College football betting trends: Cincinnati, Georgia get edge

Friday

Cincinnati vs. Alabama (-13, 57½) (Cotton Bowl Classic, nationalist semifinal): The Bearcats are connected a 17-9 dispersed uptick and person covered 5 consecutive games arsenic underdogs. Alabama is 8-7 ATS successful its past 16 games and 5-8 ATS successful its past 13 bowl/playoff games. The nether is 8-5 successful Crimson Tide games this season. Edge: Cincinnati and flimsy to under.

Georgia (-7½, 45½) vs. Michigan (Orange Bowl, nationalist semifinal): The Bulldogs are 8-4 ATS vs. FBS foes this play and 4-2 consecutive up and ATS successful their past six bowl/playoff games. The Wolverines are 12-1 consecutive up and 11-2 ATS this play and besides 2-0 arsenic underdogs. Michigan has mislaid and failed to screen its past 4 vessel games. The implicit is 6-3 successful the Wolverines’ past 9 games. Edge: Georgia.

Wake Forest (-15½, 62) vs. Rutgers (Gator Bowl): Rutgers manager Greg Schiano was 5-1 consecutive up and against the dispersed successful vessel games during his archetypal stint with the Scarlet Knights, and Rutgers is 7-2 ATS successful its past 9 vessel games. The Scarlet Knights are 2-7 consecutive up successful their past 9 games and 2-6 ATS successful their past 8 games. The nether is 7-3 successful the past 10 Rutgers games. The Demon Deacons are 4-5 ATS successful their past 9 games, but did screen their past 4 games arsenic favorites. Wake Forest is 2-2-1 ATS successful its past 5 vessel games. Edge: Slight to Wake Forest and under.

Central Michigan vs. Washington State (-7, 57½) (Sun Bowl): The Chippewas covered their past 4 games and 5 of their past six. Central Michigan manager Jim McElwain is 10-5 ATS successful his past 15 games arsenic an underdog and 2-2 consecutive up (1-3 ATS) successful erstwhile vessel games. Washington State closed with a rush, covering 8 of its last 9 games. Edge: Slight to Washington State.

Saturday

Penn State vs. Arkansas (-2, 48) (Outback Bowl): Arkansas manager Sam Pittman is 7-3-1 ATS this play and 14-6-1 ATS with the Razorbacks. The Nittany Lions are 2-5 consecutive up successful their past 7 games and 4-5 ATS successful their past nine. Penn State is 4-2 ATS successful its past six vessel games. The nether is 9-3 successful Penn State games this season. Edge: Arkansas and under.

Oklahoma State vs. Notre Dame (-2, 45½) (Fiesta Bowl): Cowboys manager Mike Gundy has covered his past 5 vessel games and is 10-5 ATS each clip successful bowls. Oklahoma State closed the play connected a 9-1-1 dispersed surge, and six of its past 9 games went nether the total. The Fighting Irish won and covered their past 7 games. Notre Dame is 5-5 ATS successful its past 10 bowl/playoff games. Edge: Oklahoma State and flimsy to under.

Iowa vs. Kentucky (-3, 44½) (Citrus Bowl): The Wildcats person won 3 consecutive vessel games and are 3-1 ATS successful their past 4 vessel games. Kentucky is 8-3 ATS against FBS teams this play and 17-10 ATS successful its past 27 games against FBS foes. The Hawkeyes person dropped 5 of their past 7 games ATS. Iowa is 4-4 ATS successful its past 8 games arsenic the underdog. The Hawkeyes person covered their past 3 vessel games. Four of the past 5 Kentucky games person gone implicit the total, arsenic person the past 4 Iowa games. Edge: Kentucky and over.

Utah vs. Ohio State (-4½, 64) (Rose Bowl): The Utes person won six consecutive and 9 of their past 10 games. Utah manager Kyle Whittingham is 15-7 arsenic an underdog since 2014 and 9-3 consecutive up successful vessel games with Utah. Ohio State manager Ryan Day is 1-2 consecutive up and ATS successful bowl/postseason games. The Buckeyes are 2-4 ATS successful their past six bowl/playoff games. Edge: Utah.

Baylor vs. Mississippi (-1½, 56) (Sugar Bowl): The Bears covered 8 of their past 11 and are 4-1 ATS arsenic underdogs this season. Five of the past six Baylor games person gone nether the total, including the past four. Mississippi’s past 7 games person gone under, and the Rebels are 5-2 ATS successful their past 7 games. Mississippi manager Lane Kiffin is 3-0 consecutive up and ATS successful vessel games. Edge: Under and flimsy to Mississippi.

Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is exertion of The Gold Sheet (Goldsheet.com). He provides the Review-Journal with assemblage shot tech notes and trends. Follow @thegoldsheet connected Twitter.