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Two losses in their last three games aren’t enough to deter the Minnesota Golden Gophers, who reached the 10-win mark for the first time since 2003 and for just the second time in more than a century. To get that 11th victory the Gophers have to overcome the Auburn Tigers in the Outback Bowl in the first-ever meeting between the schools. The Tigers lost more games during the regular season but are a 7-point favorite on the current college football odds. The game kicks off at 1 p.m. ET on Wednesd... 

By the time the second CFP semifinal kicks off half the field for the national championship game will be decided. That means the winner of the Clemson Tigers and Ohio State Buckeyes Fiesta Bowl matchup will have one more game left in their season. The Tigers have won 28 straight games and look to become the second repeat CFP champion. They blasted Alabama last year and handled Ohio State in the same Fiesta Bowl, 31-0, three years ago. The game takes place at 8 p.m. ET from State Farm Stadium in ... 

Considering the season the LSU Tigers had behind Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow, nobody is going to argue that they are the top-seed in their first College Football Playoff. The Oklahoma Sooners got a gift for their third straight and fourth overall playoff appearance when Utah was knocked off in the Pac-12 title game. OU was the No. 4 seed last year and lost to No. 1 Alabama. ESPN will televise the CFP semifinal from the Peach Bowl in Atlanta on Saturday, December 28, at 4 p.m. ET from Merced... 

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have played a lot of football against a lot of teams during their 113 seasons of competition. They will face the Iowa State Cyclones for the first time when the two hook up in the Camping World Bowl. Both squads enter this matchup after disappointing campaigns. The Irish, one year removed from a College Football Playoff berth, finished the regular season at 10-2 and faded from the national spotlight despite winning five straight to end the season. Current college fo... 

The Memphis Tigers are enjoying the best season in program history, but the season will end without the guy who led them to the lofty status. Mike Norvell was hired away from the Tigers and will not be on the sideline in the Cotton Bowl matchup with the Penn State Nittany Lions. Memphis earned the Group of Five spot in the New Year’s Six by winning the American Athletic Conference with a 12-1 overall record. Memphis is making its sixth straight bowl appearance but hasn’t won in the last four. Cu... 

Since its introduction to the bowl lineup in 1978, the Holiday Bowl has traditionally been one of the most entertaining matchups. This year’s edition between the USC Trojans and Iowa Hawkeyes figures to be more of the same with representatives from the Pac-12 and Big Ten squaring off in Rose Bowl 2.0. Current college football odds have the Hawkeyes as a 2-point favorite to end a six-game overall losing skid against Troy. The 42nd Holiday Bowl kicks off at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, December 27 from SD... 

Former Big 12 foes take to the gridiron for the first time in eight years when the Oklahoma State Cowboys and Texas AM Aggies hook up in the Texas Bowl. AM’s departure to the SEC left a number of hated rivalries in limbo over the years. While this matchup doesn’t fall into that category, it’s still a good one that OSU had the better of before the move, winning the last four encounters. Current college football odds have the Aggies pegged as a 6.5-point favorite. The 2019 Texas Bowl is slated for... 

In only his second full season as head coach Mario Cristobal has transformed the Oregon Ducks back into national prominence. The Ducks are the Pac 12 Champions and it’s not an accident as Cristobal has stepped up Oregon’s performance in recruiting and overall organized play. In the same way Paul Chryst and the Wisconsin Badgers are no strangers to success with the CFB Odds. Wisconsin is the Big Ten West Division champion for the third time in four seasons. UW impressed all by giving super power ... 

Kirby Smart has certainly improved what had become a stale Georgia Bulldogs program upon taking over in 2016. In just his second season on the job Smart led UGA to the national championship game where the Bulldogs took Alabama to overtime before losing in a heartbreaker. However, this season Smart’s Bulldogs lacked offensive firepower and are being labeled as a program that has fallen behind the times. In contrast Matt Rhule and the Baylor Bears are seen as the Little Engine that Could with the ... 

Chris Petersen made his name and fame as the head coach of the Boise State Broncos. Starting with a miraculous overtime win in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl over the Oklahoma Sooners did Petersen transform Boise State into a national power. As a matter of fact, in 2010 a missed chip shot field goal is all that kept Petersen’s Broncos out of a potential national championship game. Eventually Petersen moved on to the Washington Huskies. And he transformed that program from mediocre into a College Football ... 

When Sonny Dykes took over the SMU Mustangs everyone knew that he would bring an Ariel Circus with him. Indeed, the Mustangs are one of the most exciting teams in all of college football with a prolific offense that is one of the most explosive in the land. SMU posted its first double digit win season since 1984 and Dykes has been celebrated as the man that can reclaim glory on the Hilltop. In the same way Lane Kiffin quickly jumpstarted the Florida Atlantic Owls program and led FAU to its second conference title in the last three years. As a result, SMU and FAU bring plenty of intrigue for their CFB Odds matchup in the Boca Raton Bowl. The wild card is that the Owls will be missing their coach, who departed for the Ole Miss Rebels a few seconds after the Conference USA Championship Game. ... 

Three years ago, the LSU Tigers were embarrassed to settle for Ed Orgeron as a compromise head coaching choice. Now Orgeron has the Bayou Bengals in position as the favorite with the CFB Odds to win the College Football Playoff. The Oklahoma Sooners are in the College Football Playoff for the third consecutive season. This time they at least have a semblance of a defense. The defending national champion Clemson Tigers flexed their powerful muscles down the stretch run to impress everyone about t... 

Last year heading into “America’s Game” the Navy Midshipmen were at the tail end of a highly disappointing season in which they would finish 3-10 and lose the arch rival Army Black Knights. Navy would see their run of six consecutive bowl season snapped. By contrast the Army Black Knights are now in that position with the CFB Odds. Army will see its run of three consecutive bowl games and two straight double-digit win seasons come to an end. However, as everyone knows, if the Black Knights can s... 

When Ryan Day assumed full time duties as the new Ohio State Buckeyes head coach there were of course questions about how he would compare to the man he replaced; his former boss Urban Meyer. Those questions have now been answered with resounding success. Ohio State is actually a better team and value with the CFB Odds now that Meyer and his drama queen antics are long gone. Ohio State enters the Big Ten Championship Game undefeated. One of those wins was on October 26 in a devesting 38-7 payout... 

Last week the Virginia Cavaliers made history in that they finally beat the rival Virginia Tech Hokies for the first time in 15 years to win their first ever Coastal Division title. Head coach Bronco Mendenhall has made the Cavaliers a profitable team with the CFB Odds and one that has captured the respect of handicappers. But Saturday night is an entirely different prospect when Mendenhall leads his charges against the undefeated and defending national champion Clemson Tigers. If the betting li... 

Three weeks ago, the Oklahoma Sooners were looking as good as dead when they were down 28-3 at the Baylor Bears. However, Baylor went from a team on the total attack to one that was out of ideas and in a shell the rest of the way. The Bears did cover the CFB Odds but Oklahoma escaped with a 34-31 straight up win to stay in the College Football Playoff Race. Baylor has never gotten over getting screwed by the College Football Playoff committee five years ago. And a win over Oklahoma on Saturday i... 

In just two short years as head coach of the Oregon Ducks, Mario Cristobal has shown all why he was considered a hot commodity for a big-time gig. Oregon proved to be the class of the Pac 12 North Division. And Cristobal is a recruiting machine that will have Ducks primed for future success with the CFB Odds. By contrast the Utah Utes could be the most underrated team in all of college football. Head coach Kyle Whittingham’s Utes play as fundamentally sound as any program in the land. Oregon and... 

Championship week offers plenty of potential opportunity with the CFB Odds. The surging Central Michigan Chippewas face Miami (OH) for the championship of the MAC. The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns and Appalachian State Mountaineers will meet for the Sun Belt title in what could be the most even matchup of any Championship Week game on the board. In Conference USA Lane Kiffin’s Florida Atlantic Owls host the UAB Blazers. And the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors will try to climb the Mountain of the MWC champion... 

Kirby Smart learned and studied under the best college football coach of the modern era, if not of all time. Smart toiled at Alabama under Nick Saban from 2007 through 2015 and was able to gain a graduate degree in how to build and run a National Championship program. He has taken that formula as head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs where he nearly upset his mentor in the National Championship Game two years ago. UGA opened as the dog with the CFB Odds for Saturday’s SEC Championship Game against ... 

During the summer the Nebraska Cornhuskers were the trendy pick for futures CFB Odds. The Big Red was anointed as kings of the Big Ten West based on a strong finish to a bad season in 2018. Nebraska has busted a lot of bankrolls of those betting the come this year but made a statement last week in a 54-7 win at Maryland that they needed to stay in bowl contention. Now the Cornhuskers bust beat the Iowa Hawkeyes on Black Friday ensure a post season bid. Meanwhile on Saturday the Oklahoma State Co... 

50 years ago, the Ohio State Buckeyes were touted as one of the greatest teams of all time and headed for a certain national championship. OSU was a prohibitive favorite with the CFB Odds as they headed to the Big House to face the Michigan Wolverines. Michigan was given no chance in the matchup. Sound Familiar? Well, it should, as a half a century later the same scenario is set for Saturday. In that 1969 classic the Wolverines scored what announcer Bill Fleming described on the ABC TV broadcast... 

Auburn Tigers fans have a love/hate relationship with their embattled head coach Gus Malzahn. They love that Malzahn is one of the few coaches that can boast multiple wins over Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban. They hate that the Tigers are often inconsistent with the CFB odds and that their offense lacks imagination. What is most ironic of all is that just six years ago Gus was being hailed as an offensive genius that had reinvented the sport. This Saturday War Eagle hosts Roll Tide i... 

The Ohio State Buckeyes and Penn State Nittany Lions are both ranked in the top-10 in the nation and will face off this weekend. While the voters might think this game should be competitive, the oddsmakers think otherwise. Ohio State is a big-time favorite to take care of business in this one and stay on track to make it to the College Football Playoff. Penn State would love to pull the upset and remain in the conversation but that will be a really tough task.... 

The stakes are extremely high in the college football season as teams throughout the country are jockeying for bowl game status. The oddsmakers have a pretty solid grasp on the strength of these teams, but there are always discrepancies between the opening lines and where the money comes in eventually. There are already some games that have seen significant movement, as the sharps are on certain wagers this week. Take a look at some of the clear wiseguy picks for Week 13.... 

The SEC had a titanic matchup last week, with LSU knocking off Alabama. Another epic matchup is on deck as the No. 4 ranked Georgia Bulldogs will hit the road to face off against the No. 12 Auburn Tigers. This one could also have huge ramifications on the College Football Playoff, as the Bulldogs are right in that midst with its 8-1 record on the season....