College Football Week 13 Betting Preview
College football starts early this week with a pair of ranked teams in action as you recover from your turkey hangover on Black Friday.
First up are the No. 2 Miami Hurricanes at the Pittsburgh Panthers. At Bovada Sportsbook, the Hurricanes are a 14-point road favorite as they go for their 16th straight win. During their streak, the Hurricanes are 10-5 against the spread, and as a road favorite they’ve won seven straight at 6-1 ATS. The Panthers are 5-14 ATS in their last 19 home games and as a home underdog they’re 4-7 ATS in their last 11.
Also in action Friday are the No. 22 South Florida Bulls at the No. 13 UCF Knights as a 10-point underdog. The Bulls are 14-1 SU and 7-8 ATS in their last 15, and they’ve lost four straight ATS. UCF is on a 10-game winning steak at 6-3-1 ATS, and against the Bulls they’re 6-2 SU and ATS in their last eight.
On Saturday there are three ranked matchups on tap, starting with a big SEC clash between the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide and the No. 6 Auburn Tigers. Alabama is a 5-point road favorite and has won its last 13 games as road chalk, while going 7-5-1 ATS. The Tigers are 4-8 SU and 6-5-1 ATS in their last 12 as a home underdog, and in their last 11 home games against Alabama they’re 7-4 ATS.
The No. 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish are a 2.5-point road favorite against the No. 22 Stanford Cardinal. The Irish are 8-1 SU and 6-3 ATS in their last nine, but they’ve lost their last three games ATS. The Cardinal have won seven straight at home at 3-4 ATS, and in their last 10 home games against Notre Dame they’re 2-8 ATS.
The last ranked matchup is the No. 12 Washington State Cougars at the No. 15 Washington Huskies. The Huskies are a 10.5-point favorite and in their last eight versus Washington State they’re 7-1 SU and 6-2 ATS. The Cougars are a profitable 9-3 ATS in their last 12 games on the road against teams with winning records.
The No. 4 Clemson Tigers are a 14-point favorite this weekend at the South Carolina Gamecocks. Clemson is 13-1 SU in its last 14 road games, but only 6-8 ATS. The Gamecocks are 10-2-1 ATS in their last 13 as a home underdog, and they’re 8-3 ATS in their last 11 versus Clemson.
Finally, in the game Big Ten fans wait for every year, the No. 9 Ohio State Buckeyes visit the Michigan Wolverines as a 13-point road favorite. Ohio State is 12-1 SU and 9-4 ATS in its last 13 versus Michigan. The Wolverines are 2-4-1 ATS in their last seven and as a home underdog they’re 1-6 SU and 2-5 ATS in their last seven.