College Football Week 4 Marketwatch

College Football Week 4 Marketwatch

I say it every week, but the season is already flying by. This weekend we’ve got two Top-25 matchups (TCU at Oklahoma State, Mississippi State at Georgia) which are both seeing lopsided action on one side. Below we’ve highlighted some of the major news for Week 4:

  • Our historical data only goes back to 2005, but Florida has been favored against Kentucky every season. The Gators have gone 9-3 ATS in those games, but this weekend they’re only listed at -1.5. Despite getting nearly 70% of tickets, Florida has actually dropped from the opening line of -5.5 at BetOnline. It’s possible that the Gators could close as underdogs vs. Kentucky for the first time in 12+ years.
  • We recently wrote about Baylor’s terrible 0-3 SU and ATS start, and the Bears are getting just 11% of spread bets at the time of publication. The lookahead line from the summer (+8 vs. Oklahoma) has moved nearly 20 points (now +28 vs. Oklahoma) in a matter of months, but they may be a nice contrarian play.
  • There may also be value on another Big-12 squad this weekend: Kansas. If you follow college football at all, you know that the Jayhawks have really struggled and are nothing like their basketball counterpart. Similar to Baylor, they’re getting less than 15% of spread bets, and could be another decent contrarian play.
  • Earlier in the week, Michigan was a nice contrarian play below -10. Now that bettors have caught on and moved the line, there may not be much value. Spread tickets have also evened up, with 48% on Michigan and 52% on Purdue.
  • We’ve seen some great reverse-line movement on Stanford this week, opening -6.5 and moving up to -8 despite <40% of spread bets. The public continues to love Josh Rosen and UCLA, but another failed cover and we could see bettors jumping ship.

Highest Totals:
Oregon/Arizona State 75.5
SMU/Arkansas State 73.5
WVU/Kansas 71.5

Lowest Totals:
Alabama/Vanderbilt 43
Florida/Kentucky 44
Tulane/Army 44.5

Biggest Underdogs:
Kent +44 at Louisville
UNLV +40 at Ohio State

Most Lopsided Spread Bets:
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech

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Dan McGuire

Dan McGuire is the Operations Manager and soccer specialist at Sports Insights. You can find him on Twitter (@ArsenalDMC) and he can be reached directly at dan.mcguire@actionnetwork.com.

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