Cincinnati Bearcats

Cincinnati football’s 2025 season came in two halves: seven straight wins, then four November losses without a cover. The Bearcats went 7-0 across September and October and 0-4 after it.

Seven, then none

Cincinnati opened 2025 with a 17-20 loss to Nebraska getting 5.5, a cover. Seven straight wins followed across September and October, covering four of the six that had a spread.

November went 0-4 for the Bearcats on the scoreboard and on the Cincinnati spread: 14-45 at Utah, 24-30 at home to Arizona laying 6.5, 14-26 at home to BYU and 23-45 at TCU. A unit on the moneyline lost 4.0 that month. We do not carry the October form into a late-season Bearcats game without checking it.

Against the spread

Five covers and six misses in the 11 lined games; the 70-0 win over Northwestern State had none. At home Cincinnati covered two of six, and only 25 FBS teams posted a lower home cover rate, with 14 at the same one.

The moneyline

Backing the Bearcats in the 11 priced games finished 1.45 units down. As favorites they won five of six and made 0.85 units. As underdogs they won once in five, 37-34 at Kansas at +170, and lost 2.3 units.

The total

The Bearcats averaged 31.75 points and gave up 24.83, and seven Bearcats games beat the total. The season ended in the Liberty Bowl, a 13-35 loss to Navy.

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