Road teams dominating in the NFL
• Road teams went 75-57-3 ATS, covering the number in 56.8% of games. It's the best covering performance by visitors through nine weeks in at least the past 15 seasons -- despite road teams going 1-12 ATS in Week 9.
• Road teams own a plus-46 point differential through nine weeks, the highest in the Super Bowl era. Visitors are plus-94 in second halves through nine weeks, also the highest in the Super Bowl era, per ESPN Stats & Information.
• According to the betting market, there were 50 upsets in the first nine weeks, a high but not abnormal amount. In 2016, for example, there were 55 upsets through nine weeks, the most in that time period in the past 15 seasons.
• Underdogs went 73-58-3 ATS, covering the number in 55.7% of games. It was the third-best covering performance by underdogs in the first nine weeks the past 15 seasons, behind only that of 2012 and 2010, according to sports betting database BetLabsSports.com. In the second halves of the 2010 and 2012 seasons, underdogs went a combined 114-131-5 ATS.
• There were 65 overs and 69 unders.
