Harvard Crimson

Backing the Crimson to win on the road in 2025-26 made 9.95 units over 15 priced games, more than all but 15 Division I teams. At home the same bet lost 1.85.

Better away

Harvard went 9-6 on the road in 2025-26 and 8-4 at home, and the moneyline paid only on the road. One unit on the Crimson in each of 15 priced road games returned 9.95 units; at home, over 11 priced games, it lost 1.85. The spread showed the same lean: 10 covers in 15 away, 4 in 11 at home. Thirty-three Division I teams covered more often on the road, and 13 matched Harvard’s rate.

The underdog wins

Of the 9.95 road units, 7.47 came in 11 road games as underdogs. Over the season Harvard were underdogs 12 times, won 5 and covered 8, and one unit a game made 6.47 units; 33 teams made more in that role. Each of their three biggest upset wins was a road game: 67-65 at Yale at +575, 56-54 at Marist at +230, and 79-54 at Columbia at +220.

As favorites the Crimson won 11 of 16 but covered only 6. The shortest prices that lost were at home: 68-76 to Dartmouth at -340 and 60-77 to Northeastern at -230. Harvard’s season moneyline, 28 priced games, closed 6.10 units up; 33 Division I teams closed higher.

Ivy League opponents

Pennsylvania met Harvard three times and Harvard missed the spread in all three, ending with a 60-62 loss in the Ivy League tournament semifinal at -175. Yale split two games with Harvard, who covered both and made 4.75 units on them. Columbia lost both.

The total

Eighteen unders and 10 overs in 28 games with a total, an under rate 27 Division I teams beat, with one level. Harvard allowed 66.69 points a game; 25 teams allowed fewer, one the same.

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