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    • Betting Spring Football Games: Analysis & Future Odds for 2025 Season

    Betting Spring Football Games: Analysis & Future Odds for 2025 Season

    Written by on April 25, 2025

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    Betting Spring Football Games made the headlines a few weeks ago when Deion Sanders started looking for an opponent for Colorado’s traditional April event – and Syracuse jumped at the opportunity.

    The only problem, of course, is that the NCAA doesn’t allow schools to compete against one another in football this time of year.

    It’s not like the NFL, where teams will practice together ahead of scrimmages and pre-season games. Instead, the NCAA’s spring games are intra squad scrimmages designed to help with roster decisions and bring fans on campus to build excitement about fall.

    A lot of schools have done away with spring games to avoid injuries, instead opening up one spring practice to fans.

    Others still look to the games as an important tradition – and a way to get fans engaged.

     

    Betting Spring Football Games: Betting Insights and Future Odds

    Let’s look at some of the top games still to come on this spring’s schedule and talk about how you can leverage insights for your online betting this fall.

     

    Intro to the Spring Games: What are they? When are the key games?

    These games are scrimmages that often feature teams dressed in the primary colors of the team.

    For example, Penn State’s spring contest is the Blue-White Game, which will kick off Saturday at 2:00 pm Eastern time – but which will not be televised, which is a change from years past.

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    Here are some of the major spring games still to come

    Saturday, April 26

    • Maryland Terrapins (12:00 pm ET, Big Ten Network)
    • Penn State Nittany Lions (2:00 pm ET)
    • Rutgers Scarlet Knights (2:00 pm ET, Big Ten Network)
    • Memphis Tigers (4:00 pm ET)
    • Oregon Ducks (4:00 pm ET, Big Ten Network)
     

    Major programs hosting open practices instead: Iowa, Baylor, Nebraska

    • Friday, May 2, 9:30 pm ET: Washington Huskies
    • Saturday, May 3, 5:00 pm ET: UCLA Bruins
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    How did NCAAF spring games begin?

    As you can see, the idea of having a spring game has declined significantly over the last few years. This idea goes all the way back to the late 1800s, starting as serious intrasquad competition. The first documented spring contest came at Kansas in 1910 and was actually held to show that the new American football rules had made it less dangerous. Spring games became common at the high school and college level by the 1920s.

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    How can you use NCAAF spring game action to help your sports betting?

    This year’s spring game will give you a fresh look at returning quarterback Drew Allar, back for his senior season and his third as the Penn State starter. Tailbacks Kaytron Allen and Nicholas Singleton are back, and four starters on the O-line return as well.

    The spring game will give some insight as to how well Penn State has done in replacing tight end Tyler Warren and finding other effective pass catchers for Allar. That was one problem with the Penn State offense last year – except for Warren, Allar didn’t really have any other dynamic targets. Will that change in 2025? The spring game will give some clues – but since the game isn’t on television, you’ll have to rely on YouTube and game reports to get greater insight.

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    Which NCAAF game comes first on the fall schedule?

    We don’t have kickoff times yet, but Saturday, August 23, features the first games. Because Kansas State will meet Iowa State in Ireland, it’s likely that will be the first game of the season. Other games that day include Stanford heading west to play Hawaii, Fresno State heading east to play Kansas, and Sam Houston traveling to Western Kentucky.

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    What are the best NCAAF game odds today?

    Well, it’s extremely early to start looking at individual games. We do have some Week 1 lines, such as Ohio State favored by 4 ½ points over Texas at home in a rematch of their CFP semifinal showdown. The Longhorns have Arch Manning taking over at quarterback, while the Buckeyes’ quarterback decision is still under wraps. Notre Dame will go to Miami (FL) as 2 ½-point road favorites, even though the Hurricanes are reloading at quarterback, replacing Cam Ward with Carson Beck, formerly with Georgia. I like the Buckeyes to win and cover at home and the Hurricanes to cover as home underdogs, at least at this point.

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