College football point spread: Ohio State vs. Penn State, USC at Oregon

The betting previews for the Week 9 of college football are underway, Saturday games include Ohio State vs. Penn State and USC vs. Oregon.

College football point spread: Ohio State vs. Penn State, USC at Oregon We begin our college football preview with two quality games this Saturday. First, the No.1 Ohio State (8-0) will visit the No.24 Penn State (6-2), a real challenge to the Buckeyes unbeaten record this season. The online sportsbook Bookmaker has listed Ohio State as the favorite to win this heavyweight match-up with betting odds -175 and the hosting Penn State is underdog with odds +155. The point spread for the Ohio State vs. Penn State game is currently posted at -4 points chalk the Buckeyes, and this is where most of the betting action will take place. Quick look at the trends show that Ohio State is 4-2 against the spread in its last 6 games and 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Penn State. The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Ohio State's last 5 games when playing Penn State. The Nittany Lions are 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games at home. For Ohio State questionable for Week 9 remain defensive tackle Todd Denlinger and for Penn State - linebacker Dontey Brown.

Moving to another tough college football game this Saturday, No.9 USC (6-1) will visit No.5 Oregon (6-1) at Autzen Stadium. At Bookmaker Oregon are listed as favorite with odds -150 and USC have the betting odds posted at +130. The point spread on the USC vs. Oregon game is favoring the Ducks -3 points. Exciting PAC10 match-up, Oregon is the ultimate offense leader with 569.6 yards per game and 46.6 points on average. USC, however, is leading the PAC10 defensively with 264.3 yards allowed (compared to 407.1 by the Ducks) and 16.5 points allowed on average per game. But Southern Cal is having a really hard time with injuries - questionable for Week 9 are quarterback John David Booty, DE Trey Henderson, OL Charles Brown, as well as Kristofer O'Dowd and Chilo Rachal. On the Oregon team - out indefinitely are wide receivers Cameron Colvin and Derrick Jones, as well as running back Jeremiah Johnson.

Statistically, Southern Cal is 4-1 against the spread in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Oregon and 9-4 ATS in its last 13 games. Oregon is 6-1 against the spread in its last 7 games and total has gone UNDER in 5 of Southern Cal's last 5 games.

Published on 10/23/2007