{"id":311354,"date":"2024-11-25T15:34:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T20:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=311354"},"modified":"2024-11-25T16:25:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T21:25:56","slug":"college-football-betting-guide-week-14-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/college-football-betting-guide-week-14-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"College football Week 14 betting guide: Players to watch, key trends and best NCAAF matchups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The final week of college football&#8217;s regular season is here, and the best action runs from U.S. Thanksgiving through Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The latest:<\/strong> Most of the College Football Playoff spots in the new 12-team system are still up for grabs, which adds an extra layer of intrigue to a slate loaded with rivalry games. From the Egg Bowl and The Game, to the Iron Bowl and Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate, there are plenty of important matchups on deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our college football Week 14 betting guide to get ready for this weekend\u2019s action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">College football betting guide: Week 14<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Three of the top-10 teams from last week&#8217;s CFP rankings went down in Week 13, causing quite a shakeup to the latest playoff picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two teams that seem perfectly safe are the No. 1 Oregon Ducks and the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both squads are massive favourites in their annual rivalry games this weekend against Washington and Michigan, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington and Michigan were last year&#8217;s national championship finalists, but extensive roster turnover has taken the teeth out of both teams. Still, anything goes in a rivalry game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"insights\"><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/american_football\">NCAA football betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key college football matchups<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oregon State Beavers vs. No. 11 Boise State Broncos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:101484\">Embed: #101484<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This game is all about Ashton Jeanty, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/event\/1020502109\">Heisman odds<\/a> are on the line. Jeanty&#8217;s 11-game numbers are insane: 2,164 scrimmage yards, 28 total touchdowns, 7.5 yards per rush.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Three other running backs have won the Heisman since 2000 (Reggie Bush, Mark Ingram and Derrick Henry), and none of them had more than 2,100 scrimmage yards or 23 TDs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Boise also controls its playoff destiny. Wins on Black Friday and in the Mountain West championship game would likely put the Broncos in the No. 4 spot of the College Football Playoff bracket.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Oregon State&#8217;s defence ranks 100th in points allowed (29.5\/game) and 102nd in rush yards allowed (178.2\/game).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. No. 6 Georgia Bulldogs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:101492\">Embed: #101492<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This should be a blowout, but annual rivalry games can get hairy. And Georgia Tech already has one notable upset on its ledger this year, knocking off then-No. 4 Miami.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Georgia is 6-0 against Georgia Tech since 2017, but the Yellow Jackets have covered the spread in back-to-back seasons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This year, UGA is only 3-8 ATS &#8230; including a 1-6 ATS record when favoured by 10 or more points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No. 16 South Carolina Gamecocks vs. No. 12 Clemson Tigers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:101489\">Embed: #101489<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Clemson (9-2) needs help elsewhere to get into the ACC championship game, but a quality win over the Gamecocks would still go a long way to get the Tigers into the CFP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>South Carolina (8-3), likewise, would put some pressure on the playoff committee with a win. The Gamecocks are 4-1 ATS as underdogs this year. Their only losses came against three teams ranked inside the top 20 at the time of the game (LSU, Ole Miss, Alabama).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kansas State Wildcats vs. No. 17 Iowa State Cyclones<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:101483\">Embed: #101483<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Big 12 is a mess right now, as the conference has identified 256 tiebreaker scenarios that could be in play depending on how this weekend&#8217;s action goes. Iowa State (6-2 conference record) is almost certainly through to the title game with a win, but even that isn&#8217;t guaranteed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Iowa State is 1-4 ATS in its past five games, losing two of those matchups straight up as the favourite. But the Cyclones are on a four-game ATS win streak against the Wildcats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kansas State (5-3 conference record) lost at Houston earlier this month as a 13-point favourite. By comparison, Iowa State beat Houston, 20-0. Then again, K-State beat Kansas last month while ISU lost to Kansas, 45-36, three weeks ago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No. 3 Texas Longhorns vs. No. 20 Texas A&amp;M Aggies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:101482\">Embed: #101482<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Texas A&amp;M soiled its playoff chances with a loss against unranked Auburn last week. The Aggies are 1-4 ATS in their past five games (all as favourites), losing two of those matchups straight up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Texas suffered an ugly loss to Georgia last month but has otherwise handled its business in a watered-down SEC schedule. The Longhorns&#8217; matchup against Georgia was their only game against a top-25 school based on the latest AP poll.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saturday&#8217;s matchup renews an old rivalry between Texas and Texas A&amp;M from their days together in the Big 12. The game was played every year from 1915 through 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On the injury front, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers is questionable with an ankle injury. He has multiple TD passes in five straight games. Meanwhile, Texas A&amp;M tailback Le&#8217;Veon Moss (6.3 yards\/rush, 10 TDs) is out with a leg injury.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">College football betting guide: Players to watch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WR Cayden Lee (Ole Miss):<\/strong> Mississippi&#8217;s top receiving target, Tre Harris, has missed three-plus games with a hamstring injury this year. And when Harris is out, the Rebels&#8217; explosive passing offence tends to run through Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Oct. 12 through last week, a period in which Harris missed all or part of Ole Miss&#8217; five games, Lee had 28 catches for 493 yards. In six games before that, Lee had just 18 catches for 297 yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mississippi State ranks 127th in total defence, so this should be a matchup for Lee and others to take advantage of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/OleMissFB\/status\/1860385591424352747\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RB TreVeyon Henderson (Ohio State):<\/strong> Henderson has been an efficient running back all year, averaging 7.4 yards per carry. But now his receiving work is ticking up, too, and he looks like the primary goal-line back for the Buckeyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henderson has rushed for 227 yards and two TDs over the past three games (8.7 YPC), adding in eight catches for 67 yards. He&#8217;d only had nine catches over the previous eight games combined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michigan is known for a stout run defence (3.1 YPC allowed), but the Buckeyes should find ways to get the ball into Henderson&#8217;s hands \u2014 especially if the game turns into a laugher, as the spread (Ohio State -20.5) indicates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/event\/1020369681\">NCAAF national championship odds<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Betting trends<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Iron Bowl between Alabama and Auburn has featured plenty of offensive fireworks in recent seasons. Overs are 4-2 in their past six meetings, averaging 65.7 points per game. Alabama has averaged 43.2 PPG in six home games this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Should the No. 8 Miami Hurricanes be on upset watch again? Miami has multiple one-score wins as a double-digit favourite this year, and it lost outright as a 9.5-point favourite the last time it played on the road. Syracuse, meanwhile, has four straight-up wins as an underdog this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Houston vs. BYU matchup is a real battle of scoring styles. Unders are 10-1 in Houston games this year, but overs are 8-3 in BYU games. Eight of the Cougars&#8217; 11 games have finished under Saturday&#8217;s projected total (41.5 points).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final week of college football&#8217;s regular season is here, and the best action runs from U.S. Thanksgiving through Saturday night. 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