Marshall Thundering Herd

The Thundering Herd were favored 21 times in 2025-26 and covered four. Across all 31 lined games they covered ten, and only nine Division I teams finished lower.

Laying points, and missing

Marshall won 13 of its 21 games as a favorite. It covered four of them, 19.0%, and only 13 of 361 Division I teams had a worse favorite cover rate. The favorite moneylines lost 4.13 units, with eight defeats at prices as short as -455: 85-83 at home to Coastal Carolina, 90-67 at home to Lipscomb at -380 and 99-82 at home to Georgia Southern at -340.

At home

Those were home games, and home was where the spread hurt most: 13-4 straight up, 4 covers in 16. That 25% left 13 programs beneath Marshall at home and six level with it.

Getting points

As underdogs the Herd were a different bet: five wins and five defeats, six of ten spreads beaten, and 1.75 units made on those moneylines. The best of those wins were on the road, 78-72 at Massachusetts at +160, 94-93 at App State at +154 and 70-61 at Arkansas State at +136.

The season line

Over 32 games Marshall went 19-13 and covered 10 of 31. February was the low month against the number, two covers in nine. Away from home the Herd went 6-8 and covered 6 of 14. Backed blind in all 31 priced games, the Herd lost 2.38 units.

Overs

Nineteen overs, 12 unders. The Herd scored 81.12 points a game and allowed 78.03; by over rate the Herd placed 30th, tied with four others.

Georgia Southern

Georgia Southern beat Marshall three times, the third in the Sun Belt semifinal, and Marshall covered none of them. Coastal Carolina won both meetings, also without a Marshall cover.

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