What are implied team totals in DFS?
A team's implied total is the points that Vegas expects it to score: the game's total, split by the spread. DFS players stack the teams with the highest implied totals. DFS Studio has a free page for each sport that ranks every team of the next games by its implied total, with no account.
How is an implied total found?
Take the game's total, and split it by the spread. The favorite gets half the total plus half the spread, and the other team gets half the total minus half the spread.
An example: a game with a total of 230 and a favorite of 6 points gives the favorite 118 and the other team 112.
In the NHL and MLB the spread is the same 1.5 for every favorite, so DFS Studio splits the total by the moneyline.
Where are today's implied team totals?
- NBA implied team totals
- NFL implied team totals: every game of the week
- NHL implied team totals
- College basketball implied team totals
Each page ranks the teams of the next games by implied total, with the game's total and the team's spread. The lines come from ESPN's odds, and each one changes until its game starts.
How do DFS players use them?
A team with a high implied total has more points to share among its players, so DFS players stack its players in their lineups. A team with a low one is a team to fade, and its opponent's defense or goalie gains.
DFS Studio's optimizer builds lineups with your stacks, your locks, and a max exposure for each player, and fills your DraftKings or FanDuel entries file.
Updated November 11, 2026.