2025 Duke's Mayo Bowl Lines - Minnesota Vs. Virginia Tech

Duke's Mayo Bowl Lines - Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech Odds

The University of Minnesota football team has accepted an invitation to compete in the Duke's Mayo Bowl on Jan. 3, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. The Duke's Mayo Bowl will be Minnesota's 25th bowl game all-time. The Gophers have won seven straight bowl games dating back to the 2015 Quick Lane Bowl. That is the longest active streak in the nation (excluding national championship games), the longest in Big Ten history, and tied for the seventh longest in college football history. The Gophers are 5-0 in bowl games under Fleck, as they posted wins against Bowling Green (2023 Quick Lane Bowl), Syracuse (2022 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl), West Virginia (2021 Guaranteed Rate Bowl), Auburn (2020 Outback Bowl) and Georgia Tech (2018 Quick Lane Bowl).

2025 Duke's Mayo Bowl at a Glance

Date: Friday, January 3, 2025

Time (ET) / TV: 7:30 PM / ESPN

Venue: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Matchup: Minnesota Golden Gophers Vs. Virginia Tech Hokies

College Football Betting Lines

Minnesota Golden Gophers -6.5

Virginia Tech Hokies +6.5

Over/Under: 43

Duke's Mayo Bowl Preview

Last game, the Minnesota Golden Gophers won 24-7 against the Wisconsin Badgers as 2-point road favorites. The game went under the total of 41. Minnesota has a record of 7-5 straight up, 9-2-1 against the spread, and 6-6 over/under the total. Minnesota ranks 112th for total offense, 74th for passing, 116th for rushing and 79th for scoring. Defensively they rank 7th overall, 15th against the pass, 21st against the rush, and 12th for points allowed. Also, Minnesota ranks 16th for fewest turnovers lost and 9th for takeaways.

Last game, the Virginia Tech Hokies won 37-17 against the Virginia Cavaliers as 5-point home favorites. The game went over the total of 45. Virginia Tech has a record of 6-6 straight up, 6-6 against the spread, and 8-4 over/under the total. Virginia Tech ranks 75th for total offense, 102nd for passing, 39th for rushing and 53rd for scoring. Defensively they rank 59th overall, 60th against the pass, 61st against the rush, and 44th for points allowed. Also, Virginia Tech ranks 54th for fewest turnovers lost and 19th for takeaways.

Duke’s Mayo Bowl Prediction

In this situation, Minnesota brings Big Ten pedigree and a better body of work.

Duke's Mayo Bowl Format

After a decade of sponsoring this bowl game, Belk pulled out of the title role at the conclusion of the 2019 edition of this game. That left this bowl looking for a sponsor, and it was announced that Duke’s Mayo would become the new sponsor in the summer of 2020.

This game has always featured an ACC team since it is in the heart of ACC country. From 2002 to 2013, the ACC took on a team from the Big East in Charlotte, but the dissolution of the conference’s football programs led to the Duke’s Mayo Bowl featuring teams from the SEC and ACC between 2014 and 2019.

The ACC will take on a Big Ten team in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in even-numbered years and an SEC team in odd-numbered years.

Duke's Mayo Bowl Past Results

South Carolina pulled off the upset in 2021 in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, as they routed North Carolina. The Gamecocks bolted out to an 18-0 lead after the first quarter, and North Carolina never recovered.

In 2022, Maryland beat NC State 16-12. DB Jakorian Bennett was the MVP, and Maryland QB Taulia Tagovailoa threw for 221 yards and a TD.

The West Virginia Mountaineers handled the North Carolina Tarheels in the 2023 Duke's Mayo Bowl 30-10. On the first play of the game, West Virginia quarterback Garrett Greene found Traylon Ray deep down the left side for a 75-yard touchdown pass, marking the third-longest pass play in Duke's Mayo Bowl history.

The Tar Heels moved the ball to the WVU 12-yard line and were threatening to tie the game before Aubrey Burkes intercepted Conner Harrell's pass in the endzone at the 3:26 mark of the first quarter, keeping the score 7-0 in favor of the Mountaineers.

The Tar Heels were set up at midfield following a fumble from freshman running back DJ Oliver. However, it took ten plays to set up Noah Burnett's 28-yard field goal to cut into the WVU lead 7-3.

Beanie Bishop recaptured the Mountaineer momentum with a 78-yard punt return for a touchdown and gave West Virginia a 14-3 advantage with 1:29 left to play in the first half.

North Carolina quickly responded, driving the ball 76 yards on five plays, capped off with a 16-yard touchdown pass to J.J. Jones.

With 27 seconds remaining in the half, Greene connected with Hudson Clement on three passes for 61 yards for a Michal Hayes' 30-yard field goal as time expired to give the Mountaineers a 17-10 lead, heading into halftime.

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