South Alabama Jaguars

South Alabama football lost four of the seven games it was favored in during 2025, one of them at -700. The Jaguars covered three of five as underdogs.

Favored and beaten

South Alabama was favored in seven of its 12 games in 2025 and lost four. The worst was 38-20 at home to Coastal Carolina as 14.5-point favorites at -700. Then came 31-24 at Troy at -135, 15-14 against Arkansas State at -340 and 31-22 against Louisiana at -170. A unit on the Jaguars in those seven lost 3.01, and only six FBS teams did worse when favored. Against the spread they were 2-5 as favorites.

September

After a 38-21 opening win over Morgan State, September went 0-4 and four units down: Tulane, Auburn, Coastal Carolina and North Texas. Two of those losses covered, 33-31 to Tulane at +13.5 and 31-15 at Auburn at +26.5.

As underdogs

South Alabama got points in five games, won one and covered three. The win was 42-35 over Southern Miss at +110.

Moneyline

South Alabama had a price posted in all 12. One unit on South Alabama in each finished 5.91 units down, almost evenly split: 2.89 at home and 3.02 away.

The total

South Alabama’s eight overs in 12 were bettered by eight FBS teams and matched by eight. South Alabama scored 26.5 points a game and allowed 30.42.

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