Loyola Chicago Ramblers

The Ramblers missed the spread in all eight November games of 2025-26, two of them home defeats at -7500 and -1400. They finished the other way, covering their last five.

November

Loyola Chicago opened 1-7 and failed to cover a single one of those eight spreads. The one win, 91-88 over Cleveland State at -1800, still fell short of a 17.5-point line. Three home defeats came at very short prices: 73-65 to Mercyhurst at -7500, 76-59 to Northern Illinois at -1400 and, in December, 84-75 to Chicago State at -1600.

Two covers in eight as favorites

The Ramblers were favored eight times, won four and covered two, 25%. Only 26 Division I teams covered less often as favorites. Those eight moneylines lost 2.52 units. Away from Chicago it was 1-10 straight up, and the 11 road moneylines lost 6.3.

December, the outlier

One unit on every priced game lost 2.62 units over 33, but December alone returned 11.95. Most of it was an 80-78 win over Santa Clara on a neutral floor at +950; a 61-57 win at Rhode Island at +370 added 3.7. January then went 0-9 and gave back 9.0 units of it.

As an underdog

Twenty-five games as underdogs: 5-20 straight up, 11 covers, and one unit on each finished just 0.1 down. The close of the season sits here: from 28 February the Ramblers covered five in a row, including 68-62 over George Washington at +370 and an Atlantic 10 tournament win over Richmond.

Opponents and the total

Loyola scored 66.79 points a game; only 16 Division I teams scored fewer. Even so, 18 of their 33 games went under and 15 over, no lean worth a bet. Davidson won all three meetings, the third in the Atlantic 10 tournament, and Loyola covered one of them.

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