College football betting: Tennessee, Minnesota among 4 best bets

A assemblage shot Saturday often feels similar a time of March Madness.

This volition beryllium 1 of those days, kicking disconnected aboriginal successful Knoxville, Tennessee, and wrapping up precocious successful Seattle.

VSiN, The Sports Betting Network

Here are my assemblage shot champion bets for Week 4:

Texas (-5) astatine Tennessee

It’s pugnacious to cognize if this Tennessee squad is the existent deal, and that’s due to the fact that the 14th-ranked Volunteers person faced a brushed docket (Furman, Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State) truthful far. The 4th Saturday successful September features six matchups betwixt ranked teams and this is one. The Longhorns, led by backmost Arch Manning, rotation into Rocky Top ranked No. 1 and should beryllium connected upset alert.

Manning was outstanding successful the 4th fourth against Ohio State 2 weeks ago, but helium has looked different ordinary. In a level spot versus UTSA a week ago, Manning completed 16 of 32 passes for 161 yards. Hopefully, a large signifier and measurement up successful people are not excessively overmuch for Tennessee freshman Faizon Brandon, who has totaled 689 yards (552 passing, 137 rushing) and 9 touchdowns without an interception. He is supported by prima moving backs DeSean Bishop and Duane Morris.

Manning and the Longhorns went 0-5 ATS connected the roadworthy past play and they apt volition beryllium sweating this retired successful a hostile ambiance to unfastened SEC play.

Best Bet: Tennessee +5

Notre Dame (-27½) astatine Purdue

For the 3rd clip successful 4 weeks, the Fighting Irish look a Big Ten opponent, and their discourtesy was sluggish successful victories implicit Michigan State and Wisconsin. Notre Dame needs a get-right crippled for its discourtesy and the Purdue defence is the cleanable patsy successful this spot. The Boilermakers surrendered 645 full yards, including a preposterous 369 yards connected the ground, successful a 52-38 shootout nonaccomplishment astatine UCLA past week. The Bruins had receivers moving unfastened each implicit the tract and faced small absorption erstwhile they ran the ball.

Purdue manager Barry Odom can’t hole those antiaircraft problems successful a week, but helium tin number connected backmost Ryan Browne to instrumentality immoderate shots. Browne has passed for 1,024 yards and 7 touchdowns with 73.3 percent completions successful 3 games. Browne won’t airy up a Notre Dame defence allowing 7.7 points per game, but helium tin enactment capable points connected the committee to assistance this alert implicit the total. CJ Carr and the Irish should apical 50 points aft beating the Boilermakers 56-30 and 66-7 the past 2 years.

Best Bet: Notre Dame-Purdue implicit 58

Oregon (-3) astatine USC

Two weeks ago, the Ducks were outgained 554-281 successful a nonaccomplishment astatine Oklahoma State, truthful bash they merit to beryllium favored successful Los Angeles against a USC squad that ever plays overmuch amended astatine location for manager Lincoln Riley? Oregon volition person to beryllium worthy of the hype, and determination should beryllium immoderate doubts astir backmost Dante Moore.

The Trojans were sleepwalking connected the roadworthy against a rotten Rutgers squad past week, and their defence remains a question mark, but backmost Jayden Maiava is surrounded by playmakers successful Riley’s discourtesy and this could beryllium a 38-35 benignant of shootout.

Best Bets: USC +3 and implicit 61½

Minnesota astatine Washington (-10)

The latest kickoff connected the paper (8 p.m. PT) warrants a play, but I’m going against the crisp wealth connected Washington. While the Huskies diagnostic a dynamic backmost successful Demond Williams, their endowment level is down and they are slipping down the Big Ten ladder. Washington hardly survived a 16-14 wrestling lucifer against winless Utah State 2 weeks ago.

Gophers manager P.J. Fleck needs backmost Drake Lindsey to measurement up if prima moving backmost Darius Taylor, who’s questionable with an injury, can’t go. Fleck is typically a feisty underdog — astatine slightest erstwhile he’s not facing Mississippi State superstar Kamario Taylor.

Best Bet: Minnesota +10