2012 College Football Week 13 Lines: NCAA Football Week 13 Lines
November 24th, 2012 by | Posted in College Football Comments Off on 2012 College Football Week 13 Lines: NCAA Football Week 13 LinesWeek 13 of the 2012 college football campaign is going to get underway this weekend. Below you will find the current list of 2012 Week 13 NCAA football lines and spreads along with a breakdown of the Week 13 college football lines. Be sure to check out the free NCAA football picks from the expert handicappers at Bankroll Sports this weekend!
It’s rivalry week in college football, and the truth of the matter is that the standings and the NCAA football odds tend to really not matter all that much when push comes to shove in these games. For as many surprises as there have been this year, about the only thing that would be shocking on the week of Thanksgiving would be if there were no surprises by the time Saturday afternoon was said and done with.
We’ll start with the midweek games, as there are clashes on both Tuesday and Thursday this week. The Toledo Rockets are expected to finish up a great season at home at the Glass Bowl, and they are going to be laying 18.5 against the Akron Zips in the first game of the week. On Thursday meanwhile, the Texas Longhorns and TCU Horned Frogs are going to be doing battle against one another in a Lone Star State rivalry game. The Horns, who might control their own destiny to go to the BCS, are -8 at home against the Horned Frogs, who are hoping to pull off a big upset to get back up the Big XII bowl ladder as their regular season winds down.
However, more important are all of the massive rivalry games on Saturday that are worth noting. The biggest and most important of the bunch pits the USC Trojans against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. This is the last game of the year for both of these teams. USC is going to try to stop its big time losing streak, and if it does, it will have knocked the Golden Domers out of the title game. If not, the next plane tickets that Notre Dame can book are to Miami for the National Championship Game. One would figure that the Irish will be favored in this game, knowing that QB Matt Barkley has already been confirmed as out of the lineup for this one. For now though, the game remains as one of the two massive rivalry games that are still off the board, joining the very important duel in Tallahassee between the Florida State Seminoles and the Florida Gators.
Most of the other big time games are listed on the NCAA football odds this week, and some are a heck of a lot closer than others.
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We’ll start with the games that are expected to be blowouts. The Alabama Crimson Tide are very lucky to now be two wins away from the National Championship Game for the second straight year. They have the Auburn Tigers this week in Tuscaloosa, and you can bet that there will be vengeance on the minds of the Tide. The last time Auburn was here at Bryant Denny Stadium, the team stormed back from down 21-0 to shock Alabama 28-21 in a game that not only took Alabama out of the title game, but it put the Tigers in it as well. This year? If Alabama jumps out to a 21-0 lead, expect the next 28 to go to the Tide as well. They’re favored by 31, making them one of the biggest favorites on the board of the entire weekend.
The team that Alabama is going to play in the SEC Championship Game is the Georgia Bulldogs, though the Dawgs have to be quite careful not to look past their rivals this week, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Georgia losing would be about the only road to the National Championship for any other teams aside from SEC schools and Notre Dame in all likelihood, so there are going to be a lot of teams that are hoping the triple option gives the Bulldogs fits. G-Tech is going to be scoreboard watching to determine whether it will be in the ACC Championship Game or not, but it is going to want to win this one to make sure that it doesn’t have to file an appeal to get into a bowl game this year. (Note: The appeal would almost certainly be won even if the Yellow Jackets finished 6-7 after losing to Florida State in the ACC Championship Game) The Bulldogs are laying just 13, which feels like a number that is very, very low considering how far apart these two teams are in reality.
There are other college football rivalry games that aren’t expected to be all that close this year either. The Washington Huskies are favored by 11 in the Apple Cup against the Washington State Cougars, while the LSU Tigers are giving 12.5 to the Arkansas Razorbacks. We’ve seen odd results in both of these games over the course of the last several years though, and this year might not be all that much of an exception. The Virginia Tech Hokies is favored by 10.5 in a game against hated Virginia Cavaliers, and the Hokies have to have that one just to qualify for a bowl game this year.
And then there are some rivalry games that are expected to be a heck of a lot closer than this. The Oregon Ducks are going to have to go to Reser Stadium in one of the biggest versions of the Civil War in quite some time. The Ducks will be knocked clear out of the title picture if the Oregon State Beavers can pick up a ‘W’ as 10.5 point underdogs on Saturday. The Oklahoma Sooners, another team hoping to get into the BCS this year, are going to take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys in Bedlam as 8.5 point favorites. The annual game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Ohio State Buckeyes is always a tight one as well, and this year, the host Bucks are five point favorites to close out the year unbeaten with a chance to be the only spotless team in America when push comes to shove. The Arizona Wildcats and Arizona State Sun Devils could both be fighting to stay in the Pac-12 bowl ladder and to avoid having to play an East Coast bowl game, and in this one, Arizona is laying 2.5. Mississippi State is getting a point against the Ole Miss Rebels in the Egg Bowl this year in a game that the Rebs have to win if they are going to qualify for a bowl game.
Maybe the biggest of the rivalry games is in the great state of South Carolina. The Clemson Tigers are going to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks. Both of these teams are fringe National Championship contenders if all hell breaks loose on Saturday, and this is a huge game for bragging rights and computer votes in both the SEC and the ACC. Clemson is trying to wrap up an 11-1 season and probably a spot in a BCS bowl game, while South Carolina needs a win and a lot of help to potentially be the second team out of the SEC into the BCS. This is a crucial game for both teams, especially with the recruiting trail just about set to heat up as well. The hosts are laying four in Death Valley for this clash.
Not everything is a traditional rivalry game this week, though. The Miami Hurricanes will win the ACC Coastal Division if they can beat the Duke Blue Devils as 5.5 point favorites on Saturday in one of the more important clashes of the day. That game pales in comparison though, to the duel at the Rose Bowl, where the UCLA Bruins and the Stanford Cardinal are going to do battle. The Cardinal are the road team in this one, but if they win this game, these same two teams will meet next week in Palo Alto with a spot in the Rose Bowl on the line. Should Stanford lose, Oregon will be in the Pac-12 title game and host the affair if it beats Oregon State. If Stanford loses and Oregon loses, Oregon State will go instead. To make it all work for the Cardinal, they’re going to have to beat a 1.5 point spread which sees them favored at the outset of the weekend.
Other games of note… The Baylor Bears are -2 in a game they probably have to win to get to a bowl game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. The Michigan State Spartans have one last chance as 7.5 point favorites to get into a bowl game on the road at the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Meanwhile, in a similar game, the Purdue Boilermakers are -5.5 against the Indiana Hoosiers. A victory will send the Boilers to a bowl game this year. In the Big East, the Pitt Panthers, playing a must win game to keep their bowl hopes alive, take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and are -2 in the game, while the Louisville Cardinals are -12.5 against the Connecticut Huskies. Louisville might need that game to make next week’s game against Rutgers the de facto Big East Championship Game, while UConn has to win these last two games of the year to make it to a bowl. The West Virginia Mountaineers are -1.5 at the Iowa State Cyclones in a game that WVU needs to qualify for a bowl at last after starting 5-0.
The biggest favorites of the weekend are the Utah State Aggies, who are -39 against the lowly Idaho Vandals. There are a total of eight games this week that feature games with point spreads of at least 20, but just two, Utah State and Alabama, are favored by at least 30.
2012 NCAA Football Week 13 Odds @ UCA Bet Sportsbook (as of 11/24/12):
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Week 13 College Football Betting Odds for Tuesday, 11/20/12
101 Akron Zips +17.5
102 Toledo Rockets -17.5
Over/Under 62.5
Week 13 College Football Betting Lines for Thursday, 11/21/12
109 TCU Horned Frogs +7.5
110 Texas Longhorns -7.5
Over/Under 55
NCAA Football Lines for Week 13 for Friday, 11/23/12
111 Nebraska Cornhuskers -14.5
112 Iowa Hawkeyes +14.5
Over/Under 48.5
113 Buffalo Bulls +8.5
114 Bowling Green Falcons -8.5
Over/Under 42.5
115 Central Michigan Chippewas -11
116 Massachusetts Minutemen +11
Over/Under 56
117 Ball State Cardinals -8
118 Miami Redhawks +8
Over/Under 60.5
119 Syracuse Orange -7.5
120 Temple Owls +7.5
Over/Under 58
121 Northern Illinois Huskies -20.5
122 Eastern Michigan Eagles +20.5
Over/Under 60
123 South Florida Bulls +14
124 Cincinnati Bearcats -14
Over/Under 50
125 Marshall Thundering Herd +6.5
126 East Carolina Pirates -6.5
Over/Under 70
127 Ohio Bobcats +9.5
128 Kent State Golden Flashes -9.5
Over/Under 59
129 LSU Tigers -11.5
130 Arkansas Razorbacks +11.5
Over/Under 52
131 Utah Utes -23.5
132 Colorado Buffaloes +23.5
Over/Under 50
133 West Virginia Mountaineers -2.5
134 Iowa State Cyclones +2.5
Over/Under 66
135 Washington Huskies -14
136 Washington State Cougars +14
Over/Under 51
137 Arizona State Sun Devils +2.5
138 Arizona Wildcats -2.5
Over/Under 72
Week 13 NCAA Football Odds for Saturday, 11/24/12
139 Michigan Wolverines +4
140 Ohio State Buckeyes -4
Over/Under 54
141 Vanderbilt Commodores -10.5
142 Wake Forest Demon Deacon +10.5
Over/Under 47
143 Connecticut Huskies +10.5
144 Louisville Cardinals -10.5
Over/Under 45.5
145 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets +14.5
146 Georgia Bulldogs -14.5
Over/Under 63.5
147 Maryland Terrapins +24.5
148 North Carolina Tar Heels -24.5
Over/Under 53.5
149 Virginia Cavaliers +10
150 Virginia Tech Hokies -10
Over/Under 49
151 Michigan State Spartans -8.5
152 Minnesota Golden Gophers +8.5
Over/Under 39.5
153 Miami Hurricanes -6.5
154 Duke Blue Devils +6.5
Over/Under 68.5
155 Illinois Fighting Illini +19
156 Northwestern Wildcats -19
Over/Under 50.5
157 Boston College Eagles +13.5
158 NC State Wolfpack -13.5
Over/Under 50.5
159 Kentucky Wildcats +13.5
160 Tennessee Volunteers -13.5
Over/Under 56.5
161 Wisconsin Badgers +2
162 Penn State Nittany Lions -2
Over/Under 45.5
163 Rutgers Scarlet Knights +1
164 Pittsburgh Panthers -1
Over/Under 43
165 Indiana Hoosiers +5.5
166 Purdue Boilermakers -5.5
Over/Under 63
167 Texas State Bobcats -1.5
168 Texas San Antonio Roadrunners +1.5
Over/Under 54.5
169 Idaho Vandals +37.5
170 Utah State Aggies -37.5
Over/Under 57.5
171 San Diego State Aztecs -7.5
172 Wyoming Cowboys +7.5
Over/Under 55
173 Texas Tech Red Raiders +3.5
174 Baylor Bears -3.5
Over/Under 79.5
175 Auburn Tigers +32.5
176 Alabama Crimson Tide -32.5
Over/Under 46.5
177 Mississippi State Bulldogs +1.5
178 Ole Miss Rebels -1.5
Over/Under 54.5
179 Stanford Cardinal -3
180 UCLA Bruins +3
Over/Under 51.5
181 BYU Cougars -27.5
182 New Mexico State Aggies +27.5
Over/Under 48
183 Air Force Falcons +16.5
184 Fresno State Bulldogs -16.5
Over/Under 60.5
185 Oklahoma State Cowboys +6.5
186 Oklahoma Sooners -6.5
Over/Under 71.5
187 Missouri Tigers +22
188 Texas A&M Aggies -22
Over/Under 60.5
189 Oregon Ducks -9.5
190 Oregon State Beavers +9.5
Over/Under 65.5
191 Tulsa Golden Hurricane -5
192 SMU Mustangs +5
Over/Under 50.5
193 Florida Gators +7
194 Florida State Seminoles -7
Over/Under 43.5
195 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs +4
196 San Jose State Spartans -4
Over/Under 75.5
197 Southern Miss Golden Eagles +3.5
198 Memphis Tigers -3.5
Over/Under 50.5
199 Tulane Green Wave +12
200 Houston Cougars -12
Over/Under 68
201 New Mexico Lobos +3.5
202 Colorado State Rams -3.5
Over/Under 54
203 Rice Owls +1
204 UTEP Miners -1
Over/Under 56.5
205 South Carolina Gamecocks +3.5
206 Clemson Tigers -3.5
Over/Under 61.5
207 UAB Blazers +21.5
208 Central Florida Knights -21.5
Over/Under 57.5
209 Notre Dame Fighting Irish -5
210 USC Trojans +5
Over/Under 46
211 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels -3
212 Hawaii Warriors +3
Over/Under 54
213 North Texas Mean Green +11
214 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers -11
Over/Under 51
215 Troy Trojans +3
216 Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders -3
Over/Under 69.5
217 South Alabama Jaguars +18.5
218 Louisiana Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns -18.5
Over/Under 56
219 Louisiana Monroe Warhawks -4
220 Florida International Golden Panthers +4
Over/Under 61