Betting news, trends, odds and predictions from various handicappers and websites.
Sunday’s games
Northwestern @ Rutgers
Northwestern
— Northwestern had off-field issues, has a new coach.
— Fitzgerald was 111-101 there, played there; big loss.
— 4 starters back on offense, 8 on defense
— 27 starts back on offensive line.
— senior QB started 11 games at Cincinnati last year.
— last nine years, Wildcats are 21-11 ATS as a road underdog.
— since 2015, Northwestern is 42-29 ATS in conference games.
— Northwestern hasn’t been to a bowl since 2020.
Rutgers
— three years under Schiano, Rutgers has been 3-6/5-8/4-8.
— Scarlet Knights haven’t had a winning season since 2014.
— 6 starters back on offense, 8 on defense
— 101 starts back on offensive line; new OL coach worked in NFL.
— soph QB started six games LY.
— since 2018, Knights are 6-1 ATS as a home favorite.
— last four years, Rutgers is 14-22 ATS in conference games.
— Rutgers has been to now bowl game since 2014.
— Northwestern won both Big 14 meetings, 21-7/18-15.
— Rutgers was held to 222/188 total yards in those games.
Oregon State @ San Jose State
Oregon State
— Beavers were 7-6/10-3 last 2 years, after 7 straight losing years.
— 8 starters back on offense, 5 on defense
— 109 starts back on offensive line.
— junior QB Uiagalelei started 28 games at Clemson.
— last 10 years, Beavers are 2-8 ATS as a road favorite.
— underdogs are 18-6 ATS in their last 24 road games.
— since 2018, OSU is 10-4 ATS outside the Pac-12.
— Beavers went bowling last two years (before that, 2013 was last one)
San Jose State (0-1)
— last 3+ years, Spartans are 19-14 SU (27-59 from 2013-19)
— 9 starters back on offense, 5 on defense
— 86 starts back on offensive line.
— senior QB has started 35 games, 23 at Hawai’i.
— under Brennan, Spartans are 9-6-1 ATS as a home underdog.
— under Brennan, San Jose is 11-12 ATS out of conference.
— Spartans lost last two bowls; their last bowl win was in 2015.
— last week, Spartans (+31) lost 56-28 at USC.
— San Jose ran for 198 yards at USC, was outgained 501-396.
— Teams haven’t met since 2015.
— LY, Pac-12 teams were 6-3 ATS vs Mountain West opponents.
Florida State vs LSU (@ Orlando)
Florida State
— Seminoles were 10-3 LY, after four straight losing years.
— 8 starters back on offense, 9 on defense
— 206 starts back on offensive line; ton of experience.
— senior QB has 26 starts; he threw for 3,214 yards LY.
— last 3 years, Seminoles are 7-8-1 ATS as an underdog.
— since 2018, FSU is 5-13-1 ATS outside the ACC.
— Seminoles went bowling LY for first time since 2019
— since 2016, FSU is 4-3 ATS on neutral fields.
LSU
— LSU went 10-4 LY, after 5-5/6-7 previous two years.
— 8 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 102 starts back on offensive line.
— junior QB has 43 starts, 29 of them at Arizona State.
— In his career, Kelly is 75-69-5 ATS as a favorite.
— since 2019, LSU is 10-6 ATS outside the SEC
— since 2018, Tigers are 6-3 ATS on neutral fields.
— LSU is 4-1 SU/ATS in bowls the last five years.
— FSU (+3.5) nipped LSU 24-23 LY; they blocked a PAT on last play.
— since 2018, SEC teams are 31-16 ATS vs ACC opponents.