Five college football bets for Saturday, including two road dogs that are being slept on
Some teams are chasing a seed.Others are protecting one, and a few are just trying to get to the finish line with their pride and coaching staff intact.
Miami is coming off its first loss of the season.Tennessee is trying to justify a top-eight ranking on the road and South Carolina is staring down a visit from Georgia next week.
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This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.That’s where I’m looking this week.Over the past month, the board has priced in reputation more than results, and it’s created some value worth chasing.
Two of these plays are road underdogs most bettors won’t touch, and a third is a home dog getting points from a ranked team that hasn’t proven much away from Knoxville.CFP REACTION: ALABAMA FEELS THE LOVE, INDIANA GETS THE SHAFT AND BIG 12 GETS RELIEF AS COMMITTEE CONFUSES USLaNorris Sellers #16 of the South Carolina Gamecocks celebrates after a touchdown during the first half of a football game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Williams-Brice Stadium on Oct.24, 2026, in Columbia, South Carolina.
(Getty Images)Here are my five best bets for Saturday.This line opened higher and has slid to 7.5, so the market is cooling on the Gamecocks.I’m happy to buy at the lower number.No.
17 South Carolina has won four straight.Arkansas is 3-6, 1-5 in SEC play, and won’t be going bowling in Ryan Silverfield’s first season.
With South Carolina, Texas and LSU to close the year, the Razorbacks are mostly playing out the string.LaNorris Sellers is playing through a sore ankle, which could mean fewer designed runs this week.Against this Arkansas defense, that shouldn’t matter much.Georgia coming to town next week creates a lookahead angle, and I understand the ...