Week 9 College Football Picks: Texas Tech, Auburn, Temple as Home Underdogs

Three college football teams in Week 9 not only have a really good shot at covering the spread as home underdogs, but they also have a solid opportunity to pull off straight-up upsets as well.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders (5-3), Auburn Tigers (4-3) and Temple Owls (7-0) are all playing highly ranked opponents according to the AP Top 25 poll. However, they each have favorable situational-betting trends going in their favor.

Texas Tech is hosting the 12th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys (7-0) on Saturday and has won seven of the last 10 home meetings in the series. Oklahoma State has won the past six games against the Red Raiders overall, but the team’s previous three wins overall before routing winless Kansas last week 58-10 were decided by a total of 12 points.

Texas Tech has more than enough firepower to win this one SU as a consensus three-point home dog at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.

Auburn has really thrived as a home dog, going 8-3 against the spread and winning five of those 11 games SU. The Tigers will be hosting the 19th-ranked Ole Miss Rebels (6-2), who have done poorly in the role of road favorites, going 0-6 SU and ATS in their past six under that scenario.

Auburn has also won five of the past six meetings with Ole Miss SU and ATS, so look for the Tigers to make it six of seven here.

Temple will be playing its biggest home game in school history when the ninth-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-1) visit Philadelphia. The Owls are off to their best start ever, and they are 6-2 ATS in winning their last eight games dating back to last season.

Temple just beat East Carolina 24-14 last Thursday as a 2.5-point road underdog to cover for the third time in four games.

Notre Dame has covered five in a row but lost its only game to another unbeaten opponent in the third-ranked Clemson Tigers back on October 3. The Fighting Irish are just 1-4 ATS in their last five games as road favorites of 10 points or more according to the OddsShark College Football Database.