It’s Week 11 of the college football season, and it’s another busy Saturday.
We have a handful of marquee games. BYU and Texas Tech meet in a top-10 battle in the Big 12 at noon ET on ABC. In the 3:30 p.m. ET window, we also have Texas A&M-Mizzou and Oregon-Iowa meeting. We’re going to focus on some of the late afternoon and evening contests. Be very mindful to check out the weather, too, as we have some trouble spots which might impact game play and, in particular, totals.
We’ll put together a couple of parlay possibilities and a teaser play, as we look to build our bankroll for the second half, the bowl season and the holidays. Let’s build our bankroll with our best college football parlays & picks.
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Saturday’s Best College Football Parlays & Picks
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The Bobcats (3-5) and Ragin’ Cajuns (3-6) are each battling to keep their flickering hopes of bowl eligibility alive at Cajun Field in Lafayette, La., at 5:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
Texas State is one of just two winless Sun Belt teams inside the conference. It enters the game with a -43 point differential inside Sun Belt Conference play, and it has dropped four in a row.
Louisiana is 2-3 inside the conference, and it is coming off a 31-22 win at South Alabama as a 4-point underdog. That halted a three-game losing streak. The three losses for the Cajuns came against James Madison, Southern Miss and Troy, three of the top teams in the Sun Belt Conference.
It’s a bit shocking to see Louisiana catching points at home. Take the Ragin’ Cajuns catching the three and a hook, while going low on the total.
Picks: Louisiana +3.5 (-120) & Under 63.5 Points (-110)
The Wolf Pack (1-7) have had a terrible season, and it isn’t likely to get much better at Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium in Logan, Utah, against the Aggies (4-4).
Utah State is very much in the mix for bowl eligibility, and it cannot stub its toe against an awful team like Nevada, especially with road games against UNLV and Fresno State, while hosting Boise State upcoming.
Utah State is coming off a tough 33-14 loss at New Mexico as a 3-point underdog, as the under (61.5) cashed, and it has lost three of the past four games, while going 1-2 against the spread (ATS) in the past three outings. The under has cashed in the past two games, too.
For Nevada, it has scored 17 or fewer points in six out of eight games, while going for 22 or fewer points in all eight outings. Defensively, it isn’t that bad, allowing 24 or fewer points in three of the past four games, so it hasn’t exactly thrown in the towel. Nevada continues to come hard; it just doesn’t have the offensive talent to get it done.
Let’s back Utah State laying the points, as long as it stays below 10, and we’ll go with the under. In fact, go rather aggressively on the under of 53.5 points.
The Rebels (6-2) and Rams (2-6) meet at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins with a kickoff at 9:30 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1.
This line jumps off the paper, with bowl-bound UNLV laying less than a touchdown on the road against a Colorado State team four games under .500 and one loss away from being ineligible for a bowl.
The sportsbooks might be overvaluing the series trends, as Colorado State has won four of the past five meetings in this series, while the Rams are 5-0 ATS in the past five meetings. But, in this day and age of NIL, roster turnover is so great that games from even a year or two ago feature rosters that are completely different. Betting series trends in college football just isn’t the same, so don’t be scared off because of Colorado State’s dominance in the series. It doesn’t mean as much as you think.
UNLV’s defense has struggled recently, allowing 40+ points to Air Force, Boise State and New Mexico, and it is 0-3 ATS in that span, while the over is also 3-0.
Colorado State was shut out two weeks ago in the most recent game at Wyoming, falling 28-0, and the Rams are 1-4 ATS in the past five games, while the under is 5-2 in the past seven outings. The Rams just do not have the offensive firepower to take advantage of the Rebels’ awful defense.
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