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September 22, 2022
Barnes Betting Report: Thursday, September 22, 2022

This info is often helpful in my own analysis, and for others. This is a betting market report: the Squares represent the betting public favoring a particular bet by a large margin (historically, their bets lose money over time); the Sharps represent sports betters that Vegas bookies respect (historically, their bets make money over time); and the big line moves show where Vegas has dramatically shifted off their pre-season power ratings, which often reflect an over-reaction and "recency bias." This info is just FYI...

SQUARES (public betting favorites)
SYRACUSE
TCU
MICHIGAN
GEORGIA
E. MICHIGAN
UCLA
MEMPHIS
TEXAS
UNC
TOLEDO
UCF
OREGON
GA SOUTHERN
OLD DOMINION
UNLV
OHIO STATE
USC
UTAH
DUKE-KANSAS OVER
CLEMSON-WAKE OVER
BAYLOR-IOWA STATE OVER
BOWLING GREEN-MISS ST. OVER
MISSOURI-AUBURN UNDER
TEMPLE-UMASS UNDER
INDIANA-CINCINATTI OVER
GATECH-UCF UNDER
OREGON-WASH ST. OVER
RICE-HOUSTON OVER
AKRON-LIBERTY UNDER
ARK ST.-OLD DOMINION UNDER
SOUTHERN MISS-TULANE UNDER
IOWA-RUTGERS UNDER
MARSHALL-TROY UNDER
N ILL-KENTUCKY OVER
UNLV-UTAH ST. OVER
UCONN-NCST OVER
WISCONSIN-OHIO STATE OVER
HAWAII-NEW MEXICO ST. UNDER
USC-OREG ST. OVER
STANFORD-WASH OVER
VA TECH MONEYLINE
SYRACUSE MONEYLINE
TCU MONEYLINE
MICHIGAN MONEYLINE
DUKE MONEYLINE
CLEMSON MONEYLINE
S. FLORIDA MONEYLINE
AUBURN MONEYLINE
E. MICHIGAN MONEYLINE
UMASS MONEYLINE
MICHIGAN ST. MONEYLINE
TEXAS MONEYLINE
UNC MONEYLINE
JMU MONEYLINE
FLORIDA MONEYLINE
ARIZONA MONEYLINE
RUTGERS MONEYLINE
UTAH ST. MONEYLINE
ARKANSAS MONEYLINE
FAU MONEYLINE
OKLAHOMA MONEYLINE
HAWAII MONEYLINE
STEELERS
STEELERS MONEYLINE
RAVENS
RAVENS MONEYLINE
RAVENS-PATS OVER
CHIEFS
CHIEFS MONEYLINE
LIONS-VIKINGS OVER
LIONS MONEYLINE
PANTHERS MONEYLINE
TEXANS MONEYLINE
BILLS
BILLS-DOLPHINS OVER
BENGALS
BENGALS-JETS OVER
TITANS MONEYLINE
PACKERS MONEYLINE
FALCONS
FALCONS MONEYLINE
49ERS
49ERS MONEYLINE
COWBOYS MONEYLINE

SHARPS (counter-public odds moves)
DUKE
IOWA STATE
MISS. STATE
MISSOURI
N. TEXAS
TENNESSEE
W. KENTUCKY
NAVY
TROY
NEW MEXICO ST.
UL MONROE
OREGON ST.
NEVADA-AIR FORCE UNDER
CLEMSON-WAKE UNDER
SFL-LOUISVILLE OVER
BAYLOR-IA STATE UNDER
BOWLING GREEN-MISS ST. UNDER
NORTH TEXAS-MEMPHIS OVER
NOTRE DAME-UNC UNDER
ARIZONA-CAL OVER
RICE-HOUSTON UNDER
BALL ST.-GA SOUTHERN OVER
ARKANSAS-A&M UNDER
NEW MEXICO-LSU UNDER
VANDY-ALABAMA UNDER
UTAH-ARIZONA ST. OVER
BROWNS
BROWNS MONEYLINE
CHIEFS-COLTS UNDER
SAINTS
SAINTS MONEYLINE
SAINTS-PANTHERS UNDER
TEXANS-BEARS OVER
BEARS MONEYLINE
EAGLES-COMMANDERS UNDER
RAIDERS
RAIDERS-TITANS UNDER
RAIDERS MONEYLINE
CHARGERS
PACKERS
RAMS
RAMS-CRADINALS UNDER
GIANTS
GIANTS MONEYLINE

PRE-SEASON LINE MOVES (teams that saw line move against them of +3 or more)
VIRGINIA
NEVADA
CENTRAL MICH
CLEMSON
KENT ST.
INDIANA
NOTRE DAME
FLORDIA
SAN DIEGO ST.
FIU
GA TECH
A&M
WISCONSIN
VANDY
ARIZONA ST.
STANFORD

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OFFICIAL PICKS: Midterms, 2026
House Elections Projections
 
The House tends to be more responsive to midterm dynamics, but, like the Senate, swings hard in elections where some combination of the Four Factors are present -- cost of living crisis or recession; war; major scandal; betrayal or down-ballot realignment. A fun map to use is this simulator, which takes partisan averages from existing models, and plugs in the map based on your adjustment of the generic ballot edge for one party or another. https://globalelectionsimulator.com/#/usa-house
 
Historic Norms: When a combination of the Four Factors are present, this is the kind of swing you get:
1930: 52 seat swing
1946: 55 seat swing
1958: 49 seat swing
1974: 49 seat swing
1994: 54 seat swing
2006: 31 seat swing
 
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Barnes Betting Report: Senate 2026

First, four factors dictate whether there is major turnover in the Senate in a midterm election independent of the favorability of the Senate map (due to only one-third of seats being up in any given midterm). Often, as was the case in both 2018 and 2022, is that incumbents are not destined to lose seats, outside of realigning elections in unfavorable maps. This cycle's map favors the GOP, which is why the prediction markets and most forecasters expect a GOP majority in the 2027 Senate. The four factors that prove dangerous to the incumbent party are: first, a recession or cost of living crisis; second, a war; third, a major scandal; and fourth, a sense of betrayal in the voter group that backed the incumbent amongst some portion of their prior electoral coalition. Five midterms feature some combingation of those factors in some significant degree: 1930, 1946, 1958, 1974 and 2006.

Without those factors present in multiple forms, the incumbent party can expect to hold on to seats in states it previously won outside the national margin. When those factors are present, the landscape shifts dramatically. Examining those White House incumbent seats that showed a state-wide election decided by single digits in the prior decade produces the following probabilities: the incumbent White House party lost at least 67% of its incumbent held seats, as much as 85% of its incumbent held seats, and an average of 75% of its incumbent hold seats, rarely upsetting the opposition party in any seat and often losing a surprise or two in seats considered completely safe. 

 

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