Texas Longhorns

Backing the Longhorns as underdogs returned 2.49 units in 2025-26; backing them as favorites cost 4.16. On the road they covered 7 of 10 spreads.

Underdog Texas

As underdogs Texas went 5-8, covered 8 of 13 and returned 2.49 units. The longest price cashed was 92-88 at Alabama at +550 on 10 January; Vanderbilt at +160 and Missouri at +120 also fell.

Favorite Texas

Favored 18 times, they won 12 and covered eight. Over the 14 priced games where they were favored, the moneyline lost 4.16, with 23 programs below that. Two home losses stand out: 98-101 to Mississippi State at -485 and 85-88 to Oklahoma at -290.

The road

Five wins and six losses away, but 7 covers in 10 and 2.61 moneyline units made. Twenty programs had a better road cover rate, six the same. At home the Longhorns were 12-5, covered 8 of 17 and lost 2.33 units over 13 priced.

Overs

Texas scored 83.78 a game, a figure only 25 teams beat, and allowed 76.81. Nineteen games went over and 12 under, 61.3%; 29 programs went over more often.

March and after

March went 0-3 with no cover, ending in a 66-76 SEC first-round loss to Ole Miss at -245. The NCAA tournament went better: wins over NC State in the First Four, BYU and Gonzaga, then a Sweet 16 loss to Purdue.

Maui and before

The season opened with a 60-75 loss to Duke at +450. In Maui Texas lost 86-87 to Arizona State at -305, beat Chaminade 119-78 in a game with no line, and beat NC State 102-97 at +105.

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