After two weeks of action, we’re starting to learn a lot about college football’s Top 25. Here are the betting odds for each team’s Week 3 matchup.
The college football pecking order is starting to really take shape. There’s still plenty of time for twists and turns, but two games give potential bettors a fair idea of how each team will play. This is the point in the season where the lines start making things even tougher on potential gamblers.
That’s particularly true in the top 25. There’s a healthy split this week of ranked teams taking on soft, non-conference opponents and teams experiencing a real step up in competition. Picking the right margin can be difficult for potential blowouts. Picking the right winner is more of an issue when you’re talking about marquee matchups.
Add it all up and it equals a pretty intriguing slate of games from a gambling perspective. Read on to learn the opening odds for each game according to Oddsshark.
Betting odds for every Top 25 game in Week 3
- No. 5 Oklahoma (-17.5) at Iowa State
- Kent State at No. 11 Penn State (-35)
- No. 18 UCF (-14.5) at North Carolina
- No. 21 Miami (-9.5) at Toledo
- East Carolina at No. 13 Virginia Tech (-29.5)
- UC Davis at No. 9 Stanford
- Vanderbilt at No. 8 Notre Dame (-13)
- Georgia Southern at No. 2 Clemson (-35)
- BYU at No. 6 Wisconsin (-21.5)
- No. 12 LSU at No. 7 Auburn (-10)
- No. 14 West Virginia at NC State (-3)
- No. 17 Boise State at No. 24 Oklahoma State (-2.5)
- SMU at No. 19 Michigan (-32)
- San Jose State at No. 20 Oregon (-39)
- No. 1 Alabama (-22.5) at Ole Miss
- Middle Tennessee at No. 3 Georgia (-33.5)
- Louisiana at No. 16 Mississippi State (-30.5)
- No. 4 Ohio State (-12.5) at No. 15 TCU
- No. 22 USC (+3) at Texas
- No. 10 Washington (-6.5) at Utah
- No. 23 Arizona State (-3) at San Diego State
The most interesting games this week pit two top 25 teams against one another. LSU travels to Auburn where the Tigers are 10-point home favorites. That doesn’t scream confidence in Ed Orgeron’s coaching ability.
Boise State’s trip to Oklahoma State should be a fun shootout to watch. The Cowboys are a slight favorite at home but there should be fireworks in this one.
Lastly, Ohio State travels to TCU and will give up 12.5 points to the home team. Oddsmakers think really highly of Urban Meyer’s team, but the Horned Frogs will be ready to pounce on the Big Ten power.
Let us know which wager you like the most this week. There are certainly plenty of good options to choose from.