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Kennesaw State Owls

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Kennesaw State’s Owls covered 8 of 12 spreads as underdogs in 2025-26 and 7 of 19 as favorites. They won the Conference USA tournament with three wins and three covers.

Better with points

Kennesaw State were underdogs in 12 games in 2025-26, won six and covered eight. Thirty-eight Division I teams had a better underdog cover rate, and 19 matched it. One unit on the Owls in each of those 12 games made 2.15 units, led by an 81-65 win at Western Kentucky at +310.

The Owls at home, away, as favorite and as underdogHome (16)won 13 (81.2%)covered 5 of 13 (38.5%)Away (12)won 4 (33.3%)covered 5 of 12 (41.7%)Favorite (19)won 12 (63.2%)covered 7 of 19 (36.8%)Underdog (12)won 6 (50.0%)covered 8 of 12 (66.7%)50%
2025-26 regular season. Neutral-site games are in neither home nor away. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

As favorites they won 12 of 19 but covered only 7, and backing them to win in the 18 priced games lost 2.83 units. The heaviest prices that lost: 83-91 to Oral Roberts on a neutral floor at -410, 52-67 at Delaware at -395, and 71-78 at UTEP at -185.

One unit on the Owls to win, every game0-4-3-2-1-0.68 unitsfirst gamelast game
Running total over 30 priced 2025-26 regular-season games, at the pre-game moneyline. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Home, road, neutral

The Owls went 13-3 at home but covered only 5 of 13 lined home games; sixty-six Division I sides fared worse at home against the number, eight identically. Away they went 4-8 and covered 5 of 12. At neutral sites they went 4-2 and covered five of six.

The tournament run

Three of those neutral-site covers came in the Conference USA tournament: 96-87 over Western Kentucky, 79-73 over Sam Houston at +114, and 71-60 over Louisiana Tech in the final. One unit on each returned 2.89 units. Western Kentucky lost all three meetings with Kennesaw State, worth 4.51 units across the season.

The Owls against the teams they played mostLouisiana Tech Bulldogs2-1, covered 1Sam Houston Bearkats1-2, covered 1Western Kentucky Hilltoppers3-0, covered 2Delaware Blue Hens1-1, covered 0Jacksonville State Gamecocks1-1, covered 1Liberty Flames1-1, covered 1Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders0-2, covered 1Missouri State Bears2-0, covered 2
2025-26 regular season; dark is wins, light the games played. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Against the line

The season ended 21-13 with 15 covers in 31 lined games; the moneyline lost 0.68 units over 30 priced games. The Owls scored 83.35 points a game, and only 30 Division I teams scored more.

The Owls 2025-26 regular season, game by game2025-11-03 v Paine Lions 105-292025-11-08 at Florida A&M Rattlers 92-722025-11-12 v Point Skyhawks 111-602025-11-16 v South Florida Bulls 89-1082025-11-24 v Rice Owls 89-842025-11-25 v Oral Roberts Golden Eagles 83-912025-11-26 at Florida Gulf Coast Eagles 102-1002025-12-02 v Jackson State Tigers 88-732025-12-06 v Georgia State Panthers 92-692025-12-08 v Southern Wesleyan Warriors 121-662025-12-17 at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 67-682025-12-21 v Alabama Crimson Tide 81-922026-01-02 at Liberty Flames 73-812026-01-04 at Delaware Blue Hens 52-672026-01-07 v Missouri State Bears 90-802026-01-10 v Jacksonville State Gamecocks 88-822026-01-14 v Florida International Panthers 89-862026-01-17 at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 81-652026-01-21 at Sam Houston Bearkats 87-932026-01-23 at Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 76-822026-01-28 v Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 72-692026-01-31 v New Mexico State Aggies 76-532026-02-07 at Jacksonville State Gamecocks 58-772026-02-12 v Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 87-902026-02-14 v Sam Houston Bearkats 79-832026-02-18 at Missouri State Bears 91-872026-02-21 v Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 58-552026-02-26 v Liberty Flames 74-652026-02-28 v Delaware Blue Hens 90-822026-03-05 at UTEP Miners 71-782026-03-07 at New Mexico State Aggies 76-792026-03-12 v Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 96-872026-03-13 v Sam Houston Bearkats 79-732026-03-14 v Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 71-60Wins above the line, losses below; bar length is the margincovered the spreaddid not cover0
21-13 in 34 games. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

NCAA tournament

Gonzaga ended the Owls’ season in the first round.

The total

Sixteen unders and 15 overs, a single game apart.

Questions and answers

What is Kennesaw State’s record against the spread when getting points?

In 2025-26 the Owls covered 8 of 12 games as underdogs and won 6 of them outright.

How did Kennesaw State do against the spread at home?

5 covers in 13 lined home games, on a 13-3 home record.

How did Kennesaw State do in the 2025-26 Conference USA tournament?

Three wins, three covers, and 2.89 units on one unit a game.

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