Editor’s Note: Since publish, the Wake Forest vs. Duke spread has moved six points, while the over/under has moved 3.5 points. Check out our live college football odds page for up-to-date NCAAF odds.
Temperatures may be dropping across the country, but the sports calendar is heating up!
… yeah, I’m not thrilled with that sentence above, either. But, I couldn’t help myself.
Still, NFL and college football are rolling; NBA and NHL are underway; and college basketball is just four days away from its season starting.
With more games on tap, there are more opportunities to find betting value and that is clearly the case on Thursday night.
The majority of bettors will gravitate to Titans vs. Steelers, though it’s important to note that there are also two savvy college football predictions for Thursday’s slate.
College Football Predictions for Thursday
*College football odds as of Wednesday afternoon
TCU vs. Texas Tech
7 p.m. ET · Fox Sports 1
If you’re a fan of points, then TCU vs. Texas Tech may be for you.
This total opened at 57.5 four days ago, but sharps have steamed the over three times since, driving this line up to 59.5 as of the time of writing.
Steam refers to sudden, uniform line movement across the market that is often the result of bettors with the resources and respect to move odds getting down on the same wager at multiple sportsbooks, all at once.
PRO Report Prediction: Over 59.5
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Wake Forest vs. Duke
7:30 p.m. ET · ESPN
Wake Forest matches not one, not two, but three PRO Betting Systems for tonight’s matchup with Duke.
You can click on the following links to see the specific details of these strategies, but the Demon Deacons fit our Scoring Streak Fade, Road Dogs Low Totals and Conference Matchup Heavily Bet systems that have produced records of 306-208-8 (60%) against-the-spread (ATS), 445-305-15 (59%) ATS and 305-229-11 (57%) ATS, respectively, since 2005.
Sixty-two percent of spread tickets are laying the points with Duke, but the value, at least historically, appears to be with Wake Forest.
PRO Report Prediction: Wake Forest +12.5