The second-ranked team in the nation, the Texas Tech Red Raiders, travel to Norman, Oklahoma to take on the Sooners. How good has the Big-12 been this season? Oklahoma, Texas Tech, and Texas are all ranked in the top five. Sports betting fans have to seriously consider the strength of this conference when making online bets in what figures to be a very difficult game to find a winner.
The 22nd-ranked Cincinnati Bearcats (7-2 SU, 4-4 ATS, 4-4 O/U) have won two straight games in the BetUS Sportsbook. The Louisville Cardinals (5-4 SU, 4-4 ATS, 3-5 O/U) have dropped each of their last two contests for NCAA college football sports betting buffs.
The Arizona Wildcats travel to Oregon to take on the Ducks in a key Pac-10 match-up. Yes, the USC Trojans and Oregon State Beavers have run away with the conference, but the Wildcats and Ducks are both fighting for a bowl bid. This is the best team that coach Mike Stoops has ever had at Arizona.
Fresh off of a fantastic home victory versus the then number one ranked Texas Longhorns, the Texas Tech Red Raiders will try and keep things going against another highly ranked, difficult team to beat, the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Cowboys actually played very well on the road against the Texas Longhorns two weeks ago. They will not be a pushover in this game and if Texas Tech believes that they could just waltz through this game after playing their butts off against the Longhorns, they have another thing coming.
The Alabama Crimson Tide goes into Baton Rouge to take on the 15th ranked LSU Fighting Tigers in a game where Alabama will try to remain undefeated and atop the BCS Rankings. For sports betting fans, finding a winner in this game against the spread is going to be much more difficult that it looks.
California, which in the past few college football seasons has been the only team to challenge USC for the Pac-10 title, will travel to Los Angeles to take on the Trojans in the Coliseum. USC has been absolutely terrific lately.
The Georgia Bulldogs have an outside shot at winning the SEC and returning to the BCS Championship game. They haven’t been there in a while. The Florida Gators were just there two years ago. They also have a shot at returning to the BCS Championship game.
The Georgia Bulldogs travel to Baton Rouge to take on last year’s SEC Champion, the LSU Fighting Tigers. Georgia started this season ranked number one in the nation and then fell a couple places but were never out of the top three until a terrible loss at home to the Alabama Crimson Tide ended their chances at the BCS Championship. They have a long hill to climb to get back into the title game.
The Vanderbilt Commodores are the surprise team of the SEC Conference this season. They have been very good this season. Yes, they did lose their last game to Mississippi State but that’s okay because the weekend before they beat the Auburn Tigers. The most surprising thing for college football betting fans is how the Commodores have suddenly found out how to play defense. They haven’t given up more than 21 points in a single game this season.
The SEC Conference this season looks a lot like the SEC Conference last season. The LSU Fighting Tigers are undefeated and looking to win the SEC straight-up while the Florida Gators already have a loss and might be looking at a second loss.
