Football Betting Showdowns on Tap for Saturday, Sunday

It will be wall-to-wall betting action this weekend, and the sportsbooks will have you covered with a full complement of betting odds for both the Week 2 college football slate and the Week 1 NFL schedule.

There are a few marquee matchups in the college ranks this Saturday starting with a huge Pac-12 showdown between No. 14 USC and No. 13 Stanford. The Cardinal have been listed as 3-point favorites at home at 5Dimes and the total has been set at 54.5.The Trojans are just 2-5 against the spread in the last seven meetings, but straight-up they have won four of the last six meetings in Stanford.

Another huge showdown that could have major implications for this season’s four-team playoff sends No. 7 Michigan State on the road to face No. 3 Oregon. The Ducks have been listed as 12-point favorites in this Big Ten/Pac-12 matchup and the total has been set at 56. The Spartans have gone 7-1 ATS in their last eight games while Oregon comes in with a 1-5 record ATS in its last six outings.

No. 1 Florida State will play its home opener against The Citadel, but 5Dimes has yet to set the betting odds for this game. Meanwhile, No. 2 Alabama has been listed as a 40-point home favorite against Florida Atlantic.

The Seattle Seahawks will open their defense of last season’s Super Bowl title as 5.5-point home favorites against Green Bay on Thursday night, but the real action in the NFL gets underway this Sunday with 13 different matchups on which to wager.

One of the top early games of the day is a NFC South showdown between New Orleans and Atlanta with the Saints heading into the Georgia Dome as 2.5-point favorites with the total set at 51. New Orleans has won 13 of the last 16 meetings SU and the last five meetings in Atlanta have stayed UNDER the total.

The top matchup for the late games on Sunday sends San Francisco on the road to face Dallas as a 4.5-point favorite. The total for this matchup has been set at 51. The 49ers are 8-2-1 ATS in their last 11 season openers and the Cowboys are 6-1 ATS in their last seven Week 1 games.