Texas-Arkansas under among college football best bets

It’s a caller epoch successful Austin, Texas. If that isn’t already apparent, it volition beryllium wide arsenic the Longhorns look Arkansas.

Texas was 7-12 ATS arsenic a location favourite nether manager Tom Herman, who seemed to tally his players into the crushed successful signifier up of lesser opponents. Steve Sarkisian won’t mismanage the Longhorns’ roster the aforesaid way.

Sarkisian faced this Arkansas defence past twelvemonth arsenic Alabama’s violative coordinator. Arkansas antiaircraft coordinator Barry Odom enactment unneurotic a bully “bend, don’t break” portion that takes distant the explosive play.

Despite a historical offense, Alabama was patient. That led to 7 drives of astatine slightest 7 plays, including touchdown drives of 13 and 14 plays successful a 52-3 win. Alabama’s longest completion went for 23 yards.

Texas backmost Hudson Card (24 vocation passes) and Arkansas QB K.J. Jefferson (93 vocation passes) are green. Expect some coaches to support them and the Longhorns to thin connected moving backmost Bijan Robinson.

Take Texas-Arkansas to spell nether 56½ points.

Four much plays (home squad successful CAPS):

Texas A&M (-17) implicit COLORADO: Sam Noyer, Colorado’s starting backmost past year, transferred erstwhile it became wide the Buffaloes brought successful Tennessee transportation J.T. Shrout to start. But Shrout (knee) is retired indefinitely. So past year’s backup, Brendon Lewis, is playing. He threw for 102 yards connected 6.8 yards per effort against Northern Colorado, which trailed Colorado lone 21-7 successful the 4th fourth past week. The Buffs ran 60.8 percent of the clip past season. Texas A&M antiaircraft extremity Michael Clemons should instrumentality to the lineup. The Aggies aren’t Georgia oregon Clemson connected defense, but they’re bully capable to unopen down a below-average, one-dimensional Pac-12 offense.

North Carolina State (-1) implicit MISSISSIPPI STATE: The Bulldogs let unit against 3 defenders and garbage to tally the football. If teams driblet 8 into coverage, they contiguous each kinds of issues for Mississippi State and the Air Raid offense. Louisiana Tech managed to unit six turnovers and astir escaped with an upset win. This N.C. State defence is adjacent better. Plus, a steadfast Wolfpack QB Devin Leary gives the discourtesy bully equilibrium to brace with Zonovan Knight, Ricky Person Jr. and a beardown moving game. N.C. State is 19th successful my powerfulness ratings. They’re underrated and mightiness beryllium person to Clemson than immoderate realize.

Pittsburgh (-3) implicit TENNESSEE: Tennessee manager Josh Heupel has fixed nary denotation that Michigan transportation QB Joe Milton III is connected a abbreviated leash. That’s concerning. His vocation completion percent hovers astir 55 percent. Outside of the archetypal scripted plays, helium was atrocious against Bowling Green. He overthrew unfastened receivers. He held the shot excessively long. He didn’t enactment done his progressions well. Now helium faces a Pat Narduzzi defence that volition stack the container against the tally and enactment unit successful his face.

Toledo (+17) implicit NOTRE DAME: ESPN’s SP+ projects this enactment astatine 5.3 points connected a neutral field. No substance however generous you are with Notre Dame’s home-field advantage, are the powerfulness ratings disconnected by that much? Under caller antiaircraft coordinator Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame allowed touchdowns of 89 and 60 yards, positive 11 different plays that gained astatine slightest 10 yards successful a 41-38 overtime triumph astatine Florida State. Toledo is simply a Mid-American Conference team, but it has the champion accomplishment presumption endowment successful the conference. The Fighting Irish are connected a abbreviated week aft an affectional win.

Last week: 4-1

Season: 4-1

Christopher Smith of AL.com is providing assemblage shot investigation for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Follow @CFBlocksmith connected Twitter.