College Football Odds: Week 3 Opening Lines, Huge Spreads Again

Following their stunning 35-21 upset of the Ohio State Buckeyes as 10-point road underdogs in Week 2, the Virginia Tech Hokies have cracked the AP Top 25 rankings and open the week as 10-point favorites over the East Carolina Pirates.

The win was Virginia Tech’s second straight, against the spread and straight up, following a shaky end to the 2013 campaign in which they lost four of their last six SU, 1-5 ATS.

The Pirates are coming off a 33-23 loss to South Carolina as 14-point road underdogs, covering the spread for the seventh time in their last nine games. The Pirates are also 7-2 SU during that stretch.

The two teams met in 2013, with the Hokies posting a 15-10 win, but failing to cover as eight-point road favorites.

The Buckeyes will try to rebound when they host the Kent State Golden Flashes in Week 3 as 29.5-point favorites. Ohio State have lost three of four SU after riding a streak of 24 straight wins SU and are just 1-6 ATS in their last seven games.

Winless in their first two in 2014, Kent State are 2-7 SU and 2-6-1 ATS in their last nine games. However, the Golden Flashes have two betting trends in their favor, a 6-3 record ATS in their last nine as a road underdog and a 10-3 ATS run as a road team.

Oregon will be looking to extend their winning streak to four on Saturday when they take on the Wyoming Cowboys as 44-point home favorites. While the Ducks have been a strong bet as a September home favorite, 4-0 SU and ATS in their last four, they have been an overall disappointment to bettors, 1-5 ATS in their last six games as favorites.

Conversely, Wyoming have recently rewarded bettors who have shown faith in them on the road, going 15-5 ATS in their last 20 as road dogs.

In other Week 3 odds, Texas A&M opened as 32-point favorites against the Rice Owls. The Aggies are 4-0 ATS in their last four games when favored by more than 28 points, while Rice are 7-2 ATS in their last nine as road underdogs.

The Alabama Crimson Tide are enormous 47-point favorites over Southern Mississippi for Week 3, while Georgia opened as six-point road favorites against South Carolina.

Opening odds courtesy of Odds Shark

Louisiana Tech at North Texas	-4	47
Houston at BYU	-14	57
Toledo at Cincinnati	-12
Baylor at Buffalo	27
Kent State at Ohio State	-26.5
East Carolina at Virginia Tech	-11.5
Ohio at Marshall	-19
Indiana at Bowling Green	-3
Massachusetts at Vanderbilt	-17
West Virginia at Maryland	-4.5
Syracuse at Central Michigan	7.5
Central Florida at Missouri	-9
Pittsburgh at Florida International	27.5
Boise State at Connecticut	OFF
Ga Southern at Georgia Tech	-24
Louisville at Virginia	10
Wyoming at Oregon	-43
Air Force at Georgia State	9.5
UC Davis at Colorado State	OFF
Indiana State at Ball State	OFF
Miami (Ohio) at Michigan	-31.5
Kansas at Duke	-20.5
Georgia at South Carolina	3
Alabama A&M at UAB	OFF
Arkansas at Texas Tech	-4.5
Iowa State at Iowa	-15.5
Arkansas State at Miami	-17
North Carolina State at South Florida	1.5
Illinois at Washington	-15
Louisiana-Lafayette at Mississippi	-26
Minnesota at TCU	-8.5
Mississippi State at South Alabama	13
Army at Stanford	-27.5
Western Michigan at Idaho	-2.5
Southern Miss at Alabama	-49
Eastern Michigan at Old Dominion	-11.5
Wake Forest at Utah State	-14
Louisiana-Monroe at LSU	-28
UTSA at Oklahoma State	OFF
Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee	-1
Northern Illinois at UNLV	12
Tulsa at Florida Atlantic	1.5
Abilene Christian at Troy	OFF
Kentucky at Florida	-17
Purdue at Notre Dame	-29.5
Navy at Texas State	13
Portland State at Washington State	OFF
Tennessee at Oklahoma	-21
Southern Cal at Boston College	20
Southeastern Louisiana at Tulane	OFF
New Mexico State at Texas El Paso	-11
UCLA at Texas	6
Penn State at Rutgers	4
Rice at Texas A&M	-30
Arizona State at Colorado	13.5
Nebraska at Fresno State	10
Nevada at Arizona	-16.5
Northern Iowa at Hawaii	OFF