College football Top 25 clash spread selection: Best Bet for Sept. 30
Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer.
Here is our best bet for Saturday, Sept. 30:
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The play: NCAAF, LSU -2.5 at Ole Miss
The odds/bet: -110 ($33 to win $30)
The book: Caesars Sportsbook
Time/TV: 6 p.m. (ESPN)
Our take: LSU has dominated the Magnolia Bowl as of late. The Tigers are searching for their eighth win against Ole Miss in the last 10 years. Fun fact: You have to go back to 2009 to find a time this game was decided by two points or less.
The Tigers and the Rebels always seem to play relatively one-sided games against each other. There have only been two one-score games between the teams in the last nine meetings (10-7 in 2014 and 53-48 in 2020).
LSU's offense simply has too much firepower. The Tigers stack up well against the Rebels and there is a widespread belief that their defense will figure it out sooner than later. Brian Kelly also holds a massive coaching advantage over Lane Kiffin, so we like LSU to roll into Oxford and beat Ole Miss comfortably.
Friday's best bet: Utah +4 at Oregon State(LOST)
If a line or odds are minus, it considers the juice one must lay to place the bet. Ex: Team A is -160 on the money line, one would have to bet $160 to win $100 (or $16 to win $10). OR Team B is a 5-point favorite at -110, one would have to bet $110 to win $100 (or $11 to win $10.)
Conversely, on positive lines, if Team C is +140 on the money line, $100 would bring in $140 (or $10 to win $14).
