College Football Week 2 Odds, Underdog Betting Angles, and Picks



Ross Benjamin has 3 strong college football underdog betting angles which are applicable to games being played on Saturday.

Vanderbilt Commodores @ Purdue Boilermakers.12:00 PM ET
Game# 313-314

The college football betting odds at 5Dimes currently has Vanderbilt as a 7.0-point road underdog.

Vanderbilt is coming off a season opening 30-6 home loss to Georgia last week. The Commodores failed to cover that contest as a 22.5-point underdog.

Vanderbilt free playPurdue opened their season with a gut wrenching 34-31 loss at Nevada last Friday night in which they squandered a 14 point 4th quarter lead. The Boilermakers were a sizable 11.0-point favorite in that contest.

Any college football away underdog of 8.0 or less (Vanderbilt) that’s coming off a loss by 10 or greater in which allowed 30 or more points, and they failed cover that contest as a home underdog, versus an opponent (Purdue) coming off an away favorite straight up loss in which they gave up 40 points or fewer, resulted in those away underdogs going 15-1 ATS (93.8%) since 1990.

Pick: Vanderbilt +7.0


Wyoming Cowboys @ Texas State Bobcats 7:00 PM ET
Game# 353-354

Bovada is presently showing Texas State as a 7.0-point home underdog in this non-conference affair.

Texas State Wyoming free pickWyoming is coming off a 37-31 upset win over Missouri last Saturday. The Cowboys were a substantial 15.5-point home underdog against their SEC opponent.

Texas State began their 2019 campaign with a 41-7 loss at nationally ranked Texas A&M.

Any college football home underdog of 7.5 or less (Texas State) who scored 20 points or fewer in their previous contest, and they’re facing a team (Wyoming) coming off a home underdog of 10.5 or greater straight up win, resulted in those home underdogs going 14-0 ATS since 1981. Furthermore, those home underdogs won each of those 14 contests straight up and did so by a decisive margin of 15.4 points per game.

Pick: Texas State +7.0

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Western Kentucky Hilltoppers @ FIU Golden Panthers 7:00 PM ET
Game# 361-362

At the time of this writing, Bookmaker has Western Kentucky as an 8.5-point road underdog.

Western Kentucky is coming off an unexpected 35-28 loss to Central Arkansas. That’s a Central Arkansas team that plays at the FCS level. Nonetheless, the Hilltoppers were knocked off as a 10.0-point home favorite.

FIU opener their season a week ago this past Thursday by getting hammered at Tulane 42-14. The Golden Panthers were only a short 3.0-point underdog in that contest.

Any college football away underdog of 2.0 to 9.0-points (Western Kentucky) that’s coming off a home favorite straight up loss in which they failed to cover by 19.0-points or less, and they’re playing in games 2 through 7 of its season, versus an opponent (FIU) coming off an ATS loss as an underdog, resulted in those away underdogs going 18-1 ATS (64.7%) since 2000. Those road dogs also won 15 of those 19 games straight up.

Pick: Western Kentucky +8.5

These trio of compelling betting angles were instrumental in making these trio of college football week 2 underdog picks. Get more insights on these games and find NFL winners on the OSGA YouTube channel.

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