College football Week 3 lines: Louisville opens as favorite over Miami
By John Buhler
The opening lines for the big college football Week 3 games are out, including Louisville being a slight favorite over Miami in the biggest game of the weekend.
The game of the week in college football has Louisville football favored over Miami football.
Week 3 of the 2020 college football season may not be providing us with a ton of compelling games, but we’ll see seven ranked teams in action, including an interesting game in the ACC between the No. 17 Miami Hurricanes and the No. 18 Louisville Cardinals over in Kentucky. Which games are worth wagering on this week in the college football world? Odds are from Odds Shark.
Here are the betting odds for all the games of the Week 3 college slate.
Saturday, Sept. 19 (12:00 p.m. ET)
- Tulsa Golden Hurricane at No. 11 Oklahoma State Cowboys (-20.5)
- Syracuse Orange at No. 25 Pittsburgh Panthers (-6)
- Liberty Flames at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (-13.5)
- Navy Midshipmen at Tulane Green Wave (-8)
- No. 19 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (-17) at Georgia State Panthers
- Boston College Eagles at Duke Blue Devils (-4.5)
- Houston Cougars at Baylor Bears (-7)
Saturday, Sept. 19 (1:30 p.m. ET)
- No. 23 Appalachian State Mountaineers (-4.5) at Marshall Thundering Herd
Saturday, Sept. 19 (2:30 p.m. ET)
- South Florida Bulls at No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (-24.5)
Saturday, Sept. 19 (3:30 p.m. ET)
- No. 14 UCF Knights (-8) at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
- Florida Atlantic Owls (-6) at Georgia Southern Eagles
- Charlotte 49ers at No. 12 North Carolina Tar Heels (-26)
Saturday, Sept. 19 (4:00 p.m. ET)
- Troy Trojans (-4.5) at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
Saturday, Sept. 19 (6:00 p.m. ET)
- SMU Mustangs (-14) at North Texas Mean Green
Saturday, Sept. 19 (7:30 p.m. ET)
- Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Southern Miss Golden Eagles (-5)
- Texas State Bobcats (-1) at ULM Warhawks
- No. 17 Miami Hurricanes at No. 18 Louisville Cardinals (-2)
Saturday, Sept. 19 (8:00 p.m. ET)
- Wake Forest Demon Deacons at North Carolina State Wolfpack (-1.5)
The two best teams playing this weekend are the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the No. 11 Oklahoma State Cowboys. They should be able to put away the two AAC teams paying them a visit this weekend in the Tulsa Golden Hurricane venturing to Stillwater, while the South Florida Bulls make the trek up to South Bend. There is no reason to expect an upset in either game.
Along with the big game between Miami and Louisville at night, a few other games you might want to pay attention to are the Syracuse Orange at the No. 25 Pittsburgh Panthers, the Houston Cougars at the Baylor Bears, the No. 23 Appalachian State Mountaineers at the Marshall Thundering Herd and the No. 14 UCF Knights at the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
Which games can you make money on and which favored team is likely to be upset this weekend?
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