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NCAAF Week 8 point spread: Louisville vs. Connecticut, Texas and Michigan

As we continue our spread and betting preview on the college football Week 8 games we look at Louisville vs. Connecticut, Texas at Baylor and Michigan vs. Illinois.

NCAAF Week 8 point spread: Louisville vs. Connecticut, Texas and Michigan We start with the Friday college football game between Louisville (4-3) and Connecticut (5-1), which will start at 8:00pm at Rentschler Field. At the betting website Bookmaker Louisville is going on the road as a favorite to win this game with odds -160 and the hosting Connecticut is underdog with betting odds +140. The point spread on the Louisville vs. Connecticut match-up is currently posted at -3 points chalk Louisville with a total at 62.5 points. So far Louisville is 2-4 against the spread in its last 6 games. The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Louisville's last 6 games on the road. Louisville wide receiver Mario Urrutia remains questionable for Week 8 with toe injury and Connecticut RB Donald Brown is questionable due to ankle injury.

 On Saturday No.19 Texas (5-2) will visit Baylor (3-4) and the bookie is certain that Texas Longhorns will run over the Bears listing the Longhorns with odds -2500 (you have to bet 2,500 to win 100) and Baylor are the Week 8 ultimate underdog with odds +1500. With these betting numbers on the books, most people will look for the spread. The point spread for the Texas vs. Baylor game is sitting at -25 points chalk the Longhorns and the total is posted at 62 points. Texas is 4-2 against the spread in its last 6 games, but 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road. Baylor is 1-5 against the spread in its last 6 games when playing Texas and the total has gone OVER in 11 of Texas's last 12 games on the road.

 Finally comes the game between No.24 Michigan (5-2) and Illinois (5-2), who dropped out of the AP ranking this week, after holding the No.18 spot the week before. It will be a close game, Michigan listed at Bookmaker with odds -140 and Illinois underdog with odds +120. The point spread on the Michigan vs. Illinois game is favoring the Wolverines -2.5 points and the total is set down at 49 points. Betting trends indicate that Michigan is 8-2 against the spread in its last 10 games on the road and Illinois is 4-1 against the spread in its last 5 games. Michigan is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Illinois and the total has gone UNDER in 4 of Michigan's last 6 games on the road.

 Published on 10/17/2007

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