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CFB · book juice by market

CFB Hold

The hold (juice) every sportsbook charges on each CFB market — the book’s theoretical margin, devigged from closing two-way prices. Lower is cheaper for you. In the matrix, each market row is shaded green = cheapest → red = priciest across books, so you read a row left-to-right to see who is taking the least on that bet.

Player props run far more expensive than game lines — the same book will take ~4–5% on a spread and 6–12% on a prop. That spread across books is the single biggest cost most bettors never price in. This is what each book charges — shop the cheapest one for the market you actually bet.

CFB · hold % by market × book · closing lines
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MarketDraftKingsFanDuelBetMGMtheScore BetCaesarsBetRiversFanaticsHard RockFliffPrizePicksUnderdogNovigProphetXKalshiPolymarket
Moneyline4.0%4.1%4.2%4.0%4.2%5.1%4.0%4.6%6.1%··0.7%1.0%1.1%1.0%
Moneyline (3-way)······7.8%·8.4%······
Spread4.5%4.6%4.5%4.5%4.6%5.0%4.5%4.6%6.5%··2.9%1.7%1.0%7.7%
Game Total4.5%4.5%4.5%4.5%4.6%5.0%4.6%4.6%7.4%··2.6%2.0%1.1%5.1%
Team Total·5.7%4.4%6.4%6.7%··6.6%·······
Pass Yards6.5%5.7%6.5%6.9%6.9%6.5%·6.5%9.1%13.5%13.5%·14.4%··
Pass TDs6.5%6.0%6.2%6.6%6.9%6.4%·6.4%9.3%13.5%13.5%·6.6%··
Pass Attempts·6.2%·7.4%···6.4%9.4%13.5%··11.5%··
Completions·6.3%·7.3%···6.4%9.5%13.5%·····
Interceptions6.5%···7.2%6.4%·6.4%9.3%13.5%·····
Rush Yards6.5%5.6%6.5%6.8%7.0%6.4%·6.4%9.3%13.5%13.5%·10.7%··
Rush TDs········9.0%······
Longest Rush·6.2%·7.1%····9.4%13.5%·····
Receptions·6.0%·6.2%6.5%6.2%·6.4%9.4%13.5%13.5%·9.2%··
Rec Yards6.5%5.6%6.5%6.9%6.9%6.4%·6.4%9.3%13.5%13.5%·10.6%··
Rec TDs········8.8%······
Longest Reception·6.4%·7.1%···6.4%9.4%13.5%·····
Rush + Rec Yards·6.2%·7.6%·7.9%·6.4%9.2%13.5%·····
Pass + Rush Yards·6.1%·7.6%·7.7%··9.2%13.5%·····
Kicking Points···7.3%···6.4%9.3%13.5%13.5%····
Field Goals·······6.3%9.1%······
Extra Points···7.3%····9.4%13.5%13.5%····
Rush Att···7.4%····9.5%13.5%··13.0%··

Hold = (Σ implied − 1) / Σ implied over a market’s complete outcome set, averaged per (book, market) at the closing line, main full-game markets only (alternate ladders and period lines are priced differently by design). A market needs 30+ instances to appear. Pick’em apps (PrizePicks, Underdog) post a fixed payout rather than a quoted two-way price, so their figure is the cost of the pick’em structure itself and is identical on every market. No-vig exchanges (Novig, ProphetX, Kalshi, Polymarket) charge a commission on winnings instead, which this margin does not include.