Five college football bets for Saturday, including two road dogs that are being slept on
CFP REACTION: ALABAMA FEELS THE LOVE, INDIANA GETS THE SHAFT AND BIG 12 GETS RELIEF AS COMMITTEE CONFUSES US Here are my five best bets for Saturday.
Key points
- Week 11 is where the college football calendar starts to separate the contenders from the pretenders.
- The pick: South Carolina -7.5 (-112) Wake Forest is a road underdog against an unranked team, and that’s hard to square with how well this team has played.
- But a team that has won four in a row with a playoff path still in front of it shouldn’t sleepwalk through a road trip to a 3-6 opponent.
Two of these plays are road underdogs most bettors won’t touch, and a third is a home dog getting points from a ranked team that hasn’t proven much away from Knoxville.
The College Football Playoff committee has shown its hand with a few rounds of controversial rankings, but teams now know exactly what they’re playing for.
Additional details
- The Mustangs are 11-0 at home in ACC play since joining the league, and Kevin Jennings has been much better at home than on the road.
- Tennessee is trying to justify a top-eight ranking on the road and South Carolina is staring down a visit from Georgia next week.
- 13 Demon Deacons have outscored their last five opponents 264-31, which is remarkable in any conference.
- And the Tennessee football team was caught up in the nationwide grounding of planes last night.
- The Red Raiders have been out-gained in every road game this season.
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