2010 College Football Week 5 Lines: The 2010 College Football Week 5 weekend starts Thursday with an ESPN televised BIG 12 matchup between Texas A&M and No.24(USA-Today) Oklahoma State at T Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma (7:45 pm Eastern). This game will be the first appearance by the Aggies on national television this season who happen to be 3-0 against questionable competition. Oklahoma State is a 3 1/2-chalk favorite on the BetUS.com college football board.
On Friday, the BYU Cougars bus over to Logan, Utah for a rivalry game with the Utah State Aggies. BetUS.com lists the Cougars as 5-chalk road favorites against the surprising Aggies. This game will also be televised on ESPN.
The first Saturday in October is synonymous with Oklahoma/Texas or the "Red River Rivalry." The No. 21 ranked Longhorns will be eager to cleanse that bad taste from their mouths of losing to UCLA in Week-4 while No. 8 Oklahoma wants to stay in the national focus after struggling with a 31-29 Week-4 win at Cincinnati. The Sooners are 3 1/2-chalk favorites on the BetUS.com board.
No. 1 ranked Alabama and 7 Florida get together in a marquis SEC matchup at Tuscaloosa on Saturday (8 pm, CBS). Alabama, who narrowly escaped Arkansas with a win in Week-4, is favored on the BetUS.com board by -9.
The North Carolina State Wolfpack, who debuted at No. 24 in this week's AP Poll, will put their record and ranking on the line when they host Virginia Tech in Raleigh. BetUS.com oddsmakers must not be sold on the Wolfpack, having installed the Hokies as 4-chalk road favorites.
After a month's play, the BIG TEN Conference opens with a few quality matchups, most notably between No. 11 Wisconsin and 24 Michigan State in East Lansing and No. 17 Iowa hosting No. 22 Penn State. The Badgers are listed as 2-chalk road favorites while the Hawkeyes are 7-chalk home favorites.
No. 19 ranked Michigan is installed at BetUS.com as a 10 1/2-chalk road favorite at Indiania and Northwestern is giving -5 1/2 at Minnesota.
No. 2 Ohio State will not be overlooking unranked Illinois as they travel to play the Fighting Illini as 18-point road favorites. The last time these teams met in Champaigne-Urbana, it was Illinois pulling off a big upset.
Boston College will host Notre Dame at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Mass., in an ESPN televised game (8 pm). Both teams will be looking to rebound after crushing home losses. BetUS.com oddsmakers like the Irish by -2 1/2.
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