Betting Summary of College Football Week 12
Scott Morris | November 23, 2015
Week 12 is in the history book for college football. Here is a quick look at the betting numbers. The favorites were 46-15 straight up and 34-27 against the spread. Home teams were 36-26 SU and 28-33 ATS. The Over/Under cashed out at 33-28 for the weekend.
The biggest underdogs to cash out straight up were Michigan State at +14.5 over Ohio State by the score of 17-14 and New Mexico State at +14.5 over Louisiana-Lafayette by a score of 37-34.
The biggest favorite that covered by Alabama at -40.5 over Charleston Southern by a score of 56-6.
Top 25 Teams
For a few teams in the Top 25 Saturday was a difficult day. Ohio State the defending national champions lost to Michigan State even though the Spartans used a backup quarterback, its defense shut down the Buckeyes holding Ohio State to only 132 total yards.
Michigan State is back in the hunt of a spot in the playoff of four teams.
Oregon worked over USC 48-28 for their fifth straight win and cover.
LSU continued its slide with a 38-17 win by Ole Miss. The Tigers have gone 0-3 SU and ATS and Les Myles the head coach is starting to feel like the hot seat was turned on.
Trevone Boykin could not play for TCU against Oklahoma. The Horned Frogs nearly upset the Sooners scoring 16 points to come within one point in the final quarter only to attempt a 2-point conversion to win and come up short.
Houston lost to Connecticut 20-17 as a 7.5-point road chalk.
Navy was on the road in AAC action and the No. 19 ranked team defeated Tulsa to go to 9-1 SU and 8-2 ATS.
Boston College fought bravely against Notre Dame but fell 19-16. The UNDER cashed again for Boston College, which is 8-1 UNDER in its past nine games.
Clemson beat Wake Forest 33-13, but failed to cover. Iowa beat Purdue by 20 points but did not cover either.
