Bowl Game & CFP Opening Lines: Early Odds and Where the Value Is
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The bowl game matchups were just released, people are still screaming about the College Football Playoff games, and … let’s have some fun.
What are the early lines right out of the box for all of these bowl games?
I haven’t done this in a while – first, without looking, I go with what I think the lines will be, and then go in and add what they actually are.
These are going to change. There will be opt-outs, injuries, weather things, coaching changes, a parachute not opening – none of the lines are set in stone.
What’s the point? Not that I know everything, or anything, but if I’m way off, maybe there’s a crazy value, or maybe I needed to sharpen up before diving in.
College Football Bowl Game Lines and Early Odds
Cricket Celebration Bowl
South Carolina State vs Prairie View A&M
Fiu First Guess Line: South Carolina State -4.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: COMING
Bucked Up LA Bowl
Boise State vs Washington
Fiu First Guess Line: Washington -8.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Washington -8.5
IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl
Troy vs Jacksonville State
Fiu First Guess Line: Troy -6.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Troy -3
StaffDNA Cure Bowl
USF vs Old Dominion
Fiu First Guess Line: USF -8.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: UCF -7
68 Ventures Bowl
Delaware vs Louisiana
Fiu First Guess Line: Louisiana -3.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Louisiana -3
XBOX Bowl
Arkansas State vs Missouri State
Fiu First Guess Line: Arkansas State -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Arkansas State -2.5
Myrtle Beach Bowl presented by Engine
Kennesaw State vs Western Michigan
Fiu First Guess Line: Western Michigan -3.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Western Michigan -4
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Memphis vs NC State
Fiu First Guess Line: NC State -6.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: NC State -5.5
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Utah State vs Washington State
Fiu First Guess Line: Utah State -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Washington State -1.5
Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl
Louisville vs Toledo
Fiu First Guess Line: Louisville -4.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Louisville -9.5
New Orleans Bowl
Western Kentucky vs Southern Miss
Fiu First Guess Line: Southern Miss -1.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Western Kentucky -3
Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl
Ohio vs UNLV
Fiu First Guess Line: UNLV -5.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: UNLV -4.5
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
Cal vs Hawaii
Fiu First Guess Line: Cal -5.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Cal -1.5
GameAbove Sports Bowl
Northwestern vs Central Michigan
Fiu First Guess Line: Northwestern -9.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Northwestern -12.5
Rate Bowl
Minnesota vs New Mexico
Fiu First Guess Line: Minnesota -6
Actual Bowl Game Line: Minnesota -2.5
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
FIU vs UTSA
Fiu First Guess Line: UTSA -8.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: UTSA -8.5
Go Bowling Military Bowl
East Carolina vs Pitt
Fiu First Guess Line: Pitt -9.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Pitt -6.5
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl
Clemson vs Penn State
Fiu First Guess Line: Penn State -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Penn State -1.5
Wasabi Fenway Bowl
Army vs UConn
Fiu First Guess Line: Army -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Army -2.5
Pop-Tarts Bowl
Georgia Tech vs BYU
Fiu First Guess Line: BYU -5.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: BYU -3.5
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl
Miami University vs Fresno State
Fiu First Guess Line: Fresno State -4
Actual Bowl Game Line: Fresno State -3.5
Isleta New Mexico Bowl
North Texas vs San Diego State
Fiu First Guess Line: North Texas -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: North Texas -6
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
Missouri vs Virginia
Fiu First Guess Line: Missouri -6.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Missouri -7
Kinder’s Texas Bowl
LSU vs Houston
Fiu First Guess Line: Houston -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Houston -3
JLab Birmingham Bowl
App State vs Georgia Southern
Fiu First Guess Line: Georgia Southern -4.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Coming
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
Coastal Carolina vs Louisiana Tech
Fiu First Guess Line: Louisiana Tech -5.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Louisiana Tech -7
Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl
Illinois vs Tennessee
Fiu First Guess Line: Tennessee -5.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Tennessee -5.5
Valero Alamo Bowl
TCU vs USC
Fiu First Guess Line: USC -5.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: USC -6.5
ReliaQuest Bowl
Iowa vs Vanderbilt
Fiu First Guess Line: Vanderbilt -4
Actual Bowl Game Line: Vanderbilt -4
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
Duke vs Arizona State
Fiu First Guess Line: Duke -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Duke -1.5
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
Michigan vs Texas
Fiu First Guess Line: Texas -5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Texas -4.5
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
Nebraska vs Utah
Fiu First Guess Line: Utah -15.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Utah -14
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Texas State vs Rice
Fiu First Guess Line: Texas State -6
Actual Bowl Game Line: Texas State -10.5
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Navy vs Cincinnati
Fiu First Guess Line: Navy -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Cincinnati -2.5
Duke’s Mayo Bowl
Wake Forest vs Mississippi State
Fiu First Guess Line: Wake Forest -4.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Mississippi State -3
Holiday Bowl
SMU vs Arizona
Fiu First Guess Line: Arizona -5.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Arizona -1.5
College Football Playoff First Round
(9 Alabama at (8) Oklahoma
Fiu First Guess Line: Oklahoma -3.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Alabama -1.5
(10) Miami at (7) Texas A&M
Fiu First Guess Line: Texas A&M -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Texas A&M -4
(11) Tulane at (6) Ole Miss
Fiu First Guess Line: Ole Miss -16.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Ole Miss -16.5
(12) James Madison at (5) Oregon
Fiu First Guess Line: Oregon -27.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Oregon -20.5
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