The College Football Lines for Week One of the 2008-2009 College Football season have been posted. The first sportsbook to post odds on most events first, is 5dimes.com. Betting action is extremely light at this point, early August, with most line moves so far being in the 1/2 point range, or not moving at all. One significant move was Miami Ohio opening at -1 and moving to -2.5 over Vanderbilt. With the lines being posted a month in advaNCe for week one, it’s best to sit back and wait before betting. So much can happen in a month. The lines can also be easily manipulated right now. It doesn’t take much money to move them and the sharps will do just that to set up the board to where they can step in later at favorable lines.
Week One matchups of interest? How about Utah visiting the Big House to play Michigan? Michigan opened up -5.5 but the light early action is on Utah. Remember what happened last year in week one when Michigan was upset by App State? Think the Wolverines will be ready this year? How about USC visiting Virginia as huge 20.5 point favorites. Seems like a lot of points to me. Perhaps the Game of the week is Alabama at Clemson where that line has the Tigers favored by 6.
Week one ends with the Tennessee Vols visiting the UCLA Bruins and the oddsmakers have the visiting Vols favored by 7. While we mentioned at the top of this page that most of these lines will bouNCe around and it’s best to wait, this Game may be an exception. With UCLA getting a touchdown, playing at home, on a Monday Night with the Nation watching, this line figured to close at less than 7. Can’t see it going higher so if you like UCLA, now might be the time to buy.
Listed below are the Week One College Football Lines
COLLEGE FOOTBALL – Aug 28 COLLEGE FOOTBALL THURSDAY, AUGUST 28TH
127 UTEP +3
128 BUFFALO U -3
129 VANDERBILT +2½
130 MIAMI OHIO -2½
131 NC STATE +11½
132 SOUTH CAROLINA -11½
133 WAKE FOREST -13
134 BAYLOR +13
135 OREGON ST -3½
136 STANFORD +3½
137 TROY -5
138 MIDDLE TENN ST +5
COLLEGE FOOTBALL – Aug 29 COLLEGE FOOTBALL FRIDAY, AUGUST 29TH
145 TEMPLE -5
146 ARMY +5
147 SMU +3
148 RICE -3
COLLEGE FOOTBALL – Aug 30 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SATURDAY, AUGUST 30TH
149 UTAH +4
150 Michigan -4
151 SYRACUSE +12½
152 NORTHWESTERN -12½
153 MEMPHIS +9
154 MISSISSIPPI -9
155 OHIO +10
156 WYOMING -10
157 AKRON +26
158 WISCONSIN -26
159 WEST. Michigan +13½
160 NEBRASKA -13½
161 WASHINGTON U +14
162 OREGON -14
163 TULSA -14
164 UAB +14
165 TCU -6
166 NEW MEXICO +6
167 MISSISSIPPI ST -9½
168 LOUISIANA TECH +9½
PLAYED AT CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM CLEVELAND, OHIO
169 BOS COLLEGE -9
170 KENT +9
PLAYED AT QWEST FIELD SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 12:30 PM
171 OKLAHOMA ST -5
172 WAS ST +5
173 NO ILLINOIS +9½
174 MINNESOTA U -9½
175 BOWLING GREEN +12½
176 PITTSBURGH U -12½
177 HAWAII +32½
178 FLORIDA -32½
PLAYED BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM CHARLOTTE, NC 9:00 AM
179 VIRGINIA TECH -10
180 EAST CAROLINA +10
PLAYED AT EDWARDS JONES DOME ST.LOUIS, MO 5:30 PM
181 ILLINOIS +9
182 Missouri -9
183 Michigan ST +5
184 CALIFORNIA -5
185 USC -20½
186 VIRGINIA +20½
PLAYED AT THE GEORGIA DOME ATLANTA, GEORGIA 5:00 PM
187 ALABAMA +6
188 CLEMSON -6
189 IDAHO +27
190 ARIZONA U -27
191 UTAH ST +12½
192 UNLV -12½
ADDED GameS 9:00 AM
193 WEST. KENTUCKY +20
194 INDIANA -20
195 UL MONROE +26½
196 AUBURN -26½
197 UL LAFAYETTE +12½
198 SO MISSISSIPPI -12½
199 FLA ATLANTIC +23½
200 TEXAS -23½
201 FLA INTL +37½
202 KANSAS -37½
203 ARKANSAS ST +20½
204 TEXAS A&M -20½
205 NORTH TEXAS +23½
206 KANSAS ST -23½
COLLEGE FOOTBALL – Aug 31
207 KENTUCKY +5½
208 LOUISVILLE -5½
Game BEING PLAYED AT INVESCO FIELD DENVER, COLORAD 4:30 PM
209 COLORADO -12
210 COLORADO ST +12
COLLEGE FOOTBALL – Sep 01 COLLEGE FOOTBALL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST1:00 PM
211 FRESNO ST +6
212 RUTGERS -6
5:00 PM 213 TENNESSEE U -7
214 UCLA +7