Cincinnati Bearcats Odds

Cincinnati Bearcats 2024 Season Preview

The Cincinnati Bearcats continue to adjust to a new conference as they enter year two in the Big 12.

After a disappointing first season in the Big 12, Cincinnati is looking to get back to its winning ways. The Bearcats were mostly successful during their time in the American Athletic Conference and Big East, so it’s not inconceivable that they get things turned around in a Big 12 conference without a dominant power. Even though most of the players from the 2021 College Football Playoff team are gone, the Bearcats should still be able to make some improvements this year.

Here’s what to look for when betting on Cincinnati this season.

Betting on the Cincinnati Bearcats

Cinncinnati Moneyline

A moneyline bet is a wager on which team wins the game. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a blowout or a close win, it is simply a wager on which team wins.

This is what a Cincinnati moneyline would look like in a hypothetical game:

• Arizona State +170
• Cincinnati -150
  
  The Bearcats are slight moneyline favorites vs. ASU at -150. A team with minus (-) odds is a favorite and the team with plus (+) odds is the underdog. The only exception is a pick’em when both teams are at +100, but those lines are pretty rare.
  
  Winning a moneyline wager on an underdog is more valuable than a moneyline favorite winning. The underdog with plus odds pays out more with a win because they were thought to be the worse team and therefore less likely to win. The same principle applies to favorites paying out less.
  
  Let’s say you placed a winning $10 moneyline wager on Cincy at -150. That means you would win $6.67 and get back your $10 stake to walk away with $16.67 total. If Arizona State won this game at +170, the bettor would win $27 ($17 in winnings + $10 stake).
  Take a look at the Action Network betting odds calculator for a better understanding of moneyline betting.

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Cincinnati Spread

Placing point spread bet is gauging how much a team wins or loses by. One team will be favored to win by a certain amount of points and the goal is to guess if they win by that margin of victory or not.

Here’s what a hypothetical Cincinnati point spread would look like to illustrate how spread betting works.

• Arizona State +3.5 (-110)
• Cincinnati -3.5 (-110)
  

The Bearcats must win by four or more points to cover the spread. If they lose, or only win by a field goal, then the Sun Devils would cover despite losing. Similarly to moneylines, a favorite is designated with a minus and the underdog has a plus.

The spread itself already factors in the strength of each team, and that’s why the majority of spread bets are priced at -110. For every dollar you’d like to win, you would have to wager $1.10 on a -110 market. Sometimes spread bets will be priced at -105 or -115, but they generally stay around -110.

Consult the Action Network odds calculator or read up on American odds for more information.

FAQ: Everything you need to know about point spreads

Cincinnati Over/Under

Totals bets are predicting whether a game’s final score finishes above or below the listed projection from the sportsbook. These bets are commonly referred to as over/unders.

This game has a total of 47.5 points. If you take the over, that means you need 48+ total points on the board at the end. If you take the under, you need the game to finish with 47 points or fewer.

• Over: 47. 5 (-105)
• Under: 47.5 (-115)
  

Let’s say Cincinnati wins this game 17-13. That means the under would hit because only 30 total points were scored. If the final score was 31-20, then the over would have won.

Overs and unders also have corresponding payouts. Betting the over in this game means you would have to bet $1.05 for every $1 you want to win, and a wager on the under would require $1.15 to win $1.

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Cincinnati Prop Bets

College football prop bets are a lot less common than spread, moneyline, and totals bets because many states have banned them following recent scandals. Still, prop bets on college sports can be found in some states.

Prop bets (propositional bets) are bets on statistical outcomes. A football prop bet could be a player’s total yardage in a game, such as over/under 73.5 receiving yards, or the amount of catches a player has. Anytime touchdown prop bets are common as well. Obviously, NFL prop bets are far more available to most bettors.

PrizePicks is a DFS platform that can be a good alternative to sportsbooks for prop betting. Basically, you can use PrizePicks to predict whether a player finishes with more or less than their listed statistical total on PrizePicks.

FAQ: Here’s how prop betting works

Cincinnati Futures

Futures are somewhat similar to prop bets in the way that both are monitored over the course of a season. Except most future bets are focused on end of season success. Examples of futures are:

• Cincinnati Bearcats odds to win the Big 12
• Cincinnati Bearcats odds to reach the College Football Playoff
• Cincinnati Bearcats odds to win the College Football Playoff

If you think the Bearcats can break through to the Playoff or even win the CFP championship, this is the place to bet. These types of bets are called futures, and they're just wagers on things that settle at the end of the year. For a full list of college football futures, click or tap here.