2017 College Football: Week 2 Opening Line Report
Could Howard beat the Jets? Alright, probably not…
Week 1 was a wild start to the college football season. Will week 2 have any 45 point dogs win or 34 point comebacks?
Let’s take a look at some of the early line moves for the biggest games on the board and how they compare to the look-ahead lines from a couple months back from the Golden Nugget.
| Matchup | (9/4) Bookmaker Current | (9/3) Bookmaker Open | June 24 (Golden Nugget) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska @ Oregon | Oregon -14 | Oregon -10 | Oregon -7 |
| Pittsburgh @ Penn St | Penn St -20.5 | Penn St -17 | Penn St -17.5 |
| TCU @ Arkansas | TCU -3 | Arkansas -2.5 | TCU -1 |
| Auburn @ Clemson | Clemson -6 | Clemson -6 | Clemson -5.5 |
| Oklahoma @ Ohio St | Ohio St -7.5 | Ohio St -5.5 | Ohio St -7 |
| Georgia @ Notre Dame | Notre Dame -6.5 | Notre Dame -6* | Notre Dame -3 |
| Stanford @ USC | USC -6.5 | USC -5.5 | USC -9 |
| Utah @ BYU | BYU -1.5 | BYU -1.5 | BYU -3 |
| Boise @ Washington St | Washington St -9 | Washington St -7.5 | Washington State -7.5 |
*Opened on 9/4
Oklahoma @ Ohio State (-7.5)
Even though the great Maurice Clarett left the program over a decade ago, Ohio State is still considered to be a pretty good football team. Early action on the Buckeyes caused their line to move from -5.5 to -7.5 within a half hour of opening. They were a touchdown favorite overnight, but are back up to -7.5. At the moment, this game is the second most bet of the week, slightly behind Auburn-Clemson.
Auburn @ Clemson (-6)
Speaking about Auburn and Clemson…the national champs opened at -6 against the #12 ranked Auburn squad. So far, Auburn is getting a bit more than 60% of both spread bets and dollars, but the line has not budged at Bookmaker…not even the juice. However, the line at Pinnacle opened at 6.5 yesterday and moved to 6 earlier this morning.
TCU (-3) @ Arkansas
TCU and Arkansas will both have their first real tests of the season this week in a Big-12 vs. SEC showdown. The Horned Frogs beat Jackson State 63-0 in their first game, while the Razorbacks beat Florida A&M 49-7 (Florida has an A&M, who knew?). Early bettors jumped on the chance to get TCU plus the points last night. Early this morning, a steam move on the Horned Frogs caused them to take a leap of faith from +1.5 to -2, which is more in line with their look-ahead line from a couple of months ago. Since then, they have gone up to -3.
Nebraska @ Oregon (-14)
Hope you got your bets in on Oregon! The Ducks have seen some serious line movement this morning. When I began writing this article, they were -10, but in the span of about an hour, they’ve moved all the way to -14. They’re getting nearly 80% of the early bets.
One other thing to note is that Georgia will be starting Jake Fromm with Jacob Eason due to miss some time with a knee injury. Their game was off the board until Monday at about noon and opened with Notre Dame quickly moving from -6 to -6.5
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