West Virginia Mountaineers Odds

West Virginia Mountaineers 2025 Season Preview

West Virginia football enters 2025 after back-to-back bowl seasons, but sportsbooks project the Mountaineers to win fewer than 5.5 games. They posted an impressive 9-4 record in 2023 before slipping to 6-7 in 2024. West Virginia has not yet named a starting quarterback for Week 1 against Robert Morris. The Mountaineers should handle their first two games, but they likely enter as underdogs against Pittsburgh in Week 3 and Kansas in Week 4.

Here’s what to watch when betting on the Mountaineers this season.

Betting on West Virginia

You can bet on West Virginia in many ways. Futures bets—such as Big 12 championship odds or college football win totals—let you get in on the action before the season starts.

During the season, single-game wagers like moneyline bets, point spreads, and totals offer the most common ways to bet on a team.

West Virginia Mountaineers Point Spreads

A point spread bet predicts whether a team wins or loses by a set number of points. Sportsbooks assign one team as the favorite to win by a specific margin, called the spread. They expect the underdog to lose by that same margin.

Here’s a hypothetical West Virginia spread bet:

• Pittsburgh -2.5 (-110)
• West Virginia +2.5 (-110)

West Virginia must win or lose by two points or fewer to cover. Pittsburgh must win by three or more points to cover. Sportsbooks price most spread bets at -110, but you’ll sometimes see -105 or -115. If you want to win one dollar, you need to bet $1.10 on a -110 spread.

Use the Action Network betting odds calculator to get more familiar with moneyline odds.

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West Virginia Mountaineers Moneylines

Placing a moneyline bet simply means betting on which team wins the game. The margin of victory doesn’t matter—it’s only about which team comes away with the win.

This is what a hypothetical West Virginia moneyline looks like:

• Pittsburgh (-140)
• West Virginia (+120)

The -140 odds on Pittsburgh make it the favorite. Minus (-) odds show how much you must bet to win $100. Since oddsmakers consider the Mountaineers the weaker team, betting on Pittsburgh requires a larger initial stake than betting on West Virginia at plus (+) odds.

Let’s play it out: A $10 bet on the WVU moneyline at +120 returns $12 in winnings, plus your $10 stake, for a total payout of $22. On the other side, a $10 bet on Pittsburgh at -140 returns $7.14 in winnings. Add your $10 stake, and you’d walk away with $17.14.

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West Virginia Mountaineers Over/Unders

Betting the total means predicting whether the combined final score goes over or under the sportsbook’s listed line. Sportsbooks commonly call these bets “over/unders.”

If the total is 54.5 points, an “over” bet wins if the teams score 55 or more points. An “under” bet wins if they score 54 or fewer.

• Over: 54.5 (-115)
• Under: 54.5 (-105)

For example, a 27–20 final score makes the “under” a winner. A 34–30 final score makes the “over” hit.

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West Virginia Mountaineers Props

Prop bets occur less often in college football because of recent scandals, but some states still allow them.

These wagers, short for propositional bets, focus on statistical results from a game—usually player stats. For example, a sportsbook might offer a quarterback prop bet of over/under 245.5 passing yards. If he throws for 260 yards, bettors who took the over win. Other common prop bets include an anytime touchdown or a rushing yardage total.

DFS platforms offer a strong alternative to prop betting at sportsbooks. One of the best daily fantasy sites, PrizePicks, lets players predict whether a player (or multiple players) finishes a game with more or less production than the PrizePicks projection.