Portland St Vikings

The Vikings covered the spread in 19 of 28 games in 2025-26, a cover rate just six Division I teams topped. The exception had a name: Montana beat them three times without a single Portland State cover.

The cover record

Portland State went 20-11 straight up and 19-9 against the spread, 67.9%. The road did the most: 8-7 straight up but 11 covers in 15, a rate nine teams beat. Early-season trips at Stanford (getting 11.5), San Francisco (13.5) and Colorado (16.5) were all losses and all covers.

At home the Vikings were 11-3 and covered 7 of 11. Two of the three home losses were the two shortest-priced losses of the season: 55-60 to Omaha at -800 and 55-67 to Eastern Washington at -285, both as favorites by six points or more.

Laying points worked

As favorites the Vikings went 15-4 and covered 13 of 19, and the 19 favorite moneylines made 3.35 units; only 18 teams did better there. Getting points was a different matter: 2-7 straight up, and the nine underdog moneylines lost 4.56. Blind support over all 28 priced games came out 1.21 units behind.

January, eight of nine

January was 8-1 straight up, seven covers in nine and 4.43 units. It opened 95-90 at Weber State on New Year’s Day and included road wins at Idaho State (+142) and Idaho (+102). February cooled to 4-4 with three covers in eight.

Montana and Idaho State

Montana won all three meetings and covered all three: 64-60 in Portland State’s own gym with the Vikings at -218, 74-68 at Montana, and 75-72 in the Big Sky semifinal at -166. Idaho State was the mirror: three Vikings wins, three covers, 2.19 units, the last 85-78 in the Big Sky second round.

The total

Sixteen unders and 12 overs, 57.1% under; 79 teams went under more often.

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