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Any big time school in search of a head coach should give Bill Clark a call if they haven’t already. Since the UAB Blazers were resurrected in 2017 following a two-year hiatus, they’ve posted five straight winning seasons with Clark overseeing all of them. They went 6-6 in 2014, Clark’s first season at the helm and the last before the program was dropped. I guess there’s only one way to justify bringing football back and that’s by winning. UAB can match its second-highest win total as a major co... 

As if the college football bowl season isn’t diluted enough there’s a newcomer to the schedule. The inaugural LA Bowl joins the rotation and at least has what should be a competitive matchup with the Utah State Aggies taking on the Oregon State Beavers. It was a remarkable season for the Aggies, who demolished San Diego State to claim the Mountain West Conference title with a record of 10-3. At 7-5 the Beavers have the most wins since recording the same amount in 2013, which was also the last ti... 

It’s been a tough season for the Navy Midshipmen, but they can make it a success by taking down their rival Army Black Knights in the annual battle on Saturday. They only game on the Week 15 betting schedule will attract plenty of attention and the Black Knights are getting most of it. Since losing 14 consecutive games in the series Army has turned the tide with four victories in the previous five encounters. The Knights have won their last four games and they are a 7.5-point favorite to earn th... 

The 12th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes play the 3rd-ranked Michigan Wolverines in the Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday on FOX. The Hawkeyes are looking to not only win the Big Ten title, but also play spoiler, as the Wolverines will make it into the College Football Playoff with a win. Iowa comes into this game at 10-2, while Michigan is 11-1. Iowa has held their own in this series, winning five of the last ten meetings. The teams met just over two years ago and it was Michigan coming away with a lo... 

The second-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide play the top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday on CBS. The Tide probably need a win to get into the College Football Playoff, while the Bulldogs are likely in even if they lose. The Crimson Tide have not looked like a championship team this season, as they already have one loss and they have also played a number of close games. The Bulldogs have left no doubt that they are a championship contender, as they have dominated throu... 

One of the biggest games of the season takes place on Saturday, as the 4th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes visit the 6th-ranked Michigan Wolverines. Both teams come into this game at 10-1 with the winner staying in contention for the College Football Playoff, while the loser is likely out. The Buckeyes have dominated this series of late, winning 15 of the last 16, including each of the last eight meetings. While Ohio State is 8-0 SU in the last eight meetings, they are just 4-4 ATS. Seven of those ei... 

The 2nd-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide visit the Auburn Tigers on Saturday in the latest edition of the Iron Bowl. This year’s game looks like a mismatch, as the Tide come into this game at 10-1 and rolling toward an SEC title game matchup against Georgia next week, while Auburn has lost three straight and is without starting quarterback Bo Nix due to injury. Alabama has won six of the last ten meetings in this series, but Auburn has held their own at home, winning six of the last ten at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Two years ago, it was Auburn winning 48-45 at home. Let’s look at this matchup between Alabama and Auburn. ... 

The 4th-ranked Oregon Ducks should get a good test this week as they visit the 24th-ranked Utah Utes. The Ducks come into this game at 9-1 overall and 6-1 in the Pac-12 and leading the North Division, while the Utes are 7-3 overall and 6-1 in the Pac-12 and leading the South Division. The game is getting the spotlight on ABC on Saturday night with a 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time start. Oddsmakers are still not a firm believer in the Ducks, as Oregon is listed as a 3-point underdog. Oregon has won 7 of ... 

The 8th-ranked Michigan State Spartans visit the 4th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday afternoon in a game that can be seen on ABC. Both teams come into this game at 9-1 but Ohio State has the edge in the conference, as they are 7-0 in the Big Ten, while Michigan State is 6-1. The Spartans are ranked in the Top 10 but they are getting no respect from the oddsmakers, as they are nearly a three-touchdown underdog against the Buckeyes. Ohio State has won 7 of the last 10 meetings in this serie... 

The Oklahoma Sooners have a Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback on their roster; it’s just not the guy everyone had pegged as the favorite at the beginning of the season. Despite not losing a game the struggles of Spencer Rattler forced OU to make the switch to Caleb Williams. And so far it’s proven to be a brilliant move. Williams brought the team back to beat Texas a few weeks ago and it doesn’t look like he’s giving up the position. OU puts its 17-game overall winning streak on the line in a... 

The top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs are heavily favored on Saturday, as they visit the Tennessee Volunteers on CBS. Georgia is 9-0 SU and 6-3 ATS, while Tennessee is 5-4 SU and 4-5 ATS. Georgia is coming off a blowout win over Missouri last week, while Tennessee outscored Kentucky. The Bulldogs have the top defense in the country, while the Volunteers have one of the best offenses in the nation, so this should be an interesting matchup. Georgia has won 7 of the last 10 meetings at Tennessee and they... 

There is one thing that can save the season for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. A win would be nice, but beating the Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday just might save Scott Frost’s job. A .500 team just a few weeks ago, the Huskers have dropped three in a row SU and ATS by a combined total of 15 points and are headed for their fifth straight losing season. Losing is not in the vocabulary at Ohio State and the Buckeyes are a two-touchdown plus favorite to extend their Big Ten winning streak to 27. OSU ha... 

The third-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide are heavily favored on Saturday, as they host the LSU Tigers in a game that can be seen on ESPN. This matchup between the Tigers and Crimson Tide used to be a staple on CBS but this season the matchup isn’t as appealing with LSU coming into the game at 4-4 so CBS decided to go with the game between Auburn and Texas A&M. LSU has a lame duck coach in Ed Orgeron who will not be returning next season, and the Tigers are struggling, losing three of their last... 

The Ohio State Buckeyes looked like a lost group after an early loss to Oregon. They have since regrouped winning five games in a row by an average margin of nearly 42 points with covers in each of the last four. The road to another Big Ten East title and conference championship begins on Saturday with a visit from the Penn State Nittany Lions. Three teams in the East have yet to lose a conference game and they all play each other over the next few weeks. And though they’ve lost two straight, th... 

The top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs are laying more than two touchdowns on Saturday, as they play the Florida Gators in Jacksonville, Florida. The Bulldogs have been dominating all season, while the Gators have been up and down. Georgia has one of the best defenses that college football has seen in a long time, so Florida figures to struggle moving the ball. This will be the second time this season that Florida will be playing a top-ranked team, as they lost by just two points early in the season to... 

For a program that’s supposed to be a college football juggernaut, the USC Trojans have been anything but. Firing head coach Clay Helton a few weeks ago has done nothing to change the direction. The Trojans have alternated wins and losses with disturbing setbacks to Stanford, Oregon State and last time out to Utah. They head to South Bend to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday in the latest installment of this rivalry, which has seen the Irish win the last four games on its own tur... 

Few college football rivalries have taken a hit like the Third Saturday in October between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Tennessee Volunteers. A formerly competitive rivalry between SEC powerhouses has become a laughable annual game as Tennessee has taken a big step back, while Alabama has become the preeminent dynasty in college football over the last 15 years.... 

The Alabama Crimson Tide no longer have the longest winning streak in the nation. Alabama was upset on the road by Texas A&M last week, and the Crimson Tide must avoid another loss the rest of the season if they want to play in the SEC Championship Game. Oddsmakers expect them to bounce back in a big way this weekend against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Mississippi State is no pushover though, as the Bulldogs knocked off the Aggies two weeks ago and have had a week to prepare for Nick Sab... 

Just a few years ago the LSU Tigers were sitting atop the college football world as national champions. Now they’re playing to save the job of their head coach. Since that magical undefeated 2019 campaign the Tigers have been mediocre at best going 8-8. They’ve dropped their last two and will need an upset of the Florida Gators in a key SEC crossover game on Saturday to stay above .500. LSU has won two straight and three of the last four meetings between the teams, but the Tigers are a considera... 

Texas A&M boosters may be wanting a mulligan on their recent decision to extend Jimbo Fisher’s contract and give him a 20% pay raise. Fisher is now making $9 million annually as coach of the Aggies, and he is set to be the head coach in College Station until 2031. The Aggies were considered a College Football Playoff contender coming into the season, but they are already 0-2 in SEC play and will likely lose their third straight game this week when they take on the Alabama Crimson Tide.CBS is... 

We get a battle of unbeaten top-5 teams in a crucial Big Ten crossover game this week when the Penn State Nittany Lions visit the Iowa Hawkeyes. The top two teams in the country are a given, but these two are next in line with the winner gaining a big edge in the CFP race. That probably works out better for No. 3 Iowa, which has an easier road in the Big Ten West. After this one PSU still has games with Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State making their path a lot more dangerous. Both teams ca... 

A battle between unbeaten top-10 teams takes place on Saturday when the Cincinnati Bearcats visit the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. With the Big 12 in UC’s future the program is getting some high-profile matchups and this might be the biggest. And oddsmakers like the Bearcats positioning them as slight 2-point road favorites. Despite the 41-13 lopsided score, the Irish looked vulnerable in last week’s win over Wisconsin. Quarterback Jack Coan exited with an ankle injury and the offense was stagnant. But football is a team game and the Irish got touchdowns on defense and special teams to get the cover. Notre Dame puts its 26-game home winning streak on the line against a program with plenty to prove. ... 

The most anticipated game in college football this week involves Lane Kiffin and the Mississippi Rebels taking on Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide. Kiffin spent three years in Tuscaloosa under Saban, modernizing Alabama’s offense to make sure college football’s preeminent dynasty continued to dominate. He now has one of the best offenses in the country in Oxford, and that has oddsmakers pegging this game to be a shootout. These teams combined to score 90 points in 2019 and 111 points in 2... 

After going toe-to-toe with top-ranked Alabama last week and nearly pulling off the upset, the Florida Gators return to competition more at their level with a SEC East tilt against the Tennessee Volunteers. Close just isn’t good enough and the Gators need wins to set up a possible rematch with the Tide in December. They have a good chance to jump back in the win column having won eight straight games over the Vols in the Swamp and 15 of the previous 16 games overall. Oddsmakers like the Gators’ ... 

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are unbeaten through their first three games, but they have looked shaky in each of those wins. They beat Florida State and Toledo by a field goal, and the Irish were only up four points on Purdue entering the fourth quarter last week. That has led to the oddsmakers making the Wisconsin Badgers close to a touchdown favorite per the college football betting odds against Notre Dame this weekend.Historic Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois will be the site of this antic...