Bettors benefit from 'customer-friendly' NFL season while chaos rules in CFB - ESPN

Eleven weeks into the season, NFL favorites have a winning record against the spread and more games have gone over the total than under it — but it's close.

The chalk was 83-79 against the spread ahead of the Sunday night game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions. Underdogs have won approximately one-third of games, and there have been 86 overs and 76 unders.

Those results have been positive for customers. DraftKings, when reporting its quarterly earnings, cited «customer-friendly results» leading to a downturn in revenue.

«The afternoon games just have not seemed to go our way much this year in the NFL,» John Murray, vice president of the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas, said. «A lot of favorites winning and covering, and a lot of games going over in that window.»

Caesars Sportsbook reported similar results in the NFL for its customers, while college football has been a different story.

«This NFL season has been more profitable for customers, largely due to higher-scoring games and favorites consistently covering the spread — something we haven't seen as often in college football this season,» Joey Feazel, head of football for Caesars Sportsbook, said.

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Underdogs have had more success in college football, but, again, it's close. Underdogs are 314-310-1 against the spread in FBS-versus-FBS matchups. Approximately 25.9% of such games have ended with outright underdog wins. There have been 310 overs and 315 unders.

«We seem to be getting the money on a lot of the more popular college sides this season,» Murray added.

The Los Angeles Rams, at 5-1, became the Super Bowl favorites at DraftKings after