Reading Between the Lines: College Football Betting Market Analysis for Week 3
Reading Between the Lines is a betting market analysis for college football. Last week's edition featured Texas Tech as a home favorite against a ranked Houston team. TexasTech went on to win the game. The analysis is based on the betting odds. Nebraska's first game after firing Scott Frost is this week.
The betting odds for the Week 3 game between Oklahoma and Nebraska have moved in favor of the Cornhuskers. The game-week odds opened at Oklahoma -14, but the point spread has since moved anywhere from 2-3 points in Nebraska’s favor. Nebraska lost to Georgia Southern as a 26-point favorite. Head coach Scott Frost was fired the next day. The majority of bets at DraftKings Sportsbook have been placed with Oklahoma.
UNLV is a 3-point favorite against North Texas. The total has increased from 57 to 63 points. NorthTexas was beaten by SMU two weeks ago and then beat Texas Southern. Two-thirds of all bets are on the Under. for the game. It was just three weeks that UNLV was favored for first time under head coach Marcus Arroyo. UNT was riddled with injuries last season.
Kansas State beat Missouri 40-12 last Saturday. The betting market has moved the line from 20 points to 14 points for this week's home game against Tulane. Tulan won all of two games last season but returned 18 starters for the 2022 campaign. They have already matched last year's win total. The game is a two-touchdown favorite. It's a look-ahead total of 54.5 has plummeted to 47.
Marshall upset Notre Dame last week. The Thundering Herd are a double-digit favorite. Bowling Green is a 30% favorite, but 71% of the bets are on the Falcons. Marshall just knocked off an AP Top 10 team. BGSU lost at home to an FCS team last weekend. Matt McDonald is the quarterback for the Bowling green Falcons, who haven't won more than four games in a season since 2015.
Michigan State is the underdog against Washington. The spread has grown from Huskies -1 to -3.5. Michigan State won 11 games last season. Michigan is not in SBR's College Football Power Rankings. Washington is ranked No. 2. Michael Penix has torched two mid-major opponents as the Husky quarterback. He is a good bettter than Michigan. It's a big weekend for betting on college football.
