Louisiana State Tigers

The LSU Tigers played to the under nine times in 12 games in 2025, a share three FBS teams topped. They covered four times; nine FBS teams had a lower rate.

Under, and under the number

LSU went 7-5 and covered 4 of 12. Nine games went under and three over, and one other FBS team matched the rate. The Tigers allowed 18.33 points a game and scored 21.83, and five of their seven wins were by ten points or fewer.

Favored six times, covered twice

We would ask how big an LSU favorite line is before anything else. The Tigers won all six games they were favored in and covered two: 20-10 over Florida at -5.5 and 20-10 over South Carolina at -8.5. The misses included 23-22 over Arkansas at -4.5, 13-10 over Western Kentucky at -25.5 and 23-7 over Louisiana Tech at -36.5. LSU’s four priced favorite games returned 1.27 units. At home LSU went 6-1 but covered only 2 of 7.

Short underdogs that lost

As underdogs LSU won once, 17-10 at Clemson at +170 in the opener, and covered twice; the other cover was 13-17 at Oklahoma with 12.5 points. Three straight underdog games went the other way: 24-31 at Vanderbilt and 25-49 to Texas A&M, both with 1.5 points, then 9-20 at Alabama with 10.5. The six priced underdog games lost 3.3 units, and all ten priced games together lost 2.03.

The season ended in the Texas Bowl, a 35-38 loss to Houston.

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