College Football Week 3 Betting Trends: Alabama vs. Wisconsin | Betting

Bruce Marshall is a handicapper for CBS Sportsline. He provides the review-journal with college football notes and trends.

Friday

UNLV at Kansas (-7, 58): A repeat of Kansas' win and victory in last season's Guaranteed Rate Bowl. UNLV started this season 2-0 against the spread and is 12-4 ATS under coach Barry Odom. The Rebels are 6-2 ATS as an underdog and 7-0 ATS on the road during that span. The Jayhawks are 0-2 ATS to start this season and 1-4 ATS in the regular season against non-Big 12 teams over the last two years. Edge: UNLV.

Arizona at Kansas State (-7, 59½): Arizona is 0-2 ATS under new coach Brent Brennan, but was 6-0 ATS as an underdog last season. Kansas State is also 0-2 ATS this season, but was 6-1 ATS at home last year. Edge: Easy to Arizona.

Saturday

Oklahoma State (-19, 62½) at Tulsa: The Cowboys have a 10-5 ATS road streak, while the Golden Hurricane have a 1-6 ATS home losing streak. Oklahoma State also has an 8-3 overrun. Edge: Oklahoma State and more.

Alabama (-16½, 49½) at Wisconsin: Badgers coach Luke Fickell has a 9-18 ATS losing streak in Cincinnati and Wisconsin overall, including 2-6-1 ATS at home since last season. The Crimson Tide have a 13-4-1 overrun streak. Edge: Alabama and beyond.

LSU (-7, 48½) at South Carolina: The Tigers are 0-2 ATS this season, but were 16-10 ATS in the previous two seasons. The Gamecocks were 2-5 as an underdog last season. LSU has an overrun of 20-3. Edge: Above.

Boston College at Missouri (-16½, 54): Boston College is 2-0 ATS this season under new coach Bill O'Brien and 5-2 ATS on the road since last season. Missouri was 0-3 ATS last year and scored in double figures. Edge: ^ “Boston College: The Best of Boston College”.

Oregon (-16, 50) at Oregon State: The home team has won and covered the last four games in the Civil War. Oregon State was on a 17-8-1 ATS run as an underdog before going 0-2 in that role last season. Oregon didn't even come close to covering in its first two games this season, although the Ducks were 4-0-1 ATS on the road last season. Edge: Slight plus for Oregon State.

Ball State at Miami (Florida) (-37, 55½): Ball State is on a 7-0 ATS run, although it was 0-1-1 ATS last season against Kentucky and Georgia of the SEC. Miami is on a 5-0 over run. Edge: Over and slightly to Ball State.

Tulane at Oklahoma (-13½, 46½): The Green Wave are 2-0 ATS for new coach Jon Sumrall, who has a personal ATS streak of 20-9 since his time at Troy, including 8-1 as an underdog. The Sooners have a 3-6 ATS losing streak. Edge: Tulane.

Notre Dame (-10, 45½) at Purdue: Despite last week's disastrous loss to Northern Illinois, the Fighting Irish have a 10-4-1 ATS streak and a 6-2 ATS streak on the road. Notre Dame also won and closed out all three of its games following a loss last season. Edge: Notre-Dame.

Utah (-20, 45) at Utah State: These same-state rivals haven't met since 2015. Utah is the favorite at 12-8-1 ATS while the Aggies have a 4-9 ATS losing streak. Utah has a 10-5 under streak and Utah State has been outscored in its first two games to start this season. Edge: Utah and below.

Ole Miss (-23½, 64) at Wake Forest: The Rebels opened this season with two blowout wins and are on a 6-1 ATS run against non-SEC opponents. Ole Miss, the favorite, is also on a 7-2-2 ATS run and 6-2-1 double-digit wins. The Demon Deacons are on a 4-11 ATS run. Edge: ^ “Ole Miss”.

Kent State at Tennessee (-49, 63): Polar opposites. Kent State has a 0-2 ATS record this season, including a loss to St. Francis (Pennsylvania). The Golden Flashes have a 3-10-1 ATS record, including 1-6-1 on the road, 2-9-1 as an underdog and 2-7 with double-digit scores. The Volunteers won their first two games by a combined total of 120-13 and have a 9-4 ATS record as favorites. Tennessee also has a 6-3 over record. Edge: Tennessee and slightly to over.