The public loves underdogs.
Except when it comes to wagering on National Football League games.
Each week during the season the Qoxhi Picks site lists the three most bet teams of the week. This year, those three most bet games, 54 over the course of the 2025 season, were 100% favorites. The public gravitates to point spread favorites like a moth to a light bulb on a summer night.
You can’t blame them.
The idea your money is on the Baltimore Ravens, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers or Buffalo Bills is a lot more comforting than hoping the New York Jets, Tennessee Titans, New York Giants or Cleveland Browns win money with what many perceive as a “rare” point spread conquest.
In fact, brace yourself, the Jets, Titans, Giants and Browns had five more wins against the point spread this season than the Ravens, Chiefs, Packers and Bills combined. For the record, the four “bad” teams combined for a 31-36-1 mark against the line while the four “good” teams were 26-41-1.