I came so close to hitting a winning college football parlay the last two weeks that I should get some type of reward. Unfortunately that’s not how it works at your Crypto Sportsbook. All bets on a single ticket have to win in order to cash out and for the second week in a row I came one game shy of the intended goal. Entering the final month of the regular season time is running out to hit that elusive winner, but as long as games are being played there’s still a chance. And I’ll move forward with a number of quality matchups on the Week 10 college football slate to build a winning parlay. The biggest game on Saturday is a top 5 matchup in the Big Ten between undefeated and No. 3 Penn State and No. 4 Ohio State. The status of Drew Allar is a betting line concern. PSU’s starting quarterback sustained a knee injury in last week’s win over Wisconsin and will likely be a game-time decision. As of this writing PSU is a 3.5-point home underdog. We’ll also have one less unbeaten team in the ACC when No. 18 Pitts visits No. 20 SMU. Both teams are still in the hunt for the ACC Championship with the Mustangs an early 7.5-point home favorite.
College Football Betting Lines
Week 10 College Football Parlay Card Wagers
Duke +21.5 at Miami
Army -22 vs. Air Force
Ohio State -3.5 at Penn State
Navy had a chance to stay within the 14-point closing spread against Notre Dame. But six turnovers doomed their chances and sent my college football parlay to the trash. The Middies hadn’t lost a fumble all season but coughed it up five times and threw an interception. The result was a 51-14 thrashing. That made my other two picks meaningless, though I hit both of them. Boise State covered the 4-point closing line in its 29-24 win over UNLV and despite losing Drew Allar for the second half Penn State had enough to subdue Wisconsin, 28-13, covering the 6.5-point spread.
Duke is a basketball school but they’ve been pretty good at this football thing the last few years and the Blue Devils are bowl eligible already. I don’t think the Dookies have enough to beat the high-powered Canes, but getting 21.5-points is a large sum for a team that plays aggressive defense. Duke did a good job slowing down SMU’s attack last week, held UNC to 20 points in an earlier win and also limited Georgia Tech. If they can have the same success against Cam Ward and the Canes there’s no reason why they shouldn’t stay within the three touchdown spread.
It’s a different atmosphere for the service academies when playing for the Commander in Chief’s Trophy, which is why I hesitated initially choosing this game. The bottom line, though, is that Army is far superior to Air Force right now and when the chance to rub it in the face of another military academy presents itself the young men will take it. Army is having a season for the ages winning their first seven games while going 6-1 ATS.
The Black Knights have covered enormous lines against Lehigh (-32) and UAB (-26.5) this season and AFA is struggling. Massive roster change disrupted everything and the Falcons have lost six in a row SU and ATS. It’s been so bad the Falcons haven’t even been able to run the football with their usual effectiveness averaging fewer than 200 yards on the ground. Army is third-best against the run nationally and also ranks among the top 15 in scoring making the decision to lay the points that much easier.
I’d really like to see Penn State break the spell and beat the Buckeyes. But they haven’t had much success against them and the status of Allar makes the chore even more difficult. There’s a chance Allar plays and going against an aggressive defense isn’t ideal with an injured knee. OSU has a balanced attack that will negate some of PSU’s defensive tactics and Jeremiah Smith is becoming a star right in front of us.
I said it last week after my honorable mention CFB parlay pick was a winner and I’ll say it again. I should probable include that pick on my actual ticket. Yep, I hit once again backing Alabama -13.5 at home against Missouri. Bama was definitely up to the challenge blanking the Tigers 34-0. I’m back in the Big Ten backing Indiana -7.5 in its game against Michigan State. The Hoosiers didn’t miss Kurtis Rourke in last week’s win over Washington keeping them undefeated at 7-0 with their sixth consecutive payout. IU is among the best forcing turnovers and the Spartans have been careless with the football allowing me to back the Hoosiers even if their starting QB sits.
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