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The Colonels won more games on the road than at home in 2025-26, seven against six, and covered 10 of 18 road games against 4 of 11 at home. Our Nicholls predictions above take the venue first.

Seven straight road losses, then seven road wins

Nicholls opened with seven road games and lost all seven, among them 51-77 at Kentucky getting 31.5, a cover. November alone was 0-6 and cost 6.0 moneyline units.

From late December the road turned. The Colonels won 76-71 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at +215 and 71-69 at UT Rio Grande Valley at +136 on consecutive days, and later 53-52 at Lamar at +150. Road games finished 7-12 with 10 covers.

The Colonels at home, away, as favorite and as underdogHome (12)won 6 (50.0%)covered 4 of 11 (36.4%)Away (19)won 7 (36.8%)covered 10 of 18 (55.6%)Favorite (11)won 7 (63.6%)covered 6 of 11 (54.5%)Underdog (20)won 6 (30.0%)covered 9 of 20 (45.0%)50%
2025-26 regular season. Neutral-site games are in neither home nor away. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Home

At home Nicholls went 6-6 and covered 4 of 11; 55 teams covered less often at home. The home defeats as favorites were 80-90 to Lamar at -180, 62-80 to New Orleans at -180 and 76-83 to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at -115. Eleven priced home games lost 3.43 units.

One unit on the Colonels to win, every game0-6-4-2-6.79 unitsfirst gamelast game
Running total over 32 priced 2025-26 regular-season games, at the pre-game moneyline. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

The season

The record was 14-19 and the cover count 15 of 31. Across 32 priced games the moneyline lost 6.79; as favorites it came out level, 0.07 up over 11.

The Colonels 2025-26 regular season, game by game2025-11-04 at Kentucky Wildcats 51-772025-11-07 at Eastern Illinois Panthers 57-652025-11-12 at Valparaiso Beacons 63-682025-11-15 at Murray State Racers 79-992025-11-22 at Oklahoma State Cowboys 81-952025-11-28 at Tulane Green Wave 72-822025-12-02 at Creighton Bluejays 76-962025-12-06 v Incarnate Word Cardinals 74-672025-12-10 v College of Biblical Studies Ambassadors 117-492025-12-17 v Houston Christian Huskies 79-642025-12-21 at Pacific Tigers 82-952025-12-29 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders 76-712025-12-31 at UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros 71-692026-01-03 v East Texas A&M Lions 80-582026-01-05 v Northwestern State Demons 74-722026-01-10 at LSU New Orleans Privateers 90-772026-01-12 at McNeese Cowboys 68-942026-01-17 v Lamar Cardinals 80-902026-01-19 v Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 62-792026-01-24 at SE Louisiana Lions 61-672026-01-27 v LSU New Orleans Privateers 62-802026-01-31 at East Texas A&M Lions 72-682026-02-02 at Northwestern State Demons 61-582026-02-07 v Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders 76-832026-02-09 v UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros 72-922026-02-14 at Incarnate Word Cardinals 91-832026-02-16 at Houston Christian Huskies 68-722026-02-21 at Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 78-812026-02-23 at Lamar Cardinals 53-522026-02-28 v SE Louisiana Lions 68-602026-03-02 v McNeese Cowboys 65-752026-03-08 v Northwestern State Demons 61-472026-03-09 v UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros 68-86Wins above the line, losses below; bar length is the margincovered the spreaddid not cover0
14-19 in 33 games. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Northwestern State lost all three meetings, the last 61-47 in the Southland first round. UT Rio Grande Valley ended the season the next day, 86-68 in the quarterfinal. McNeese won both of its games with no Nicholls cover. Seventeen of 32 totals went over.

Questions and answers

Is Nicholls better on the road or at home?

On the road in 2025-26: 7-12 with 10 covers in 18, against 6-6 and 4 covers in 11 at home.

How did Nicholls start 2025-26?

With seven road losses; November went 0-6.

How did Nicholls do against Northwestern State?

Three wins in three, the last 61-47 in the Southland tournament.

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