Old Dominion Monarchs vs Indiana Hoosiers Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 08/30/2025

Game Time: 2:30 pm ET, Saturday, August 30, 2025

Venue:  Indiana University Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN

Where to Watch:  Fox Sports 1

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  ODU +22.5, Indiana -22.5; Over/Under:  54.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  ODU +22.5, Indiana -22.5; Over/Under:  54.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  ODU +22.5, Indiana -22.5; Over/Under:  54.5 points

Old Dominion Monarchs:  0-0 (0-0) (Sun Belt East)

Indiana Hoosiers:  0-0 (0-0) (Big Ten)

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Old Dominion finished last season with a 5-7 record overall and they had a 4-4 record in their conference games too.  They were 2-4 in their home games, 3-3 in their road games, and they were also 0-0 in their neutral site games last season, but they will be on the road for this season opener. Last season, their offense was averaging 28 points scored per game while their defense was allowing an average of 28 points per game. Their offense also averaged 402.7 yards per game while their defense was allowing an average of 410.4 yards per game. Colton Joseph led the team in passing yards with 1,627, Aaron Young led the team in rushing yards with 887, and Isiah Paige led the team in receiving yards with 819.

 

 

 

Indiana finished last season with an 11-2 record overall and they had an 8-1 record in their conference games too.  They were 8-0 in their home games, 3-2 in their road games, and they were also 0-0 in their neutral site games last season, but they will be at home for this season opener. Last season, their offense was averaging 41.3 points scored per game while their defense was allowing an average of 15.6 points per game. Their offense also averaged 426.4 yards per game while their defense was allowing an average of 257.2 yards per game. Kurtis Rourke led the team in passing yards with 3,052, Justice Ellison led the team in rushing yards with 848, and Elijah Sarratt led the team in receiving yards with 957.

The current betting odds have Indiana listed as a 22.5 point favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. Indiana had a great season last year, finishing 11-2 overall and making it to the college football playoffs. They did lose a lot of players from last season, specifically on offense, and they had to get a new starting QB too so this offense is going to look different this year. Indiana still has a lot of talent though and their defense was great last season, returning quite a few players there, so Old Dominion is going to have a very hard time moving the ball still. Indiana will also be looking to build off that great season and they are only in Cignetti's 2nd season as head coach so they are not going to take their foot off the gas here as they look to start the new season with an impressive win. Meanwhile, Old Dominion had a terrible season last year as they were 5-7 overall and did not make it to a bowl game. They should be more improved this season with some of the new players they brought in, but the drop off in talent from them and Indiana is still too much for them to overcome in this season opener. Old Dominion didn't have a great defense last season either so they will give up points to this Indiana offense and the Indiana defense will do the rest. The best way to place a bet here is on Indiana to cover the spread in this game. 

Old Dominion Indiana Prediction:  Our NCAAF Pick for Saturday, August 30, 2025 (2:30 pm ET start time) is Indiana 45 Old Dominion 10.

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Old Dominion Monarchs: 20-27 ATS in non-conference games. 16-22 ATS in the first month of the season. 37-24 OVER in road lined games. 28-18 OVER on the road in games played on turf.

Indiana Hoosiers: 16-9 ATS in all lined games. 9-5 ATS in home lined games. 10-4 ATS as a favorite. 17-8 OVER in all lined games. 10-4 OVER as a favorite. 

Old Dominion Monarchs:  None.

Indiana Hoosiers:  None.

"My favorite time of right now is that you don't have to talk about any of the issues that are in college football. We get to talk about the great stuff." Ricky Rahne on the college football season starting soon. 

"I see a lot of improvement out there, but it's still not where it needs to be. And even when it's close, you can never be really satisfied if you want to be great. So, whoever is doing the best out there right now, and I don't know who that is consistently over camp, I guarantee you one thing, he is not satisfied." - Curt Cignetti on his team coming into this new CFB season.

WR Mbanasor, Sidney

WR Abdul-Rahim Gladding, Na'eem

WR Lott, TJ

TE Butler, Jailen

QB Joseph, Colton

RB Roche, Devin

WR Sarratt, Elijah

WR Cooper Jr., Omar

WR Brady, Jonathan

TE Staes, Holden

QB Mendoza, Fernando

RB Black, Kaelon

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Coaches:

Old Dominion Monarchs: Ricky Rahne (6th season)

Indiana Hoosiers: Curt Cignetti (2nd season)