Without further ado, here is the inaugural version of our weekly college football picks against the spread. Lines taken from Bookmaker as of 10:30am PDT on Wednesday. Some big differences between our numbers and the market. We think a lot of games won’t be quite as lopsided as the market. This is fairly common at the beginning of the season, as the market tends to think performance from year to year is more persistent than it actually is.
Big Plays
- Florida International +22.5 @ Maryland [MP= +6.6]
- Florida Atlantic +32 @ Miami (FL) [MP= +24.3]
- Louisiana Tech +14 @ N.C. State [MP= +4.9]
- Texas State +8.5 @ Southern Miss [MP= +0.6]
- BYU -1 @ Virginia [MP= -7.4]
- Hawaii +23.5 vs. Southern California [MP= +16.1]
Other Plays
- Central Michigan +31 @ Michigan [MP= +25.7]
- Buffalo +34.5 @ Ohio State [MP= +29.4]
- Western Kentucky +4.5 vs. Kentucky [MP= -1.9]
- Bowling Green -4 vs. Tulsa [MP= -9.7]
- Mississippi State +12.5 @ Oklahoma State [MP= +6.1]
- UNLV +14 @ Minnesota [MP= +8.6]
- Utah State +2.5 @ Utah [MP= -3.4]