Written By Vegas Matty
Despite suffering early season home losses, the winner of Saturday’s Oklahoma-Oklahoma State game will have a chance to gain an inside track to the BigXII Championship game. Oddsmakers at BetOnline.AG opened the Cowboys as 3-point home favorites in the annual Bedlam rivalry game, with bettors already pushing them up to -3.5 versus the Sooners even though Oklahoma State has lost four of the past five meetings. The last win for the Pokes in this rivalry came back in 2014.
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Oklahoma is currently ranked No. 8 in the country and remains the only team to beat No. 3 Ohio State. But the Sooners and Cowboys will likely need to win out in order to have an opportunity to make the Playoff. TCU’s 14-7 loss at Iowa State last Saturday has put all four schools in a four-way tie for first place in the Big 12 at 4-1, and the Horned Frogs still must visit the Sooners on November 11 in a monster matchup.
Other Week 10 college football games of note…
- Top-ranked Alabama returns from a bye week to host LSU, opening as a 21.5-point home favorite. The Crimson Tide have won the past six meetings with a 3-0-1 mark against the spread in the last three. The Tigers are also coming off a bye and riding a three-game winning streak of their own.
- 9 Miami hosts No. 13 Virginia Tech in a huge ACC Coastal showdown, and there has been a massive change in the betting line since the opener was released at BetOnline.AG. The undefeated Hurricanes have gone from 3.5-point home favorites to 3.5-point underdogs in early betting. Miami has won 12 in a row but is 2-6 ATS in the previous eight meetings at home against Virginia Tech. The ‘Canes have never won the Coastal Division.
- 7 Penn State will try to rebound from its brutal loss at Ohio State as an 11-point road favorite at No. 24 Michigan State. The Nittany Lions opened at -13 and will be visiting a Spartans team that lost 39-31 to Northwestern in triple overtime last week. Both teams are tied for second in the Big Ten East behind the Buckeyes at 4-1, and Michigan State has won three of four in the series.
Shifting gears to the NFL with six more teams on byes in Week 9 of the NFL season, there aren’t too many intriguing games on paper. The most interesting matchup may be the Kansas City Chiefs visiting the Dallas Cowboys off their fourth prime-time appearance in five weeks. The Cowboys may finally have to experience life without Ezekiel Elliot if his suspension finally begins this week and expect the current line of Cowboys -1 to be on the move if that’s the case.
Kansas City has won six of its last seven games against NFC opponents with a 5-2 ATS record. Meanwhile, Dallas has won four of five versus AFC foes both straight up and ATS. The lone loss for the Cowboys came earlier this season to the Denver Broncos, who the Chiefs host on Monday night.
Here are a couple other Week 9 NFL games worth an early look…
- The aforementioned Broncos will be next in line to attempt to halt a league-best six-game winning streak for the Philadelphia Eagles, whose only setback came at Kansas City in Week 2. The Eagles are just 2-7 ATS in their last nine games against the AFC West, winning three of them. Philadelphia opened as a 7 point favorite for the match-up
- The Atlanta Falcons will finally play their first divisional game of the year when they visit the Carolina Panthers. The Falcons went 3-0 against the NFC North and then 1-3 versus the AFC East, and both they and the Panthers are chasing the New Orleans Saints for the NFC South lead. Atlanta has won the past three meetings with Carolina both SU and ATS and see themselves installed as modest 1.5 point road underdogs.
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CFB
Bowling Green -1.5 @ Kent St
Ohio NL vs Miami OH
Western Michigan -7 vs Central Michigan
Toledo -10 vs Northern Illinois
Eastern Michigan -23.5 vs Ball St
Navy -8.5 @ Temple
Troy -18 vs Idaho
Florida Atlantic -10 vs Marshall
Memphis -12.5 @ Tulsa
Utah NL vs UCLA
Baylor -9.5 @ Kansas
Clemson -7 @ NC State
Purdue -14 vs Illinois
Kentucky -3.5 vs Ole Miss
Florida St -4 vs Syracuse
Nebraska -2 vs Northwestern
Ohio St -16.5 @ Iowa
West Virginia -2 vs Iowa St
Virginia Tech -2.5 @ Miami FL
Rutgers PK vs Maryland
Georgia Tech -9 @ Virginia
Boise St -21.5 vs Nevada
Arizona St -4 vs Colorado
New Mexico St -11 @ Texas St
Georgia St -3.5 @ Georgia Southern
Appalachian St -9.5 @ UL Monroe
Old Dominion -8 vs Charlotte
Tennessee -6.5 vs Southern Miss
Auburn -15 @ Texas A&M
Air Force -7.5 vs Army
Wisconsin -9 @ Indiana
Tulane -6 vs Cincinnati
Georgia -25 vs South Carolina
Miss St NL vs Umass
UCF -13 @ SMU
Vanderbilt -11 vs Western Kentucky
Texas Tech -4 vs Kansas St
TCU -7.5 vs Texas
North Texas -3.5 @ Louisiana Tech
Washington -26.5 vs Oregon
Arkansas -24.5 vs Coastal Carolina
Michigan -15 vs Minnesota
Oklahoma St -3.5 vs Oklahoma
Notre Dame -14.5 vs Wake Forest
UAB -11 vs Rice
South Alabama -4.5 vs UL Lafayette
New Mexico -4 vs Utah St
Fresno St -13 vs BYU
UNLV -7.5 vs Hawaii
Colorado St -2.5 @ Wyoming
UTSA -3.5 @ FIU
Middle Tennessee St -17 vs UTEP
Missouri -3.5 vs Florida
Alabama -21.5 vs LSU
Penn St -7.5 @ Michigan St
San Diego St -24 @ San Jose St
California -8.5 vs Oregon St
Washington St -1.5 vs Stanford
USC -7.5 vs Arizona
South Florida -22.5 @ Connecticut
Houston -24.5 vs East Carolina
NFL
Bills -3.5 @ Jets (42)
Eagles -7 vs Broncos (No Total)
Rams -3.5 @ Giants (43.5)
Saints NL vs Buccs
Jaguars -3.5 vs Bengals (39.5)
Panthers -1.5 vs Falcons (44)
Texans (-11) vs Colts
Titans NL vs Ravens
49ers -1 vs Cardinals (39)
Seahawks -7 vs Redskins (45)
Cowboys -1 vs Chiefs
Raiders -2.5 vs Dolphins (43)
