The 2024 college football season is getting closer, so fans of the Maryland Terrapins – and those wagering on college games at Maryland sportsbooks – do not have long to wait now.
And the Big Ten conference has grown to 18 teams, giving the league race some new wrinkles. To see which conference teams offer the biggest bang for your buck, BetMaryland.com ranked all 18 teams. We based our scoring system on average ticket price for the home opener, game experience rating and each program’s winning percentage for the first home game of the past five seasons.
Best Bang For Your Buck: Big 10 Tickets
Rank | Team | Total Score |
1 | Maryland Terrapins | 148.3 |
2 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 147.4 |
3 | Washington Huskies | 141.6 |
4 | USC Trojans | 138.7 |
5 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | 136.0 |
6 | Illinois Fighting Illini | 135.1 |
7 | Wisconsin Badgers | 135.0 |
8 | Michigan Wolverines | 132.1 |
9 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 131.0 |
10 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 129.7 |
11 | Michigan State Spartans | 129.4 |
12 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 129.0 |
13 | Indiana Hoosiers | 124.9 |
14 | Oregon Ducks | 122.5 |
15 | UCLA Bruins | 117.7 |
16 | Northwestern Wildcats | 115.3 |
17 | Purdue Boilermakers | 109.9 |
18 | Minnesota Golden Gophers | 108.4 |
We incorporated game experience ratings from stadiumjourney.com in our computations.
The Terrapins, fresh off consecutive 8-5 campaigns, open their season on Aug. 31 in College Park against Connecticut. DraftKings Maryland Sportsbook lists coach Mike Locksley’s bunch as 21-point favorites over the Huskies, with a -2100 moneyline for the Terps, to +1100 for the visitors from Storrs.
Maryland Leads In Bang For Your Buck
Of the 18 teams that make up the newly expanded Big Ten conference, Maryland’s total affordability score of 148.3 ranked atop the list. That beat out Nebraska’s total of 147.4 and Washington’s 141.6. UW is one of four programs joining the league from the former Pac-12, along with Southern California, UCLA and Oregon.
One of those other newcomers, USC, is fourth on our list at 138.7 points. Rutgers (136.0) rounds out the top five while Minnesota ranked as the conference school offering the least bang for the buck, with 108.4 points.
See Maryland football bowl projections for a peek at where the Terrapins could go if they’re bowl eligible.
This year, Terps fans will have a shot at seeing UConn, Michigan State (on Sept. 7), Villanova (on Sept. 21), Northwestern (on Oct. 11), USC (on Oct. 19), Rutgers (on Nov. 16) and Iowa (on Nov. 23) inside the hallowed grounds of SECU Stadium in College Park. That gives UM faithful plenty of opportunities to get their money’s worth before the football season wraps up this fall.
A few weeks before the season, Caesars Maryland Sportsbook offers a preseason win total over/under of 6.5 for Maryland. Over 6.5 has +120 odds; under 6.5 is at -150 for a program aiming for its fourth consecutive year with a bowl game.
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