The Carolina Panthers and New York Giants are set to continue the 2012 NFL season, and as a part of our analysis of the Week 3 betting lines, we are taking a look at some of the best NFL props on the board for this crucial Thursday Night Football matchup.

Total Sacks Over/Under 4: We really don’t like betting these sack props all that often, but in this case, we are going to make an exception. The Panthers know that there is absolutely no threat of the Giants running the ball in this one, and that means that they can pin their ears back and go after QB Eli Manning, who is going to be without RB Ahmad Bradshaw, who is also an underrated pass blocker, T David Diehl, arguably his best offensive lineman, and WR Hakeem Nicks and WR Domenik Hixon, his No. 1 and No. 3 receivers. We’re never going to count out the New York defensive front from getting its sack or two either even though QB Cam Newton is one of the best escape artists that the game has to offer. This should be a nice game for the two defensive lines, though both offensive lines are going to be scratching their heads as to how they are going to end up getting the job done against these ferocious rushes. Total Sacks Over 4 (-130)

Eli Manning Over/Under 290.5 Passing Yards: Manning threw for 500+ yards last week, so this should be no problem, right? Maybe not so much. Again, both Nicks and Hixon are out of the fold, and the receivers aside from WR Victor Cruz that are available just aren’t all that great, to say the least. Manning will hopefully have a better chance of playing this game from ahead than from behind, though you never really know about that either. The Carolina defense is going to be amped up to try to defend the pass this time around, and the unit really did well against the New Orleans Saints five days ago. This one could be tough sledding for the younger Manning, as he has to face the facts that he is really going into battle in this one from an offensive standpoint, basically all by himself. Eli Manning Under 290.5 Passing Yards (-115)

Victor Cruz Over/Under 6 Receptions: This is definitely a donkey type of play, but we just don’t see any other options out there. Who’s going to be catching the ball from Manning on Thursday night? Martellus Bennett? Okay, he’ll have a few. Rueben Randle? Ramses Barden? Who are these guys? There’s just nothing out there for Manning to work with in this one, but at least he has a rapport built up with Cruz the likes that he just doesn’t have with anyone else out there. And yes, Carolina is going to know that that’s coming, and it is going to overload on Cruz’s side with defenders, but that won’t matter. Eli just has to be good enough to work the ball to his top receiver at least a dozen times in this one, and more often than not, those passes are going to be completed. Victor Cruz Over 6 Receptions (-150)

Will Eli Manning Throw an Interception?: Of course he will. This is Eli that we’re talking about. Last week, Manning had three picks in the first half, and this week, he is in even worse shape, knowing that he doesn’t have his best and most reliable receiver. Carolina doesn’t have the greatest secondary in the world, but it does have a unit that can get to the football when it is loose. Manning will make at least one mistake in this game amongst the 45-50 throws that he is probably going to be asked to make, and when he does, we’ll cash one of the easiest -220 tickets of our lives. Eli Manning To Throw an Interception (-220)

Brandon LaFell Over/Under 51.5 Receiving Yards: We’re used to it being boom or bust for LaFell, but it is clear this year that he is receiving some more attention from QB Cam Newton. The Giants’ secondary, along with its offensive line and the rest of its team, is all banged up right now as well, and if DB Prince Amukamara doesn’t end up playing, LaFell might be the man that ends up getting sprung deep down the field. The way that Newton throws the ball, it only takes one great shot down the field to get LaFell 50+ yards, and we think that that is exactly what is going to happen in this one. Brandon LaFell Over 51.5 Receiving Yards (-115)

New York Giants vs. Carolina Panthers NFL Props @ 5Dimes Sportsbook (as of 9/20/12):
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Score in the First 6 Minutes of the Game -135
No Score in the First 6 Minutes of the Game +105

Giants Score First -120
Panthers Score First -110

First Score a Touchdown -190
First Score Not a Touchdown +155

Longest Touchdown of the Game Over 50.5 Yards -115
Longest Touchdown of the Game Under 50.5 Yards -115

Longest Field Goal of the Game Over 43.5 Yards -140
Longest Field Goal of the Game Under 43.5 Yards +110

Shortest Field Goal of the Game Over 25.5 Yards -130
Shortest Field Goal of the Game Under 25.5 Yards +100

Total Field Goals Made Over 3.5 +125
Total Field Goals Made Under 3.5 -155

Total Punts Over 9.5 +110
Total Punts Under 9.5 -140

Total Sacks Over 4 -130
Total Sacks Under 4 +100

Defensive or Special Teams Touchdown +140
Not a Defensive or Special Teams Touchdown -170

Eli Manning Completions Over 23.5 -115
Eli Manning Completions Under 23.5 -115

Eli Manning Longest Completion Over 37.5 Yards -115
Eli Manning Longest Completion Under 37.5 Yards -115

Eli Manning Passing Yards Over 290.5 -115
Eli Manning Passing Yards Under 290.5 -115

Eli Manning Total Touchdown Passes Over 1.5 -200
Eli Manning Total Touchdown Passes Under 1.5 +160

Eli Manning Throws an Interception -220
Eli Manning Doesn’t Throw an Interception +170

Andre Brown Total Rushing Yards on First Attempt Over 3.5 -110
Andre Brown Total Rushing Yards on First Attempt Under 3.5 -120

Victor Cruz Over 6 Receptions -150
Victor Cruz Under 6 Receptions +120

Victor Cruz Over 85.5 Receiving Yards -125
Victor Cruz Under 85.5 Receiving Yards -105

Victor Cruz Scores a Touchdown -115
Victor Cruz Doesn’t Score a Touchdown -115

Martellus Bennett Over 3.5 Receptions -160
Martellus Bennett Under 3.5 Receptions +130

Martellus Bennett Over 46.5 Receiving Yards -120
Martellus Bennett Under 46.5 Receiving Yards -110

Cam Newton Completions Over 20.5 -110
Cam Newton Completions Under 20.5 -120

Cam Newton Passing Yards Over 254.5 -115
Cam Newton Passing Yards Under 254.5 -115

Cam Newton Touchdown Passes Over 1.5 -125
Cam Newton Touchdown Passes Under 1.5 -105

Cam Newton Total Rushing Yards Over 47.5 -115
Cam Newton Total Rushing Yards Under 47.5 -115

Cam Newton Scores a Rushing Touchdown +110
Cam Newton Doesn’t Score a Rushing Touchdown -140

DeAngelo Williams Over 55.5 Rushing Yards -125
DeAngelo Williams Under 55.5 Rushing Yards -105

DeAngelo Williams Scores a Touchdown +115
DeAngelo Williams Doesn’t Score a Touchdown -145

Jonathan Stewart Over 10.5 Rushing Attempts -110
Jonathan Stewart Under 10.5 Rushing Attempts -120

Steve Smith Over 5.5 Receptions +100
Steve Smith Under 5.5 Receptions -130

Steve Smith Over 84.5 Receiving Yards -115
Steve Smith Under 84.5 Receiving Yards -115

Steve Smith Scores a Touchdown +140
Steve Smith Doesn’t Score a Touchdown -180

Brandon LaFell Over 3.5 Receptions -125
Brandon LaFell Under 3.5 Receptions -105

Brandon LaFell Over 51.5 Receiving Yards -115
Brandon LaFell Under 51.5 Receiving Yards -115

Greg Olsen Over 3.5 Receptions -120
Greg Olsen Under 3.5 Receptions -110

Week 3 of the 2012 college football campaign is going to get underway this weekend. Below you will find the current list of 2012 Week 3 NCAA football lines and spreads along with a breakdown of the Week 3 college football lines. Be sure to check out the free NCAA football picks from the expert handicappers at Bankroll Sports this weekend!

It is going to be a great week of college football betting action over the course of the weekend, and there are some great rivalries, especially in the SEC that are going to be highlighted. But before we get to the games in the Southeast, we’re going to take a look at the games on the college football schedule at the outset of the week.

We’ll start in the Big East, where the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the South Florida Bulls will do battle. There is no doubt whatsoever that this is going to be the game of the weekend in the Big East, as the loser of this one is probably going to have its BCS hopes crushed already in just Week 3. South Florida is clearly the better of these two teams, and that’s what we see right now on the college football opening lines, with the Bulls favored by 8.5 points.

On Friday night, the Washington State Cougars and UNLV Runnin’ Rebels are going to go to war against one another. These two teams are a combined 1-3 this year, and last week, both teams had all that they could ask for from a pair of FCS teams. UNLV dropped to 0-2 by losing to Northern Arizona, and Wazzu really should have been beaten by Eastern Washington. Needless to say, this isn’t going to be the sexiest game in the world, but it will be one to watch, as it is the only game on the docket. Check back later for the college football pointspread for this game.

And then we head to the games on Saturday, which really should be a doozy. Of course, the one that all eyes are going to be on is the one between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Arkansas Razorbacks. This game, at least as of Sunday afternoon, is still off the board, knowing that QB Tyler Wilson might be out of the fold after suffering a terrible injury against Louisiana Monroe last week. Even worse was the fact that the Hogs lost that game. Now, they could go from a team that was ranked in the Top 10 in the land to one that could drop straight out of the Top 25 and be just a 1-2 team with a lot of questions to answer. Alabama was favored by six at the outset of the season, and if you want to see where this game ranks in our countdown of the Top 25 college football games of the year, be sure to check out our full Alabama vs. Arkansas Preview. Update 9/14: Alabama has opened up as a three-touchdown favorite on the road due to the fact that Wilson is not going to be in the lineup for the Razorbacks.

Over on the other side of the SEC, the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers are going to do battle. These two teams have had a bitter rivalry against one another, and this should be no exception whatsoever. Florida was able to go on the road last week by beating the Texas A&M Aggies, and it is going to have to do so once again this week if it wants to keep this momentum going before the really tremendously difficult portion of the season gets going. The Gators are just a pick ’em though, meaning the Volunteers really have a legitimate chance to get the job done in Rocky Top.

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Meanwhile in the Pac-12, the No. 2 team in the country, the USC Trojans, are going to be facing their first really difficult road test when they go down to “The Farm” to take on the Stanford Cardinal. This is our No. 9 game in our countdown of the Top 25 games of the year, and our USC vs. Stanford Game Preview. As far as the NCAA football pointspread is concerned, the Men of Troy are favored by just 8.5-points, which is a field goal down from where the game opened up at the outset of the year.

Arch rivals are also going to be meeting each other in East Lansing, where the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Michigan State Spartans are going to be facing off. The last time that these two played here at Spartans Stadium, the game down to a fake field goal in overtime that was converted by the Spartans known as the “Little Giants” play. This time around, the Golden Domers are going to be looking for some payback, but it certainly isn’t going to come easily. The Irish were barely able to escape last week from the Purdue Boilermakers, and this week, they are 3.5-point underdogs on the opening college football lines.

Not every game is going to be nearly that close. The aforementioned Boilermakers are 22.5 point favorites over the Eastern Michigan Eagles, and they are amongst the 13 teams that are favored by more than three touchdowns on the opening line.

Three teams are favored by at least 40 though and that’s definitely not something that you see every single week when you’re just talking about teams that play each other at the FBS level. Amongst the teams that are expected to really falter this week are the Florida Atlantic Owls (+44.5 @ Georgia), Idaho Vandals (+43.5 @ LSU), and the biggest of the bunch, and Massachusetts Minutemen, who are getting 46.5 against the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor.

All eyes are going to be on the Auburn Tigers on Saturday afternoon to start the day, as they are going to be on upset alert against the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks. These are the same Warhawks that were able to go into Little Rock and take down the Razorbacks last week. The challenge is significantly easier this week, knowing that the point spread is a solid two touchdowns shorter than it was then, but still, asking a team to win a game as 17-point underdogs on the road is never easy to do.

Another game of note pits the Navy Midshipmen against the Penn State Nittany Lions. PSU still hasn’t won its first game of the season, and if this one is lost, it is going to be a long, long uphill climb for the rest of the year. Navy was clocked the last time that we saw it over in Dublin against Notre Dame, but this time around, the Middies might be able to steal one on the road. The Midshipmen are 7.5-point underdogs, not all that far off from where the Ohio Bobcats were when they pulled off the upset in Week 1.

The TCU Horned Frogs are also set to open up their Big XII schedule for the first time in their school’s history, but this isn’t going to be all that much of a challenge. The Kansas Jayhawks are the biggest wrecks that the conference has to offer right now, and they are deserving 26.5-point underdogs at home to TCU.

The night on Saturday is going to end with the Utah Utes and the BYU Cougars in the “Holy War” in a battle that will clearly separate one of these two teams from the other. The Cougs could be thinking about the BCS at this point, knowing that they might be the only team in non-BCS conference fold that can run the table. It won’t mean anything without the win in Salt Lake City, though. The Utes, who lost to the Utah State Aggies for the first time last week in over a dozen years, are 2.5 point underdogs to their rivals from Provo.

2011 NCAA Football Week 3 Odds @ 5Dimes Sportsbook (as of 9/14/12):
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Week 3 CFB Betting Lines for Thursday, 9/13/12

103 Rutgers Scarlet Knights +7.5
104 South Florida Bulls -7.5
Over/Under 44.5

NCAA Football Lines for Week 3 for Friday, 9/14/12

105 Washington State Cougars -8
106 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels +8
Over/Under 55.5

College Football Week 3 Odds for Saturday, 9/15/12

107 Navy Midshipmen +7
108 Penn State Nittany Lions -7
Over/Under 47.5

109 Massachusetts Minutemen +45.5
110 Michigan Wolverines -45.5
Over/Under 53.5

111 Boston College Eagles +3.5
112 Northwestern Wildcats -3.5
Over/Under 54.5

113 Eastern Michigan Eagles +24
114 Purdue Boilermakers -24
Over/Under 50.5

115 Northern Illinois Huskies -3
116 Army Black Knights +3
Over/Under 48.5

117 Wake Forest Demon Deacons +27.5
118 Florida State Seminoles -27.5
Over/Under 54

119 Connecticut Huskies -2.5
120 Maryland Terrapins +2.5
Over/Under 40.5

121 Texas A&M Aggies -11
122 SMU Mustangs +11
Over/Under 61

123 Virginia Tech Hokies -10
124 Pittsburgh Panthers +10
Over/Under 45

125 USC Trojans -8.5
126 Stanford Cardinal +8.5
Over/Under 57

127 East Carolina Pirates +7.5
128 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles -7.5
Over/Under 55

129 California Golden Bears +16.5
130 Ohio State Buckeyes -16.5
Over/Under 54.5

131 Texas Longhorns -9.5
132 Mississippi Rebels +9.5
Over/Under 51

133 Arizona State Sun Devils +3
134 Missouri Tigers -3
Over/Under 58.5

135 BYU Cougars -3.5
136 Utah Utes +3.5
Over/Under 46

137 North Carolina Tar Heels +3
138 Louisville Cardinals -3
Over/Under 56

139 Vigrinia Cavaliers +10
140 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -10
Over/Under 52.5

141 Alabama Crimson Tide -20
142 Arkansas Razorbacks +20
Over/Under 53.5

143 Miami Redhawks +21.5
144 Boise State Broncos -21.5
Over/Under 53.5

145 TCU Horned Frogs -21
146 Kansas Jayhawks +21
Over/Under 59.5

147 Rice Owls +21
148 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs -21
Over/Under 66

149 Western Michigan Broncos +3
150 Minnesota Golden Gophers -3
Over/Under 55.5

151 Bowling Green Falcons +3
152 Toledo Rockets -3
Over/Under 59

153 UAB Blazers +33.5
154 South Carolina Gamecocks -33.5
Over/Under 54.5

155 Ohio Bobcats -6.5
156 Marshall Thundering Herd +6.5
Over/Under 69.5

157 New Mexico Lobos +32.5
158 Texas Tech Red Raiders -32.5
Over/Under 62.5

159 Florida Gators +3
160 Tennessee Volunteers -3
Over/Under 47.5

161 Colorado State Rams +11
162 San Jose State Spartans -11
Over/Under 48

163 Utah State Aggies +13.5
164 Wisconsin Badgers -13.5
Over/Under 51

165 Idaho Vandals +42.5
166 LSU Tigers -42.5
Over/Under 54.5

167 Notre Dame Fighting Irish +5.5
168 Michigan State Spartans -5.5
Over/Under 44

169 Ball State Cardinals +2.5
170 Indiana Hoosiers -2.5
Over/Under 64

171 Colorado Buffaloes +15.5
172 Fresno State Bulldogs -15.5
Over/Under 57

173 New Mexico State Aggies +13
174 UTEP Miners -13
Over/Under 59

175 Houston Cougars +17
176 UCLA Bruins -17
Over/Under 76

177 Florida Atlantic Owls +41.5
178 Georgia Bulldogs -41.5
Over/Under 52.5

179 Arkansas State Red Wolves +23
180 Nebraska Cornhuskers -23
Over/Under 68

181 South Alabama Jaguars +30.5
182 North Carolina State Wolfpack -30.5
Over/Under 51

183 Florida International Golden Panthers +17
184 Central Florida Knights -17
Over/Under 50

185 Louisiana Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns +23.5
186 Oklahoma State Cowboys -23.5
Over/Under 73.5

187 North Texas Mean Green +27.5
188 Kanas State Wildcats -27.5
Over/Under 54.5

189 Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders -4
190 Memphis Tigers +4
Over/Under 54.5

191 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers +6.5
192 Kentucky Wildcats -6.5
Over/Under 49

193 Mississippi State Bulldogs -16
194 Troy Trojans +16
Over/Under 58

195 Louisiana Monroe Warhawks +16.5
196 Auburn Tigers -16.5
Over/Under 53.5

231 Charleston Southern Buccaneers +45
232 Illinois Fighting Illini -45

233 Bethune Cookman Wildcats +39
234 Miami Hurricanes -39

235 Western Illinois Leathernecks +36.5
236 Iowa State Cyclones -36.5

237 Presbyterian Blue Hose +39
238 Vanderbilt Commodores -39

239 Sam Houston State Bearkats +29.5
240 Baylor Bears -29.5

241 Texas San Antonio Roadrunners -8.5
242 Georgia State Panthers +8.5

243 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles +51.5
244 Oregon Ducks -51.5

245 Furman Paladins OTB
246 Clemson Tigers OTB

247 West Virginia Mountaineers -38
248 James Madison Dukes +38

249 Northern Iowa Panthers +9
250 Iowa Hawkeyes -9

251 Morgan State Bears +4.5
252 Akron Zips -4.5

253 Northwestern State Demons +29.5
254 Nevada Wolf Pack -29.5

255 Stony Brook Seawolves +23.5
256 Syracuse Orange -23.5

257 Portland State Vikings +27
258 Washington Huskies -27

259 Cal Poly Mustangs +8
260 Wyoming Cowboys -8

261 UNC Central Eagles +37.5
262 Duke Blue Devils -37.5

263 Delaware State Hornets +45
264 Cincinnati Bearcats -45

265 Nicholls State Colonels +42
266 Tulsa Golden Hurricane -42

267 South Carolina State Bulldogs +34.5
268 Arizona Wildcats -34.5

269 North Dakota Fighting Sioux +18.5
270 San Diego State Aztecs -18.5

271 Lamar Cardinals +34
272 Hawaii Warriors -34

The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears are set to continue the 2012 NFL season, and as a part of our analysis of the Week 2 betting lines, we are taking a look at some of the best NFL props on the board for the first game of the season.

Randall Cobb Yards On First Reception Over/Under 8.5: WR Greg Jennings is considered a 50/50 proposition to be able to play on Thursday night, and that might mean that we see more of Cobb playing out of the slot. This is one of the shiftiest players in the league, and often times, he is able to get loose from defenders and turn short looking passes into big time gains. That being said, that first look that he is going to have is almost certainly going to be a bubble screen type of play, as QB Aaron Rodgers looks to get his confidence back after having a woeful game last week against the San Francisco 49ers. We just don’t see how the former Kentucky Wildcat is going to have at least nine yards more often than not on his first touch of the football, and this also keeps us covered in the event that he doesn’t catch a pass. Randall Cobb Yards on First Reception Under 8.5 (-115)

Cedric Benson Rushing Yards on First Attempt Over/Under 3.5: Let’s be realistic here. This is a man that carried the ball for an average of right at 2.0 yards per carry last week, and Benson is a runner that really has never been “four yards and a cloud of dust” type of guy. Instead, he is just a guy who is going to barrel right into the line of scrimmage and see what happens with his blockers, and against this Chicago front, that probably isn’t going to go all that well. Look at it this way: Will Benson have more carries over or under four yards tonight? Until we see more out of the Green Bay offensive line, we have no choice but to think that the proper answer is ‘under’. Benson Rushing Yards on First Attempt Under 3.5 (-130)

Will Matt Forte Score a Touchdown?: This is a very, very tricky prop in which you have to be mighty careful. Sure, it seems immediately that Forte would of course get into the end zone, knowing that he is the featured back and will touch the ball at least 20 times over the course of the night. However, last week on the goal line, it was RB Michael Bush that snuck in from a yard out twice, not Forte. Yes, Forte did get his rushing touchdown, but that came from outside the five, not inside of it. That’s not a good sign here for him to score this time around. Sure, Forte could break one and get into the end zone that way, and it just doesn’t seem like it is nearly a slam dunk to have this happen. Forte To Not Score a Touchdown (-105)

Jay Cutler Over/Under 22.5 Completions: Alright Cutler, this is where the rubber is going to meet the road for you. You’ve spoken all about how you think that you are going to take advantage of the bump and run coverage that the Packers are going to send your way, and you think that you are going to tear that apart. We think otherwise. Green Bay is going to be sending the pressure Cutler’s way from start to finish over the course of this night, and that’s going to translate into a shady game for the Chicago quarterback. Asking a man on a team that wants to run the ball first to complete 23 passes against a team that is going to be out for blood just isn’t a great idea. Most will jump right towards the ‘over’ after last week, but we are going to take the road less travelled, which will probably also be the more profitable road over the long run. Cutler Under 22.5 Completions (-115)

Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers NFL Props @ 5Dimes Sportsbook (as of 9/13/12):
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Score in the First 6 Minutes of the Game -120
No Score in the First 6 Minutes of the Game -110

Bears Score First +130
Packers Score First -160

First Score a Touchdown -200
First Score Not a Touchdown +160

Longest Touchdown of the Game Over 49.5 Yards -115
Longest Touchdown of the Game Under 49.5 Yards -115

Longest Field Goal of the Game Over 43.5 Yards -120
Longest Field Goal of the Game Under 43.5 Yards -110

Shortest Field Goal of the Game Over 25.5 Yards -125
Shortest Field Goal of the Game Under 25.5 Yards -105

Total Field Goals Made Over 3.5 +140
Total Field Goals Made Under 3.5 -170

Total Punts Over 10.5 +100
Total Punts Under 10.5 -130

Total Sacks Over 4.5 -130
Total Sacks Under 4.5 +100

Defensive or Special Teams Touchdown +140
Not a Defensive or Special Teams Touchdown -170

Jay Cutler Completions Over 22.5 -115
Jay Cutler Completions Under 22.5 -115

Jay Cutler Passing Yards Over 277.5 -115
Jay Cutler Passing Yards Under277.5 -115

Jay Cutler Total Touchdown Passes Over 1.5 -150
Jay Cutler Total Touchdown Passes Under 1.5 +120

Jay Cutler Throws an Interception -200
Jay Cutler Doesn’t Throw an Interception +160

Matt Forte Rushing Yards Over 82.5 -115
Matt Forte Rushing Yards Under 82.5 -115

Matt Forte Receptions Over 3.5 -130
Matt Forte Receptions Under 3.5 +100

Matt Forte Scores a Touchdown -125
Matt Forte Doesn’t Score a Touchdown -105

Brandon Marshall Receptions Over 6.5 -125
Brandon Marshall Receptions Under 6.5 -105

Brandon Marshall Receiving Yards Over 90.5 -115
Brandon Marshall Receiving Yards Under 90.5 -115

Brandon Marshall Scores a Touchdown -115
Brandon Marshall Doesn’t Score a Touchdown -115

Earl Bennett Receptions Over 3 -130
Earl Bennett Receptions Under 3 +100

Devin Hester Longest Reception Over 23.5 Yards -115
Devin Hester Longest Reception Under 23.5 Yards -115

Alshon Jeffrey Yards on First Reception Over 11.5 -115
Alshon Jeffrey Yards on First Reception Under 11.5 -115

Aaron Rodgers Completions Over 24.5 -130
Aaron Rodgers Completions Under 24.5 +100

Aaron Rodgers Passing Yards Over 302.5 -125
Aaron Rodgers Passing Yards Under 302.5 -105

Aaron Rodgers Touchdown Passes Over 2.5 +100
Aaron Rodgers Touchdown Passes Under 2.5 -130

Aaron Rodgers Throws an Interception -125
Aaron Rodgers Doesn’t Throw an Interception -105

Cedric Benson Yards on First Carry Over 3.5 +100
Cedric Benson Yards on First Carry Under 3.5 -130

Jordy Nelson Receptions Over 5 -140
Jordy Nelson Receptions Under 5 +110

Jordy Nelson Receiving Yards Over 70.5 -125
Jordy Nelson Receiving Yards Under 70.5 -105

Jordy Nelson Scores a Touchdown -110
Jordy Nelson Doesn’t Score a Touchdown -110

James Jones Receptions Over 3.5 -145
James Jones Receptions Under 3.5 +115

James Jones Scores a Touchdown +120
James Jones Doesn’t Score a Touchdown-150

Jermichael Finley Receptions Over 4.5 -160
Jermichael Finley Receptions Under 4.5 +130

Randall Cobb Yards on First Reception Over 8.5 -115
Randall Cobb Yards on First Reception Under 8.5 -115

There are a number of big time rookies on the defensive side of the ball that have a lot of potential this year, and NFL betting fans are going to have a tough time sorting out who should win the Defensive Rookie of the Year award. Check out these NFL betting futures odds on which player will walk away with this illustrious defensive honor.

The top defensive player drafted this year was Morris Claiborne (Odds To Win Rookie of the Year: 6 to 1 @ WagerWeb Sportsbook). We know that Mo has a heck of a lot of talent; just ask his college coach, Les Miles. Claiborne has the potential to step right into the secondary of the Dallas Cowboys and make a big difference, especially knowing that he is already on a ‘D’ with some talent. That being said, it is usually awfully difficult for a rookie DB to come in and win the Rookie of the Year honors, knowing that interceptions don’t usually come as often as sacks, and certainly not as often as tackles. It would take a yeoman’s effort this year for Claiborne to win the Rookie of the Year honor.

And that’s why we think that the top linebacker that was taken in the NFL Draft, Luke Kuechly (Rookie of the Year Odds: 5 to 1 @ WagerWeb Sportsbook) could be the man that walks away with the honor. Kuechly was a tackling machine in college for the Boston College Eagles, and though we think that he was drafted a good 6-8 spots too high, we do have a real appreciation for what his new team, the Carolina Panthers are trying to do. The Panthers play a heck of a lot of defense, and teams usually try to run the ball down their throats with their weak defensive line. That’s how Kuechly set all sorts of records in college with tackles. He has a nose for the football, and when he gets going, there might not be a lineman in the league that can keep him from getting his hands in on the tackle on a running play up the gut. Don’t be all that shocked if Kuechly ends up with well over 100 tackles for the season, and if that turns out to be the case, he’ll be the Defensive Rookie of the Year.

We feel like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made a great selection when they took Mark Barron (Top Rookie Safety To Win Rookie of the Year: 12 to 1 @ WagerWeb Sportsbook) with the sixth pick in the NFL Draft. Barron just knows how to win. He can come up and make tackles against the run, and he is a ball hawker in the secondary as well. Barron is the man that was picked by Head Coach Greg Schiano thanks to his leadership and his skills, and he could end up bringing that sense to the Tampa Bay secondary, just as John Lynch did when the Bucs were at their best in franchise history. We don’t know if those intangibles will end up helping Barron win the Rookie of the Year Award, but we definitely want to keep a close eye on his stats, which might be good enough at the end as well.

Defensive linemen this year might be a tad tough. We’d be willing to give a shot to Bruce Irvin (Defensive Rookie of the Year Betting Lines: 20 to 1 @ WagerWeb Sportsbook) of the Seattle Seahawks. We think that Irvin and Whitney Mercilus have the best chance to lead all rookies in sacks this year. Head Coach Pete Carroll has been looking for pass rushers for quite some time, and Irvin might be the man that is able to do that. A lot of these West Virginia defenders have proven to be vicious at the next level, and Irvin might be the next in line to really make an impact at the NFL level. Carroll, a defensive specialist, believes that picked the best pass rusher in this draft, and if that really is the case, this could be the Defensive Rookie of the Year at a very, very nice price.

Odds To Win Defensive Rookie of the Year @ WagerWeb Sportsbook (as of 7/26/12):
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Bruce Irvin20 to 1
Casey Hayward 15 to 1
Chandler Jones 8 to 1
Courtney Upshaw 10 to 1
Dont’a Hightower 10 to 1
Dontari Poe 15 to 1
Dre Kirkpatrick 10 to 1
Fletcher Cox 10 to 1
Harrison Smith 15 to 1
Janoris Jenkins 15 to 1
Jerel Worthy 25 to 1
Luke Kuechly 5 to 1
Mark Barron 12 to 1
Melvin Ingram 18 to 1
Michael Brockers 18 to 1
Morris Claiborne 6 to 1
Mychal Kendricks 15 to 1
Nick Perry 10 to 1
Quinton Coples 15 to 1
Stephon Gilmore 15 to 1

The 2012 college football betting campaign is officially more than a week old, and here at Bankroll Sports, we are going to be keeping tabs on the Week 2 schedule, chock full of all of our Week 2 CFB picks and an NCAA football odds analysis.

The week begins on Thursday in the Big East with the first game of the year for the Cincinnati Bearcats. They have some high hopes that this will be a year in which they can get back to the BCS. However, the team that they are playing against, the Pitt Panthers, know that they badly need to make a comeback after getting embarrassed by Youngstown State last week in the home opener. Needless to say, it wasn’t the opener that Head Coach Paul Chryst thought that he was getting into. The Bearcats probably wouldn’t have been favored by all that much had this game been played last week, but after watching U-Pitt get trashed by an FCS team, UC is getting the nod by 3.5 points.

On Friday, it’s off to the Beehive State, where the Utah Utes and the Utah State Aggies are going to square off with one another. Both teams were able to beat FCS opponents last week, but we really probably didn’t learn all that much from those games. What we do know is that the Aggies haven’t won a game in this series in a dozen tries, and that is a streak that they will hope to end when they host the Utes in what might be the closest game that these two have played in years. Utah State is going to be hyped for this one on national television, and it is only an underdog by a touchdown.

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Saturday’s college football schedule really doesn’t have all that much in the way of featured games. There isn’t a game on the docket in which two teams that started hte season ranked in the Top 25 are going to be playing each other, and that isn’t likely to change when the new rankings come out. Maybe the marquee game pits the Florida Gators against the Texas A&M Aggies in the first game for the Aggies in the SEC. A&M had its game cancelled against Louisiana Tech last week, while the Gators really didn’t look all that sharp against the Bowling Green Falcons. QB Jeff Driskel has been named the starting quarterback for the Gators, but it isn’t impressing the oddsmakers. Texas A&M, in its first game with a new head coach (Kevin Sumlin) and a new quarterback (Johnny Manziel) is favored by 1.5 points.

This is also the week for the first SEC game for the Missouri Tigers. The Tigers probably have the toughest transition into a new conference in the country, but at least they get their first SEC game in Columbia. It’ll be a tough task as well for the Georgia Bulldogs, who are amped up and ready to go, ranked in the Top 10 in the nation. Head Coach Mark Richt and the crew are thinking about a National Championship this year, but they are only laying 3.5 on the road in this one.

One of the top mid major teams in the nation this year, the UCF Knights are going to have a chance to put themselves on the map when they go into the Horseshoe to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes. Both of these teams looked awfully impressive in their openers, but this is going to be a better litmus test for both than what we saw last week when Ohio State trounced the Miami Redhawks and UCF beat up the Akron Zips. Many think that this could be a game in which the Bucks are on upse alert, but the college football odds suggest differently. UCF is getting 17.5 points.

That’s really the theme this coming Saturday, though. There are currently 43 games on the board for this coming week. Of those games, 14 feature college football spreads of at least 21 points, whereas just 15 games have point spreads of seven points or fewer.

There definitely are some storylines to watch, though. The Alabama Crimson Tide are laying 40 againts the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in what amounts to be the biggest point spread of the week between two FBS teams. Of course, the biggest favorite is going to be the Florida State Seminoles against the Savannah State Tigers. The FCS reps were smashed 84-0 by the Oklahoma State Cowboys last week, and the Big XII reps opened up as 67.5 point favorites. Florida State will likely be the biggest favorite that we have ever seen in college football when this line comes out over the weekend.

Meanwhile in Evanston, both the Vanderbilt Commodores and the Northwestern Wildcats are going to be hoping to build off of positive starts to their seasons. The ‘Dores were beaten in a gritty game on opening night against the South Carolina Gamecocks, but the Wildcats won the game of the week after figuring out how to take care of the Syracuse Orange at the Carrier Dome after blowing a huge lead. Vanderbilt is laying a field goal, but you can bet that there will be bowl mania at Ryan Field, as the Wildcats are a bowl hungry team, and the crowd has to be excited with what QB Kain Colter is bringing to the table.

The Texas State Bobcats are going to be playing their first game at home in their FBS history, and they have a lot to be thrilled about. They were able to go on the road and beat the Houston Cougars last week as humongous underdogs, and this week, they are catching 17.5 at home against the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

Other notable games on the Week 2 college football schedule… LSU is laying 23.5 to Washington… Oregon State is going to have its work cut out for it playing against Wisconsin at Reser Stadium, where the hosts are catching 7.5 points… Notre Dame, fresh off of its romp of Navy, gets to come home, where it is laying 14.5 to Purdue… Massachusetts will be playing its first home game since becoming an FBS team this weekend, and it gets as easy of a draw as it could ask against an Indiana team that hasn’t beaten many FBS teams over the course of the last few seasons. The Minutemen are still 13.5 point underdogs, though.

2012 NCAA Football Week 2 Odds @ 5Dimes Sportsbook (as of 9/6/12):
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Week 2 Betting Lines for Thursday, 9/6/12

301 Pittsburgh Panthers +5.5
302 Cincinnati Bearcats -5.5
Over/Under 49

Lines for Week 2 for Friday, 9/7/12

303 Utah Utes -8
304 Utah State Aggies +8
Over/Under 52.5

Week 2 Odds for Saturday, 9/8/12

305 Penn State Nittany Lions +10
306 Virginia Cavaliers -10
Over/Under 45

307 Indiana Hoosiers -14
308 Massachusetts Minutemen +14
Over/Under 49

309 Air Force Falcons +21.5
310 Michigan Wolverines -21.5
Over/Under 60.5

311 New Mexico State Aggies +21.5
312 Ohio Bobcats -21.5
Over/Under 58.5

313 Kent State Golden Flashes +7
314 Kentucky Wildcats -7
Over/Under 44

315 UCF Knights +18
316 Ohio State Buckeyes -18
Over/Under 50.5

317 Idaho Vandals +16.5
318 Bowling Green Falcons -16.5
Over/Under 50

319 Ball State Cardinals +27.5
320 Clemson Tigers -27.5
Over/Under 65.5

321 Rice Owls +10
322 Kansas Jayhawks -10
Over/Under 62

323 Toledo Rockets +3
324 Wyoming Cowboys -3
Over/Under 57.5

325 North Carolina Tar Heels -10.5
326 Wake Forest Demon Deacons +10.5
Over/Under 54

327 Georgia Bulldogs -2.5
328 Missouri Tigers +2.5
Over/Under 54.5

329 Miami Hurricanes +7
330 Kansas State Wildcats -7
Over/Under 56

331 Michigan State Spartans -20
332 Central Michigan Chippewas +20
Over/Under 48

333 USC Trojans -26
334 Syracuse Orange +26
Over/Under 62.5

335 Purdue Boilermakers +14
336 Notre Dame Fighting Irish -14
Over/Under 52

337 South Florida Bulls +2
338 Nevada Wolf Pack -2
Over/Under 54.5

339 Wisconsin Badgers -7
340 Oregon State Beavers +7
Over/Under 51.5

341 Fresno State Bulldogs +35
342 Oregon Ducks -35
Over/Under 77.5

343 East Carolina Pirates +21
344 South Carolina Gamecocks -21
Over/Under OTB

345 Iowa State Cyclones +4.5
346 Iowa Hawkeyes -4.5
Over/Under 48.5

347 Washington Huskies +24
348 LSU Tigers -24
Over/Under 53

349 UTEP Miners +7.5
350 Ole Miss Rebels -7.5
Over/Under 56

351 Auburn Tigers +3
352 Mississippi State Bulldogs -3
Over/Under 47

353 Texas Tech Red Raiders -18
354 Texas State Bobcats +18
Over/Under 60.5

355 Maryland Terrapins +10
356 Temple Owls -10
Over/Under 45.5

357 New Mexico Lobos +38
358 Texas Longhorns -38
Over/Under 52

359 Florida Gators +1.5
360 Texas A&M Aggies -1.5
Over/Under 50

361 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs -3.5
362 Houston Cougars +3.5
Over/Under 60.5

363 Nebraska Cornhuskers -6
364 UCLA Bruins +6
Over/Under 60.5

365 Army Black Knights +6
366 San Diego State Aztecs -6
Over/Under 50

367 North Carolina State Wolfpack -4.5
368 Connecticut Huskies +4.5
Over/Under 48.5

369 Tulane Green Wave +25.5
370 Tulsa Golden Hurricane -25.5
Over/Under 56.5

371 Vanderbilt Commodores -3.5
372 Northwestern Wildcats +3.5
Over/Under 54.5

373 Duke Blue Devils +15
374 Stanford Cardinal -15
Over/Under 57

375 Oklahoma State Cowboys -10
376 Arizona Wildcats +10
Over/Under 69.5

377 Illinois Fighting Illini +3.5
378 Arizona State Sun Devils -3.5
Over/Under 48.5

379 Akron Zips +24
380 Florida International Golden Panthers -24
Over/Under 54

381 Louisiana Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns +3
382 Troy Trojans -3
Over/Under 62

383 Florida Atlantic Owls +9.5
384 Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders -9.5
Over/Under 47.5

385 Memphis Tigers +23
386 Arkansas State Red Wolves -23
Over/Under 59.5

387 Louisiana Monroe Warhawks +30.5
388 Arkansas Razorbacks -30.5
Over/Under 60.5

389 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers +39
390 Alabama Crimson Tide -39
Over/Under 54

101 New Hampshire Wildcats +12.5
102 Minnesota Golden Gophers -12.5

103 Southern Illinois Salukis +18.5
104 Miami Redhawks -18.5

105 Maine Black Bears +20.5
106 Boston College Eagles -20.5

107 Austin Peay Governors +49
108 Virginia Tech Hokies -49

109 North Dakota State Bison +3.5
110 Colorado State Rams -3.5

111 Southern Utah Thunderbirds +29.5
112 California Golden Bears -29.5

113 Weber State Wildcats +38.5
114 BYU Cougars -38.5

115 Cal State Sacramento Hornets +21.5
116 Colorado Buffaloes -21.5

117 Missouri State Bears +28.5
118 Louisville Cardinals -28.5

119 Eastern Washington Eagles +11.5
120 Washington State Cougars -11.5

121 Howard Bison +45
122 Rutgers Scarlet Knights -45

123 Savannah State Tigers +64
124 Florida State Seminoles -64

125 Morgan State Bears +28.5
126 Buffalo Bulls -28.5

127 Western Carolina Catamounts +29
128 Marshall Thundering Herd -29

129 Nicholls State Colonels +17
130 South Alabama Jaguars -17

131 Presbyterian Blue Hose +39.5
132 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -39.5

133 Texas Southern Tigers +38
134 North Texas Mean Green -38

135 Eastern Illinois Panthers +24
136 Western Michigan Broncos -24

137 Tennessee Martin Skyhawks +26
138 Northern Illinois Huskies -26

139 Florida A&M Rattlers +51.5
140 Oklahoma Sooners -51.5

141 Georgia State Panthers +49.5
142 Tennessee Volunteers -49.5

143 Illinois State Redbirds +3.5
144 Eastern Michigan Eagles -3.5

145 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks +17.5
146 SMU Mustangs -17.5

147 Grambling Tigers +53
148 TCU Horned Frigs -53

149 UC Davis Aggies +20.5
150 San Jose State Spartans -20.5

151 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks +13.5
152 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels -13.5

The Monday Night Football schedule graces us with a pair of great games this weekend. We are going to be taking a look at some of the NFL prop picks for the two clashes on the gridiron, so join us here at Bankroll Sports for our San Diego Chargers @ Oakland Raiders predictions and our Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens picks.

Will Ray Rice Score a Touchdown?: Rice is a man on a mission right now, and this year, he doesn’t have RB Ricky Williams in his way to pillage touchdowns. Sure, rookie RB Bernard Pierce can take some carries, but we know that Rice can get the job done both as a rusher and as a receiver. If this hurry up offense really is going to be a crucial part of the system for the Ravens this year, Rice is probably going to see the ball a heck of a lot more and might be able to break some big time runs on some tired defenses. Rice is one of the best backs in the league, and the truth of the matter is that he is going to score in at least two out of three games over the course of this year. Ray Rice To Score a Touchdown (-160)

Will Joe Flacco Throw an Interception?: This is an NFL line that just doesn’t make all that much sense to us. Flacco would need to be picked off in 10 of his 16 games to make this NFL prop profitable to us, and we think that that will be the case. The Bengals do have a heck of a secondary, and they should be able to get some pressure into Flacco’s face. If this turns out to be the case, we should see at least one mistake made by the former member of the Delaware Blue Hens. Flacco To Throw an INT (-140)

Carson Palmer Longest Pass Completion Over 35.5 Yards: Palmer has to be ready to grip it and rip in on Sunday night, and he is going to be the man of the hour in this game against the Chargers. He’ll take his shots down the field to the likes of WR Denarius Moore, and we expect to see some big time plays out of this offense. The San Diego defense is consistently overrated, and it is likely to be prone to the big time play this year. We only need one, but we think that we’ll get a few bombs out of Palmer and the passing game in this one. Palmer Longest Completion Over 35.5 Yards (-115)

Total Punts Between Chargers and Raiders Over/Under 10.5: Over the course of the first week of the season, what we have seen is a heck of a lot of points and not a heck of a lot of punts. The Chargers and the Raiders both have offenses that can put some points on the board, just as we saw at the end of last year when these teams got into the 60s combined in Week 17. Oakland didn’t have RB Darren McFadden in that one either. The question is whether there will be more than 15 drives or so in this game, and we think that that is a viable question to ask as well. But asking these two teams to combine to punt the ball 11 times is just too much for what could be an offensive shootout of a game. Total Punts Under 10.5 (-130)

Week 1’s college football schedule is just about set to get started, and here at Bankroll Sports, we are going to be taking a look at all of the games that are on the slate for the week ahead! Below, you will find a full listing of all of the Week 1 college football odds and betting lines, along with a discussion regarding some of the best games that are going to be on the Week 1 NCAA football schedule.

We’ll start right at the top on the first Thursday night of the season. The South Carolina Gamecocks are the only Top 25 team in action to start off the year, and they are going to have a tough game on the road against the Vanderbilt Commodores to start off SEC play. No one is really expecting to see Head Coach Steve Spurrier and company struggle all that much this time around, though the wonder is there whether the ‘Dores are going to be able to put up a fight in the unusually somewhat weak SEC East. Vandy is the home team, but as expected, it is a 7-point underdog to start off the campaign.

There are four new teams that are going to be playing their first FBS games this year, including the Massachusetts Minutemen, South Alabama Jaguars, Texas State Bobcats, and San Antonio Roadrunners. U-Mass starts off on Thursday night on the road against the Connecticut Huskies, and the fledging program is +25 in spite of the fact that UConn is expected to have one of the worst programs in the Big East this year. Also on the first night of the season, either South Alabama or Texas San Antonio will be getting their first win, as these two teams are playing each other in ‘Bama. The Jaguars figure to have the sturdiest program coming into FBS this year, and they are probably rightfully -6.5 at home. Texas State opens up on Saturday on the road against the Houston Cougars. The Cougs will be playing their first game without QB Case Keenum, but they are still expected to romp right through this one. The C-USA reps are -36.5, amongst the biggest favorites on the board.

The other showcase game to start off the season pits the Washington State Cougars against the BYU Cougars. This Cougar showdown is probably going to be a rather one-sided affair in Provo, but considering the fact that just four of the nine games on the first night of the season feature spreads of nine points or fewer, this shouldn’t be considered all that much of a surprise. BYU gets the nod in this one by 13.5.

Three games are on the college football schedule for Friday night. No one expects to see the Stanford Cardinal (-25.5) struggle against the San Jose State Spartans in their first game without QB Andrew Luck. The Tennessee Volunteers and NC State Wolfpack are going to battling it out in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome in a clash of middling teams in the SEC and ACC respectively. With the game being played in the heart of SEC Country, it is no surprise that Tennessee, opening up a very important season under Head Coach Derek Dooley, is a four-point favorite.

The key game on the Friday docket though, pits the Boise State Broncos up against the Michigan State Spartans. The Spartans have a heck of a schedule this year, and they are going to be in for quite the battle on Friday. This will be the debut for QB Andrew Maxwell, who is taking over for QB Kirk Cousins. Boise State has to undergo a massive change from the teams that have won just a slew of games over the course of the last few years. For the first time in four years, a quarterback not named Kellen Moore is going to be leading the troops out of the tunnel for the boys from the Smurf Turf. That doesn’t mean that QB Joe Southwick can’t get the job done, but he is going to have a tough time here in East Lansing. Michigan State is favored by a touchdown on Friday night. For more analysis and our Boise State vs. Michigan State picks, be sure to Click Here.

We have seen some crazy start times for college football betting affairs, but perhaps we have never seen anything quite like what we are going to be seeing at the top of the mornin’ on the first Saturday of the regular season. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are going to be playing in the land of the real Irish, Dublin to be exact. The Golden Domers are playing in the Irish Motherland against the Navy Midshipmen in a 9:00 a.m. ET start. QB Tommy Rees has been suspended for this one for Notre Dame, but the Fighting Irish are still getting the nod by 17 points over what has really turned into a rather hapless Naval Academy football program.

The first game for the Penn State Nittany Lions since the finalization of the Jerry Sandusky situation could turn out to be a disaster. The Ohio Bobcats are coming to Happy Valley, and they are going to want to represent themselves well against a national power. PSU has had a ton of problems in this offseason on the field and off of it, and this is a dangerous game against a veteran team out of the MAC. The Bobcats are only six-point underdogs, but they definitely could be in for an upset when push comes to shove, and such a small college football betting line suggests just that.

As always on the Week 1 NCAA football betting lines, we have a ton of teams that are favored by just outrageous margins. Amongst them include the West Virginia Mountaineers (-24 vs. Marshall), Ohio State Buckeyes (-22.5 vs. Miami OH), Georgia Bulldogs (-37.5 vs. Buffalo), Florida Gators (-29 vs. Bowling Green), Texas Longhorns (-28.5 vs. Wyoming), Houston (already mentioned at -36.5 vs. Texas State), USC Trojans (-39 vs. Hawaii), Oklahoma Sooners (-30.5 @ UTEP), Oregon Ducks (-35.5 vs. Arkansas State), and the biggest of all, the LSU Tigers, who are -43 at home against the North Texas Mean Green.

That doesn’t mean that there aren’t some great clashes that are going to be played over the course of the rest of the day, though. It’s strange to be seeing the Boston College Eagles and the Miami Hurricanes playing this early in the season, but the two are going to be having at it for sure. No, these teams aren’t powers like they were in the Doug Flutie days, but both know that they are going to need a few wins in the ACC this year to reach bowl eligibility. With this one in Chestnut Hill, the Eagles are getting some respect, but they are still just one-point favorites.

That night back in Hot ‘Lanta, the Georgia Dome will be hosting its second game. The Clemson Tigers and Auburn Tigers are going to be fighting it out in what will look a heck of a lot like a potential Peach Bowl. In fact, these two have met in this venue a number of times before. The stakes could be higher this time around, especially for a Clemson team that is trying to prove that it can legitimately contend for a National Championship this year. Is it farfetched? Probably. But if the Tigers can’t beat the three-point spread in a neutral site game against Auburn to start off the year, there will be no doubt that they won’t be able to contend for much more than an ACC title.

But of course, the game of all games on the Week 1 College Football Schedule is the clash in Arlington between the Michigan Wolverines and the Alabama Crimson Tide. The defending BCS National Champions know that they are going to have their work cut out for them in this one, but they are going to hope to flex their muscles as they did against the Big Ten over the course of the last two seasons against Penn State. QB Denard Robinson has more on the line in this game than any individual probably has in quite some time. He is as explosive of a player as the Tide will ever see, and with a defense that could be doing some rebuilding this year, Robinson might be able to find some cracks. If the Wolverines can pull this one off, it would easily be the biggest win in the brief coaching career for Head Coach Brady Hoke, and it would really make the National Championship race this year wide open. Click Here for our Michigan vs. Alabama Preview, as it was the No. 3 game in our countdown of the Top 25 NCAA Football Matchups of 2012.

Most weekends, college football betting is said and done with on Saturday, but this week, there are still three more games to choose from. The two clashes on Saturday really might not be anything all that special. The Kentucky Wildcats and Louisville Cardinals play their annual Battle for the Commonwealth on Sunday, a game which features the Cards as 13.5 point favorites. The SMU Mustangs are also going to be on the road against the Baylor Bears, who are prepping for life without QB Robert Griffin III. Baylor is favored by 10.5.

And finally, in what has become a great Labor Day tradition, the ACC opens up with its showcase game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The stakes are clearly going to be high in Blacksburg, knowing that the loser of this game is probably already going to be out of the ACC Championship hunt. With stakes this high, it is no wonder that this is one of the top games of the weekend even though only Virginia Tech is ranked in the Top 25 of these two teams. This should be a thrilling one that comes down to the wire, as the Hokies are favored by 7.5-points. This game is so important that it is also one of our Top 25 College Football Matchups of the Year, so don’t miss out on our Virginia Tech vs. Georgia Tech Game Preview.

2012 NCAA Football Week 1 Odds @ Bookmaker Sportsbook (as of 9/1/12):
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Week 1 NCAA Football Betting Lines for Thursday, 8/30/12

133 South Carolina Gamecocks -6.5
134 Vanderbilt Commodores +6.5
Over/Under 45

135 UCF Knights -24
136 Akron Zips +24
Over/Under 49

137 Eastern Michigan Eagles +3
138 Ball State Falcons -3
Over/Under 58.5

139 Texas A&M Aggies POSTPONED
140 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs POSTPONED
Over/Under POSTPONED

141 Massachusetts Minutemen +22.5
142 Connecticut Huskies -22.5
Over/Under 45.5

143 UCLA Bruins -16.5
144 Rice Owls +16.5
Over/Under 59.5

145 Washington State Cougars +12
146 BYU Cougars -12
Over/Under 65.5

147 Minnesota Golden Gophers -8.5
148 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels +8.5
Over/Under 49.5

301 Towson Tigers +8
302 Kent State Golden Flashes -8

303 Southeast Missouri State +27.5
304 Central Michigan Chippewas -27.5

305 Northern Colorado Bears +42
306 Utah Utes -42

307 McNeese State Cowboys +7.5
308 Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders -7.5

309 Southern Utah Thunderbirds +20.5
310 Utah State Aggies -20.5

311 Sacramento State Hornets +6.5
312 New Mexico State Aggies -6.5

313 Eastern Washington Eagles +6
314 Idaho Vandals -6

315 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks +30
316 Arizona State Sun Devils -30

College Football Lines for Week 1 for Friday, 8/31/12

151 Tennessee Volunteers -3
152 NC State Wolfpack +3
Over/Under 52

153 Boise State Broncos +7
154 Michigan State Spartans -7
Over/Under 46.5

155 San Jose State Spartans +25.5
156 Stanford Cardinal -25.5
Over/Under 51.5

317 Villanova Wildcats +18.5
318 Temple Owls -18.5

319 Wagner Seahawks +17.5
320 Florida Atlantic Owls -17.5

NCAA Football Week 1 Odds for Saturday, 9/1/12

157 Notre Dame Fighting Irish -14.5
158 Navy Midshipmen +14.5
Over/Under 52

159 Marshall Thundering Herd +26
160 West Virginia Mountaineers -26
Over/Under 68

161 Ohio Bobcats +6.5
162 Penn State Nittany Lions -6.5
Over/Under 44

163 Northwestern Wildcats +1
164 Syracuse Orange -1
Over/Under 53.5

165 Miami Redhawks +25
166 Ohio State Buckeyes -25
Over/Under 51

167 Western Michigan Broncos +10
168 Illinois Fighting Illini -10
Over/Under 49

169 Tulsa Golden Hurricane -1.5
170 Iowa State Cyclones +1.5
Over/Under 50.5

171 Nevada Wolf Pack +11.5
172 Cal Golden Bears -11.5
Over/Under 57

173 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles +20
174 Nebraska Cornhuskers -20
Over/Under 53

175 Miami Hurricanes -2.5
176 Boston College Eagles +2.5
Over/Under 44

177 Iowa Hawkeyes -9.5
178 Northern Illinois Huskies +9.5
Over/Under 50

179 Colorado Buffaloes -6
180 Colorado State Rams +6
Over/Under 47

181 Buffalo Bulls +38
182 Georgia Bulldogs -38
Over/Under 54.5

183 Bowling Green Falcons +28.5
184 Florida Gators -28.5
Over/Under 47.5

185 Wyoming Cowboys +31.5
186 Texas Longhorns -31.5
Over/Under 53.5

187 Texas State Bobcats +36
188 Houston Cougars -36
Over/Under 61

189 Clemson Tigers -2.5
190 Auburn Tigers +2.5
Over/Under 55

191 Hawaii Warriors +42
192 USC Trojans -42
Over/Under 63

193 Michigan Wolverines +13.5
194 Alabama Crimson Tide -13.5
Over/Under 47

195 Rutgers Scarlet Knights -20.5
196 Tulane Green Wave +20.5
Over/Under 47.5

197 Oklahoma Sooners -30
198 UTEP Miners +30
Over/Under 62.5

199 Toledo Rockets +11
200 Arizona Wildcats -11
Over/Under 62

201 San Diego State Aztecs +14.5
202 Washington Huskies -14.5
Over/Under 56.5

203 Troy Trojans -6
204 UAB Blazers +6
Over/Under 63

205 Florida International Golden Panthers +2.5
206 Duke Blue Devils -2.5
Over/Under 52.5

207 North Texas Mean Green +44
208 LSU Tigers -44
Over/Under 52

209 Arkansas State Red Wolves +37
210 Oregon Ducks -37
Over/Under 69

217 Texas San Antonio Roadrunners +6
218 South Alabama Jaguars -6
Over/Under 46

321 Appalachian State Mountaineers +19
322 East Carolina Pirates -19

323 Elon Phoenix +34.5
324 North Carolina Tar Heels -34.5

325 Jacksonville State Gamecocks +45
326 Arkansas Razorbacks -45

327 South Dakota State Jackrabbits +19.5
328 Kansas Jayhawks -19.5

329 Missouri State Bears +30
330 Kansas State Wildcats -30

331 Idaho State Bengals +38
332 Air Force Falcons -38

333 William & Mary Tribe +20.5
334 Maryland Terrapins -20.5

335 Nicholls State Colonels POSTPONED
336 Oregon State Beavers POSTPONED

337 Richmond Spiders +22.5
338 Virginia Cavaliers -22.5

339 Eastern Kentucky Colonels +22.5
340 Purdue Boilermakers -22.5

341 Northern Iowa Panthers +38
342 Wisconsin Badgers -38

343 Murray State Racers +45
344 Florida State Seminoles -45

345 Youngstown State Penguins +18.5
346 Pittsburgh Panthers -18.5

347 Liberty Flames +25
348 Wake Forest Demon Deacons -25

349 Lamar Cardinals +36.5
350 Louisiana Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns -36.5

351 Tennessee Martin Skyhawks +8.5
352 Memphis Tigers -8.5

353 Tennessee Chatanooga Mocs +27
354 South Florida Bulls -27

355 Central Arkansas Bears +19.5
356 Mississippi Rebels -19.5

357 Austin Peay Governors +30.5
358 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers -30.5

359 Jackson State Tigers +37.5
360 Mississippi State Bulldogs -37.5

361 Southeast Louisiana Lions +47
362 Missouri Tigers -47

363 Savannah State Tigers +62
364 Oklahoma State Cowboys -62

365 Northwestern State Demons +36.5
366 Texas Tech Red Raiders -36.5

367 Indiana State Sycamores +11
368 Indiana Hoosiers -11

369 Southern Jaguars +22
370 New Mexico Lobos -22

371 Weber State Wildcats +23
372 Fresno State Bulldogs -23

Week 1 NCAA Football Odds for Sunday, 9/2/12

211 Kentucky Wildcats +13
212 Louisville Cardinals -13
Over/Under 42

213 SMU Mustangs +8.5
214 Baylor Bears -8.5
Over/Under 58.5

Week 1 College Football Odds for Monday, 9/3/12
215 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets +7.5
216 Virginia Tech Hokies -7.5
Over/Under 49