Florida Atlantic Owls

The Florida Atlantic Owls lost eight of 12 games in 2025 and still beat the number seven times: each of the four wins, plus three losses. As underdogs they won once in nine tries.

Every win beat the number

Florida Atlantic closed the 2025 regular season 4-8 straight up and 7-5 on the spread. All four Owls wins cleared the line. Three defeats did too: 32-42 at Navy getting 14.5, 24-35 at Tulane getting 17.5 and 45-48 against UConn getting 5.5. On an Owls line, we look at the margin before the result.

Favored three times

Laying points, FAU went three for three both ways, the last a 40-21 home result over Tulsa at -4.5. That perfect favorite mark was shared with six other schools.

Getting points it turned. One upset in nine, 27-21 at Rice at +160, and a 4-5 spread mark. A unit on Florida Atlantic in those nine lost 6.4 units. Nine schools’ underdog moneylines lost more, out of 131 that held that role at least once.

The moneyline

All 12 Owls games were priced. Backing them in every one finished 5.28 units down, with the three favored wins making 1.12 units. Home games lost 1.88 units, road games 3.4.

Points and the total

FAU gave up 36.33 points per game; four FBS defenses gave up more and one matched it exactly. Seven of those 12 Owls games finished above the posted total. The finale was a 3-42 home defeat by East Carolina as 6.5-point underdogs, a 39-point margin.

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