College football betting trends Week 1 2022

Easy Money or Fool’s Gold? Opening week betting trends in college football can appear lopsided but the monster point spreads tilt things back to even the betting field.

Week 1 offers some terrific local flavor with the return of the Backyard Brawl between Pitt and West Virginia, while top schools like Georgia, Alabama and Clemson (who have failed to cover 7 straight games in September) are big home favorites.

The Notre Dame vs Ohio State battle has national title implications with the No. 2 Buckeyes hosting the No. 5 ranked Fighting Irish.

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West Virginia @ Pitt -7.5, Total 51 | Matchup Stats and Trends

Mountaineers 10-3 ATS past 13 September games

Penn State @ Purdue +3.5, Total 58.5 | Matchup Stats

PSU won 9 straight vs Purdue

UNDER is 12-3 Penn State’s last 15 games

PSU 5-1-1 ATS past 7 games at Purdue.

9 of past 12 meetings played UNDER the total

PSU 1-5 ATS past 6 games as small road faves of 4 or less points

Boise State @ Oregon State -2.5, Total 56.5 | Matchup Stats

Oregon State is 2-10 ATS in their last 12 openers

Boise State are 9-3 ATS in their last 12 openers

Past 7 Boise games played UNDER

Oregon State covered six straight at home

Oregon State are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games against an opponent in the Mountain West conference.

Notre Dame @ Ohio State -17, Total 58.5 | Matchup Stats

Ohio State has won 17 straight season openers

Notre Dame won 9 straight road games, 8-3 ATS past 11 away

Notre Dame 2-13 SU past 15 games as double-digit dogs

Oregon @ Georgia -17.5, Total 53 | Matchup Stats

Oregon 3-9 ATS in their last 12 openers

Georgia won 18 straight September games

Oregon has been double-digit dog just once since 2017, won outright at Ohio State last season

Georgia 2-8 ATS since 2019 as regular season home chalk of 17 or more

Florida State @ LSU -3, Total 51.5 | Matchup Stats

FSU played UNDER in 20 their last 28 games vs SEC teams

FSU lost 6 straight September games, 1-5 ATS

LSU 11-1 SU past 12 vs ACC schools

Clemson @ Georgia Tech +21.5, Total 48.5 | Matchup Stats

GTech ended last season on 1-7 ATS run

Clemson 7-0 SU, 5-1-1 ATS past 7 vs GTech

Clemson 0-7 ATS in their last 7 games played in September.

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