College Football Week 3 Betting Recap
College Football Week 3 Betting Recap:
– Something wacky always seems to happen on Thursday nights and this week it was the BYU-Houston 1st half finish. Houston was +13 for the 1st half and with 3:12 to go down 23-0, Houston kicked a FG and threw a TD pass to cut the lead to 23-9 but then they missed the extra point. However, Houston got the ball back at the end of the half and completed a Hail Mary with no time left on the clock to cut the deficit to 23-15 at the half and somehow cover the 1st half spread.
– Most popular NCAAF parlayed teams: Arizona State 95%, Texas A&M 93%, UCLA 90%, NIU 88%, USC 86%. Only NIU covered the spread out of the five and USC lost outright as an 18-point favorite.
– The lesser bet team covered in 3 of the 4 most bet NCAAF games of the day with only Oklahoma covered as a public favorite: Georgia-South Carolina, UCLA-Texas, Tennessee-Oklahoma, Purdue-Notre Dame
– Biggest NCAAF Saturday Spread moves: Georgia So. +22.5 to +17 (Covered), Old Dominion -14 to -19 (Did not cover), Utah St. -11 to -15 (Won by 12), Arizona -15 to -19 (Did not cover)
– Biggest NCAAF Saturday OU moves: IND-BGSU 69.5 to 75.5 (Over), AF-GSU 59 to 64 (Over), USC-BC 51 to 56 (Over)
– Via our Bet Labs software: Moneyline underdogs of +320 or greater went 0-28 straight up in Week 1 and just 10-18 ATS. In Week 2, they improved going 2-31 straight up and a very good 22-11 ATS. In Week 3, ML dogs of +320 or greater did even better going 4-27 straight up but just 15-16 ATS.
– NCAAF Best Conferences ATS in 2014: Conference USA 24-13, SEC 23-16
– NCAAF Worst Conferences ATS in 2014: Big Ten 15-23, Pac-12 14-19
– Last year there were 11 teams that failed to win more than 3 games ATS (combining to go 30-100 ATS). Those same teams have bounced back tremendously and are now 17-12 ATS through the first three weeks of the season.
– In Week 3, Home teams were 27-29 ATS and Underdogs were 31-27 ATS.
– NCAAF Dogs are now 114-101 ATS this season so far. NFL Dogs are also out to an 18-12 start ATS. Via @SharpFootball, should we have expected this? Hint: Yes.
– BYU QB Taysom Hill moved from 70:1 to 40:1 to win the Heisman Trophy before Thursday’s game and moved again to 18:1 following the game. Other major moves for the 2014-15 Heisman Odds following Week 3 include (Sportsbook):
- Baylor QB Bryce Petty +1600 to +800
- Georgia RB Todd Gurley +550 to +1500
- BYU QB Taysom Hill +4000 to +1800
– USC took a major hit to their title chances, losing at Boston College. They had moved from +2000 to +1200 after beating Stanford last week, but are now all the way down to +3000. Other major moves for the 2014-15 National Title Odds following Week 3 include (Sportsbook):
Auburn +1200 to +800
Georgia +1000 to +1800
Notre Dame +6500 to +2500
– Key games heading into Week 4 (odds via CRIS):
Auburn at Kansas State (Opened Auburn -7.5 and has moved to -10 with 82% of bettors on Auburn)
Florida at Alabama (Opened Alabama -15 and is now at -14.5 with bets roughly 50/50)
Clemson at Florida State (Opened FSU -19.5 and moved to -20 despite 67% of early bets on Clemson)
Miami (FL) at Nebraska (Opened Nebraska -8 but has moved to -7 despite 64% of bets on Nebraska)
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