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Kent State football won three games as an underdog in 2025, two of them at +240 or longer. The Golden Flashes were favored only once.

Underdog wins

Kent State went 5-7 in 2025 and was favored once. Three of the five wins came as underdogs: 24-21 over Bowling Green at +250, 42-35 at Akron at +240, and 35-31 at Northern Illinois as 4.5-point underdogs, with no price posted on the moneyline. Only seven of the 12 games had one, and one unit on the Golden Flashes in each finished 1.73 units up.

One unit on the Flashes to win, every game0-1+1+2+1.73 unitsfirst gamelast game
Running total over 7 priced 2025 regular-season games, at the pre-game moneyline. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Three lines past 45

Three road games carried spreads beyond 45 points: 62-14 at Texas Tech (+47.5), 66-10 at Florida State (+45.5) and 44-0 at Oklahoma (+46.5), the one of the three covered. Kent State allowed 33.58 points a game; only ten FBS teams allowed more.

The Flashes 2025 regular season, game by game2025-08-30 v Merrimack Warriors 21-172025-09-06 at Texas Tech Red Raiders 14-622025-09-13 v Buffalo Bulls 28-312025-09-20 at Florida State Seminoles 10-662025-10-04 at Oklahoma Sooners 0-442025-10-11 v Massachusetts Minutemen 42-62025-10-18 at Toledo Rockets 10-452025-10-25 v Bowling Green Falcons 24-212025-11-05 at Ball State Cardinals 13-172025-11-11 at Akron Zips 42-352025-11-19 v Central Michigan Chippewas 16-282025-11-28 at Northern Illinois Huskies 35-31Wins above the line, losses below; bar length is the margincovered the spreaddid not cover0
5-7 in 12 games. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Against the spread

Six covers and five misses in the 11 lined games; the opener, a 21-17 win over Merrimack, had none. At home the record against the number was 3-1, including a 31-28 loss to Buffalo as 24.5-point underdogs. The one game as favorite was a 42-6 win over UMass at -1.5.

The Flashes at home, away, as favorite and as underdogHome (5)won 3 (60.0%)covered 3 of 4 (75.0%)Away (7)won 2 (28.6%)covered 3 of 7 (42.9%)Favorite (1)won 1 (100.0%)covered 1 of 1 (100.0%)Underdog (10)won 3 (30.0%)covered 5 of 10 (50.0%)50%
2025 regular season. Neutral-site games are in neither home nor away. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

The total

Six overs, five unders: no lean. Kent State scored 21.25 points a game.

Questions and answers

How did Kent State do as an underdog in 2025?

3-7 straight up and 5-5 against the spread, 0.9 units up on the six with a moneyline.

How often did the Golden Flashes cover?

Six times in the 11 games carrying a line.

How many points did Kent State allow in 2025?

33.58 a game; only ten FBS teams allowed more.

Past games

  1. Akron at Kent State · 24 OctKent State -3
  2. Kent State at W Michigan · 10 OctWestern Michigan -13.5
  3. Ohio at Kent State · 3 OctOur number has Kent State by 7.6.
  4. Ball State at Kent State · 26 SepOur number has Kent State by 18.1.
  5. Kent State at Ohio State · 19 SepThe Ohio State vs Kent State recap nearly produced the predicted score but still beat the total.

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