Week 3 college football best bets
Best bets gathered from many respected handicappers, plus info from sportsbooks
Week 3 of the college football season is here.
I’ll keep it brief, since we know you’ve all come here for the picks.
A few important updates from bookmakers I spoke with this morning:
Alabama (-16) at Wisconsin is the clear public play of the day. The Crimson Tide to cover is the most-bet game by total bets and dollars at both BetMGM and DraftKings Sportsbook. It’s only the second time in the last 51 home games Wisconsin is an underdog, per Chris Fallica of Fox Sports.
Thomas Gable, sportsbook director at The Borgata in Atlantic City told me he received respected money on these four bets on Saturday morning:
LSU-South Carolina OVER 48
Georgia State +10
Minnesota-Nevada UNDER 44
UAB-Arkansas UNDER 61
I’ve also been getting information from Joe Brennan, who runs Prime Sports, a sportsbook known to cater to sharp bettors. Check it out if you’re in Ohio or New Jersey.
Top Prime Sports Needs
Oklahoma State -17.5
Wisconsin +15.5
Michigan -22
Oregon State +17.5 (knocks down a lot of sharp money)
Sharp money on:
Illinois -18 to - 21
Texas A&M -3
Oregon -17.5
Virginia Tech anywhere from -14 to -17
Kentucky +23
I’ve compiled over 65 best bets on today’s college football games from some respected handicappers.
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Week 3 college football public betting info
BetMGM
Most bet games (tickets)
Alabama-Wisconsin
LSU-South Carolina
Missouri-Boston College
Most bet teams (tickets)
Alabama -16.5
LSU -6
Georgia -23.5
Most bet teams (handle)
Alabama -16.5
Texas -35.5
LSU -6
Most bet Overs (tickets)
Alabama-Wisconsin 48.5
LSU-South Carolina 48
Georgia-Kentucky 44.5
Most bet Unders (tickets)
Boston College-Missouri 54
Notre Dame-Purdue 47
Utah-Utah State 43.5
Most bet underdogs to win (tickets)
Colorado State +210
South Carolina +200
Boston College +500
DraftKings
College football Week 3 best bets
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Oklahoma Team Total under 30.5
Tulane 121st in tempo. They are very run heavy so the slow tempo and rush heavy attack should minimize possessions in the game. Oklahoma’s offense struggled mightily in the Temple win. The Sooners only blew out Temple because of Temple’s turnovers. Oklahoma then was awful on offense against Houston. They lost the box score- fortunate to win. Oklahoma had a 30% success rate against Houston. Passing success rate 27%. Oklahoma does have a completely new young OLine and that is slowing things down. They also don’t quite have the skill position talent they have had in other years. The Sooners defense has been very good and I think Venables is liable to get more conservative especially if the game is tight at all.
WVA/Pitt over 61.5
Pitt wasn’t kidding when they said they were going to play fast. They are 3rd in the nation in tempo now. Throwing the ball on 56.1% of plays. Being aggressive. Eli Holstein is taking a lot of chances and is capable of big positive plays and/or pick sixes the other way. I do think the West Virginia secondary is the weakness of the defense. We saw Drew Allar look very good against them and then Albany threw for more than 300 yards as well. W VA’s OLine is excellent and they have a great tailback duo. Corey Kiner ran for 7.5 yards per carry on them last week. I think West VA runs wild on Pitt here. West VA above average in tempo at 48th in the country. These two defenses are 131st and 123rd in the country in explosiveness allowed. The tempo should be quick in this one and the defenses give up big plays. Take the over here.
South Carolina +7 — Paul Stone, pro bettor
South Carolina +7 — Matt Youmans, VSiN
LSU-South Carolina UNDER 50.5 — Pam Maldonado, ESPN
Alabama-Wisconsin UNDER 49.5 — Stone
Alabama-Wisconsin UNDER 49 — Las Vegas Cris, pro bettor