In fact , the teams that got to make an actual road trip out of state to their bowl games to face a ' home - state ' team actually won 5 games where the spread was either even .
They were considered an underdog according to Las Vegas .
In fact , the teams that got to make an actual road trip out of state to their bowl games to face a ' home - state ' team actually won 5 games where the spread was either even or they were considered an underdog according to Las Vegas .