College Football Point Spreads 2011 Week 1: With the first Saturday of the 2011 college football season about ready to kick off, let's do a quick rundown of the College Point Spreads Week 1 posted at online sportsbook JustBet.cx. Starting with the early games; Northwestern is an undervalued team playing Boston College at Chestnut Hill The Eagles are giving -5 as favorites while the Wildcats are getting +170 moneyline underdog odds with a 44.5 total. Also kicking off at Noon ET is Auburn and Utah State. The Tigers are favored by -24 with a 56.5 total. The Tigers will roll in this one.
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ther Noon ET games; Ohio State is home hosting Akron giving -31 1/2. This game is also televised on ESPN2. Mizzou is a 19 1/2 chalk favorite hosting Miami (Ohio) on FSN and Alabama should slay Kent State easily as a 39 1/2 point favorite.
South Florida visiting Notre Dame is an interesting matchup. Coaching USF is Notre Dame alum Chip Holtz. If the name sounds familiar you are probably guessing right. Holtz is the son of legendary coach Lou Holtz who won a National Championship at Notre Dame. USF is coming to Notre Dame Stadium as a +10 point underdog with a 47 total. The game kicks off at 3:40 PM ET and will be televised on NBC.
ESPN will televise Ole Miss and BYU from Oxford, Miss., at 4:45 pm ET. The Rebels are a home underdog in this one giving +2 to the Cougars. It will be interesting to see how BYU fares on the road against lower level SEC opposition. The posted total for this one is 55.5.
The night schedule is loaded with two blockbuster games played on off campus sites. No. 5 Boise State tees it up at 8pm ET at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta against No. 19 Georgia Bulldogs. The Dogs are getting +3 in this one. The public has driven this line down from its -6 opening.
The days feature game is a top five heavyweight matchup between No. 3 Oregon and No. 4 LSU at Cowboys stadium in Arlington, Texas. The Ducks are favored by -3 1/2.
College Football Point Spreads 2011 Week 1:
odds provided by justbet.cx
Saturday
Utah State @ Auburn -23
Akron @ Ohio State -34
Miami-Ohio @ Mizzou -20 1/2
Kent State @ Alabama -38
UCLA @ Houston -3
West Mich @ Michigan -13 1/2
Minnesota @ USC -24
BYU @ Ole Miss +3
San Jose @ Stanford -30
Colorado State @ New Mex +6
Buffalo @ Pitt -30 1/2
South Carolina -20 vs. East Carolina (@ Charlotte)
Fresno St. @ Cal -20
Army @ North Ill – 10 1/2
Rice @ Texas -24 1/2
Indiana @ Ball St + 6 1/2
Tulsa @ Oklahoma -24 1/2
Ohio @ NM State +7
Boise vs. Georgia (@ Atlanta) +3 1/2
La Tech @ Southern Miss -12 1/2
Colorado @ Hawaii -7
Ark State @ Illinois -21
Troy @ Clemson -16 1/2
UL Laffy @ Okla State -37
Sunday
Marshall @ West Virginia -23
SMU @ Texas A&M -15 1/2
