Under Jeff Brohm, Purdue is 19-8 ATS as a dog with 12 outright wins. Narrow it down to the 12 instances as a home dog and the Boilermakers covered eight of them. In its last game as a home dog, Purdue beat previously undefeated Michigan State 40-29 as a 2.5-point dog last year..
In its last 14 games vs Pac-12 opponents, Boise State is 10-4 outright. The Broncos were an underdog in three of those wins...
Notre Dame has struggled mightily away from home against elite teams. In their last ten games away from home vs Top 10 opponents, the Irish are 0-10 and have lost by an average of 16.4 PPG...
If one narrows it down to Top 5 opponents, the numbers are even worse. 11 straight losses by an average of 19.6 PPG, with seven by at least 17 points...
Since 1979 there have been just three Top 5 meetings with a spread of at least 17.5 - all three dogs covered - ND vs Bama in 2020 CFB, Colorado vs Nebraska in 1996 and Tennessee's upset at Florida in 2001...
Over 21 games from 2011 to 2019, Alabama went 5-15-1 ATS as a favorite of at least 35 points vs non-conference opponents. However, things have changed in recent years. Alabama has covered each of its last four games in this situation, outscoring its opponent 237-27...
This is the first time Florida is a home underdog in a non-conference game against someone other than Florida State or Miami since 1982 when the Gators were a 2.5-point dog to No. 10 USC and pulled a 17-9 upset...
Since 2019, Georgia has held its five Power Five non-conference opponents to a total of 35 points, covering all five games. If you take out the two games vs Georgia Tech, the Bulldogs won the three games vs Top 10 opponents by a 70-28 margin...
Appalachian State's last five games vs Power 5 opponents have been decided by a combined 18 points. App State has won two of them...
Since going 7-0 ATS in the abbreviated 2020 regular season, Indiana has failed to cover 11 of their last 12 games and their only FBS win has come vs Western Kentucky (by 2)...
Clemson covered each of its final five games last year as a favorite vs Power 5 teams. Prior to that, Clemson had failed to cover seven straight games as a favorite, a streak which dated back to the 2020 CFP Semifinal loss to Ohio State...
Over the last six years, San Diego State is 7-2 vs Pac-12 teams. Only one of those games saw the Aztecs as the favorite - a 2015 SDSU win vs Cal, which the Aztecs didn’t cover...
In the last 20 years, there have been seven ranked Pac-12 teams who faced an SEC team on the road - sorry Oregon, this is a road game...Five of the seven won the game. Two of the three which faced a ranked SEC game won - 2003 USC at Auburn and 2001 UCLA at Alabama. 2006 Cal lost at Tennessee...
In 2018, Virginia Tech lost at Old Dominion as a 29-point favorite. This year Tech is an 8-point favorite. The game pits former Penn State assistants Brent Pry (VT) vs Ricky Rahne (ODU)...
In last years season opener, Oklahoma was a 31-point favorite over Tulane and won by just five (40-35). The previous time OU was a 30+ favorite vs an FBS non-conference opponent was vs Army in 2018 when the Sooners won 28-21...
So the last two instances OU was a 30+ point favorite vs an FBS non-conference opponent, the Sooners won by five and seven points...
Brian Kelly has won 40 straight games as a head coach when his teams were favored - last loss came in 2017 vs Stanford.