point spread
noun
: the number of points by which an oddsmaker expects a favorite to defeat an underdog
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Two major publicly available power ratings systems, ESPN’s FPI and Jeff Sagarin, peg the point spread at more like BYU -7 or -8 (or higher).
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Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025
Countless young men—already increasingly despondent and disconnected from faith, family, and community—are now glued to their phones, obsessing over point spreads.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
To overcome this, the team designed MD-FSS to speed up how point spread function (PSF) measurements are made—the 3D image of a point-like object seen under a microscope.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
But most bets on the outcome of games involve a point spread, some number of points the favorite needs to win by.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
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Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025
Countless young men—already increasingly despondent and disconnected from faith, family, and community—are now glued to their phones, obsessing over point spreads.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
To overcome this, the team designed MD-FSS to speed up how point spread function (PSF) measurements are made—the 3D image of a point-like object seen under a microscope.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
But most bets on the outcome of games involve a point spread, some number of points the favorite needs to win by.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Point spread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point%20spread. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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