Sportsbooks Post Lines for Key Weekend Gridiron Matchups

The football season really starts to heat up this weekend with some key matchups on the slate on both Saturday and Sunday, and all the betting odds you need to cash in on the games are already posted at sportsbooks like 5Dimes.

Starting with the major conferences in college football this Saturday, Tennessee will be on the road this week to square off against No. 12 Georgia in an early afternoon tilt in the SEC. This will be the Volunteers' second game in a row against a nationally-ranked team in the AP Top 25 after losing to No. 4 Oklahoma 34-10 on September 13 as 21-point road underdogs on the 5Dimes closing betting odds. They have been opened as 17-point underdogs against the Bulldogs with the total set at 55.5. Georgia is just 2-5-1 ATS in the last eight meetings between these two SEC East division foes.

Moving out west to the Pac-12, the No. 16 Stanford Cardinal will try and boost their conference record to .500 against Washington after losing to USC as 3-point home favorites on September 6. This will be the Huskies’ conference opener after going a perfect 4-0 straight-up (1-3 ATS) in their first four games this year. Stanford has been listed by 5Dimes as a 7.5-point road favorite with the total set at 47.5. The Cardinal have covered in four of their last five road games against Washington.

No. 21 Nebraska is just one of two remaining undefeated teams in the Big Ten at 4-0 SU (3-1 ATS), with Penn State being the other. This Saturday night the Cornhuskers will open conference play against 3-1 SU (1-3 ATS) Illinois as 20.5-point home favorites. The total for this matchup has been set at 66. The Fighting Illini are 1-8 ATS in their last nine games as underdogs on the road.

One of the featured showdowns in the NFL for Week 4 in a late start on Sunday afternoon is the 3-0 SU (2-1 ATS) Philadelphia Eagles on the road against the 1-2 (SU and ATS) San Francisco 49ers as 5.5-point underdogs. The total has been set at 50.5 at the sportsbooks. The Eagles are 6-1 SU and 5-2 ATS in their last seven road games, while the 49ers are 1-4 ATS in their last five games at home.