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Christopher Boan writes for BetMaryland.com and has been covering sports and sports betting for more than seven years, with experience at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.2021-08-02
Maryland Football Bowl Projections: Odds For Terrapins’ 2024-25 Bowl Game
The sixth year of the Mike Locksley era in College Park is at a crossroads. The Maryland Terrapins are 3-3 overall, but 0-3 in the Big Ten on the heels of a 27-point shellacking at the hands of Northwestern at home. Their futures odds for Maryland sports betting look bleak.
Maryland has six games to play, including road games against No. 2 Oregon (on Nov. 9) and No. 3 Penn State (on Nov. 30) and home games against quality unranked Big Ten programs like USC (on Saturday), Rutgers (Nov. 16) and Iowa (Nov. 23). It’s looking less and less likely that the Terrapins will make a bowl game for a fourth straight season.
This week, oddsmakers from Crab Sports Maryland Sportsbook have the Terps as a 7.5-point home underdog against the Trojans, who are newcomers to the Big Ten, in the first showdown between the programs. All year long, BetMaryland.com will keep tabs on the Terps’ bowl game odds.
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Maryland Football Bowl Projections: Odds For Terrapins’ 2024-25 Bowl Game
Bowl | Location | Conference Opponent | Odds | Pct. Chance |
SERVPRO First Responders Bowl | Dallas, TX | vs. SEC or ACC | +2950 | 3.3% |
Pinstripe Bowl | Bronx, NY | vs. ACC | +4900 | 2.0% |
The Field/No Bowl |
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| -1800 | 94.7% |
Will Maryland Keep Bowl Streak Alive?
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Right now, the chances that Maryland even makes it to six wins and a bowl game are slim at best. In our projections they have -1800 odds (a 94.7% probability) of either missing out entirely or going to a bowl outside of our list. That speaks to the tough sledding that the DMV area program faces in the expanded Big Ten.
Should Maryland make it to another bowl game, the favorites to land Locksley’s team are Dallas’ SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, at +2950, while the Pinstripe Bowl in The Bronx is the other game listed this week, at +4900.
For now, the Terps’ task is to put an end to their current two-game losing streak when Lincoln Riley and the USC Trojans come to town in a game that’ll kick off Saturday at 4 p.m. Eastern on FS1. Ohio State and the team that beat the Buckeyes on Oct. 12, Oregon, are co-favorites to win the Big Ten at BetMGM Maryland Sportsbook, with +150 odds. The Terrapins are one of several teams at +50000, all but out of the race.
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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, things have turned around quickly in College Park. Maryland has 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.
This year, the Terps will look to pull off a fourth straight bowl game win for the first time in program history. Bookmark BetMaryland.com for Maryland sportsbook apps reviews all season.
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Maryland bowl projection FAQs
In the 2024-25 college football season, we project Maryland to either miss out on bowl season or play in the First Responders Bowl in Dallas. Our odds on that game are at +2950 (a 3.3% implied chance).
This early in the season, 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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