There are some weekends you just know are going to be outstanding in college football. Week 1 nowadays usually has a handful of marquee matchups. The last weekend of the regular season is full of mega-rivalries like Michigan-Ohio State.
Odds courtesy of OddsShark.com
Because LSU already has a loss, it has to win here to keep its College Football Playoff hopes alive. Alabama, which clinches the West Division with a victory, probably still gets in with a close loss here assuming it wins out. The Tide have won their past seven against LSU, by an average of 13 points.
Bama-LSU isn’t the only huge SEC game. No. 6 Georgia visits No. 11 Kentucky in the biggest home game for the Wildcats in decades. The winner will take the SEC East title and a spot opposite likely Alabama in the conference title game – which Kentucky has never reached. The Dawgs are 9.5-point favorites and have won eight straight in this series, by an average of nearly 20 points.
Off handing rival Florida State its worst-ever home loss this past Saturday, could this week’s game against struggling Louisville be a bit of a letdown possibility for No. 2 Clemson? It’s also ahead of a potentially big one at Boston College for the ACC Atlantic title. The Tigers are -37.5 against the Cardinals, who are just 1-8 ATS in their past nine.
In the Big 12, No. 7 Oklahoma visits Texas Tech. The Sooners are in a three-way tie for first in the conference, while TTU is a game back. OU is a 10-point favorite and brings an 18-game road winning streak to Lubbock.
The other major Big 12 game is No. 12 West Virginia at No. 15 Texas – they are tied for first with Oklahoma. The Horns beat the Sooners, though, while the Mountaineers close the regular season against OU. Texas is -2.5 for this game and is 7-2 ATS in its past nine following back-to-back games where it failed to cover the spread.