Notable spread split in Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts: a 21.0-point bet/money gap on Indianapolis Colts +2.5.
| Market | Side | Bet % | Money % | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spread | Houston Texans -2.5 | 47% | 68% | -115 |
| Indianapolis Colts +2.5 | 53% | 32% | -114 | |
| Total | Over 43.5 | 28% | 28% | -110 |
| Under 43.5 | 72% | 72% | -115 | |
| Moneyline | Houston Texans | 78% | 71% | -142 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 22% | 29% | +130 |
Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts shows a meaningful bet/money divergence on the spread market — not the biggest split on the slate, but worth a look. 53.0% of bets are on Indianapolis Colts +2.5 while only 32.0% of dollars are on the same side — a 21.0-point gap.
A 10 to 20-point gap is the band where the data starts to mean something but doesn't yet scream. It usually means a handful of larger bets landed on Houston Texans -2.5 without the public catching on yet, or the public is leaning on a side that the market doesn't fully respect. Either way, the money side here is Houston Texans -2.5, and the price reflects what the books think of that lean.
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The ticket count and the dollar count are measuring different bettors. A 21.0-point gap means the average wager on Indianapolis Colts +2.5 is smaller than the average wager on the other side — a lot of small bets one way, fewer and larger ones the other. That is the footprint sharper money usually leaves.
We aggregate publicly reported sportsbook handle on a sub-hourly cadence and store every snapshot from the moment a line is posted, so a game's splits can be read as a series rather than a single reading. This page shows the most recent snapshot before kickoff.
Not as a blanket rule, and we don't present it as one. NFL lines are priced knowing which side the public is coming for, so the lean is mostly in the number already. What we track is where the ticket count and the dollars disagree, which is a narrower and more specific thing than fading whoever is popular.
The spread is the market NFL bettors trade. Moneyline percentages on a big favorite mostly restate the spread lean at a worse price, so we read the spread first and only let the total take over when its split is the more unusual one.
Sharp money is wagering from sophisticated, high-volume bettors. It shows up as a money percentage that trails the bet percentage on the popular side — many small tickets one way, fewer and larger ones the other. On an NFL spread the typical gap is only about 2 points and one game in ten clears 22, so a double-digit gap is the part worth noticing. See our methodology →
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Last updated: September 22, 2026 at 11:43 AM UTC
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