This Saturday’s College Football Best Bets
The 2020 college football season presses on with three of the five major conferences in action. The recent return of the SEC has added a boost to the betting options at BetOnline sportsbook. Overall this season, the underdog on the closing line has covered 57.1 percent of the time. The OVER on the total line has a slight edge with a 51.9 winning percentage.
What Are This Saturday’s College Football Best Bets?
Here is a closer look at a couple of “Best Bets” on this Saturday’s college football board.
TCU Horned Frogs at No. 9 Texas Longhorns (12 p.m. ET on FOX)
This year’s race for the Big 12 title is suddenly wide open with Oklahoma’s stunning loss to Kansas State. Is Texas the next ranked team to fall in this conference?
TCU got off to a rough start after an extended delay in the start to its season. The Horned Frogs lost to Iowa State 37-34 at home but they managed to cover as 4 ½-point underdogs. They would love to play the role of spoiler this week against a bitter in-state rival.
The Longhorns have taken care of business so far at 2-0 straight-up. However, they failed to cover last week against Texas Tech. That wild college football betting shootout ended with Texas winning 63-56 as a 17 ½-point road favorite. SportsBetting.ag has Texas listed as an 11 ½-point home favorite for Saturday’s contest. The total is set at 63 ½ points.
You could make a strong case to take the OVER in this game given the way Texas and TCU can score points. The best bet would be the Horned Frogs plus the 11 ½ points. They have won five of the last six meetings both SU and against the spread.
No. 7 Auburn Tigers at No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs (7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Saturday night’s college football action starts off with the featured showdown of the day. The outcome of this game will have a major impact on the SEC standings.
The Tigers opened their season with a routine 29-13 home victory over Kentucky. They covered as 6 ½-point favorites. Quarterback Bo Nix threw for three touchdowns to pace the win. His top target was Seth Williams with two touchdown catches.
Georgia overcame a slow start last Saturday before racing past Arkansas 37-10. The Bulldogs failed to cover on the road as heavy 28-point favorites. Running back Zamir White gained 71 yards while scoring once on 13 carries.
The current spread in this crucial inter-division SEC clash has Georgia favored by seven points. The total line is 45 points.
While the total line for this game is already set low, recent trends favor a low scoring contest. The total has stayed UNDER in six of the last seven meetings. This includes four of the last five matchups played in Georgia.
The total has also stayed UNDER in Georgia’s last five home games overall. One side note, the Bulldogs are 5-0 ATS in their last five home games against Auburn.
