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Sat Oct 17 · 8 PMESPN+Malone Stadium

The number

Spread
LT -15.5 -110
ULM +15.5 -110
Open LT -14.5 moved 1
Fair, no vig: LT -100 / ULM -100 (hold 4.8%)
Best: LT -15.5 -108 at DraftKings; ULM +16.5 -110 at betPARX
Total
Over 56.5 -114
Under 56.5 -106
Fair, no vig: O -104 / U +104 (hold 4.7%)
Best: O 55.5 -112 at DraftKings; U 56.5 -105 at theScore Bet
Moneyline
LT -750
ULM +525
Fair, no vig: LT -551 / ULM +551 (hold 4.2%)
Best: LT -675 at DraftKings; ULM +600 at BetRivers

Updated Fri 4:10 PM ET Consensus of 9 US books: the line most books are dealing, with the middle price. Lines move. Check your book before you bet. Fair odds strip out the book's cut so you can see the price the market really implies.

Every book (9)
BookLTULMOverUnderLT MLULM ML
DraftKings-15.5-108+15.5-112o55.5-112u55.5-108-675+490
FanDuel-15.5-110+15.5-110o56.5-108u56.5-112-720+500
BetMGM-15.5-108+15.5-110o56.5-105u56.5-112-700+525
Caesars-15.5-110+15.5-110o56-110u56-109-750+500
theScore Bet-15.5-110+15.5-110o56.5-115u56.5-105-700+450
BetRivers-16.5-110+16.5-113o56.5-117u56.5-107-1000+600
Hard Rock Bet-16.5-110+16.5-110o56.5-115u56.5-105-1000+600
Bally Bet-16.5-109+16.5-110o56.5-114u56.5-106-1000+600
betPARX-16.5-109+16.5-110o56.5-114u56.5-106-1000+600

Highlighted: the best number on each side. Legal US sportsbooks only.

Line movement

Key numbers crossed: none (LT -14.5 to LT -15.5).

-13-14-15-16-17key 14OpenNow
LT line, game-week open to now. Dashed lines are key numbers.
55565758OpenNow
Total, game-week open to now.

Injury report

From the Sun Belt availability report (Initial Report). Posted Wed 8:02 PM ET. First report three days out, then a game day update by 10:30 AM ET. We check every 30 minutes. See the official report

Louisiana Tech
Out
  • Dane Benedix WR
  • Dylone Brooks RB
  • Judd Rouyea DL
  • Tyler Jones DB
  • Za'Qwaun Nunn DL
Questionable
  • Amari Butler DB
  • Jay Wilkerson WR
Probable

Trey Kukuk (QB)

UL Monroe
Out
  • RJ Hall DB
  • Roscoe Tucker OL
Doubtful
  • Korian Wilson DB
  • Makin Lenard RB
Probable

CJ Wilson (DL)

No status changes since the first report we saw (Wed 8:02 PM ET). Changes and line moves will line up here.

Our crowd

Who's on what before kickoff, from the cappers we track and bets logged on our tracker.

Public cappers

Spread1 capper on Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech 10 UL Monroe

Each capper counts once. See their picks

Tracker bettors

Shows up once 10 people log a bet on this game. Log yours

Want sportsbook bets % and money %? DraftKings posts theirs free: DK betting splits. We quote a few big games by hand when we can. Tracker counts are anonymous: no names, and private bets stay private.

Common opponents

No common opponents yet this season.

Last season (2025): 3 common opponents
Opponent Louisiana Tech UL Monroe
Coastal Carolina
W 23-14 neutral
+9 · -10 Didn't cover
L 8-23 away
-15 · -2.5 Didn't cover
Southern Miss
W 30-20 home
+10 · -3.5 Covered
L 21-49 away
-28 · +13.5 Didn't cover
UTEP
W 30-11 away
+19 · -3.5 Covered
W 31-25 away
+6 · +5.5 Covered

Against 3 common opponents: Louisiana Tech won by 12.7 on average, 2-1 against the spread. UL Monroe lost by 12.3 on average, 1-2 against the spread.

What the public cappers like

Spread
1 Louisiana Tech0 UL Monroe
Louisiana Tech +15.51
Big Cat *Line +15.5 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · No unit size given · Posted Oct 15 4:01 PM ET · Flat record 94-66-4, +19.5u (Incomplete record. We're still adding the rest of their picks.) · Original post
Total
No picks
Moneyline
No picks

* price not posted, -110 assumed. Tracked from public posts, not endorsed. All public picks

Betting form, 2026

Louisiana Tech WWWWL

ATSTotals
All games4-1 80%Small sample5-0 100% overSmall sample
Road2-0 100%Small sample2-0 100% overSmall sample
As favorite2-1 67%Small sample
Last 54-1 80%Small sample

5 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

UL Monroe LWLLL

ATSTotals
All games1-4 20%Small sample4-1 80% overSmall sample
Home0-2 0%Small sample2-0 100% overSmall sample
As underdog1-3 25%Small sample
Last 51-4 20%Small sample

5 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

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

Head to head since 2019

These two haven't met since 2019 in our data.

Side by side

LTULM
3-2Record0-5
4-1Against the spread1-4
5-0Over-under4-1
+7Avg cover margin-10.1
35.2Points per game24.0
29.4Points allowed44.6
6.00Yards per play5.27
403.4Yards per game365.4
4.50Rush yards per carry3.90
67.5Completion %63.4
43.8Third down %31.9
+9Turnover margin-1
10Sacks allowed12
60.6Penalty yards per game35.4

Season to date. Stats from ESPN. Points from final scores. Bold is the better number.

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