
Michigan State vs. Iowa (December 5)

Conference title winners and their preseason conference odds:

4-Team Playoff and their preseason odds to make playoffs:
Clemson +525
Alabama +190
Michigan State +550
Oklahoma +800

Here’s how Heisman odds have fluctuated at 5Dimes throughout the season:

We hope you’ve enjoyed the weekly betting recaps and feel free to provide your comments or suggestions for next season in the space below.

Dan McGuire

Dan McGuire is the Operations Manager and soccer specialist at Sports Insights. You can find him on Twitter (@ArsenalDMC) and he can be reached directly at dan.mcguire@actionnetwork.com.

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