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Purdue football lost all nine of its games as an underdog in 2025, and backing the Boilermakers on the moneyline lost 9.85 units. They still covered the spread in four of those nine.

No underdog wins

Purdue opened 2025 with two home wins and lost the next ten, finishing 2-10. It was an underdog nine times and lost all nine. All 12 Purdue games carried a price; a unit on the Boilermakers in each lost 9.85, only one of the 136 FBS teams lost more.

One unit on the Boilermakers to win, every game0-8-6-4-2-9.85 unitsfirst gamelast game
Running total over 12 priced 2025 regular-season games, at the pre-game moneyline. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Covering in defeat

Four of those losses beat the spread: 33-17 against USC as 20.5-point underdogs, 27-20 at Minnesota (+7.5), 21-16 at Michigan (+22.5) and 34-10 against Ohio State (+30.5). The misses were wide: 56-30 at Notre Dame, 49-13 at Washington and 56-3 against Indiana to finish.

The Boilermakers 2025 regular season, game by game2025-08-30 v Ball State Cardinals 31-02025-09-06 v Southern Illinois Salukis 34-172025-09-13 v USC Trojans 17-332025-09-20 at Notre Dame Fighting Irish 30-562025-10-04 v Illinois Fighting Illini 27-432025-10-11 at Minnesota Golden Gophers 20-272025-10-18 at Northwestern Wildcats 0-192025-10-25 v Rutgers Scarlet Knights 24-272025-11-01 at Michigan Wolverines 16-212025-11-08 v Ohio State Buckeyes 10-342025-11-15 at Washington Huskies 13-492025-11-28 v Indiana Hoosiers 3-56Wins above the line, losses below; bar length is the margincovered the spreaddid not cover0
2-10 in 12 games. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

As favorites

Three games, two wins: 31-0 over Ball State at -16.5, a cover, and 34-17 over Southern Illinois at -22.5, not one. The third was a 27-24 loss to Rutgers at -2.5 and -135, Purdue’s last game as a favorite.

The Boilermakers at home, away, as favorite and as underdogHome (7)won 2 (28.6%)covered 3 of 7 (42.9%)Away (5)won 0 (0.0%)covered 2 of 5 (40.0%)Favorite (3)won 2 (66.7%)covered 1 of 3 (33.3%)Underdog (9)won 0 (0.0%)covered 4 of 9 (44.4%)50%
2025 regular season. Neutral-site games are in neither home nor away. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

The total

Eight unders, four overs. Purdue’s eight unders in 12 were bettered by nine FBS teams; nine more had the Boilermakers’ exact share. Five in a row stayed under, from 11 October to 8 November. Purdue scored 18.75 points a game and allowed 31.83.

Questions and answers

How did Purdue do as an underdog in 2025?

0-9 straight up and 4-5 against the spread.

What did backing Purdue on the moneyline return in 2025?

9.85 units down over 12 games; only one FBS team lost more.

How often did Purdue games stay under?

Eight times in 12 in 2025.

Past games

  1. Purdue at Illinois · 3 OctOur number has Illinois by 14.2.
  2. Notre Dame at Purdue · 26 SepOur number has Notre Dame by 16.6.

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