College football betting preview for Week 2, including why there are handful of teams overvalued following strong Week 1 matchups.
With one week in the books, let's try and take stock of what we saw in Week 1 and focus on how to profit in Week 2.
If Michigan can control the line of scrimmage at home, this game is going to be far from the easy outing this is being lined as for Texas. Last season, Kansas State throttled now-Tulane coach John Sumrall’s Troy team 42-13, can the Wildcats shut down his new team yet again? The Irish return home to face Northern Illinois ahead of a road trip to Purdue for a rivalry matchup. Will the team show anything, or just focus on getting healthy after a taxing affair in College Station and get out with a win?
However, there are plenty of questions for the Cyclones heading into the Cy-Hawk Game, including injuries to a handful of linebackers and stud running back Abu Sama left the North Dakota game with an injury. Jacksonville State’s defensive coordinator Zach Alley taking the same job at Oklahoma was a concerning sign for the team heading into 2024, and it looked like it on Thursday. The Gamecocks lost 55-27 at home to Coastal Carolina.
Middle Tennessee needed a last-minute drive to knock off FCS foe, Tennessee Tech. This could be a long afternoon for the Blue Raiders against a team that is incentivized to run up the score.Alabama won 63-0 against South Florida, but I’m still interested to see how this passing game evolves around Jalen Milroe. Freshman Ryan Williams caught two touchdowns from Milroe, but the QB only attempted nine passes.
The Bulls allowed Lafayette to put up a 41st-percentile passing game in terms of EPA/Dropback relative to all games last season, per GameonPaper, so this can be a big outing for Burden after just four catches in the first game. I’ll be eyeing his receiving yards props in this one.The Jayhawks won 34-23 while racking up 539 yards to the Fighting Illini’s 341 yards, which started a down year for Illinois.
After losing a top-five pick in Devon Witherspoon and its defensive coordinator Ryan Walters to Purdue, the Fighting Illini defense should be better this season. The Wolfpack have a fantastic defensive scheme under Tony Gibson, but the 3-3-5 is still looking for a true replacement for now NFL linebacker Peyton Wilson and will be down its starting safety Devon Boykin.
Houston, though, seems to be in for a long season after losing 27-7 to UNLV on its home field. The Cougars' offense allowed eight tackles for loss and averaged less than five yards per play. Against a team with explosive weapons and a big-armed quarterback with Jackson Arnold, this should be a rout for the Sooners.It was an ugly effort from Cade Klubnik and the Clemson offense, but I’m not hitting panic just yet on the 2024 Tigers.
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