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Illinois Fighting Illini play at UCLA Bruins in college football on Friday, November 13, at Rose Bowl. As of 9:37 AM ET, UCLA are 10-point favorites and the total is 47.5. Prices come from 16 sportsbooks we track. A prediction is an estimate from the market and the matchup, not a certain result.
Prices updated · from 16 sportsbooks · college football betting splits
DraftKings bettors and Circa money lean the same way on the spread: UCLA Bruins (76% of DraftKings tickets, 84% of Circa money).
| Book | BetsIllinois Fighting Illini +10UCLA Bruins -10 | MoneyIllinois Fighting Illini +10UCLA Bruins -10 |
|---|---|---|
| DraftKings | ||
| Circa (sharp Vegas book) | ||
| BetMGM | Bets only |
| Book | BetsIllinois Fighting IlliniUCLA Bruins | MoneyIllinois Fighting IlliniUCLA Bruins |
|---|---|---|
| DraftKings (Illinois Fighting Illini (+310) / UCLA Bruins (-395)) | ||
| Circa (sharp Vegas book) (Illinois Fighting Illini (+320) / UCLA Bruins (-395)) | ||
| BetMGM (Illinois Fighting Illini (+310) / UCLA Bruins (-400)) | Bets only |
| Book | BetsOverUnder | MoneyOverUnder |
|---|---|---|
| DraftKings (Over 47.5 / Under 47.5) | ||
| Circa (sharp Vegas book) (Over 48 / Under 48) | ||
| BetMGM (Over 47.5 / Under 47.5) | Bets only |
Splits data from DraftKings, Circa and BetMGM. BetMGM publishes bets only. See every game's betting splits · Circa betting splits
| Market | Illinois Fighting Illini | UCLA Bruins |
|---|---|---|
| Spread | +10 | -10 |
| Total 48 | O | U |
| Moneyline | +320 | -395 |
. Circa is a sharp Las Vegas book. Its numbers are a reference for where the number sits, not a price you can take here.
These are exchange trades, not sportsbook bets. On an exchange every trade has a buyer and a seller, so this shows which side buyers paid for.
Kalshi, Polymarket (international) and Novig publish every trade with the side the buyer took. ProphetX carries its trade fills the same way; a line with no captured fill shows dollars matched only. Trades is each side's share of the trades we read since we began reading the market and Money is its share of the dollars buyers paid. Markets with fewer than 10 trades or under $500 traded are left out; markets under 30 trades or $5,000 are labelled Light trading, because a few buyers can move the percentages a long way.
Polymarket (international) is not open to US bettors.
Polymarket US lists moneyline for this game. No trade split yet for these markets (none captured, or too few to show), so they show prices only. Polymarket US is a separate venue from Polymarket (international) and is never added into its numbers.
| Market | Illinois Fighting Illini | UCLA Bruins |
|---|---|---|
| Moneyline | +365Bet at Novig → exchange price | -365Bet at ProphetX → exchange price |
| Spread | +10 -108Bet at Courtside → | -10 -108Bet at Courtside → |
| Total 47.5 | O -110Bet at Hard Rock Bet → | U +106Bet at ProphetX → exchange price |
As of 9:37 AM ET, the spread is UCLA -10 and the total is 47.5, with 16 sportsbooks priced and the table showing each book's own number.
| Sportsbook | Illinois ML | UCLA ML | Illinois spread | UCLA spread | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bally Bet | +285 | -385 | +10 -112 | -10 -109 | O 47.5 -113 | U 47.5 -108 |
| BetMGM | +310 | -400 | +10 -110 | -10 -108 | O 47.5 -115 | U 47.5 -105 |
| betPARX | +285 | -385 | +10 -112 | -10 -109 | O 47.5 -113 | U 47.5 -108 |
| BetRivers | +285 | -385 | +10 -113 | -10 -110 | O 47.5 -114 | U 47.5 -109 |
| Caesars | +300 | -390 | +10 -113 | -10 -108 | O 47.5 -118 | U 47.5 -103 |
| Courtside | +319 | -383 | +10 -108 | -10 -108 | O 47.5 -113 | U 47.5 -103 |
| DraftKings | +310 | -395 | +10 -110 | -10 -110 | O 47.5 -115 | U 47.5 -105 |
| Fanatics | +310 | -400 | +10 -110 | -10 -110 | – | – |
| FanDuel | +320 | -410 | – | – | O 47.5 -115 | U 47.5 -105 |
| Fliff | +305 | -415 | – | – | O 47.5 -125 | U 47.5 -110 |
Prices from 16 sportsbooks we track (the 10 with the most markets shown), updated . Prices move, so check the book before you bet.
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Ty Dieffenbach (UCLA)67/116, 986 YDS, 6 TD, 2 INT (5 GP)
Katin Houser (ILL)162/252, 1,955 YDS, 16 TD, 5 INT (8 GP)The UCLA Bruins have covered the spread in all nine games this season. Nine for nine. Covering means beating the point handicap the sportsbooks set, not just winning. Now the Illinois Fighting Illini walk into the Rose Bowl as double-digit underdogs, and the cost of backing UCLA to simply win is high enough that most bettors skip it. We think the most interesting angle in Illinois vs UCLA sits in the least exciting corner of the board, and we will walk through it in real dollars.
UCLA is 9-0, ranked No. 4 in the AP Top 25 and 1st of 18 in the Big Ten Conference. Illinois is 6-3. It is a conference game, Friday, November 13 at 9:00 PM ET on Fox. The per-game averages show the gap. UCLA gains 431.89 total yards per game and allows 264.67, including 87.67 rushing yards per game. UCLA's opponents turn it over 3 times per game. Illinois gains 392.22 yards per game and allows 376.78.
Predicted points added per play (PPA) estimates how many points each snap is worth. UCLA sits at 0.16 on offense and -0.19 on defense over nine games, and negative is good for a defense. Illinois is 0.22 on offense but allows 0.21 over nine games. Twist: last season's final SP+ rating, a preseason starting point, had UCLA at -8.7 and Illinois at 12.9. Both teams crossed two time zones west. Illinois has six days of rest after traveling 1,690 miles. UCLA has five days after 1,515 miles from Minneapolis.
Katin Houser drives Illinois. Over eight games he is 162 of 252 for 1,955 yards, 16 touchdowns and five interceptions, or 244.4 yards, two touchdowns and 0.6 interceptions per game. Over his last five he averages 239.4 passing and 15.6 rushing yards per game. Ty Dieffenbach, UCLA's quarterback of record last game, has played five of the team's nine games: 67 of 116 for 986 yards, six touchdowns and two interceptions over those five, or 197.2 yards and 1.2 touchdowns per game. UCLA leans on a ground game that produces 213.22 rushing yards per game. Houser faces a defense allowing 177 net passing yards per game.
The moneyline is a bet on who wins outright. The Illinois spread is +10 at -107, best at Bally Bet. It wins if Illinois wins or loses by nine or fewer. A 10-point loss is a push, meaning your stake comes back. The UCLA spread is -10 at -108, best at Courtside, and needs a win by 11 or more. The total is 47.5 combined points: Over -110 at Bally Bet, Under +107 at ProphetX, where $100 profits $104.86 after the book's fee.
The spread moved from -9.5 to -10 at five books, and the total has bounced between 48.5 and 47.5. Against the spread, UCLA is 9-0 in nine graded games and 8-0 as a favorite. Illinois is 4-4-1 in nine and 3-0 as an underdog, a three-game sample. The public split: 78% of DraftKings spread tickets and 88% of Circa money sit on UCLA.
The vig is the book's built-in cut. Remove it and the market reads UCLA at about 78.2% and Illinois at 21.8%. Break-even is the win rate a bet needs to stop losing money over time. UCLA at -344 needs 77.5%. Scale the stake to $344 risked and that is plus $3.36. Our rating, an Elo model, has UCLA at 72%, less bullish than the market. That is context, not a bet. This edge is thin, so the number is everything.
This is a price play on the winner only, not a spread bet.
UCLA 26, Illinois 17. That adds to 43 points, under the 47.5 total. The nine-point margin would lose a UCLA -10 ticket, one more reason we stay on the moneyline. Expect 64 degrees, a 10 mph southwest wind and a 46% chance of rain. UCLA's run defense and turnover pressure should decide it. That is our read on this number; the Desk posts a documented free play on days like this, and it lands right below.
UCLA is the market favorite at -365 (best price at ProphetX) on the moneyline, with Illinois at +365. Lines move all day, so check the odds table on this page for the current best number at every book.
Illinois vs UCLA airs on Fox. The game kicks off Friday, November 13 at 9:00 PM ET from the Rose Bowl. It is a Big Ten conference game in Week 11 of the 2026 regular season.
Kickoff is Friday, November 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM ET at the Rose Bowl, with the broadcast on Fox. The forecast at kickoff is 64 degrees with a 10 mph southwest wind and a 46% chance of precipitation.
Illinois Fighting Illini vs UCLA Bruins College Football prediction, picks and best bet from the Wise Guy Desk. The full read, including a projected final score, is in The Prediction section above.
The total is 47.5, with the over priced at -110 at Hard Rock Bet and the under at +106 at ProphetX. A total is a bet on the combined score of both teams, over or under that number, no matter who wins.
Yes. This is a free Wise Guy Desk breakdown, our analysis, not Ross's official plays. Ross's documented plays are bet with real money and graded win or loss on the members board.
Expected value first: the best price across the regulated US books we track versus the true fair price with the vig removed, then the matchup data (form, standings, injuries, key players). Line shopping for the best number is the edge most bettors leave on the table.
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Public is on Bruins (78% of DraftKings tickets on the spread), Circa money is also on Bruins (88%).
Several books (5) moved the spread on home to -10 together.
On Kalshi, 80% of the money traded on the moneyline is on UCLA Bruins (2381 trades, $53k traded). On Polymarket, 68% of the money traded on the moneyline is on UCLA Bruins (35 trades, $1.4k traded). Light trading so far, so the share can swing. On ProphetX, 61% of the money traded on the moneyline is on Illinois Fighting Illini (18 trades, $1.7k traded). Light trading so far, so the share can swing. Exchange trades, not sportsbook bets.
As of Nov 12, 5:25 PM ET, when this preview was written. Percentages are public betting splits and market prices, not picks.
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