Alabama, Oklahoma Have Largest Week 1 Spread Moves: One Team Big Time Faded
Alabama and Oklahoma are two of the CFP favorites this year, but in their Week 1 matchups, one team is being heavily faded by bettors while the other is being heavily backed.
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According to SportsBetting.ag, since Week 1 college football spreads were initially posted June 1, there have been 10 spreads that have moved 3 points or more.
The two largest spread movements (4.5 points) come from games involving the Crimson Tide and Sooners. Eight of the 10 games have seen the favorite spread inflate while just two spreads have moved toward the underdog.
Oklahoma was a -22.5 favorite versus Houston. In this game, better than 80% of the spread action was on the Cougars.
Also below are look-ahead spreads for three games in Week 2 (LSU/Texas) as well as spreads for 40 marquee future matchups such as Michigan/Ohio State, Georgia/Florida, Miami/Florida State and Alabama/Auburn.
Current odds
Week 1 spread movements of 3 or more (first spread listed is from June 1):
- Alabama -30.5 to -35 vs Duke (neutral field)
- Oklahoma -26 to -21.5 vs Houston
- Michigan -30 to -33.5 vs MTSU
- Wisconsin -10 to -13.5 at USF
- USC -10 to -13.5 vs Fresno State
- Colorado -10 to -13.5 vs Colorado State
- NC State -20 to -16.5 vs East Carolina
- Nebraska -32.5 to -35.5 vs South Alabama
- Virginia Tech -2 to -5 at Boston College
- Missouri -14.5 to -17.5 at Wyoming
