Jacksonville State Gamecocks

Jacksonville State football won four of its five home games as an underdog in 2025, for 4.35 units on the home moneyline. On the road the Gamecocks covered two of seven.

Home underdogs

Jacksonville State finished 8-5 over 13 games in 2025, the Conference USA championship game being the last. It was an underdog in nine of the 13 and won four, all at home: 34-24 over Liberty at +180, 38-25 over Delaware at +115, 35-26 over Kennesaw State at +140 and 37-34 over Western Kentucky at +100. One unit on the Gamecocks in every home game returned 4.35 units, a home figure topped by nine FBS teams.

The rematch

Twenty days after beating Kennesaw State, Jacksonville State met the Owls again at home for the conference title, again as an underdog, 3 points at +136. This time it lost, 19-15.

On the road

Away the Gamecocks went 3-4 and covered two of seven. All three road wins came as favorites and by three points or fewer: 29-27 at Sam Houston (-7.5), 24-21 at Middle Tennessee (-4.5) and 30-27 at UTEP (-1.5), the only one covered. The four road games as underdog were all lost, at UCF, Georgia Southern, Southern Miss and Florida International. One unit in each road game finished 2.24 units down.

Favorite and underdog

Favored four times, Jacksonville State won all four and covered one, 1.76 units up on the moneyline. As an underdog it went 4-5 with five covers, 0.35 units up.

The total

Eight of the 13 went over. The Gamecocks scored 29.0 points a game and allowed 26.15.

The season ended with a 17-13 win over Troy in the Salute to Veterans Bowl.

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