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As Week 5 has arrived the national championship picture has become a case of the obvious. There is the defending national champion Alabama Crimson Tide followed by a second tier of excellent teams with some potential bargain values down the line. While Alabama is the prohibitive favorite to hoist the crystal trophy next January smart gamblers realize that it’s a long season and all it takes is a key injury or a bad bounce to completely flip the script. Yet it is totally undeniable that the Crimson Tide looks unbeatable at the present time. In fact, Alabama has a new dynamic element that has been missing from their past championship editions. What is scary to contemplate is that this may be the greatest Crimson Tide team of All Time. ... 

Week four had its share of college football betting revelations and bad beats as well as thrilling victories. For certain week four was a great reminder why if you have not yet signed up for live betting now is the time to do so. There were some wild back and fourth games that were tales of two halves. In addition, half time betting action made winners out of losers and vice versa. In some cases, there are teams looking like they cannot have a line posted high enough on them while there are also... 

Week five college football action will begin with an interesting Thursday night appetizer from the Atlantic Coast Conference when the Miami Hurricanes host the North Carolina Tar Heels. North Carolina had lost their first two games and then had a cancellation due to a recent hurricane. Head coach Larry Fedora, who was celebrated as a program savior just a couple of years ago, landed on one of the hottest seats in the country. But a thrilling win over Pitt last week may have the Tar Heels back on... 

The Georgia Bulldogs are the class of the SEC East and they look to maintain their dominance with a win over the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday. According to coach Kirby Smart, the Dogs didn’t play very well last week, and they still won by two touchdowns, which tells us something about the state of the program. BookMaker live betting offers a number of in-game wagers and props, and based on Georgia’s offensive prowess, leaning towards the Dogs to put up a healthy point total is probably a goo... 

You could make a strong case that no team has a better resume than the Stanford Cardinal through the first four weeks of the 2018 college football betting season. Stanford has wins over USC, San Diego State, and Oregon, and very few teams already have wins over three quality opponents. This week, the Cardinal will take to the road for the second straight time to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Notre Dame is riding high after thrashing Wake Forest on Saturday, and the Irish are looking for... 

There’s a reason that the house always wins. Sportsbooks don’t go belly up overnight because John Q. Public doesn’t know how to cap games. Bettors are largely emotional rather than rational, and they trust the two minutes of highlights they see on SportsCenter more than delving into a box score or a drive chart to find out why a team really won a game.... 

Week five offers a Friday Night college football primer that could be one of the most intriguing matchups of the entire weekend. The UCLA Bruins made a huge splash with the hiring of head coach Chip Kelly but so far, the X Box offense that Kelly terrorized opponents with at Oregon is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile the resurgent Colorado Buffaloes are looking like a prime contender in the Pac 12 South Division. Head coach Mike Macintyre was coach of the year two years ago but suffered a big drop ... 

What many college football gamblers and fans would consider to be the top matchup of the weekend takes place Saturday night when the Penn State Nittany Lions host the Ohio State Buckeyes in a Big Ten East Division showdown. Urban Meyer returned as Ohio State head coach last week with a vengeance as the Buckeyes thrashed Tulane at the Horseshoe. Penn State is well known for their “white out” Saturday night home games with frenzied crowds. They are also known as a bona fide top ten team with one o... 

Week five includes a Big Ten Conference matchup that many believe could be a dangerous trap for the chalk. The Michigan Wolverines have found their form and are flexing their muscles with the look of a national power that they have aspired to be under head coach Jim Harbaugh. The Northwestern Wildcats were highly regarded in the preseason but have stumbled badly after their opening night win at Purdue. But despite their problems the Wildcats are considered a dangerous team that is now backed int... 

This is a great chance for Jeremy Pruitt to reward Phil Fulmer for his trust. Pruitt was at least the Tennessee Volunteers sixth choice to be their next head coach, and there are many around the program who still wonder whether or not he was the right pick. Fulmer seemed to settle on Pruitt just to end the nightmare that Tennessee’s coaching search had become, and the new coach is not in the most comfortable situation. However, a win over the Florida Gators at home in Week 4 of the season would ... 

The South Carolina Gamecocks are ready to get back on the field. After cancelling last week’s game with Marshall due to Hurricane Florence, the team is looking to respond by getting a win for their fans. However, that won’t come easy. They will be travelling to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores in Week 4 of the season, and Vandy is coming off of a tough loss. Vandy came close to knocking off a top ten Notre Dame team last week, so South Carolina better be prepared.... 

Scott Frost certainly didn’t expect his tenure with the Nebraska Cornhuskers to begin like this. Nebraska was thought to have won the offseason by landing the highly sought after coach after leading UCF to a share of the national championship, but his return to Lincoln has gotten off to a rocky start. The Cornhuskers are sitting at 0-2 entering Big Ten play, and there is a good chance they miss out on bowl season yet again. They are staring down the barrel of 0-3 as they travel to face the Michigan Wolverines in Week 4 of the college football season. ... 

Returning to the national spotlight for the first time in a decade, the Boston College Eagles go in search of their fourth straight win when they visit the Purdue Boilermakers in Week 4 action. BC entered the AP poll for the first time since 2008 at No. 23 following their 41-34 win over Wake Forest. Year 2 of the Jeff Brohm era at Purdue has hit a roadblock. The Boilers are off to their worst start since 1996, but they’ve been close and need a break to end their slide. Purdue has lost its three ... 

The lines are shaking on some of the bigger college football games in Week 4. It’s not often that we see a four-touchdown spread in a game featuring two ranked teams, but when it’s No. 1 Alabama at home, well, anything is possible. The only other top-25 matchup on this week’s slate saw the line already jump the fence. No. 7 Stanford opened as a 2-point road dog against No. 20 Oregon, but early wagers backing the visitors had that swing the other way and the Cardinal are now favored by two points... 

The Texas Longhorns are looking to turn the corner as a program. The school has largely floundered this decade, but many believe that Tom Herman is the man to lead a renaissance for Texas football. The Longhorns failed to gain much traction in 2017, but there is optimism once again after Texas thrashed USC 37-14 last Saturday. A win in Week 4 over the TCU Horned Frogs would likely send expectations soaring heading into the Red River Showdown in two weeks.... 

It looks like the Mississippi State Bulldogs found the right man to replace Dan Mullen. Joe Moorhead has thrived during his short time in Starkville. It doesn’t look like the offense has missed a beat with Moorhead at the helm, and the Bulldogs look like a team that can hold its own in the toughest division in college football. In Week 4, Mississippi State is facing its first conference test against a team that is on cloud nine. The Kentucky Wildcats are still celebrating after picking up their ... 

Hold that Tiger! The LSU Tigers are riding high after another big win over Auburn last week. LSU erased a fourth quarter deficit in Jordan-Hare Stadium to pull out a 22-21 victory thanks to a last-second field goal from Cole Tracy. Now, the Tigers are ranked in the top ten and trying to keep the momentum going in Week 4 against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. With the stunning loss to Troy last year still fresh in their minds, LSU will not take a good Louisiana Tech team lightly.... 

The Auburn Tigers are looking at an eerily similar situation to last year. Auburn is seen by almost everyone as one of the best teams in the country, but the Tigers have already lost one game and need to keep winning if they have any hope of making it to the College Football Playoff. They are heavy favorites in their Week 4 game against the Arkansas Razorbacks. Under Chad Morris, Arkansas is undergoing a complete overhaul, and it’s going to take some time for this team to be successful running t... 

The PAC 12 North might be the second-best division in the country. Every team but Oregon State looks very competitive, and the only team of the other five with a loss is Washington. That should create a thrilling race for the division title, and the College Gameday crew will be at the first big intra-divisional clash this Saturday. That’s when the Stanford Cardinal head north to take on the Oregon Ducks in Week 4 of the season. The winner will take an early lead in the race for the PAC 12 North ... 

Don’t look now, but Dana Holgorsen has a quarterback. The West Virginia Mountaineers are a dark horse in the Big 12 with Will Grier at the helm. Their game against North Carolina State last week was cancelled due to Hurricane Florence, but the Mountaineers lit up their first two opponents this season. They hammered Tennessee and Youngstown State, and they are now set to turn their sights on conference foes. The first of those will be the Kansas State Wildcats in Week 4 of the season.... 

The Indiana Hoosiers are a live dog coming into their game with the Michigan State Spartans this week. Indiana is ranked in the top 25 of Bill Connelly S&P+ ratings, and the Hoosiers are halfway towards bowl eligibility already. A win over Michigan State in Week 4 would send them into the AP Top 25 and likely lead to Indiana being 5-0 heading into their game against Ohio State in three weeks. Michigan State will aim to avoid the upset.... 

The Ohio State Buckeyes continue to keep moving forward. They are the lone team in the Big Ten that has looked the part of national title contender through the first three weeks of the college football betting season. Ohio State blasted two Power Five opponents to start the year, and the Buckeyes are fresh off of a convincing win over TCU this last weekend. The Buckeyes will have one more non-conference test before they get back to their Big Ten slate, with the Tulane Green Wave coming to town i... 

Last week was a bad week for the Big Ten. Seven teams fell to unranked non-conference opponents, and the Wisconsin Badgers fell victim to the curse as well. Wisconsin suffered the most devastating loss of any team, losing a tough one to BYU and falling from No. 6 to No. 18 in the AP Top 25 rankings as a result. The Badgers will now begin the long road to salvaging their season with a trip to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in Week 4 of the college football betting season. These are likely the two best... 

With the departure of their starting quarterback, leading rusher and top receiver from last season, the USC Trojans were expected to have some trouble moving and scoring the football. The issues appear to be much deeper than anticipated. The men of Troy managed just 17 points in their last two games, dropping both and falling out of the national rankings. In previous seasons the Trojans would score 17 points in a quarter, however the running game abandoned them in a loss to Texas and the unbeate... 

Jimbo Fisher is being paid a lot of money to win games like this one, but it will be a challenge for the Texas AM Aggies to knock off the No. 1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide on the road. The Tide is rolling having outscored its first three opponents 170-28 after crushing Ole Miss, 62-7, in their SEC opener. The Aggies should feel confident about their chances after nearly beating Clemson a few weeks ago, but stopping the Bama juggernaut in a Week 4 confrontation seems unlikely....