The culture of sharp handicapping, in college hoops and elsewhere, suggests that chalk is bad. But before we jump all over the AP sportswriters and college coaches who vote in the polls, let\u2019s go back and take a look at the results.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a week-by-week breakdown of how ranked teams have done against unranked teams this season in matchups with betting lines attached, using the ESPN\/USA Today Poll (aka the coaches poll) as our guideline.<\/p>\n
Non-conference<\/strong><\/p>\n Week 1: 14-0 SU, 8-6 ATS Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n Week 8: 25-9 SU, 19-15 ATS These numbers are anathema to the idea of fading the ranked teams as a whole. It is entirely possible to be undervalued and in the rankings at the same time \u2013 The key to betting on all those other lucrative unranked teams is to pick and choose your spots. You\u2019ll notice the huge numbers the ranked clubs pulled in early, especially during the first three weeks at 52-35-2 ATS. This was during the cupcake portion of the non-conference schedule, when the big boys usually have no problem covering giant spreads against tiny programs that are happy to get humiliated in exchange for a wad of cash. The closer you get to the end of the non-con schedule, the tougher the matchups get and the more likely someone\u2019s going to sneak away with a payday.<\/p>\n Once you get into conference action, the number of upsets goes up considerably \u2013 although few of these matchups involve those lucrative ATS teams from the mid-majors and lower. Ranked teams have still been profitable during this part of the season, but by being selective and supporting the clubs who can\u2019t seem to get the respect or votes they deserve from the coaches, you can make some money. The Ohio State Buckeyes, for example, are 7-5 SU and 8-4 ATS in Big Ten action with upsets over Michigan (-5.5) and visiting Purdue (-2).<\/p>\n The trick with finding these teams is that the coaches usually don\u2019t ignore winners for very long. Which makes OSU\u2019s case particularly strange \u2013 the Buckeyes also pulled off non-con upsets of Miami-Florida (-8) and Notre Dame (-5) at the Hartford Hall of Fame Showcase. But it\u2019s not surprising that there\u2019s been value in both Ohio State and Kansas this year; these are two recent NCAA Tournament finalists that had their lineups gutted by the NBA Draft and were left for dead. Never forget that when betting on college hoops, you\u2019re betting for or against coaches like Thad Matta and Bill Self. Those are definitely two winners.<\/p>\n Bodog Sportsbook takes you to back to training camp with this week’s article on betting outside the top 25 college basketball teams…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[10622,10619,5668,10616,2066,10617,9860,6250,10618,66519,10139,10621,9837,10620,3158],"class_list":["post-8491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-ap-top-25","tag-ats-stats","tag-ats-trends","tag-basketball-betting-guide","tag-bodog-sportsbook","tag-cbb-basketball-handicapping","tag-cbb-lines","tag-cbb-odds","tag-ncaa-basketball-handicapping","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaab-ats-betting","tag-ncaab-matchups","tag-ncaab-top-25","tag-sportsbook-ats-statistics","tag-top-25"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8491","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=8491"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106771,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8491\/revisions\/106771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWeek 2: 32-4 SU, 20-14-2 ATS
\nWeek 3: 33-6 SU, 24-15 ATS
\nWeek 4: 20-5 SU, 13-12 ATS
\nWeek 5: 18-3 SU, 10-11 ATS
\nWeek 6: 15-2 SU, 3-13-1 ATS
\nWeek 7: 13-3 SU, 8-8 ATS<\/p>\n
\nWeek 9: 30-5 SU, 18-16-1 ATS
\nWeek 10: 24-6 SU, 17-13 ATS
\nWeek 11: 21-7 SU, 14-13-1 ATS
\nWeek 12: 23-8 SU, 17-13-1 ATS
\nWeek 13: 27-11 SU, 18-19-1 ATS
\nWeek 14: 27-10 SU, 20-17 ATS<\/p>\n![\"Sports](\"http:\/\/www.bodogaffiliate.com\/resources\/banners\/sportsbook\/square\/250x250\/250x250b-sportsbook.gif\" "\\"Bodog\\"")
consider the No. 15 Kansas Jayhawks, who are contending once again for the Big 12 title at 20-5 SU and a very healthy 14-5 ATS. But Kansas is also one of only four teams in the coaches poll who are also in the Top 20 of the ATS rankings \u2013 the others are No. 4 Pittsburgh (13-6-1 ATS), No. 6 Memphis (16-8 ATS) and No. 11 Arizona State (14-7 ATS).<\/p>\nCLICK HERE NOW TO Bet on NCAA Basketball at Bodog Sportsbook!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"