College football betting trends — Week 1

Saturday

Penn State astatine Wisconsin (-5): It was a communicative of 2 seasons for the Nittany Lions past year, erstwhile they started 0-5 consecutive up and against the dispersed earlier winning and covering their last 4 games. Penn State has covered 8 of its past 11 roadworthy games and 7 of the past 11 arsenic an underdog. The Badgers are connected a 1-4 dispersed skid astatine location and 12-15 ATS successful their past 27 games overall. Edge: Penn State.

Indiana astatine Iowa (-3½): The Hoosiers covered each 7 regular-season games successful 2020 earlier losing their vessel crippled to Mississippi. Indiana manager Tom Allen is connected a 17-7 dispersed tally wide and an 8-2 screen streak arsenic an underdog. Hawkeyes manager Kirk Ferentz is riding a 17-9-1 ATS tally astatine Iowa City. Iowa has covered 4 of its past 5 openers. Edge: Slight to Indiana.

Miami-Ohio astatine Cincinnati (-22½): The oldest nonconference rivalry resumes. The Bearcats are 10-4 ATS during their 14-game winning streak. Cincinnati manager Luke Fickell is 15-9 ATS the past 2 seasons but lone 10-8 arsenic a favorite. The Redhawks are connected a 1-11 dispersed descent against nonconference opponents. Edge: Cincinnati.

Alabama (-19½) vs. Miami, astatine Atlanta: Before the COVID play of 2020, Alabama had covered 12 of 13 openers, galore of those successful neutral-site games similar this one. The Crimson Tide are 9-4 ATS successful their past 13 nonconference games. Hurricanes manager Manny Diaz has covered lone 5 of his past 14 for Miami. Edge: Alabama.

San Jose State astatine Southern California (-14): The Spartans are riding a 15-5-1 ATS streak for manager Brent Brennan. They person covered 8 consecutive arsenic underdogs and 3 consecutive vs. Power Five foes. The Trojans are connected an 8-14 dispersed descent arsenic favorites. Edge: San Jose State.

Georgia vs. Clemson (-3), astatine Charlotte, North Carolina: Clemson manager Dabo Swinney is not particularly large successful openers, going 3-4 ATS successful the past seven. But he’s 15-4 ATS successful “featured” games (Atlantic Coast Conference title, playoff oregon bowl) since 2012, and this showdown seems to acceptable that definition. Swinney is 32-19-1 ATS arsenic a favourite since 2017. Georgia went 2-4 ATS distant from location past twelvemonth and is 0-2 ATS the past 2 seasons arsenic an underdog. Edge: Clemson.

Louisiana State (-3) astatine UCLA: Before UCLA’s 44-10 triumph and screen implicit Hawaii successful Week Zero, Chip Kelly teams were 18-44 consecutive up and 25-37 ATS since 2015 successful the NFL (Eagles and 49ers) and assemblage (UCLA). The Bruins besides were 0-6 SU vs. nonconference foes nether Kelly. LSU covered 4 of its past 5 games past play aft a bumpy start. Edge: Slight to LSU.

Brigham Young (-12½) astatine Arizona: Jedd Fisch makes his coaching debut for Arizona. BYU covered 8 of 11 past play with Zach Wilson astatine quarterback. But the Cougars were 4-9 ATS successful 2019. The Wildcats faded past play for manager Kevin Sumlin, going 0-5 SU successful an abbreviated Pac-12 slate and 0-4 ATS successful their last 4 games. Arizona is mired successful a 2-10 dispersed skid. Edge: BYU.

UNR astatine California (-3): The Wolf Pack are connected a 5-1 screen streak arsenic underdogs and 9-5 ATS tally overall. UNR is 4-2 ATS successful its past six nonconference games. Before going 2-2 ATS past season, Cal went 1-5 ATS astatine location successful 2019 and is connected a 2-6 dispersed skid arsenic a favorite. Edge: UNR.

Sunday

Notre Dame (-7½) astatine Florida State: The Fighting Irish are 8-3 ATS connected the roadworthy the past 2 seasons and person won the past 2 meetings against the Seminoles portion going 1-1 ATS. Florida State is mired successful a 3-9 dispersed slump and has failed to screen its past 4 openers. Edge: Notre Dame.

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 @BruceAMarshall connected Twitter.