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CFB · 2026 betting profile

Virginia Cavaliers

4-2 straight up · 3-3 ATS · 3-3 over-under · #64 of 138 in our ratings

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SpreadVirginia +9.5
Total51.5
Moneyline+275
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Open = the line when most books posted it for this week (Sunday night). A dash means we don't have that number.

Against the spread

SplitATSCover %Real or luck?Avg vs spread
All games3-350%Small sample-2.5
Home3-175%Small sample+9.8
Road0-10%Small sample-32.5
Favorite3-350%Small sample-2.5
Conference1-233%Small sample-7.2
Non-conference2-167%Small sample+2.2
Last 52-340%Small sample-7.4

6 graded games. Under 20 games, every split here is a small sample. Avg vs spread is the average margin against the closing number.

CFB (FBS), 2026 so far · regular season only · graded vs the closing spread (ESPN odds archive, DraftKings for 70% of games)

Over-under

SplitO-UOver %Real or luck?Avg vs total
All games3-350%Small samplePK
Home2-250%Small sample-1.8
Road0-10%Small sample-6.5
Conference1-233%Small sample-3.8
Non-conference2-167%Small sample+3.8
Last 53-260%Small sample+1.7

CFB (FBS), 2026 so far · regular season only · graded vs the closing total (ESPN odds archive, DraftKings for 70% of games)

Game log with closing lines

DateOpponentResultCloseATSTotalO-U
Oct 10vs SyracuseW 28-25-14L -1149.5O +3.5
Oct 3at Florida StateL 7-38-1.5L -32.551.5U -6.5
Sep 26vs DelawareW 42-3-19.5W +19.552.5U -7.5
Sep 19vs West VirginiaL 27-38-10.5L -21.551.5O +13.5
Sep 11vs Norfolk State SpartansW 59-3-47.5W +8.556.5O +5.5
Aug 29vs NC StateW 34-8-4W +2250.5U -8.5

Close is Virginia's spread at kickoff, from ESPN's odds archive (DraftKings). ATS margin is how much they beat or missed the number by.

Season by season

SeasonSUATSCover %Real or luck?O-UOver %Avg vs spread
20264-23-350%Small sample3-350%-2.5
202511-39-564%Small sample5-936%+4.9
20245-76-460%Small sample4-640%-1.8
20233-98-467%Small sample9-2-182%-0.5
20223-74-640%Small sample2-7-122%-6.7
20216-67-558%Small sample4-833%+0.2
20205-57-370%Small sample7-370%+0.2
20199-57-6-154%Small sample8-657%+1.4

Regular season and postseason, graded against the closing line. "Could be luck" means a coin flip could have done the same thing.

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