TOP CFB TRENDS FOR WEEK 6 (October 6-8th)
1). TEXAS: First time as the favorite over Oklahoma since 2009.
2). LSU: Been a Home Underdog 5x – won 4 straight up and the 5th game lost by only 3 points.
3). ILLINOIS: Big 10 Favorite this week for only 2nd time in last 20 games.
4). UTAH: Has dominated UCLA winning by 20, 46 and 31 points the past 3 meetings.
5). OREGON: Has lost straight up in it’s past 4 trips to the state of Arizona (2 vs. Arizona and 2 vs. Arizona State).
6). OHIO STATE: Has beaten Michigan State 5 straight times by at least 20 points and has outscored Sparty (216-38) the past 5 meetings combined and beaten HC Tucker in his 2 games as Sparty HC by scores of 56-7 and 52-12.
7). ILLINOIS #1 Scoring Defense facing off vs. IOWA #3 Scoring Defense in entire country.
8). UCONN will face FLA INTERNATIONAL: One of these two awful teams will actually win 2 straight games.
9). WASHINGTON STATE DEFENSE: Is only allowing 96 rush yards per game this season.
10). JAMES MADISON @ ARKANSAS STATE: These two teams are a combined (9-0) this season.
11). KANSAS: (8-0) ATS last 8 games played dating back to last season.
12). BYU vs. NOTRE GAME: Being played on a Neutral field in Raiders Stadium in Las Vegas.
13). IOWA: Has beaten Illinois 8 straight times and 13 of the past 14 meetings straight up.
14). OKLAHOMA STATE TOP 10 DEF. LINE vs. TEXAS TECH O.L. that has allowed 17 sacks the past 4 games.
15). GEORGIA: (7-0) Straight up and ATS hosting Auburn last 7 meetings but HC Smart is just (13-22) as Home Favorite.
16). EAST CAROLINA: (4-0) ATS last season as Away Underdog.
17). VIRGINIA/LOUISVILLE: Last 6 meetings all went “UNDER”.
18). UTEP: (1-26-1) Straight up playing on the East Coast and the one win came last week.
BANGED UP QUARTEBACK WATCH
Note: All these starting QB’s could miss this weekend’s games:
OREGON STATE QB NOLAN
ALABAMA QB YOUNG
PURUDE QB O’CONNELL
LOUISVILLE QB CUNNINGHAM
OKLAHOMA QB DILLON
ARKANSAS QB JEFFERSON
TULANE QB PRATT
COLORADO STATE QB MILLEN
TEXAS A+M QB JOHNSON
HOW CFB TEAMS ARE DOING vs. POINT SPREAD AND ON MONEYLINE SO FAR in 2022 thru Oct. 1st.
FAVORITES ARE (192-178-6) AGAINST THE SPREAD
HOME TEAMS ARE (271-99) STRAIGHT UP THIS YEAR
OVER/UNDERS SCOREBOARD: OVERS (186) ~ UNDERS (183) ~ PUSHES (7)