Eastern Michigan Eagles

The Eagles lost 21 of 31 games in 2025-26 and still beat the spread 20 times in 29, a cover rate that sat tied for fifth nationally. One November night at +1800 carried their whole moneyline season.

Ten wins, twenty covers

As underdogs, which they were 21 times, the Eagles won five and covered 16, a 76.2% rate that ranked 17th in Division I. As favorites, eight times, they won four and covered four.

Road games were the best of it: 3-14 straight up, 11 covers in 16, and one unit on the 16 priced road games made 7.05. At home they went 7-7 and covered 9 of 13.

The +1800 night

On 26 November the Eagles won 64-56 at Cincinnati, getting 22.5 points and +1800 on the moneyline. That one result is why November finished 18.72 units up and why the season’s moneyline, 29 games at a unit each, closed 3.65 ahead. The next-longest winning prices were far shorter: 80-74 over Massachusetts at +120 and 72-62 at Detroit Mercy at +105. Every month after November lost money: 2.8 units in December, 4.76 in January, 5.51 in February and 2.0 in March, while the team covered 14 of 22 spreads in those same four months.

The under

Twenty-one unders against nine overs, 70%, put Eastern Michigan eighth in the country for unders, level with two others. They scored 70.68 points a game and allowed 73.52.

Mid-American opponents

Western Michigan won both meetings and covered both, the home one at -285 for Eastern Michigan, 76-62. Kent State and Akron also won twice, but the Eagles covered both Kent State games, and they covered both halves of a split with Massachusetts as well. The shortest price the Eagles lost at on the road was -166, and that night ended 100-65 at Central Michigan.

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