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College Football Odds: Opening Early Lines, Values Week 9

The early college football lines and odds are out for Week 9. Where are the values?


 Pete Fiutak @PeteFiutak

Every week, before looking at the opening lines I take a knee-jerk guess at what they might be. The goal is to see if there might be any massive disparities from the first thoughts – for whatever that might be worth.

With that, the Week 9 opening lines and first guesses …

College Football Week 9 Lines, October 28

Troy at Coastal Carolina
Fiu Early Guess: Coastal Carolina -23
Actual Line: Coastal Carolina -18.5

USF at East Carolina
Fiu Early Guess: East Carolina -11
Actual Line: East Carolina -8

College Football Week 9 Lines, October 29

Navy at Tulsa
Fiu Early Guess: Tulsa -6.5
Actual Line: Tulsa -9.5

UNLV at Nevada
Fiu Early Guess: Nevada -20
Actual Line: Nevada -20.5

College Football Week 9 Lines, October 30

Iowa at Wisconsin
Fiu Early Guess: Wisconsin -2
Actual Line: Wisconsin -3.5

Bowling Green at Buffalo
Fiu Early Guess: Buffalo -10
Actual Line: Buffalo -12.5

Duke at Wake Forest
Fiu Early Guess: Wake Forest -17.5
Actual Line: Wake Forest -15

Michigan at Michigan State
Fiu Early Guess: Michigan -6.5
Actual Line: Michigan -4

Louisville at NC State
Fiu Early Guess: NC State -7.5
Actual Line: NC State -7

Boston College at Syracuse
Fiu Early Guess: Syracuse -5
Actual Line: Syracuse -4.5

Georgia State at Georgia Southern
Fiu Early Guess: Georgia State -6
Actual Line: Georgia State -4.5

Iowa State at West Virginia
Fiu Early Guess: Iowa State -6
Actual Line: Iowa State -7

Indiana at Maryland
Fiu Early Guess: Indiana -1.5
Actual Line: Maryland -2.5

UTEP at Florida Atlantic
Fiu Early Guess: Florida Atlantic -9
Actual Line: Florida Atlantic -11.5

Miami at Pitt
Fiu Early Guess: Pitt -13
Actual Line: Pitt -11.5

Rutgers at Illinois
Fiu Early Guess: Illinois -2.5
Actual Line: PICK

Minnesota at Northwestern
Fiu Early Guess: Minnesota -7.5
Actual Line: Minnesota -8

UCF at Temple
Fiu Early Guess: UCF -5.5
Actual Line: UCF -10.5

Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech
Fiu Early Guess: Georgia Tech -3
Actual Line: Georgia Tech -4

NEXT: More College Football Early Week 9 Line Predictions, October 30

College Football Week 9 Lines: October 30

Florida State at Clemson
Fiu Early Guess: Clemson -6.5
Actual Line: Clemson -10

UMass at Liberty
Fiu Early Guess: Liberty -32
Actual Line: Liberty -36

North Texas at Rice
Fiu Early Guess: Rice -5.5
Actual Line: Rice -2

Hawaii at Utah State
Fiu Early Guess: Utah State -10.5
Actual Line: Utah State -7

Virginia at BYU
Fiu Early Guess: BYU -3.5
Actual Line: BYU -2.5

UCLA at Utah
Fiu Early Guess: UCLA -2.5
Actual Line: Utah -5

Washington State at Arizona State
Fiu Early Guess: Arizona State -16
Actual Line: Arizona State -15

Oregon State at Cal
Fiu Early Guess: Oregon State -5.5
Actual Line: Oregon State -1

Arizona at USC
Fiu Early Guess: USC -20
Actual Line: USC -20

Wyoming at San Jose State
Fiu Early Guess: San Jose State -6.5
Actual Line: San Jose State -3.5

Colorado at Oregon
Fiu Early Guess: Oregon -25
Actual Line: Oregon -27

FIU at Marshall
Fiu Early Guess: Marshall -17.5
Actual Line: Marshall -22

Kansas at Oklahoma State
Fiu Early Guess: Oklahoma State -29
Actual Line: Oklahoma State -30

Louisiana Tech at Old Dominion
Fiu Early Guess: Louisiana Tech -6.5
Actual Line: Louisiana Tech -6

Texas State at Louisiana
Fiu Early Guess: Louisiana -20
Actual Line: Louisiana -20

Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee
Fiu Early Guess: Middle Tennessee -13
Actual Line: Middle Tennessee -15

Purdue at Nebraska
Fiu Early Guess: Nebraska -4.5
Actual Line: Nebraska -6.5

Missouri at Vanderbilt
Fiu Early Guess: Missouri -18
Actual Line: Missouri -17

TCU at Kansas State
Fiu Early Guess: Kansas State -6
Actual Line: Kansas State -2

NEXT: More College Football Early Week 9 Line Predictions, October 30

College Football Week 9 Lines: October 30

Kentucky at Mississippi State
Fiu Early Guess: Kentucky -2.5
Actual Line: Mississippi State -1

Texas Tech at Oklahoma
Fiu Early Guess: Oklahoma -20
Actual Line: Oklahoma -20

Penn State at Ohio State
Fiu Early Guess: Ohio State -13
Actual Line: Ohio State -16

SMU at Houston
Fiu Early Guess: Houston -3
Actual Line: PICK

Texas at Baylor
Fiu Early Guess: Baylor -3.5
Actual Line: Baylor -3

Ole Miss at Auburn
Fiu Early Guess: Auburn -4
Actual Line: Ole Miss -2.5

Georgia vs Florida
Fiu Early Guess: Georgia -10.5
Actual Line: Georgia -14.5

Cincinnati at Tulane
Fiu Early Guess: Cincinnati -23
Actual Line: Cincinnati -25.5

ULM at Appalachian State
Fiu Early Guess: Appalachian State -20
Actual Line: Appalachian State -26

Arkansas State at South Alabama
Fiu Early Guess: South Alabama -5
Actual Line: South Alabama -10.5

Charlotte at WKU
Fiu Early Guess: WKU -10
Actual Line: WKU -20

Boise State at Colorado State
Fiu Early Guess: Boise State -5
Actual Line: Boise State -2.5

North Carolina at Notre Dame
Fiu Early Guess: Notre Dame -5
Actual Line: Notre Dame -3.5

Washington at Stanford
Fiu Early Guess: Stanford -6
Actual Line: Stanford -2

Fresno State at San Diego State
Fiu Early Guess: San Diego State -5.5
Actual Line: PICK

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