College Football Odds: Opening Week 13 NCAA Betting Lines and Totals
The North Carolina Tar Heels will be gunning for bowl eligibility when they take on rival Duke as 6.5-point road underdogs on the Week 13 opening betting lines at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.
The 5-3 Tar Heels recorded their third straight-up win in their last four games on Saturday with a nail-biting 40-35 win over Pittsburgh, covering as slender 2.5-point favorites.
The against-the-spread win was UNC’s fourth in its last five, including an important 28-27 SU win over Virginia in Week 9 that evened its record at 4-4 after a brutal start, saving its postseason hopes.
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Duke hits the gridiron in Thursday night’s Tar Heels vs. Blue Devils matchup at Wallace Wade Stadium following a 17-16 loss to Virginia Tech last week. The loss ended the Blue Devils’ four-game SU and ATS win streak while continuing the team’s low-scoring trend with the point total going UNDER in five of the last six and 7-2 on the season.
While the Blue Devils have held the edge in the standings over the past two seasons, the Tar Heels have dominated in head-to-head action, going 8-1 SU in their last nine visits to Duke.
The Marshall Thundering Herd will look to remain one of just two undefeated teams in the nation, alongside Florida State, when they visit the UAB Blazers on Saturday, opening as heavy 20-point road favorites.
The 10-0 Herd extended its ATS record to 7-1 in its last eight with a 41-14 rout of the Rice Owls last weekend. Marshall has surrendered just 15 points per game in their last four, while averaging 46 points per game.
The Blazers have lost three of four SU and ATS, dropping to 5-5 on the season, 3-3 SU against Conference USA opponents, and are 1-4 SU and ATS in their last five against Marshall.
In other Week 13 college football betting action, the 10-0 Seminoles open as 20.5-point home favorites at Bleacher Report's lines partner, OddsShark.com, in their key ACC matchup with Boston College. Florida State will be looking to strengthen its position atop the AP Top 25 rankings while the 6-4 Eagles look to improve their bowl-game prospects.
No. 7 Ohio State looks to continue its rankings climb, opening as 33.5-point favorites against the Indiana Hoosiers. The Wisconsin Badgers open as 9.5-point favorites over the Iowa Hawkeyes, while the Nebraska Cornhuskers are favored by 11 over the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Ole Miss is pegged as three-point road favorites over rival Arkansas.
Opening lines courtesy of Odds Shark.
| Massachusetts at Akron | OFF | |
| Northern Illinois at Ohio | 2.5 | |
| Kent State at Buffalo | -7 | |
| Bowling Green at Toledo | OFF | |
| Kansas State at West Virginia | PK | |
| North Carolina at Duke | -6 | |
| Arkansas State at Texas State | 5.5 | |
| Texas El Paso at Rice | -11 | |
| Air Force at San Diego State | -2 | |
| San Jose State at Utah State | -9.5 | |
| Rutgers at Michigan State | -22 | |
| UTSA at Western Kentucky | -6 | |
| South Alabama at South Carolina | OFF | |
| Eastern Kentucky at Florida | OFF | |
| Marshall at UAB | 20 | |
| Minnesota at Nebraska | -10 | |
| Fordham at Army | OFF | |
| Wisconsin at Iowa | 8.5 | |
| Southern Methodist at Central Florida | -26.5 | |
| Northwestern at Purdue | 2 | |
| Indiana at Ohio State | -30 | |
| Charleston Southern at Georgia | OFF | |
| Kansas at Oklahoma | OFF | |
| Penn State at Illinois | 4.5 | |
| Virginia Tech at Wake Forest | 14 | |
| Louisiana Tech at Old Dominion | 11.5 | |
| Washington State at Arizona State | -17 | |
| Western Michigan at Central Michigan | 1 | |
| New Mexico at Colorado State | -21 | |
| Eastern Michigan at Ball State | -17 | |
| Tulsa at Houston | -21 | |
| Savannah St at BYU | OFF | |
| Syracuse at Pittsburgh | -8 | |
| Boston College at Florida State | -20.5 | |
| Florida International at North Texas | -2 | |
| Texas Tech at Iowa State | -1.5 | |
| Mississippi at Arkansas | 2 | |
| Louisville at Notre Dame | -9 | |
| Maryland at Michigan | -3 | |
| Tulane at East Carolina | -17.5 | |
| Colorado at Oregon | OFF | |
| Stanford at California | 6.5 | |
| South Florida at Memphis | -19 | |
| Western Carolina at Alabama | OFF | |
| Louisiana-Monroe at New Mexico State | 8 | |
| Arizona at Utah | -3.5 | |
| Appalachian State at Louisiana-Lafayette | -11 | |
| Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee | -7 | |
| Miami at Virginia | 7 | |
| Georgia State at Clemson | -40 | |
| Samford at Auburn | OFF | |
| Oklahoma State at Baylor | -25 | |
| Vanderbilt at Mississippi State | -30.5 | |
| Missouri at Tennessee | -3 | |
| Southern Cal at UCLA | -3 | |
| Cincinnati at Connecticut | 11 | |
| Boise State at Wyoming | 16 | |
| Oregon State at Washington | -4 | |
| Fresno State at Nevada | -6.5 | |
| UNLV at Hawaii | -8 |
Odds and stats courtesy of Odds Shark.
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