College Football Parlay Predictions, Odds Week 9

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24 October 2023

College Football Parlay Predictions, Odds Week 9

We scour the NCAAF odds every week to construct a three-leg college football parlay with a nice return, and we went back to the drawing board with our college football parlay predictions for Week 9. All our college football picks shop for the best odds from our best sports betting apps.

Last week if you faded our plays you would have cashed a three-leg wager that paid close to 5:1 odds, but we remain undeterred.

The first leg of Week 8's parlay was doomed before the game even started, as Air Force quarterback Zac Larrier's injury definitely didn’t help the Over. We also suffered a head-scratching loss in the third leg of our parlay, with Minnesota failing to cover a +3.5 first-half point spread despite ultimately beating Iowa outright 12-10.

It’s bounce-back time in Week 9, and we’ve built another three-leg parlay at FanDuel with a potential payout of +564.

To accompany our college football Week 9 predictions and college football best bets, here are our best college football parlay predictions and odds for Week 9 (odds via our best college football betting sites; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).

College football parlay predictions: Week 9

(Odds via FanDuel)

Florida State-Wake Forest Under 53 (-110) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Indiana Team Total Under 6.5 vs. Penn State (-113) ⭐⭐⭐
Iowa State ML vs. Baylor (-118) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Combined odds: +564 via FanDuel

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College football parlay Week 9

Florida State-WakeForest Under 53 (-110) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Florida State has scored 31 or more points inevery game during a 13-game winning streak, but we do not expect much more fromits offense this week. The Seminoles will likely sleepwalk through a noonkickoff against ACC bottom-feeder Wake Forest, whose 162 points scored are thefewest among ACC schools.

Wake Forest has averaged 15.5 points throughfour ACC games, with its low point coming in a recent three-game losing streakwhere it scored just three offensive touchdowns and was held to 275 or feweryards in two of the three games. Meanwhile, Florida State shut out Duke in thesecond half of last week's win and held Blue Devils quarterback Riley Leonardto a season-low 69 yards and a 43.8% completion rate before he left with aninjury.

That came on the heels of a dominantperformance against Syracuse, where it held the Orange to three total pointsand 261 yards.

The Seminoles should not have to do muchoffensively in the second half after building a big early lead, and we expectMike Norvell to call off the dogs and keep everyone fresh for its in-stateshowdown with Miami in two weeks.

Indiana Team TotalUnder 6.5 vs. Penn State (-113) ⭐⭐⭐

Penn State was deprived of a College FootballPlayoff appearance last year because of the roadblocks that Michigan and OhioState caused. Since the start of last season, the Nittany Lions are 0-3 againstthe Top 2 Big Ten teams, averaging 20 points per game while allowing 35 percontest. However, against all other teams in that span, Penn State is 17-0 andhas won those games by an average score of 40.2-11.8.

Penn State is 12-0 ATS in its last 12 games asfavorites, and we expect it to dominate an Indiana team that is last in the BigTen in scoring (17.9 points per game). The Hoosiers entered their game againstRutgers tied with Northwestern for the conference's fewest yards per carry(3.1). And while Indiana had more success in theory with its 5.3 yards percarry average against the Scarlet Knights, it was all for naught since itpossessed the ball for 22:22 after allowing 276 rushing yards.

Penn State shut out Indiana the last time theHoosiers visited Happy Valley, and a similar result should be in order againsta frustrated Nittany Lions team that is looking to shake off last week's lossto the Buckeyes.

Iowa State ML vs.Baylor (-118) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Baylor was one of oursuccessful upset picks lastweek, but they are a fade at home this week, as we agree with the line movementthat has gone against them thus far. This point spread has jumped the fence atall our best sports betting sites, from Baylor -1.5 to Iowa State -2.5.

Bears quarterback BlakeShapen ranks dead-last among all Big 12 quarterbacks with a 45.1 Total QBR(97th among FBS quarterbacks), while Iowa State's Rocco Becht ranks in the Top50 in that metric. And we have much more faith in the Cyclones defense, whichranks 38% in overall success rate, a mark they have ended each of the last sixseasons with, per Baylor beat writer Travis Roeder.Furthermore, Iowa State's passing downs success rate is on pace to be evenbetter than last year, when their defense led the conference in fewest passingyards allowed per game (178.3).

Iowa State is battle-testedfor this road contest, having played the 11th-toughest schedule according toESPN FPI. Meanwhile, the Bears have been out-gained by five consecutive FBSopponents and should not be overvalued after a road win against a poorCincinnati team still searching for its first Big 12 victory.

College football parlay picks made10/23/2023 at 6:52 p.m. ET.