The early college football lines and odds are out for Week 5. Where are the values?
Pete Fiutak @PeteFiutak
Here’s the weekly drill … before looking at the opening lines, I take a guess at what they might be. The goal is to see if there might be any massive disparities from the first knee-jerk thoughts – for whatever it might be worth.
College Football Week 5 Lines, September 30
Virginia at Miami
Fiu Early Guess: Virginia -3.5
Actual Line: Miami -3.5
College Football Week 5 Lines, October 1
Houston at Tulsa
Fiu Early Guess: Tulsa -2
Actual Line: Tulsa -3.5
Iowa at Maryland
Fiu Early Guess: Iowa -5.5
Actual Line: Iowa -3.5
BYU at Utah State
Fiu Early Guess: BYU -10.5
Actual Line: BYU -8.5
College Football Week 5 Lines, October 2
Syracuse at Florida State
Fiu Early Guess: Florida State -2
Actual Line: Florida State -4.5
Duke at North Carolina
Fiu Early Guess: North Carolina -17
Actual Line: North Carolina -18
Tulane at East Carolina
Fiu Early Guess: East Carolina -4
Actual Line: Tulane -3
Boston College at Clemson
Fiu Early Guess: Clemson -8
Actual Line: Clemson -15
Minnesota at Purdue
Fiu Early Guess: Purdue -3.5
Actual Line: Purdue -2
Pitt at Georgia Tech
Fiu Early Guess: Pitt -5
Actual Line: Pitt 3.5
Louisiana Tech at NC State
Fiu Early Guess: NC State -18
Actual Line: NC State -19.5
Appalachian State at Georgia State
Fiu Early Guess: Appalachian State -8
Actual Line: Appalachian State -10
Troy at South Carolina
Fiu Early Guess: South Carolina -13
Actual Line: South Carolina -7
Army at Ball State
Fiu Early Guess: Army -13
Actual Line: Army -4.5
Indiana at Penn State
Fiu Early Guess: Penn State -8.5
Actual Line: Penn State -11.5
Memphis at Temple
Fiu Early Guess: Memphis -11
Actual Line: Memphis -11
Kansas at Iowa State
Fiu Early Guess: Iowa State -29
Actual Line: Iowa State -33
Toledo at UMass
Fiu Early Guess: Toledo -23.5
Actual Line: Toledo -26
Charlotte at Illinois
Fiu Early Guess: Illinois -15
Actual Line: Illinois -9
Louisville at Wake Forest
Fiu Early Guess: Wake Forest -9
Actual Line: Wake Forest -7
Western Michigan at Buffalo
Fiu Early Guess: Western Michigan -4
Actual Line: Western Michigan -6.5
Ohio State at Rutgers
Fiu Early Guess: Ohio State -15
Actual Line: Ohio State -16
NEXT: More College Football Early Week 5 Line Predictions, Oct. 2
College Football Week 5 Lines: October 2
ULM at Coastal Carolina
Fiu Early Guess: Coastal Carolina -33
Actual Line: Coastal Carolina -34.5
Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois
Fiu Early Guess: Northern Illinois -3
Actual Line: Northern Illinois -2
Nevada at Boise State
Fiu Early Guess: Boise State -5
Actual Line: Boise State -6
Air Force at New Mexico
Fiu Early Guess: Air Force -11.5
Actual Line: Air Force -10.5
USC at Colorado
Fiu Early Guess: USC -8
Actual Line: USC -7
Cincinnati at Notre Dame
Fiu Early Guess: Notre Dame -3.5
Actual Line: Cincinnati -2.5
New Mexico State at San Jose State
Fiu Early Guess: San Jose State -25
Actual Line: San Jose State -27.5
Washington at Oregon State
Fiu Early Guess: Oregon State -5
Actual Line: Washington -3
Washington State at Cal
Fiu Early Guess: Cal -6
Actual Line: Cal -7.5
Oregon at Stanford
Fiu Early Guess: Oregon -8.5
Actual Line: Oregon -7
Central Michigan at Miami University
Fiu Early Guess: Central Michigan -4
Actual Line: Miami University -1
Bowling Green at Kent State
Fiu Early Guess: Kent State -15
Actual Line: Kent State -16.5
Ole Miss at Alabama
Fiu Early Guess: Alabama -13
Actual Line: Alabama -15.5
UCF at Navy
Fiu Early Guess: UCF -19
Actual Line: UCF -15.5
USF at SMU
Fiu Early Guess: SMU -20
Actual Line: SMU -20
Baylor at Oklahoma State
Fiu Early Guess: Oklahoma State -6
Actual Line: Oklahoma State -4
Arkansas at Georgia
Fiu Early Guess: Georgia -13
Actual Line: Georgia -19
Ohio at Akron
Fiu Early Guess: Akron -2
Actual Line: Ohio -9
NEXT: More College Football Early Week 5 Line Predictions, October 2
College Football Week 5 Lines: October 2
Tennessee at Missouri
Fiu Early Guess: Missouri -5
Actual Line: Missouri -3.5
Texas at TCU
Fiu Early Guess: Texas -8
Actual Line: Texas -4
Florida at Kentucky
Fiu Early Guess: Florida -8
Actual Line: Florida -8
Oklahoma at Kansas State
Fiu Early Guess: Oklahoma -13
Actual Line: Oklahoma -10.5
FIU at Florida Atlantic
Fiu Early Guess: Florida Atlantic -11
Actual Line: Florida Atlantic -10.5
UConn at Vanderbilt
Fiu Early Guess: Vanderbilt -20
Actual Line: Vanderbilt -14
Texas Tech at West Virginia
Fiu Early Guess: West Virginia -7.5
Actual Line: West Virginia -7.5
Auburn at LSU
Fiu Early Guess: LSU -4.5
Actual Line: LSU -4
Michigan at Wisconsin
Fiu Early Guess: Michigan -6
Actual Line: Wisconsin -1
Mississippi State at Texas A&M
Fiu Early Guess: Texas A&M -8.5
Actual Line: Texas A&M -9.5
Arkansas State at Georgia Southern
Fiu Early Guess: Arkansas State -4
Actual Line: Georgia Southern -2.5
UNLV at UTSA
Fiu Early Guess: UTSA -21
Actual Line: UTSA -20
Southern Miss at Rice
Fiu Early Guess: Rice -3
Actual Line: Rice -3
Louisiana at South Alabama
Fiu Early Guess: Louisiana -7.5
Actual Line: Louisiana -10.5
Liberty at UAB
Fiu Early Guess: UAB -3
Actual Line: UAB -1.5
Marshall at Middle Tennessee
Fiu Early Guess: Marshall -6
Actual Line: Marshall -10
Northwestern at Nebraska
Fiu Early Guess: Nebraska -12
Actual Line: Nebraska -10
WKU at Michigan State
Fiu Early Guess: Michigan State -12.5
Actual Line: Michigan State -10
Old Dominion at UTEP
Fiu Early Guess: UTEP -3
Actual Line: UTEP -4.5
Arizona State at UCLA
Fiu Early Guess: UCLA -5
Actual Line: UCLA -3.5
Fresno State at Hawaii
Fiu Early Guess: Fresno State -9.5
Actual Line: Fresno State -10.5
