College Football Betting: Opening Week (Aug. 30-Sept. 3) Trends

Karol Lucan asked:


Sports betting, particularly football betting, has become significantly more sophisticated over the past decade with players mining years of research in an effort to gain an edge on Nevada and online sportsbooks. These so-called technical handicappers use trends, or prior team tendencies, to try to predict future results:

THURSDAY, AUG. 30

Miami (OH) at Ball State: The visitor is 6-2 against the spread (ATS) in this series since 1995.

Buffalo at Rutgers: Rutgers is 8-2 ATS at home in its last 10 games versus non-conference opponents.

LSU at Mississippi State: LSU is 9-1 ATS last 10 versus Mississippi State and 7-0 ATS its last seven in Starkville.

Kent State at Iowa State: Iowa State is 7-1-1 ATS versus Mid-America Conference opponents.

UNLV at Utah State: UNLV is just 6-14 ATS in September games since 2001 but Utah State is 10-19 ATS as an underdog the last three seasons.

Utah at Oregon State: Utah is 11-1 ATS as a road underdog off more than three points its last dozen games in that situation. Oregon State is 4-8 ATS in Corvallis openers since 1996.

Tulsa at ULM: Tulsa is 8-21 ATS on grass fields like the one the Golden Hurricane will play on at the University of Louisiana-Monroe.

FRIDAY, AUG. 31

Navy at Temple: Temple has covered three of its last four games against Navy but the Midshipmen are 9-3 as road favorites the past four years.

Washington at Syracuse: Washington is 3-14-1 ATS versus non-conference opponents. Syracuse is 18-2-2 ATS its last 22 games at home versus non-conference foes. Statistically, this is the strongest game of the opening week.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 1

Western Michigan at West Virginia: West Virginia is just 6-12-1 ATS as a sports betting home favorite the last four years.

East Carolina at Virginia Tech: Virginia Tech has covered four straight games against East Carolina and is 7-2 ATS in home openers since 1997.

Marshall at Miami (FL): Marshall is 5-10 as a road underdog the past three seasons.

Alabama-Birmingham at Michigan State: Michigan State is 5-13 ATS the last seven seasons as a double-digit home favorite.

Connecticut at Duke: UConn has won its first lined game of the season five consecutive years while Duke is 1-11 ATS at home versus non-conference opponents.

Washington State at Wisconsin: Washington State is 8-2 ATS on the road versus non-conference opponents.

Georgia Tech at Notre Dame: Georgia Tech has covered three straight against Notre Dame and is 10-6 ATS overall as a road underdog the past four seasons.

Missouri at Illinois: Missouri has covered five of its last six games against Illinois.

UCLA at Stanford: The home team is 6-1-1 ATS the last eight games in this series.

Wake Forest at Boston College: Wake Forest has covered four straight games versus Boston College.

Baylor at TCU: TCU is 10-3 ATS in its last 13 home openers.

Central Michigan at Kansas: Central Michigan is 1-7 as a non-conference sports betting road underdog of 24 or fewer points.

Colorado State vs. Colorado (Denver): Colorado State is 12-5 ATS since 1986 and has covered three in a row versus rival Colorado.

Eastern Michigan at Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh is 1-9 ATS as a home favorite of 20 or more points.

Kansas State at Auburn: Kansas State is 1-6 ATS as a non-conference underdog of more than four points.

Bowling Green at Minnesota: Bowling Green is 6-1 ATS as a non-conference road underdog of four or more points.

Tennessee at California: Tennessee is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 openers, including a 35-18 victory over California last year.

New Mexico AT UTEP: New Mexico has covered three of the last four in this series.

San Jose State at Arizona State: Arizona State is 10-2 as a non-conference home favorite.

Idaho at USC: USC is 6-1 as a non-conference favorite of 20 or more points.

Troy at Arkansas: Troy is 9-5 ATS as a road underdog the last three seasons.

Middle Tennessee at Florida Atlantic: Middle Tennessee is 7-1 ATS in its first lined game of the season.

MONDAY, SEPT. 3

Texas Tech at SMU: SMU is 1-4 ATS in season openers the last five seasons.

Florida State at Clemson: Clemson has covered three of the last four overall and six of the last seven at home in this series.

Are the above sportsbook busters guaranteed? Of course not. But historians point out that by studying the past we’re better equipped to predict the future. That may be true for sports betting, too.

College Football Betting

Jake Truman asked:


College football has been called a pure game. The players are out there on the field playing for glory and school pride. They don’t get paid and many of them are hoping to get a shot at the NFL. College football has no salary cap and there’s nothing stopping a school from signing many top recruits in the country. In fact, a recent report showing the top high school possible recruits revealed that a strong majority had USC and Texas on their list of college choices. Good players want to play at a good school. As a result good schools get better and poor schools get worse.

Year in and year out we hear the names of top programs like Ohio State over and over. College football is a freer game than the NFL. Coaches are not afraid to try trick plays and run the option. As a result, the points can really add up. One trap that many college football bettors that also bet the NFL fall into is handicapping the game as if it was the NFL. In the NFL, each and every player—no matter how bad they seem—is one of the top players in the entire football world. In college football, there are handfuls of NFL type players with scores of just average players.

In the NFL, you would never see a spread between two teams in the 40s. However, it’s a common occurrence each week in college football. Yes, those favorite teams cover too. One aspect of the game that must be on any bettors mind is motivation. If the game features two bitter rivals, the game could be a hot contest no matter what the talent level. If nothing else, the worse team could remain closer to the favorite. It’s important to analyze the coaches as well. What type of coach does each team have? Does the coach like to run often? Does the coach like to fire away even when the game is won?

Here’s an example. For years Air Force was a team that would run the ball 80% of the time—effectively too. If they were playing a team that’s soft on the run, look out. By knowing the team’s game plan, you can forecast the outcome better. If Air Force were playing a poorer team, record wise, that had a really solid run defense, what would you do? If you were simply a college football handicapper that looks at wins/loses, you would most likely fail.

In the pros, teams are more apt to adapt. If the run is not working, they go to the air. However, in college football, some programs are built a certain way and they stick to their game plan for the most part. If the team is built as a running powerhouse, they are going to keep at the run, because that’s all they can really do. The grand lesson here is to not look at college football like you would the NFL. While it’s football, it really is not the same game.

College Football Betting, Nfl Betting or Both?

Karol Lucan asked:


Size Matters: There are more than 120 college teams on the college football betting board while the NFL has just 32 teams. So, by pure mathematics alone, it’s about four times as difficult to keep up with college football as it is with the NFL.

Those large college numbers offer the bettor both risk and opportunity. For football bettors with the time, exploring the college football betting options may be the more rewarding choice. After all, in their rush to post wagering pointspreads, even the most experienced oddsmakers can’t get every line correct every week and occasionally misfire on a few games. That’s far more likely to happen at the collegiate level where, as the old adage goes, “bookmakers have to be right every time; bettors just once” gains added credence.

Getting to the Point(spread): You may live the rest of your life and not see Rice beat Texas in a college football game but no such stark mismatches exist in the NFL. In fact, even the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts lost outright to Houston, Jacksonville and Tennessee last season, three teams that failed to make the playoffs. The largest pointspread differential in the NFL last year was 18, when the Colts welcomed the Titans to Indianapolis, Oct. 8. For the record, Indy prevailed, 14-13, but failed to cover.

The first 16 games of the 2007 NFL season opened with no team favored by more than seven points and a whopping nine contests where the line was a field goal or less.

Contrast that with the opening weekend of this year’s college season when no fewer than 16 games closed with pointspreads greater than 18, including two games above 30 and another pair of contests with lines of 40 points or more.

The larger numbers in the college football betting game also create greater volatility. For example, while top ranked USC opened as a 42 1/2-point favorite over Idaho, Sept. 1, gamblers pounded the Trojans, driving the line up to -49, a 6 1/2-point swing that you’ll never see happen in the NFL. USC failed to cover, winning, 38-10.

Also on Sept. 1, Michigan State was bet up from -17 to -23 against Alabama-Birmingham. The Spartans covered easily, 55-18.

This disparity in pointspreads creates a bit of a betting dilemma for bettors. The more conservative player may be better off concentrating on NFL betting, where no team is ever in a “can’t win” situation and the bettor isn’t apt to feel like a fool because a line has shifted significantly from the time it was posted to the time the player bet it.

The bettor with a more adventuresome streak may opt for college football betting where he could have, conceivably, laid 42 1/2 with USC and taken 49 with Idaho. He would have collected on both bets if the Trojans has won by 43-48 points. It didn’t work out this time but these highly desirable “middles,” where the shop-wise bettor gets both ends of a moving line, are available more often in the college game than its NFL counterpart.

The Known Versus the Unknown: With teams required to list injuries and the probability of players participating in each week’s game, there are fewer surprises in NFL betting. College teams, however, are under no obligation to post injuries and/or suspensions, adding another level of uncertainty to the NCAA wagering experience.

I Second That Emotion: Although division contests can stir the juices, for the most part, professional football players operate on an even emotional keel. Even NFL coaches’ halftime speeches tend to be more about Xs and Os than motivation.

But the college game, where impressionable teenagers dominate, is more influenced by emotion, witness a motivated Appalachian State, which scored an astonishing upset of overconfident Michigan, Sept. 1.

That’s just another factor that makes college football betting more difficult and more risky, but potentially more rewarding than the NFL.

When it comes to football betting, a player has to find his comfort zone.

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Chris Grisham asked:


John is a friend of mine who hits it big in sports betting, particularly with National Football League (NFL) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football games. He told me his thoughts, advice and experience in this hobby (hobby at first but soon became his bread and butter) and what he does best with a college football betting line. He explained and shared it to me.

My friend was a nobody about a few years ago. He was basically a bum living with his wife working full time to support him and their son. His wife was about to leave him, having been fed up with their living situation when John suddenly had gone lucky through sports betting.

“Knowing about college football betting line is the one thing that made it possible for me,” John said to me one time I asked him about his sports betting activities.

“What is it?” I asked knowing nothing about what he does.

He explained to me that a college football betting line is basically the odds that handicappers or bettors place on football teams so it will make the betting process more exciting and and the results would be harder to guess.

“With any college football betting line, the odds are always stacked against the better team and the other team would get the better odds. It’s just but natural isn’t it?” he said.

“I didn’t understand it at first, and I approached every game haphazardly, with no strategy what so ever,” he added.

Whatever his strategy is, it must have been working great for him. John is a success story, a potential and good cover boy for magazines like Readers Digest. A lot of people would be inspired of his story and skills. He and his wife have their own business now, they have nice cars and a wonderful home. He is now able to provide for his family and send his young son to a good school.

“I used to go with my feelings. With every college football betting line that I encountered, I used to do just common guesswork. And I wasn’t winning,” John said.

When he started to keep on losing, he thought about quitting but he had already gotten hooked and he wasn’t just about to give it up. He asked around for tips on how to approach sports betting. That’s where he learned and conceived his own strategy.

“The key here is information,” he said. John emphasized the importance of gathering all the necessary information on every team and player. It helps him to analyze the outcome of the games.

“Don’t make the same mistake that I did. Don’t go with your emotion. Master the game and winning will come naturally to you,” he advised.

John said that it is easy to earn money through sports betting if you are always well-prepared before you make that all-important bet. Researching your stats is extremely important as it will help you analyze every college football betting line that you may deal with.

College Football Betting:trends for September 6-8

Karol Lucan asked:


THURSDAY, SEPT. 6

Oregon State at Cincinnati: Oregon State is 3-7 ATS versus non-conference foes on the road the last seven seasons.

Middle Tennessee State at Louisville: Louisville is a national best 15-1 as a home favorite over the past three seasons.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 7

Navy at Rutgers: Rutgers has covered five of its last six games against Navy, including three straight in New Brunswick, NJ and is 11-4-1 ATS versus non-conference foes since 2003.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 8

Air Force at Utah: Air Force has covered five straight versus Utah and is 13-3 ATS in road openers since 1991.

Alabama at Vanderbilt: Vanderbilt is 9-2-1 ATS versus Alabama since 1992.

Memphis at Arkansas State: Arkansas State has covered four of its last five games versus Memphis.

Ball State at Eastern Michigan: Ball State is 6-2 ATS versus Eastern Michigan the last eight encounters.

Rice at Baylor: Baylor has covered the last three meetings with Rice.

Boise State at Washington: Washington is 3-14-1 versus non-conference opponents.

BYU at UCLA: UCLA has beaten the spread in five of the last six meetings.

Buffalo at Temple: Temple is 9-2-1 ATS versus MAC schools the past three seasons.

Toledo at Central Michigan: Toledo is 6-9-1 ATS in the MAC the past two seasons while CMU has a conference ATS record of 13-4.

Duke at Virginia: Duke is 2-11 SU but 8-5 ATS versus Virginia the last 13 meetings.

Florida Atlantic at Oklahoma State: In its three-year existence, FAU is 1-7 ATS versus BCS schools such as OSU.

South Carolina at Georgia: The home team is 8-5 ATS in this series.

Hawaii at Louisiana Tech: Hawaii has covered four of its last five games against Louisiana Tech.

Houston at Tulane: Since 2003, Houston has covered four straight games versus Tulane.

Indiana at Western Michigan: Since 1996, Indiana is 6-2-2 ATS versus current MAC teams.

Syracuse at Iowa: Syracuse is 8-11 as a road underdog while Iowa is 15-5 as a home favorite the past four seasons.

Virginia Tech at LSU: Virginia Tech is 14-4 ATS on the road the past three seasons.

West Virginia at Marshall: West Virginia is 12-3 ATS as an away favorite the last six years.

Miami (FL) at Oklahoma: Miami has covered three straight games against Oklahoma.

Oregon at Michigan: Over the past decade, Michigan is 0-4 ATS versus Pac-10 teams, including an outright loss at Oregon in 2003.

Miami (OH) at Minnesota: Minnesota is 7-0 as a non-conference favorite.

Missouri at Mississippi: Missouri has covered all three meetings in this series.

Mississippi State at Tulane: Mississippi State is 7-2 ATS its last nine games versus Tulane.

Nebraska at Wake Forest: Wake Forest is a miserable 2-12 as a home favorite the past four seasons.

Nevada at Northwestern: Nevada was 6-1 ATS on the road last year and beat Northwestern at home, covering a seven-point spread.

New Mexico State at New Mexico: The visitor is 5-2-1 ATS the last eight games in this series.

North Texas at SMU: SMU is 4-10 ATS versus non-conference teams the past four seasons.

Notre Dame at Penn State: Penn State is 8-4 ATS versus Notre Dame last 12, including 4-1 ATS in Happy Valley.

Southern Miss at Tennessee: Southern Miss is 11-4 ATS in road openers since 1992 while Tennessee is 19-29 as a home favorite the past eight seasons.

TCU at Texas: Texas is 7-2-1 ATS versus TCU the last 10 meetings.

Fresno State at Texas A&M: Fresno State is 12-3 as a non-conference underdog of three or more points.

Wisconsin at UNLV: Wisconsin is 9-1 ATS away before back to back home games.

Utah State at Wyoming: Wyoming has covered the last three games in this series.

UTEP at Texas Tech: Since 1991, UTEP is 6-22-1 ATS on the road in September.

Are the above Sportsbook busters guaranteed? Of course not. But historians point out that by studying the past we’re better equipped to predict the future. That may be true for sports betting, too.

College Football Betting

Todd Price asked:


 

Most sport bettors outside the United States don’t know that College Football Betting is one of the biggest football betting markets offered by online bookmakers to their customers.

College Football Betting is huge business and the action isn’t restricted to just the 14 weeks of regular season college games but sports betting is also available on the Bowl games in December and January when the eyes of a nation tune in to watch the National Championship game.

Because the NCAA College Football competition is so large with so many teams involved, you will find that betting on some games will be difficult if you just want to place just a normal head to head bet because one side is an overwhelming favourite.

Online bookmakers allow us sport bettors to place a College Football Line Bet to get some value for our money. The only difference in placing a College Football Lines sport bet and placing an NFL Football Lines bet is the larger handicap that a fancied team will have to give up for you to get even money.

Because of the gulf in class, the College Football Lines are usually a lot bigger than the normal lines you see in the NFL and the Vegas Bookmakers don’t always get this right giving sports bettors a chance to win big with very limited risk if they are keen students of College Football betting.

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Ncaa College Football Parlay Wagering - Winning Consistently

Barry Goldstein asked:


 

For fun, I bet college football parlay cards. Every week of the NCAA football season, I bet at least one football parlay card in Vegas.

Regardless of where you bet on football, most sportsbooks pay about the same. Of the three main types of college parlays (ties win, teasers and 1/2 point cards), I bet the ties win parlay almost always.

Below, you’ll find the typical pay for winning a NCAA football parlay at any sportsbook.

NCAA College Football Parlay Wagering Payouts (Common - Ties Win):

2 Team College Parlay - 13/5  

3 Team College Parlay - 6/1  

4 Team College Parlay - 10/1  

5 Team College Parlay - 20/1  

6 Team College Parlay - 40/1  

7 Team College Parlay - 75/1  

8 Team College Parlay - 100/1  

9 Team College Parlay - 150/1  

10 Team College Parlay - 300/1  

11 Team College Parlay - 450/1 

12 Team College Parlay - 600/1  

13 Team College Parlay - 750/1  

14 Team College Parlay - 900/1  

15 Team College Parlay - 1500/1 

The more college football bets added to the card, the bigger the payout. It’s extremely hard to hit a 10-team parlay card. Still, I have scored on some large football parlay bets. 

Normally, I don’t bet anything over a 5-team parlay. But there are exceptions. I don’t ever bet 2-team parlay bets though.

There is an art to winning college football parlay bets consistently. It’s not magic really. There’s a video you should watch. I linked to it below. Most sports bettors who bet on parlay cards lose, because they make 1-2 key mistakes.

This college football season, I’ll be winning lots of football bets. What about you?

Here’s to a ton of winning football bets this season.

 

 

College Football Betting - One of the Easiest Ways to Make Money!

Chris Grisham asked:


Earning some extra money is quite easy and thrilling when you engage when you place bet on a football game. Whatever your league of your choice, whether the National Football League (NFL) or the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), sports betting can be greatly lucrative. Some people even earn 6 figures through this alone.

One easy way to place bet on a football game would be through online sportsbook. You can do all your betting in the comfort of your own home. Plus you can do it anytime you want, day or night, 7 days a week.

A friend of mine has been extremely successful in this line of business. When he first tried to place bet on a football game, he tried it using just guesswork. And he was lucky! He earned a small amount. After that, he learned that there are what he termed professional bettors who earn much greater amounts that what he first won. And we are talking here in the hundreds of dollars! That really excited him so he tried to learn more about betting.

Surely enough, my friend started winning more and more and earning in the thousands whenever he place bet on a football match. He is now very successful, living a celebrity life. He was able to quit his day job, bought a home in Los Angeles and Miami, send his children to exclusive schools and buy cars and gadgets. He currently has 10 cars in his garage! And all of them are luxury vehicles.

He once showed me a Porsche he bought a year ago. “This baby is the least of my favorites,” my friend told me. I asked him why.

“Oh, all 10 of my cars are my favorites. This Porsche just happen to be at the bottom. I guess because I’ve only driven this twice,” he said.

Can you imagine that? Owning a slick Porsche yet taking it out only twice in a year? I guess that’s what happens when you always successfully place bet on a football game and win… all the time!

It’s not often that you come across a source of income where you earn money by spending money. That’s a weird thought isn’t it? But it’s all so true. My friend, perhaps sensing my growing interest in his profession, if you can call it a profession (he prefers to call it just a hobby), gave me these handy tips on how I can follow in his footsteps.

1. Sometimes you can’t do it alone. You’ll need someone to help you and that’s where a good and professional handicapper steps in. If you want to be a serious better, a professional handicapper can give you the best tips on every team, sport or match. But don’t just go around looking for any handicapper. Ask around. Especially around successful bettors if they can recommend one for you.

2. Find an honest and respectable sportsbook. More importantly if you’re planning to make bets online. There are a lot of frauds on the internet, you have to be careful where you place your bets on. Just like with finding a handicapper, ask around for a good sportsbook.

College Football Betting Online

Sebastien Veilleux asked:


College football has been called a pure game. The players are out there on the field playing for glory and school pride. They don’t get paid and many of them are hoping to get a shot at the NFL. College football has no salary cap and there’s nothing stopping a school from signing many top recruits in the country. In fact, a recent report showing the top high school possible recruits revealed that a strong majority had USC and Texas on their list of college choices. Good players want to play at a good school. As a result good schools get better and poor schools get worse.

Year in and year out we hear the names of top programs like Ohio State over and over. College football is a freer game than the NFL. Coaches are not afraid to try trick plays and run the option. As a result, the points can really add up. One trap that many college football bettors that also bet the NFL fall into is handicapping the game as if it was the NFL. In the NFL, each and every player—no matter how bad they seem—is one of the top players in the entire football world. In college football, there are handfuls of NFL type players with scores of just average players.

In the NFL, you would never see a spread between two teams in the 40s. However, it’s a common occurrence each week in college football. Yes, those favorite teams cover too. One aspect of the game that must be on any bettors mind is motivation. If the game features two bitter rivals, the game could be a hot contest no matter what the talent level. If nothing else, the worse team could remain closer to the favorite. It’s important to analyze the coaches as well. What type of coach does each team have? Does the coach like to run often? Does the coach like to fire away even when the game is won?

Here’s an example. For years Air Force was a team that would run the ball 80% of the time—effectively too. If they were playing a team that’s soft on the run, look out. By knowing the team’s game plan, you can forecast the outcome better. If Air Force were playing a poorer team, record wise, that had a really solid run defense, what would you do? If you were simply a college football handicapper that looks at wins/loses, you would most likely fail.

In the pros, teams are more apt to adapt. If the run is not working, they go to the air. However, in college football, some programs are built a certain way and they stick to their game plan for the most part. If the team is built as a running powerhouse, they are going to keep at the run, because that’s all they can really do. The grand lesson here is to not look at college football like you would the NFL. While it’s football, it really is not the same game.

College Football Betting:opening Week (aug. 30 Sept. 3) Trends

Karol Lucan asked:


THURSDAY, AUG. 30

Miami (OH) at Ball State: The visitor is 6-2 against the spread (ATS) in this series since 1995.

Buffalo at Rutgers: Rutgers is 8-2 ATS at home in its last 10 games versus non-conference opponents.

LSU at Mississippi State: LSU is 9-1 ATS last 10 versus Mississippi State and 7-0 ATS its last seven in Starkville.

Kent State at Iowa State: Iowa State is 7-1-1 ATS versus Mid-America Conference opponents.

UNLV at Utah State: UNLV is just 6-14 ATS in September games since 2001 but Utah State is 10-19 ATS as an underdog the last three seasons.

Utah at Oregon State: Utah is 11-1 ATS as a road underdog off more than three points its last dozen games in that situation. Oregon State is 4-8 ATS in Corvallis openers since 1996.

Tulsa at ULM: Tulsa is 8-21 ATS on grass fields like the one the Golden Hurricane will play on at the University of Louisiana-Monroe.

FRIDAY, AUG. 31

Navy at Temple: Temple has covered three of its last four games against Navy but the Midshipmen are 9-3 as road favorites the past four years.

Washington at Syracuse: Washington is 3-14-1 ATS versus non-conference opponents. Syracuse is 18-2-2 ATS its last 22 games at home versus non-conference foes. Statistically, this is the strongest game of the opening week.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 1

Western Michigan at West Virginia: West Virginia is just 6-12-1 ATS as a sports betting home favorite the last four years.

East Carolina at Virginia Tech: Virginia Tech has covered four straight games against East Carolina and is 7-2 ATS in home openers since 1997.

Marshall at Miami (FL): Marshall is 5-10 as a road underdog the past three seasons.

Alabama-Birmingham at Michigan State: Michigan State is 5-13 ATS the last seven seasons as a double-digit home favorite.

Connecticut at Duke: UConn has won its first lined game of the season five consecutive years while Duke is 1-11 ATS at home versus non-conference opponents.

Washington State at Wisconsin: Washington State is 8-2 ATS on the road versus non-conference opponents.

Georgia Tech at Notre Dame: Georgia Tech has covered three straight against Notre Dame and is 10-6 ATS overall as a road underdog the past four seasons.

Missouri at Illinois: Missouri has covered five of its last six games against Illinois.

UCLA at Stanford: The home team is 6-1-1 ATS the last eight games in this series.

Wake Forest at Boston College: Wake Forest has covered four straight games versus Boston College.

Baylor at TCU: TCU is 10-3 ATS in its last 13 home openers.

Central Michigan at Kansas: Central Michigan is 1-7 as a non-conference sports betting road underdog of 24 or fewer points.

Colorado State vs. Colorado (Denver): Colorado State is 12-5 ATS since 1986 and has covered three in a row versus rival Colorado.

Eastern Michigan at Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh is 1-9 ATS as a home favorite of 20 or more points.

Kansas State at Auburn: Kansas State is 1-6 ATS as a non-conference underdog of more than four points.

Bowling Green at Minnesota: Bowling Green is 6-1 ATS as a non-conference road underdog of four or more points.

Tennessee at California: Tennessee is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 openers, including a 35-18 victory over California last year.

New Mexico AT UTEP: New Mexico has covered three of the last four in this series.

San Jose State at Arizona State: Arizona State is 10-2 as a non-conference home favorite.

Idaho at USC: USC is 6-1 as a non-conference favorite of 20 or more points.

Troy at Arkansas: Troy is 9-5 ATS as a road underdog the last three seasons.

Middle Tennessee at Florida Atlantic: Middle Tennessee is 7-1 ATS in its first lined game of the season.

MONDAY, SEPT. 3

Texas Tech at SMU: SMU is 1-4 ATS in season openers the last five seasons.

Florida State at Clemson: Clemson has covered three of the last four overall and six of the last seven at home in this series.

Are the above sportsbook busters guaranteed? Of course not. But historians point out that by studying the past we’re better equipped to predict the future. That may be true for sports betting, too.

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