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Maryland Football Bowl Projections: Odds For Terrapins’ 2024-25 Bowl Game
They say that all good things must come to an end, which appears to ring especially true for the Maryland Terrapins football team. The Terps appear set to miss out on bowl eligibility for the first time in a 12-game season since 2019, which means Maryland sports betting customers likely won’t get a chance to bet on their home team during the postseason.
Head coach Mike Locksley’s bunch (4-6 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) faces dire straits with games looming against Iowa in College Park this weekend, then at fourth ranked Penn State in Happy Valley.
The Terrapins need to beat the Hawkeyes and Nittany Lions to reach the six wins needed to play in a bowl. That seems unlikely given UM’s current 6.5-point underdog status against Iowa on DraftKings Maryland Sportsbook. And ESPN Analytics gives Maryland just a 7.2% chance of upsetting Penn State on Nov. 30.
At BetMaryland.com, we have been updating the Terrapins’ bowl projections odds throughout the season. At this point we have eliminated specific bowls because the Terrapins have poor odds of gong anywhere in December.
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Maryland Football Bowl Projections: Odds For Terrapins’ 2024-25 Bowl Game
Bowl | Odds | Percentage Chance |
No Bowl | -10000 | 99% |
The Field | +10000 | 1% |
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Will Maryland Keep Bowl Streak Alive?
The prognosis for Maryland’s immediate future is downright bleak, with the Terrapins facing two of the Big Ten’s most stout defenses and entering the noon local time kickoff on Saturday against Iowa on a three-game losing streak.
That streak includes a 14-point defeat at home last weekend against Rutgers, a 21-point rout in Eugene against new conference foe Oregon and a 25-point shellacking in the Twin Cities against Minnesota.
Maryland’s lone win in a six-game stretch was a 29-28 upset over the USC Trojans in College Park on Oct. 19. But now the Terps have their backs against the wall.
That’s exactly where UM will find themselves come kickoff time on Saturday, too, with ESPN Analytics giving Maryland a 25.7% chance of beating Iowa and moving to 5-6 for the year. That’s one of the reasons we give the Terrapins +10000 odds of making a bowl game for a fourth straight season in 2024.
Compare those miniscule odds with -10000 odds that Maryland loses at least one of its final two games. That would translate to a 99% chance at Maryland sports betting apps.
Should the Terrapins fail to reach six wins, they’d fall just shy of tying the program’s longest bowl game streak. The program went to bowl for six seasons in row under head coach Jerry Claiborne from 1973 to 1978, when UM went 2-4 with wins in the Gator Bowl and Hall of Fame Classic, to go with losses in the Peach, Liberty, Cotton and Sun bowls.
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Maryland Bowl Game History Since 2019
Year | Bowl | Result |
2023 | Music City Bowl | Win, 31-13 against Auburn |
2022 | Duke’s Mayo Bowl | Win, 16-12 against NC State |
2021 | Pinstripe Bowl | Win, 54-10 against Virginia Tech |
2020 | No Bowl Game |
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2019 | No Bowl Game |
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Maryland has not made postseason trips in four consecutive seasons since 1982-85, under coach Bobby Ross. Since 2021, Maryland has gone 23-16 overall, including wins in the Pinstripe, Duke’s Mayo and Music City bowls. That marks the first time that the Terps have won bowls in three consecutive seasons.
After failing to reach a bowl game from 2017 to 2020, Maryland defeated Virginia Tech (54-10 in the 2021 Pinstripe Bowl), NC State (16-12 in the 2022 Duke’s Mayo Bowl) and Auburn (31-13 in the 2023 Music City Bowl) in the past three postseasons.
Prior to that, Maryland’s last bowl berth came in 2016, when they lost to Boston College, 36-30, in the Quick Lane Bowl under head coach D.J. Durkin. In the past decade, UM lost the 2013 Military Bowl to Marshall and the 2014 Foster Farms Bowl against Stanford.
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Maryland bowl projection FAQs
In the 2024-25 college football season, we project Maryland to miss out on bowl season. That scenario has a 99% chance, or -10000 odds.
The Terrapins are not eligible for a bowl yet. Their most recent appearance was in the 2023 Music City Bowl, a win against Auburn.
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