Week 1 NCAA Football Betting
The college football schedule gets underway this week while the National Football League's preseason slate comes to an end. As well, Major League Baseball heads into its final month of action before the playoffs, the U.S. Open gets underway for tennis bettors in Flushing Meadows, and PGA Tour stages its second FedExCup tournament.
The gridiron offers up Week 1 college football betting action this week, with No. 9 South Carolina taking on Vanderbilt as a 7-point favorite to get things going on Thursday. Friday then features a marquee matchup as No. 24 Boise State takes on No. 13 Michigan State (-7), plus No. 21 Stanford (-25.5) does battle with San Jose State.
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The game of the week then takes place on Saturday, as No. 2 Alabama takes on No. 8 Michigan at Cowboys Stadium; the Crimson Tide are pegged as 13-point favorites at the sportsbooks for that contest. No. 1 USC (-39.5) hosts Hawaii, No. 3 LSU (-43) gets a visit from North Texas, No. 4 Oklahoma (-30.5) is at UTEP, and No. 5 Oregon rounds out the Top 5 action as they sit as the 35.5-point home favorite against Arkansas State.
The National Football League's exhibition slate wraps up on Wednesday and Thursday this week, with the Giants hosting the Patriots in a Super Bowl rematch on Wednesday night. Thursday's action includes the Jets at Philadelphia, Kansas City at Green Bay, New Orleans at Tennessee, San Diego at San Francisco, and then Denver at Arizona.
On the diamond early this week the top series are the White Sox at Baltimore, Tampa Bay at Texas, and St. Louis at Pittsburgh, with the Dodgers and their new acquisitions on the road in Colorado; Los Angeles added first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and starting pitcher Josh Beckett in a trade with the Red Sox over the weekend, with Beckett scheduled to take the mound on Monday night for his first outing with the team.
On the weekend the White Sox and Tigers will meet in an AL Central clash in Detroit, while the Yankees host the Orioles, and the Cardinals are in Washington. St. Louis and the Nationals haven't met yet this year; the Cards are 3-7 over their past 10 matchups.
The U.S. Open gets underway on Monday in New York, with Novak Djokovic the 3/2 favorite over Roger Federer (5/2) and Andy Murray (4/1) to win the men's draw at the tournament. Juan Martin Del Potro (10/1) and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (28/1) are farther down that list. Over in the women's draw Serena Williams is the 1/1 favorite on the odds to win the U.S. Open, with Maria Sharapova sitting at 6/1 odds to claim the title.
The FedExCup playoffs continue on the PGA Tour this week, with the Deutsche Bank Championship being contested at TPC Boston from Friday to Monday. As well, the Sprint Cup Series offers up NASCAR betting at the AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday, and Formula 1 returns to the track with the Belgium Grand Prix.