Special to Outkick The Coverage from OddsShark.com
The Michigan State Spartans have covered the spread in each of their last seven games against the rival Michigan Wolverines, but they're 0-6 against the spread so far this season and 7-point betting underdogs on the road at Michigan in this week's opening college football odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
The Alabama Crimson Tide have also had issues covering the spread lately, as they're 1-4 ATS in their last five games. Alabama opened as a 3-point road favorite for this week against Texas A&M, which has covered the spread in just two of its last eight home games.
Top-ranked Ohio State opened as a 17.5-point home favorite against Penn State for Week 7 at the sportsbooks, while Notre Dame opened as a 3-point home favorite against USC. Stanford opened as a 5-point home favorite against UCLA with those Pac-12 schools meeting on Thursday night. The Cardinal are 7-0 SU and 6-1 ATS in their last seven games against the Bruins.
Florida State opened as a 9-point home favorite against Louisville, and Baylor an 18-point home favorite against West Virginia on the opening Week 7 betting lines. LSU opened as a 6.5-point home favorite against Florida, with the Tigers posting marks of 4-1 both SU and ATS in their last five games against the Gators.
Check out the rest of the opening college football odds for the week. For live odds and matchup reports on every game every day, head over to the OddsShark.com college football betting section.
Arkansas State at South Alabama +6 TUE
Auburn at Kentucky +1 THU
Western Kentucky at North Texas +26.5 THU
UCLA at Stanford -5 THU
Cincinnati at BYU -7 FRI
Boise State at Utah State +8.5 FRI
Houston at Tulane +16 FRI
UNLV at Fresno State EVEN FRI
UCF at Temple -18
Florida Intl at Middle Tennessee -7
Oregon State at Washington State -8
Texas Tech at Kansas +27
Arizona at Colorado +7
Ole Miss at Memphis +10.5
Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State -15.5
Louisville at Florida State -9
West Virginia at Baylor -18
Iowa at Northwestern +2.5
Purdue at Wisconsin -20.5
Marshall at Florida Atlantic +6.5
South Florida at Connecticut -1.5
Tulsa at East Carolina -11
Western Michigan at Ohio -4
Eastern Michigan at Toledo -28
Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech -3
Buffalo at Central Michigan -7
Northern Illinois at Miami-Ohio +15.5
Akron at Bowling Green -11.5
Georgia State at Ball State -16.5
Kent State at Massachusetts -5
Air Force at Colorado State EVEN
Idaho at Troy -12.5
Virginia Tech at Miami -7
Alabama at Texas A&M +3
Syracuse at Virginia -8.5
Charlotte at Old Dominion -9.5
Oklahoma at Kansas State +4
Michigan State at Michigan -7
Nebraska at Minnesota +1.5
Vanderbilt at South Carolina -7
Nevada at Wyoming +7
New Mexico State at Georgia Southern -26
Appalachian State at Louisiana Monroe +8.5
Hawaii at New Mexico -3.5
Florida at LSU -6.5
Wake Forest at North Carolina -14
Boston College at Clemson -15.5
TCU at Iowa State +18
Texas San Antonio at Southern Mississippi -7.5
USC at Notre Dame -3
Missouri at Georgia -17
Penn State at Ohio State -17.5
Arizona State at Utah -6.5
Oregon at Washington EVEN
San Diego State at San Jose State -2
