Cal State Northridge Matadors

The Matadors were underdogs in all three games against UC San Diego in 2025-26 and won all three, for 5 units. Their games also went over 19 times in 32, a rate only 35 Division I teams beat.

Three wins at a price

Cal State Northridge met UC San Diego three times in 2025-26 and took plus money every time: +285 on the road, won 84-79; +110 at home, won 81-64; +105 in the Big West tournament quarterfinal, won 80-70. Three covers, 5 units on one unit a game. In the semifinal UC Irvine beat them 93-78, the third Irvine win in three meetings and the third Northridge miss.

The moneyline

Across 30 priced games one unit a game on the Matadors made 4.07 units; only 54 Division I teams made more. The home games carried it: 4.17 units over 13 priced games, a figure 27 teams beat. Away it was flat, 0.15 down over 15. Besides the UC San Diego games, the longest price that won was +205, 85-83 at UC Santa Barbara, a team Northridge beat twice and covered against twice.

Against the line

The spread was less kind. Northridge went 20-14 and covered 14 of 32 lined games. At home they covered 8 of 13, but on the road only 5 of 15; 31 Division I teams had a lower road cover rate, 12 the same. At neutral sites they covered 1 of 4. As favorites they won 11 of 15 and covered 6; three of the four favorite losses came by seven or more points, at home to Long Beach State at -278 and Cal State Fullerton at -245, and at UC Riverside at -218.

The total

Nineteen overs and 13 unders, an over rate two other teams matched. The Matadors scored 81.38 points a game, a figure only 59 Division I teams topped and one equalled, and allowed 79.79; only 37 teams allowed more.

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