Utah Valley Wolverines

The Wolverines won all 15 home games of 2025-26 and covered four of 13 road spreads; that road rate was undercut by only 26 Division I teams. They finished 5-1 straight up and 0-6 against the spread.

Unbeaten at home

Fifteen home wins, and the home moneyline made 2.01 units over 12 priced games; a home return that 70 Division I teams beat. The spread was a coin: 6 covers in 12, with big home numbers missed against Southern Utah at -18.5, Abilene Christian at -14.5 twice and Tarleton State at -17.5.

The road

Away the Wolverines went 6-7 and lost 4.56 units on the moneyline, including a 101-77 defeat at Boise State in November as 12.5-point underdogs and a 77-66 loss at San Diego State. The short-price losses came there: 84-70 at Southern Utah at -850, 81-77 at Utah Tech at -470, 85-68 at Abilene Christian at -360 and 75-74 at Fresno State at -195.

The finish

The last six games were five wins and no covers: 79-72 over Tarleton State laying 17.5, 74-67 over Abilene Christian laying 14.5, 92-88 at Southern Utah laying 9.5, 104-101 at Utah Tech laying 8.5, 67-65 over UT Arlington laying 8.5, and then, finally, a 63-61 loss to California Baptist in the conference tournament final at -155. The NIT ended it, 79-78 at home to George Washington.

The rest

Favored 27 times, Utah Valley went 22-5 and covered 13; underdogs three times, it lost all three. California Baptist, met four times, split them 2-2 and Utah Valley covered once. UT Arlington lost all four meetings, and Utah Valley covered three of them; the miss was the two-point semifinal. The Wolverines allowed 68.45 points a game, fewer than all but 48 teams, and the totals went 16 over, 14 under.

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