College Football Week 9 Underdog Picks

The Liberty Flames will put their perfect 7-0 record on the line Tuesday as they take on the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. Liberty leads Conference USA and is coming off a thrilling 42-35 win over Middle Tennessee last week. The Hilltoppers are looking to pull the upset and get back towards the top of the conference college football…

Life in Conference USA couldn't be going much better for Liberty, as the Flames are 7-0 and knocking on the door in the AP poll. But to continue that perfect start and potentially land in next week's rankings, they will have to pass a big test Tuesday night at Western Kentucky (7:30 pm ET, ESPNU). The Hilltoppers (4-3, 2-1 Conference USA) were atop…

Between these two underwhelming offenses and the strength of the two defenses, we think the 59.5-point total is at least a couple of points too high. Read more in our Western Kentucky vs. Louisiana Tech picks below. Two Conference USA rivals who are both undefeated in conference play this year will face off on Thursday night as the Western Kentucky…

CBS Sports Network is back with extensive college football coverage in Week 5, featuring a lineup of five games over a three-day span. The American, Conference USA and the Mountain West all have league matchups featured within that slate. It all begins Thursday evening when Western Kentucky hosts Middle Tennessee in a Conference USA showdown, the…

The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (2-0) will try to spring a huge upset when they face the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes (2-0) in a road game on Saturday afternoon. KU opened the season with a 41-24 win over South Florida, and it added a 52-22 win over Houston Christian last week. Ohio State allowed a combined 10 points in its first two games, beating…

BELIEVE IT or not, we're already at Week 3 of the college football season, and we've already seen massive juggernauts like Alabama fall while Colorado continues to climb the ranks. Below, we have the three best bets for this college football slate. Penn State vs. Illinois - Penn State -14.5 (-110) at DraftKings Colorado vs. Colorado State -…

In one of several big college football games next week, Ohio State will visit Notre Dame in a matchup of College Football Playoff hopefuls. But before that titanic tilt, the Buckeyes have some business to tend to this Saturday against visiting Western Kentucky (4:00 pm ET, FOX). The 2-0 Buckeyes, who are ranked sixth in this week's AP poll, have…

After a modest Week 0 slate last week, college football is back in full force throughout Labour Day weekend. The pregame narrative: A pair of big names in the Big Ten - Penn State's Drew Allar and Ohio State's Marvin Harrison Jr. - find their way onto this week's ticket with prime opportunities to start the season with a bang. We also like Western…

It's safe to say that Kalen DeBoer had a successful season in his first year at Washington. The Huskies went 11-2 under DeBoer and led by transfer quarterback Michael Penix Jr, who is back for another year. The Huskies come into 2023 with big expectations after an offensive explosion last season and are the No. 10 ranked team in the country. The…

Conference USA heads into the season in transition. In some respects, it got smaller, with six teams defecting to the American Athletic Conference. In others, it got bigger, adding large markets to show off its product. Gone are Charlotte, UAB, North Texas, Florida Atlantic, Rice and UTSA. That left only five programs until the league welcomed Sam…

San Diego State's run game sets it up well in a rivalry game against Fresno State. See why the matchup should be a lot closer than the 9-point spread suggests as our college football upset picks help you root for the little guy in Week 9. Back-to-back 2-1 weeks on our upset picks have us rolling in the right direction, as we split our outright…

Who's ready for college football bowl season? More importantly, who's ready for college football bowl betting season? "The most wonderful time of the year" offers 43 different bowl games to wager on, beginning with the Bahamas Bowl on Friday, December 16, and culminating with the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, January…

The underdogs keep barking this season in college football, and with plenty of noteworthy matchups set for Week 9, which favorites should be on "upset alert?" The big upset for last week featured No. 7 Ole Miss getting rocked in Baton Rouge 45-20 by unranked LSU, as Tigers quarterback Jayden Daniels threw for 248 yards, along with 121 yards on the…

In the midst of a three-game losing streak, Michigan State returns to Spartan Stadium this week welcoming what will likely be the best team they will face all season. Ohio State (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) comes to East Lansing ranked No. 3 in the country, having outscored opponents 244-74 through five weeks. Michigan State (2-3, 0-2) is trying to avoid its…

College football is the home of upsets, so why not dish out a few from the BetSided team? Washington State is set to be a live underdog against a USC team that could be caught looking ahead to PAC-12 favorite Utah next week. Meanwhile, Florida State's rise out of the basement of the ACC can be solidified with a road upset over North Carolina State.…

BOZEMAN - The Idaho State football team doesn't have to dig deep for incentives to win Saturday's game at Montana State. ISU fell to 0-5 overall and 0-2 in Big Sky Conference play after a spirited home loss to No. 3 Montana last week. The Bengals are 10-31-1 against MSU in Bozeman, including a 27-9 defeat on Oct. 23, 2021. That was the first game…

While there wasn't a change atop this week's Group of Five Power Poll, there were five new additions that made their way into the mix. Myself and fellow HERO Sports contributor Bennett Conlin will rank our top 10 G5 teams each week during the regular season, and combine our submissions to form the Group of Five Power Poll. Here are our Week 5…

Ohio State remains the favorite to capture the Big Ten East title this year after a one-year absence atop the division. But which Big Ten team comes next? That depends on who one asks. The Associated Press Top 25 poll has Michigan hot on Ohio State's heels. But 247Sports' Carl Reed said he favors another Big Ten school: Penn State. On The Block,…

Week 2 of the 2022 college football season will forever be known as the week of the Sun Belt. It was a season-defining week that saw two top-10 teams upset at home by Sun Belt squads. On top of that, the conference delivered two more road upsets, including South Alabama over Central Michigan and Georgia Southern over Nebraska, which resulted in the…

Michigan State's run game is a terrible matchup for a Washington defense that's bled on the ground despite facing very weak opposition. See why the Spartans should scramble to a win with our college football upset picks. Two weeks of college football are in the books, and last week was chock-full of upsets - especially for teams from the Sun Belt.…

While 3 teams jumped the gun in Week 0, the B1G race begins in earnest in Week 1. Which is good news for the Bold Predictions department, because we've had a week to sit around and ponder these games. We've got a bold prediction for every B1G Week 1 game, and sometimes, we had to dig deep to get bold. Some of these will come to pass, and some of…

College Football season is just about a month away! Over the last few weeks and into August, BetSided is going through every key college football conference to get bettors set for all the available wagers before the season kicks off. The Big Ten conference is up next, as Ohio State remains the undisputed consensus favorite at -230 odds. The…

Things have never been better for the two biggest college football programs in the Bluegrass State. Last week, we noted Louisville and Kentucky were 4-0 in the same season for the first time. Make that "5-0 in the same season for the first time" now. Louisville rallied to win a nail-biter on the road to dispatch N.C. State, and UK flexed its…

The Oregon Ducks face the Oregon State Beavers in a Week 13 Pac-12 college football game on Saturday in Corvallis. Which team will win the Civil War rivalry game? Check out these picks, predictions and odds for the game, which is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. MST and can be seen on ABC. Oregon is a 3-point favorite in the game, according…