Stanford Cardinal

Stanford football got points in all but one of its 12 games in 2025 and still made more on the home moneyline than any FBS team, 12.72 units. Every Cardinal win came at home.

Underdogs who paid at home

Stanford went 4-8 in 2025 and got points in 11 of 12 games, a count four FBS teams matched and none passed. All four wins came at home, three of them as underdogs: 30-20 over Boston College at +450, 20-13 over Florida State at +700, and 31-10 over California at +155. The fourth was 30-29 over San José State at -150, the only game the Cardinal were favored in.

One unit on Stanford in each of the five home games with a moneyline returned 12.72 units, the most of the 136 FBS teams. Across all ten priced games the season finished 7.72 units up; only two FBS teams did better.

On the road

Six road games, six losses, one cover: 20-15 at North Carolina as 8.5-point underdogs. Five had a price, and five units were lost. The widest misses were 27-3 at BYU against a 20.5-point line and 48-20 at Virginia against 16.5.

Against the spread

Five covers in 12: 4-2 at home, 1-5 away. The two games with no moneyline were the two biggest lines of the year, 28.5 at Miami and 32.5 against Notre Dame. Stanford lost both and covered the second, 49-20.

The total

Stanford’s totals landed six over, six under; the Cardinal scored 18.83 a game and gave up 29.17.

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