Here are a few interesting lines to keep an eye on in Week 7 of college football action.
With another exciting Saturday of college football action right around the corner, fans around the nation will be interested to see what Las Vegas thinks about some of the key games of the week.
Week 7 features three games between ranked opponents, along with a few more interesting conference match-ups. The SEC and Big Ten will each feature a top 10 match-up, meaning the playoff picture could look quite different by Monday.
College GameDay will be in Madison for an intriguing contest between the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes and No. 8 Wisconsin Badgers. Elsewhere, the No. 9 Tennessee Volunteers will try to snap a nine-game losing streak against the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide in one of the SEC’s top rivalries.
The SEC will have one more ranked match-up, as the No. 12 Ole Miss Rebels will visit the No. 22 Arkansas Razorbacks. Other potentially interesting games include the No. 10 Nebraska Cornhuskers visiting the Indiana Hoosiers and the No. 20 West Virginia Mountaineers looking to remain undefeated with a win on the road against the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Oddshark.com has the lines for those five key games, along with every other Division I match-up on Saturday.
No. 1 Alabama (-9) at No. 9 Tennessee
No. 2 Ohio State (-9.5) at No. 8 Wisconsin
No. 12 Ole Miss (-6.5) at No. 22 Arkansas
No. 10 Nebraska (-6) at Indiana
No. 20 West Virginia at Texas Tech (-1)
Having two top 10 teams as nearly double-digit underdogs in the same week is a rare occurrence, giving bettors some interesting things to think about in Week 7.
Alabama has earned its No. 1 ranking with wins in ranked road match-ups at Ole Miss and Arkansas, and will be taking on a banged up Tennessee team fresh off on emotional loss at Texas A&M. Still, losing in double overtime at Kyle Field isn’t anything to be ashamed of, and the Volunteers came very close to taking down the national champion Crimson Tide a year ago.
The more interesting underdog bet could be Wisconsin, which also didn’t drop in the rankings much following a 14-7 road loss at Michigan two weeks ago. A young Buckeyes team already has a marquee road win at Oklahoma, but Camp Randall at night is going to be on a whole different level, and the Badgers defense will be Ohio State’s toughest test of the season by far.
Even with two losses, Ole Miss is one of the most talented teams in the nation, and is giving nearly a touchdown on the road against Arkansas. The Razorbacks could be in for a long day against the Rebels front seven if they can’t fix their offensive line woes quickly.
While the Hoosiers are far from a great team, they can challenge the undefeated Cornhuskers at home. Nebraska narrowly won against sliding Oregon and a bad Illinois team earlier in the season, and a game in Bloomington has trap written all over it with the de facto Big Ten West championship game in Madison looming later in the month.
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Nobody really knows how good West Virginia is, but its still surprising to see it as an underdog against Texas Tech, which can’t stop anybody defensively. The best bet in this contest is probably the over, which currently stands at a staggering 83 points.