{"id":26207,"date":"2010-09-14T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T02:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=26207"},"modified":"2010-09-14T21:32:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T02:32:00","slug":"ncaa-football-week3-betting-preview-odds-beted-140210","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/ncaa-football-week3-betting-preview-odds-beted-140210\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3 CFB Best Matchups"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>NCAA College Football Week 3: Big spreads abound<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The first week of the NCAA College Football season always has some lopsided matchups \u2013 along with appropriately large point spreads.<\/p>\n<p>By Week 3, usually the games are a little more evenly matched, but there are some matchups this week that look like they\u2019re right out of Week 1.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/handicappers\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR PICKS FOR SATURDAY WEEK 3 NCAA FOOTBALL MATCHUPS \u2014\u2013&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/ncaaf\/matchups\/\"><strong>FOR A FULL LIST OF NCAA FOOTBALL MATCHUPS FOR WEEK 3 &#8211; CLICK HERE!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Case in point: state rivals Ohio Bobcats and Ohio State Buckeyes clash at the Horseshoe on Saturday (12 pm ET, Big Ten Network), with the No. 2 ranked Buckeyes opening as a 32.5-point favorite in\u00a0<a href=\"\/ncaaf\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NCAAF Lines<\/span><\/a> at betED.com<\/p>\n<p>But is the nearly five-touchdown spread really warranted? Ohio State is, not surprisingly, 2-0 straight up in the past two meetings. But the Buckeyes are a shocking 0-2 against the point spread.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, the teams haven\u2019t met since Sept. 6, 2008, when the Buckeyes beat the Bobcats 26-14. But the Buckeyes were still a Top 10 team heading into the 2008 season (No. 9) and were an even bigger favorite in that meeting, at 33.5 points. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beted.com\/8d0e43dd-2c74\/promland\/0510\/0510GEN.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 3px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"http:\/\/banners.beted.com\/images\/banners\/NCAAF\/NCAAFGEN1M300X600.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another big spread is evident in the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide-Duke Blue Devils matchup Saturday at Wallace Wade Stadium (3:30 pm ET, ABC).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/ncaaf\/odds\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NCAA College Football Odds<\/span><\/a> have the Crimson Tide as a 24-point favorite.<\/p>\n<p>The teams have met once in recent years, when Alabama beat Duke 30-14 on Oct. 7, 2006. The Crimson Tide had been 27.5-point favorites in that game and the score went over the total of 40.<\/p>\n<p>But at least those two big spreads have been given to the No. 1 and 2 teams in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida International Golden Panthers must\u2019ve felt pretty low to learn they are 26.5 point underdogs against the Texas A&amp;M Aggies, who, while a solid team, are unranked.<\/p>\n<p>Check out all the point spread, moneyline, over\/under and prop betting odds for\u00a0<a href=\"\/ncaaf\/sportsbooks\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NCAAF Week 3<\/span><\/a> action at betED.com.<\/p>\n<p>Check out betED.com for all the <a href=\"\/ncaaf\/sportsbooks\/\"><strong>NCAA Football Lines<\/strong><\/a> this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Capperspicks.com wants you to know your online gambling dollar is SAFE &amp; SECURE for all your 2009 college football gambling needs.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our top online NCAA Football betting <a title=\"Sportsbooks\" href=\"\/sportsbooks\/\">sportsbooks<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beted.com\/8d0e43dd-2c74\/promland\/0510\/0510GEN.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Check out betED.com for a full list of Week 1 NCAA Football Lines and BCS National Championship Odds.<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 3 betting preview for the top matchups in College football by betED online sportsbook, including previews of  Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Duke Blue Devils&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":23151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,25],"tags":[8323,14827,159,16952,1376,1640,279,313,1485,16809,778,1340,34256,34257,34258],"class_list":["post-26207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","category-sportsbooks","tag-bcs-national-championship-odds","tag-best-matchups","tag-beted","tag-beted-cfb-odds","tag-beted-sportsbook","tag-betting-preview","tag-cfb","tag-college-football-betting","tag-football-lines","tag-ncaa-football-gambling-odds","tag-ncaaf","tag-week-3","tag-week-3-ncaa","tag-week-3-ncaa-football-lines","tag-week-3-ncaa-football-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26207"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26236,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26207\/revisions\/26236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}