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The Week 2 2013 college football odds are officially posted, and here at Bankroll Sports, we are going to be looking at some of the best games on the NCAA football lines right off the bat in Week 2 of the season.
Thanks to the fact that this is also the first week of the NFL season, we know that some of the games on the college football schedule are going to be a lot less intriguing than they were in Week 1. We find that out right off the bat on Thursday when the Florida Atlantic Owls travel on the road to the East Carolina Pirates for the first time as members of Conference USA. What we learned last week about the Pirates is what we knew from them last year. This is a team that can fly all over the field with QB Shane Carden calling the shots under center, but it is also a team that is going to be in some trouble on the other side of the field. If FAU can figure out how to score some points in this game, there’s a chance for the outright upset.
Friday’s game isn’t all that intriguing either. Don’t get us wrong. This is an important one for both the Boston College Eagles and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, but it isn’t a game that is going to be all that thrilling to watch or to bet on. The oddsmakers are having a real tough time lining this one on the college football odds, but the Eagles have come into this week as a three-point favorite in a battle of two of the lesser teams in the ACC. Elsewhere on Friday night, the UCF Knights are giving 24.5 to the FIU Golden Panthers down in South Florida. The Knights opened up the week at -21 and quickly rose up to where they are at right now.
And that brings us up to Saturday, where it feels like the mass majority of the games at the FBS level don’t even involve a pair of FBS teams playing against each other. The biggest favorite of the bunch in the FBS vs. FCS games are the Clemson Tigers over the South Carolina State Bulldogs. It’s not all that surprising to see the oddsmakers giving South Carolina State a head start of 52.5 points, but is it enough? It’s going to be tough for the Tigers to really get up for this one for sure.
Interestingly enough though, there aren’t all that many games that feature tremendously lopsided college football spreads at the FBS vs. FBS level. The biggest favorite of the bunch in that mix is the LSU Tigers. The Bayou Bengals are coming off of a very impressive win in Arlington over the TCU Horned Frogs, and they are going to be coming back home to Tiger Stadium for the first time this year. They’ve got the UAB Blazers coming to town, and you know that Baton Rouge is going to be rocking at night. The Blazers are getting 34.5. LSU though, has had very little luck covering games against numbers this big, and this could be problem going forward in this game. Still, there’s no doubt that the men in white, gold, and purple are going to be 2-0 when this day is said and done with.
It’s not that every game on the docket stinks, though. There are three tremendous showcase games which are played at 12:00, 4:30, and 8:00 to spread out the day for college football betting fans.
We’ll start in the Sunshine State at high noon, where the Florida Gators are favored by a field goal over the Miami Hurricanes on the road. Florida is one of the squarer teams on the docket, knowing that they are a short road favorite against a team that is unranked (at least according to the AP Poll). However, Miami is hungry for this victory, and Head Coach Al Golden knows that it is one of the biggest spots that his team has ever been in, referring to it as the “biggest game in [his] tenure” at “The U.” This could be the day that RB Duke Johnson becomes a legitimate Heisman Trophy contender for this season in just his sophomore year.
The afternoon features the most important game of the day, as we have another situation where a team is favored by just a field goal at home. The Georgia Bulldogs are in dire need of a victory after getting beaten last week by the aforementioned Clemson Tigers, and they aren’t going to be in for an easy one this time around either. The South Carolina Gamecocks are coming to town, and the Dawgs have actually never beaten SC since QB Aaron Murray came to town three seasons ago. This is the fourth and final chance for UGA to get the job done, and if this one isn’t won, you have to think that the best this team can do is get to the Capital One Bowl this season, barring a huge collapse by the Gamecocks down the line in the SEC season. South Carolina knows that it has a team that can contend for a National Championship though, and this is a glorious opportunity to capitalize and firmly into the Top 5 in the land in both polls.
Is the game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish one of the biggest rivalries in college football? That’s the question that has been bantered around all week between these two as they embark upon their last game in this series that will be played in Ann Arbor. It’s a rare game under the lights, and the crowd at the Big House is going to be rocking and rolling for this one. QB Devin Gardner and the Wolverines have high hopes for a National Championship this year and a run at Ohio State for the Big Ten title. Notre Dame though, has won 13 straight regular season games dating back to last season, easily the best mark in the country. The Golden Domers are getting four points, and that’s a scary little number to be getting in a game that could be back and forth the whole way as it was the last time that these two met at Michigan Stadium.
There is an unusually high amount of road favorites in Week 2 on the college football odds. We have already spoken about Florida, but other teams like the Houston Cougars (-3 @ Temple), Cincinnati Bearcats (-8 @ Illinois), Utah State Aggies (-9.5 @ Air Force), Duke Blue Devils (-6 @ Memphis), Texas Longhorns (-7.5 @ BYU Cougars), Bowling Green Falcons (-7.5 @ Kent State), and Arizona Wildcats (-10.5 @ UNLV) are also favored. The biggest road favorites of the weekend are the Oklahoma State Cowboys, though the Pokes are going to want to be careful with this one. They have the Texas San Antonio Roadrunners, who have been wildly successful over the course of their first season and change here at the FBS level. This is the first time that a big time conference team has ever come to the Alamodome, and the student section for this game is going to be delirious. We don’t think that the Roadrunners are winning this game, but there is a good chance that they stick inside of the 26.5-point college football Vegas lines.
‘Totals’ this week are interesting as well. The oddsmakers haven’t really taken any bold steps into the 70s or into the low-40s, but there are some games of note.
One of the lowest ‘totals’ of the weekend pits the Bowling Green Falcons against the Kent State Golden Flashes. Only 45.5 are expected to hit the board in that game, and that is only one of the six games all weekend long that are lined in the 40s. Keep an eye on the clash between the Michigan State Spartans and the South Florida Bulls as well. That game is lined at 44, and it is the lowest mark of the weekend by a relatively big 1.5-point margin. Neither one of these teams showed much of anything offensively last week, and it could be a tough day for both on that side of the ball once again.
The highest ‘total’ of the week is only 67.5. There are plenty of games in the mid-60s, but the highest of the bunch involves the Navy Midshipmen and the Indiana Hoosiers. These two are high flying teams that can score a lot of points, but neither has a defense of any note whatsoever. Still, that’s a lot to ask for a game this early in the season, especially with two clubs who tend to be all over the map in terms of wins and losses. There is a ton of inconsistency on both sides.
2013 NCAA Football Week 2 Odds @ WagerWeb Sportsbook (as of 9/5/13):
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Week 2 NCAA Football Betting Lines for Thursday, 9/5/13
301 Florida Atlantic Owls +20
302 East Carolina Pirates -20
Over/Under 54.5
381 Sacramento State Hornets +37.5
382 Arizona State Sun Devils -37.5
College Football Lines for Week 2 for Friday, 9/6/13
303 Wake Forest Demon Deacons +3
304 Boston College Eagles -3
Over/Under 48.5
483 UCF Knights -24.5
484 Florida International Golden Panthers +24.5
Over/Under 53.5
NCAA Football Week 2 Odds for Saturday, 9/7/13
305 Florida Gators -3
306 Miami Hurricanes +3
Over/Under 49
307 Miami Redhawks +17
308 Kentucky Wildcats -17
Over/Under 57
309 South Florida Bulls +23
310 Michigan State Spartans -23
Over/Under 44
313 Oklahoma State Cowboys -26.5
314 Texas San Antonio Roadrunners +26.5
Over/Under 60
315 Houston Cougars -3
316 Temple Owls +3
Over/Under 67
317 North Texas Mean Green +4.5
318 Ohio Bobcats -4.5
Over/Under 58.5
319 Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders +18
320 North Carolina Tar Heels -18
Over/Under 65.5
321 Cincinnati Bearcats -8
322 Illinois Fighting Illini +8
Over/Under 54.5
323 West Virginia Mountaineers +21
324 Oklahoma Sooners -21
Over/Under 58
325 South Carolina Gamecocks +3
326 Georgia Bulldogs -3
Over/Under 56
327 San Diego State Aztecs +28
328 Ohio State Buckeyes -28
Over/Under 55
329 Utah State Aggies -9.5
330 Air Force Falcons +9.5
Over/Under 59.5
331 South Alabama Jaguars +7
332 Tulane Green Wave -7
Over/Under 51.5
333 Oregon Ducks -22.5
334 Virginia Cavaliers +22.5
Over/Under 61
335 Duke Blue Devils -6
336 Memphis Tigers +6
Over/Under 50.5
337 Syracuse Orange +15.5
338 Northwestern Wildcats -15.5
Over/Under 53
339 Navy Midshipmen +12.5
340 Indiana Hoosiers -12.5
Over/Under 67.5
341 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles +28
342 Nebraska Cornhuskers -28
Over/Under 59.5
343 Texas Longhorns -7.5
344 BYU Cougars +7.5
Over/Under 57
345 UAB Blazers +34.5
346 LSU Tigers -34.5
Over/Under 60.5
347 Toledo Rockets +17
348 Missouri Tigers -17
Over/Under 65
349 Colorado State Rams +10.5
350 Tulsa Golden Hurricane -10.5
Over/Under 53.5
351 Arkansas State Red Wolves +11.5
352 Auburn Tigers -11.5
Over/Under 62
353 Army Black Knights +8
354 Ball State Cardinals -8
Over/Under 61
355 Eastern Michigan Eagles +24
356 Penn State Nittany Lions -24
Over/Under 48.5
357 Bufalo Bulls +27.5
358 Baylor Bears -27.5
Over/Under 67
359 Bowling Green Falcons -7.5
360 Kent State Golden Flashes +7.5
Over/Under 45.5
361 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers +13
362 Tennessee Volunteers -13
Over/Under 55.5
363 Louisiana Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns +10.5
364 Kansas State Wildcats -10.5
Over/Under 58.5
365 Notre Dame Fighting Irish +4
366 Michigan Wolverines -4
Over/Under 51
367 Hawaii Warriors +27
368 Oregon State Beavers -27
Over/Under 52.5
369 Minnesota Golden Gophers -14.5
370 New Mexico State Aggies +14.5
Over/Under 51.5
371 Idaho Vandals +28
372 Wyoming Cowboys -28
Over/Under 64.5
373 New Mexico Lobos +6
374 UTEP Miners -6
Over/Under 52
375 Washington State Cougars +15.5
376 USC Trojans -15.5
Over/Under 53.5
377 Arizona Wildcats -10.5
378 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels +10.5
Over/Under 61
379 San Jose State Spartans +26
380 Stanford Cardinal -26
Over/Under 48.5
383 Tennessee Chattanooga Mocs -10.5
384 Georgia State Panthers +10.5
385 Norfolk State Spartans +40
386 Rutgers Scarlet Knights -40
387 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles +45
388 Wisconsin Badgers -45
389 Missouri State Bears +24.5
390 Iowa Hawkeyes -24.5
391 Indiana State Sycamores +17
392 Purdue Boilermakers -17
393 Southeastern Louisiana Golden Lions +43
394 TCU Horned Frogs -43
395 Eastern Kentucky Colonels +41
396 Louisville Cardinals -41
397 South Carolina State Bulldogs +52.5
398 Clemson Tigers -52.5
399 Western Carolina Catamounts +42
400 Virginia Tech Hokies -42
401 Maine Black Bears -3
402 Massachusetts Minutemen +3
403 Alcorn State Hornets +42.5
404 Mississippi State Bulldogs -42.5
405 Weber State Wildcats +23
406 Utah Utes -23
407 New Hampshire Wildcats +3.5
408 Central Michigan Chippewas -3.5
409 Tennessee Martin Skyhawks +35.5
410 Boise State Broncos -35.5
411 Old Dominion Monarchs +19
412 Maryland Terrapins -19
413 UC Davis Aggies +18
414 Nevada Wolf Pack -18
415 Portland State Vikings +27.5
416 California Golden Bears -275
417 Richmond Spiders +23
418 North Carolina State Wolfpack -23
419 James Madison Dukes +3
420 Akron Zips -3
421 Gardner Webb Bulldogs +42
422 Marshall Thundering Herd -42
423 Prairie View A&M Panthers +31
424 Texas State Bobcats -31
425 South Dakota Coyotes +23.5
426 Kansas Jayhawks -23.5
427 Lamar Cardinals +27.5
428 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs -27.5
429 Nicholls State Colonels +27.5
430 Western Michigan Broncos -27.5
431 Samford Bulldogs +32.5
432 Arkansas Razorbacks -32.5
433 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks +50
434 Ole Miss Rebels -50
435 Austin Peay Governors +47.5
436 Vanderbilt Commodores -47.5
437 Sam Houston State Bearkats +39.5
438 Texas A&M Aggies -39.5
439 Grambling Tigers +39.5
440 Louisiana Monroe Warhawks -39.5
441 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks +38
442 Texas Tech Red Raiders -38
443 Savannah State Tigers +48.5
444 Troy Trojans -48.5
445 Montana State Bobcats +10
446 SMU Mustangs -10
447 Central Arkansas Bears +13
448 Colorado Buffaloes -13
449 Cal Poly Mustangs +27
450 Fresno State Bulldogs -27