College Football Week 10 Betting Recap
– The Thursday night game was actually bet more than the NFL game this week. FSU-Louisville finished with 42,294 bets while Saints-Panthers finished with 36,427 bets. This was consistent around the market as Aliante Casino reported more money bet on FSU-Louisville than New Orleans-Carolina. In terms of betting handle on each side, more money was bet on FSU and they were able to reward bettors with a huge comeback in the 2nd half to both win and cover the spread.
– With FSU covering on Thursday night, Top 3 teams are now 7-14 ATS in road weekday games.
– TCU entered the week as the only team with a perfect ATS record on the season, but failed to cover at West Virginia. TCU did win the game on a last second field goal, 31-30, to keep their National Title hopes within reach.
– Pittsburgh (-3) and UCLA (-6.5) both closed with less than 30% of bets. UCLA covered, winning 17-7, and Pitt would have pushed but missed an easy field goal at the end of regulation and ultimately lost in overtime 51-48. Since 2005, home favorites receiving <30% of bets have now gone 41-30 ATS.
– Air Force/Army easily went under the total, now pushing the Under to 21-7 between service academies since 2005.
– New Mexico has had the most games this year where the line moved at least 2 points against them (i.e. moving from -2 to -4).
– Texas and USC have had the most games where the line moved at least 2 points in their favor (i.e. moving from +2 to +4).
– Texas A&M suspended QB Kenny Hill for 2 games and did not start on Saturday against UL Monroe. Hill was listed at +500 to win the Heisman just a month ago, and without him the Aggies struggled and barely won 21-16 as a 34-point favorite.
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– We’ve highlighted it every week but the improvement is significant– Last year there were 11 teams that failed to win more than 3 games ATS (combining to go 30-100 ATS). Those same teams are now 51-43 ATS on the year.
– Road teams dominated this week, going 31-20 ATS.
– Favorites also dominated, going 34-19 ATS.
– The public had its first great week of the year, with teams receiving >65% of bets going 25-10 ATS. We’d expect to see a drop-off next weekend.
Heisman Odds risers from Week 9:
Marcus Mariota -275 from -200
Nick Marshall +1,200 from +1,500
Trevone Boykin +3,000 from no odds
Jameis Winston +4,000 from +5,000
Biggest Title movers since preseason:
Oregon +450 from +900
Mississippi State +750 from +12,000
TCU +1,000 from +12,000
Arizona State +2,800 from +12,000
Alabama -6 at LSU: Bama getting 68% of early bets and have moved to -6.5 at Pinnacle and 5Dimes, but remain at -6 at CRIS.
Auburn -21 vs. Texas A&M: Auburn opened -14.5 at BetOnline but were bet up to -21.5 by Monday morning and are getting nearly 90% of early bets.
Oklahoma -4.5 vs. Baylor: Betting is fairly split so fair but Oklahoma has moved to -4.5 after opening -4 at CRIS.
TCU -5 vs. Kansas State: TCU opened -6 but with less than 40% of early bets, have dropped to -5 at CRIS and -4.5 at Pinnacle.
Arizona St -1 vs. Notre Dame: ASU opened -2 but have dropped to -1 despite relatively even betting on both sides.
Michigan St -3.5 vs. Ohio State: Sparty opened -2 but have been bet up quickly to -3.5 behind over 70% of bets.
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