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Know Your Line: College Football Odds for Week 4, 2017

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September 20, 2017
Know Your Line: College Football Odds for Week 4, 2017

After this Saturday, the baby that was the 2017 college football season will already be a month old

[Sniff sniff] They grow up so fast!

RELATED: Know Your Line: NFL Odds for Week 3, 2017

One of the nice things about the maturation of the season is that we can start to see trends developing. Conference play is starting to get into full swing as well, and if ever there's something I like to bet on it's the historical trends between conference mates. (More on that later in the season.)

Before looking at the week four point spreads, let's quickly take a gander at my predictions from last weekend.

The good: I told you San Jose State looked exhausted having already played an extra game and been beaten up by Texas 56-0 the week before. Sure enough, the injuries mounted in Salt Lake City as Utah easily covered the -27 with a 54-16 win.

The bad: Coastal Carolina couldn't overcome a slow first half in losing to UAB 30-23 as a 1.5-point favorite.

The ugly: The spread was Army plus 30. The Black Knights lost to Ohio State 38-7. Sports betting is a cruel beast sometimes.

Let's move onward and look at the college football odds for week four.

[All spreads are courtesy of Sportsbook.ag. Lines fluctuate as bets are made, so check out their website for up-to-the-minute odds.]

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Utah -3.5 at Arizona

The Rich Rod hot seat is going to be scorching after this contest against the Utes on Friday night. I don't care that the Wildcats are 11th in the country at 47-points-per game. Rolling it up on Northern Arizona and UTEP doesn't mean much when that's sandwiched in-between a 19-16 home loss to Houston.

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Alabama -19 at Vanderbilt

You remember our Bama theory, right?

Alabama tends to cover in big showdowns (week 1 versus Florida State) only to come back home and not cover against far inferior opponents (Fresno State week 2, Colorado State week 3). So far my theory is a perfect 3 for 3 this year.

I look to make it four in a row in a game I think will be close in the first half due to an insanely energized 3-0 Vanderbilt team and home crowd, only to watch the Crimson Tide's defense and special teams take the game over in the final two quarters as it so often does.

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Utah State -3 at San Jose State

Utah State was truly awful last week against Wake Forest in a 46-10 blowout, but the Spartans might be the most banged up team in the entire country.

Take the Aggies to win by seven as there's no way starting QB Kent Myers can have a repeat performance like last Saturday's 9 of 23 outing for just 54 yards and a pick.

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Purdue Plus 10 vs. Michigan

I like Purdue to do to Michigan what Iowa did to the then-fourth ranked Wolverines last year.

How's that for the most non-analytal, non-quantitative college football pick of the week?

 

Last time Iowa held a primetime game, they upset , top-4 Michigan last year. Will there be a repeat performance? #4 Penn State (3-0) at Iowa (3-0) 7:30 ET | 27-20 PSU

A post shared by Tailgate Season® (@thetailgateseason) on Sep 20, 2017 at 11:15am PDT

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Houston vs. Texas Tech Over 71.5

Trends on trends on trends.

That's what I base 90% of my college football picks on, and last week it paid big-time dividends when the Red Raiders (a scoring machine with a porous defense the past few years) hit the over with the Sun Devils before the fourth quarter even began.

Let's ride the hot hand with Houston on the other side of the ball this time.

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Hawaii Plus 6.5 at Wyoming

I have a confession to make: I bought into the preseason Josh Allen hype.

Actually, to be fair, Allen just isn't surrounded by a ton of talent at Wyoming right now and Hawaii is already 2-1 against the spread.

Ride the Rainbows.

Side note: Did you have any idea these teams play for something called the Paniolo Trophy?

Game notes: The Pokes and Rainbow Warriors will play for the Paniolo Trophy. https://t.co/onqIrH9WKb #OneWyoming #GoWyo

— Wyoming Cowboy FB (@wyo_football) September 20, 2017

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ALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL ODDS FOR WEEK 4

Thursday, September 21

South Florida -21 vs. Temple

Friday, September 22

Boise State -12 vs. Virginia

Utah -3.5 at Arizona

Saturday, September 23

Florida State -13 vs. NC State

Tennessee -28 vs. UMass

West Virginia -22.5 at Kansas

Louisville -44 vs. Kent State

Ohio State -40.5 vs. UNLV

Houston -6.5 vs. Texas Tech

Tulane -2.5 vs. Army

Texas A&M -2.5 vs. Arkansas in Arlington, TX

Georgia Tech -8 vs. Pittsburgh

Tulsa -9.5 vs. New Mexico

Eastern Michigan -2.5 vs. Ohio

Virginia Tech -28 vs. Old Dominion

South Alabama -3.5 vs. Idaho

Maryland -3.5 vs. Central Florida

Wake Forest -4 at Appalachian State

Duke -2.5 at North Carolina

Clemson -34.5 vs. Boston College

South Carolina -8.5 vs. Louisiana Tech

Central Michigan -2 vs. Miami (OH)

Indiana -24 vs. Georgia Southern

Nebraska -12 vs. Rutgers

Miami (FL) -13.5 vs. Toledo

Navy -11.5 vs. Cincinnati

Alabama -19.5 at Vanderbilt

Oklahoma State -14 vs. TCU

USC -16.5 at California

Michigan -10 at Purdue

UL Lafayette -6.5 vs. UL Monroe

Charlotte Even vs. Georgia State

Troy -15.5 vs. Akron

Washington State -28 vs. Nevada

North Texas -11 vs. UAB

Oklahoma -28 vs. Baylor

Georgia -5 vs. Mississippi State

Buffalo -3 vs. Florida Atlantic

LSU -21.5 vs. Syracuse

SMU -5.5 vs. Arkansas State

Western Kentucky -7.5 vs. Ball State

San Diego State -3.5 at Air Force

Penn State -12.5 at Iowa

Florida -2.5 at Kentucky

Auburn -19.5 at Missouri

UT San Antonio -14 at Texas State

Rice vs. FIU (No Line)

Utah State -3 at San Jose State

New Mexico State -18 vs. UTEP

Notre Dame -14 vs. Michigan State

Washington -10.5 at Colorado

Oregon -15 at Arizona State

Wyoming -6.5 vs. Hawaii

Stanford -7.5 vs. UCLA

Sunday, September 24

Connecticut -4.5 vs. East Carolina

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