Saturday
NOON
#2 Ohio State -10 over #5 Indiana. 10 units. <<<
If it was going to be close, the line would be under 7.
Indiana will see how hard it is to win on the road vs top ranked teams.
OSU played both #1 Oregon and #4 Penn State on the road and went 1-1.
Last year Indiana was a 30 point dog to both PSU and OSU. Those two teams are still the best defensive teams this year with only allowing 10 and 13 points per game . Thats something Indiana hasn't faced this year.
Indiana only played 3 road games - all aganst losing record teams, MSU a minus 6 points per game scoring team. UCLA - A minus -9 points per game scoring team. and Northwestern a minus 3 scoring team - in which - those three teams combined, also only averaged 19 points per game on offense.
NOON
Florida +12.5 over Ole Miss.. 3 units
ML +355. 2 units
Florida has played the toughest schedule this year . In the last 6 games on their schedule, every team was a winner last year.
They also faced four top ranked teams with Miami Fla, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas.
In 4 of the last 5 games they are now facing another ranked team with #9th ranked Ole Miss.
In road games vs teams at .500> or more Ole Miss pounded Georgia 28-10 in Georgia's worst game of the year - while allowing 26 at LSU and 31 at Arkansas.
The Ole Miss offense averages 540 yards per game - while allowing only 310. The scoring difference isn't as big of a gap if you remove the 62 points they put up on Ark.
The true scoring difference when adjusted, is more like 28 points per game average on offense, against recent division foes.
If that holds true - and if Florida can put up 17 or more at home, then Florida could cover this.
We could have another ML shocker here, like when Ole Miss lost at LSU just 4 weeks ago...
Noon
Wake forest +24 (-118) over #11 Miami. 4 units
WF has a solid defense and should stay within the spread.
Noon
Virginia +10.5 over #13 SMU. 5 units
ML +275. 3 units
The Cavs +21 gave Notre Dame all they could handle last week and Pushed on the spread but had a whopping 5 turnovers at Notre Dame. This is a great ML dog play today as well ATS..
Noon.
Illinois +1 over Rutgers. 4 units
Considering that Illinois played #1 Oregon and #4 Penn State on the road - and held PSU to only 21 pts and Oregon to only 38 makes this an easy win over Rutgers.
2:30PM
James Madison -7 over Appy State. 3 units
JM only returned 8 starters from last year when the were a 34-19 scoring team. This year they are just as good, while Appy state was a Plus 6 scoring team last year and now is a minus -8 with a defense that is allowing 34 points per game.
3:30PM
Minnesota +11.5 over Penn State. 3 units
Home dogs allowing 20 points is a game I use.
PSU in road games is still better defensively, but against winning record home teams, they only scored 21, 26 and 13 points.
3:30
Kansas +3 (-120) over #16 Colorado 10 units. <<<
Kansas Played 5 top ranked teams going 2-3.
Lost by 6 to Illinois. Lost by 4 to UNLV, Lost by 4 to ASU, Beat Iowa State and BYU.
The Dirty Buffalos piled it on last week and showed poor sportsmanship against My Utah Play. I get it all back today! FU, Neon Deion!
3:30
Kentucky +20 over #3 Texas. 5 units
Wildcats have been solid all year on defense allowing only 19pts per game. They beat Ole Miss, stayed with Georgia losing 12-13 and and Tennessee 18-28. ALL ROAD GAMES!
3:30PM
ASU -3.5 over BYU ...3:30PM. 4 units
BYU was shocked by 4-6 Kansas last week and faces a better team today with with an 8-2 record.
4:00PM
Arkansas -23.5 over Louisiana Tech 4 units
In 3 of the last 4 road games LT scored 12 points or less.
Expect a shoutout by the Razorbacks today.
4:15PM
Missouri -8.5 over Miss St. 5 units.
This is the first losing-record team with a negative scoring average per game that Missouri has faced in 3 weeks, They should cover this.
7:00PM
#6 Notre Dame -14 over #18 Army. 4 units
Army faced all average unranked teams and struggled last game two weeks ago with soft North Texas in a 14-3 game. The NT defense allows 35 pts per game. Notre Dame allows only 10!
ND seemed to shut down against Virginia last week, looking ahead to this game.
7:30PM
Auburn +3 over #15 TexasA&M. 5 units
I play home dogs with defenses that allow under 20 points per game.
Auburn held the last 4 opponents each, to 21 pts or less.
They also hold opponents to 4.4 yds per play which is outstanding and only 283 yds per game along with allowing only 2.9 yds per carry! All three stats are better than A&M's.
7:5PM
Vanderbilt +7.5 over LSU. 4 units
Farewell game for LSU head coach Brain Kelly if he doesn't win this today.
He had a great scoring team last year putting up 46 points per game and allowing 28 - which has now deflated to 29-25.
But when you lose and NFL grade QB from the prior season - this is what happens.
He's facing a Vandy team that flipped their scoring deficit from 23-36 last year, to plus 28-21 this year.
When considering the defensive advantage for Vandy - thats where the money is.
This line opened around 9.
8PM
V. Tech -3 over Duke. . 3 units.
Both teams are solid on defense, but this game comes down to turnovers.
VT has the better run game.
7:30PM
Oklahoma +14 over Alabama. 5 units
Not the team they were a year ago and laying 2 TD's on the road is risky.
For the record, Oklahoma has not allowed over 35 points in any game all year including games with Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina and Ole Miss!
Alabama played both - South Carolina winning 27-25 and Tennessee losing 17-24, going 1-1.
I may have a late plays....