The trap game refers to the potential for the favored team to be unprepared for the game, to overlook the underdog, or to underestimate their opponent. This could lead to the favorite losing, creating a major upset and costing bettors who put all their money on the favorite.

There is no official definition of the term trap game but consensus online is this. A trap game occurs when a quality football team plays an opponent that they can easily defeat. This causes the team in question to overlook their inferior opponent making it more likely that the underdog will win.

These are known as trap games. Typically found sandwiched in between two massive games or near games that are massive for some teams on the schedule, trap games can really trip up a team’s season. They’re typically games that you would expect the better team on paper to win, but they end up getting upset in a game they shouldn’t have lost.