Jacksonville St Gamecocks

The Gamecocks covered 10 of 15 spreads as underdogs in 2025-26 and three of 13 as favorites. Six of their seven home losses came with Jacksonville State favored.

Six home losses as the chalk

Seven home defeats, and in six of them Jacksonville State was the favorite: South Alabama 71-65 at -145, North Alabama 73-66 at -310, Eastern Kentucky 62-59 at -135, Sam Houston 77-62 at -115, UTEP 69-64 at -290 and New Mexico State 79-70 at -135. As favorites overall the Gamecocks covered 23.1%, and only 24 Division I teams were lower; the moneyline on them as favorites lost 3.7 units.

Getting points

As underdogs they won 6 of 15 and the moneyline made 1.6 units. The best price was 81-75 at East Tennessee State in December at +410. Three more upsets came at home, over Western Kentucky at +114, Middle Tennessee at +110 and Kennesaw State at +102, and Western Kentucky lost to them again in February, 71-66 on its own floor with the Gamecocks at +170. Only 38 teams covered a higher share as underdogs.

Road and home

Away the Gamecocks covered 7 of 12 and made 1.74 units on the moneyline. At home they covered 6 of 14. The season’s spread record was 13-15, two games under even, with the whole gap between favorite and underdog games.

New Mexico State

Met three times, three losses, one cover, the last a 68-63 defeat in the conference tournament.

The over

The over cashed in 17 of the 29 Gamecocks games with a total, a rate bettered by just 39 Division I teams, and it came from a side that allowed 68.38 points a game, fewer than all but 41 teams. Both meetings with Liberty went over, and Jacksonville State covered both as an underdog without winning either.

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