College Football Betting Preview Kentucky at Louisville Sunday, 3:30 pm Eastern – ESPN SBG Global Opening Line: Louisville   -  5  ,  Total  56.5 An exciting matchup should be in the offing on Sunday as Louisville hosts Kentucky in the battle for the Governor’s Cup.  Kentucky was 8-5 last season but suffered a number of off-season losses and

College Football Betting Preview SMU at Rice Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern – ESPN SBG Global Opening Line: Rice  -  3  ,  Total  70 There is finally some excitement surrounding the SMU football team this season as former Hawaii head coach June Jones is in charge.  SMU needs some serious help as they won just a single game a year ago and have lost their last 10 gam

College Football Betting Preview North Carolina State at South Carolina Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern – ESPN SBG Global Opening Line: South Carolina  -  13.5  ,  Total  50.5 South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier is not making any predictions about this year’s football team just yet.  Last season the Gamecocks started 6-1 but collapsed down the stre

The NCAA football season is less than 3 weeks ago and online sportsbooks have updated betting odds on the NCAA conference championships. The favorites of the major conferences are Clemson to win the ACC, Ohio State to win the Big Ten, Oklahoma to win the Big 12, West Virginia to win the Big East, USC to win the Pac 10 and Florida and Georgia to win the SEC. Below are the odds listed at 5Dim

The most popular betting sport in North America is about to begin. Football is the driving force in the online gambling industry; as handicapper and analyst Danny Sheridan told The USA Today, the college football bowl season is second only to the NFL playoffs on the betting calendar. The pro game may bring in more action, but handicappers who know their stuff have a better chance of making mone

A couple of spread records in 2007 for some college football teams of smaller schools is worth noting. West Michigan of the Mid-American conference went 1-8-2 ATS in 2007. Another team from the same conference was Kent State who only went 2-9 ATS. Below is a table of several smaller conference schools and the Independent teams such as the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame and the 2007 ATS records. T

The Pac 10 will always be competitive as long as Pete Carroll and the USC Trojans keep recruiting the way they do. They are a machine right now and keep plugging in more soon to be drafted NFL  players. This year is no different, Southern California is a big favorite to win the Pac 10. At Sportbet.com, the Trojans are -310 with Arizona State being the next closest according to the oddsmak

The Southeast football conference is generally considered by football experts to be the top overall conference in college football. From top to bottom they can compete and they have several strong teams that can play at the National Championship level. The SEC often beats themselves up and might not finish with a perfect record like most other conferences. Georgia and Florida are both 2-1 favor

The Big East might be a little underrated by the betting public in college football. In 2007 the Big East went 3-2 in Bowl games. Cincinnati, Rutgers and West Virginia all won their games including West Virginia crushing Oklahoma 48-28 as a double digit dog in the Fiesta Bowl. In 2008, 5Dimes Sportsbook has the Mountaineers as +120 favorites to win the Big East followed by South Florida +200, P

The Big Ten went 3-5 in 2007 Bowl games. The only winners were Michigan, Penn State and Purdue while Indiana, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio State lost. Both Illinois and Ohio State were blown out by USC and LSU in BCS games. In 2008, the Ohio State Buckeyes are the big favorites to win the Big Ten at -250 at Betonline.com. Wisconsin +300, Penn State +500, Michigan +500 and Illino