College football lowest spread: North Carolina, Ohio State, Alabama

The lowest point spread entering Week 3 of college football was found in the games Virginia vs. North Carolina, Ohio State vs. Washington U and Arkansas vs. Alabama.

College football lowest spread: North Carolina, Ohio State, Alabama A day away from Saturday college football we take a look at which games the bettors think will be the toughest on the spread. Arranged by start time, the first game with the lowest point spread is the match between the Virginia Cavaliers (1-1) and the North Carolina Tar Heels (1-1). The online sportsbook Bookmaker currently lists the game between Virginia and North Carolina with a total of 42 points and North Carolina is -3 favored on the spread. The betting odds on the North Carolina are listed at -160 to win the game and the Virginia Cavaliers are +140 underdog. Previous betting lines and results show that Virginia is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against North Carolina and the total has gone UNDER in 5 of Virginia's last 6 games on the road. North Carolina is 1-8 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Virginia.

Ohio State Buckeyes (2-0) and Washington Huskies (2-0) is another college football game though on the spread. Bookmaker has Ohio State -3.5 chalk against the spread and the total is set at 42 points. Ohio State is favorite to win the game with betting odds -170, compared to the Huskies at +150. The betting trends show that Ohio State is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road and Washington is 5-14 against the spread in its last 19 games at home. The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games at home.

Finally we close with the Arkansas - Alabama match-up. The Alabama Crimson Tide (2-0) will welcome the Arkansas Razorbacks (1-0) on Saturday at 16:45 pm and the total for the game is listed at 47.5 at Bookmaker. The point spread favors Alabama -3 and the team has the betting odds of -165 on winning the football game on Saturday. Arkansas are underdog with +145 betting line. In the past Arkansas was 6-3 against the spread in its last 9 games on the road with the total gone UNDER in 4 of Arkansas's last 6 games on the road. Alabama is 13-4 SU in its last 17 games at home.

Published on 09/14/2007