Week 5 saw us narrowly finish above .500 as we went 2-3. However, we’re still 16-14 on the season and feeling great about our College Football Underdog Picks for Week 6.
Without any delay, let’s get into our no-huddle offense to examine the latest
NCAAF odds from the best College Football betting sites and make our top underdog picks of the week.
Top College Football Underdog Picks For Week 6
The following odds are courtesy of Bovada:
| Team | Odds |
|---|---|
| Texas A&M Aggies (+2.5) | -110 |
| Oklahoma Sooners (+6) | -110 |
| Oklahoma State Cowboys (+12) | -110 |
| Utah State Aggies (+2) | -110 |
Alabama Crimson Tide @Texas A&M Aggies (+2.5)
Alabama head coach Nick Saban and Texas A&M Aggies boss Jimbo Fisher matchup in what is now looked at as a top college football coaching match up inside of the game.
Fisher was Saban’s assistant at LSU from 2000-2004 as we lament the memory of Saban’s first national title in 2003 when LSU smacked Oklahoma for the title.
Saban sits at 28-2 against his former assistants who have become head coaches and holds a 4-1 mark over Fisher in the series. Fisher was the first of Saban’s assistants to defeat him head-to-head.
Both teams sit at 2-0 atop the SEC West and 4-1 overall. The winner will likely take the inside track to the SEC Championship game in Atlanta on Dec. 3. Alabama leads the series, 12-3, and has a 9-2 mark since the Aggies joined the SEC 12 years ago.
The Crimson Tide shaded A&M 2 4-20 last season, a few months after Saban and Fisher had a verbal spat about the NIL.
Alabama redshirt sophomore Jalen Milroe and Texas A&M sophomore Max Johnson pen the game’s article this week. When starter Conner Weigman suffered a foot injury to end his season in the win over Auburn, Johnson was given control of the Aggies’ offense.
Maroon & White vs. Crimson Tide.
🏟️ Kyle Field
🕝 2:30 p.m. CT
📺 CBS#BTHOalabama pic.twitter.com/DBtrzrLhKF— Texas A&M Football (@AggieFootball) October 2, 2023
Johnson completed 17-of-28 passes with two TD tosses in the Aggies’ 34-22 win over Arkansas last weekend. Milroe completed 10-of-12 passes for 164 yards in the Crimson Tide’s 40-17 win at Mississippi State. He also had 11 rushes for 69 yards and two touchdowns.
Milroe has the overall talent and versatility in the quarterback matchup, but Saban benched him the week after the 34-24 loss to Texas. The Crimson Tide struggled as they literally shaded South Florida, 17-3, by scoring on the last play of the game.
The task for the Aggies’ defense will be to cut into the Alabama running attack, where Jase McClellan and Roydell Young are the leaders. Milroe is tough on the ground in making a three-back attack for offensive coordinator Tommy Rees.
The Aggies’ defense will tee off on McClellan as he has been sacked five times, while backup Ty Simpson has been dropped five.
Miami toppled the Aggies with a 48-33 win, but the Aggies have defeated Auburn 27-10, and won over Arkansas 34-22 in their last two games.
Aggies defensive coordinator DJ Durkin has put together a group of dynamic defenders to turn A&M into a program that is housing several players who are capable of the play of all-around play of linebacker Edgerrin Cooper, as well as DL Shemar Turner.
Meanwhile, the Tide have the 17th-ranked defense in the nation, where it gives up only 297 yards per night behind the play of leading tackler Caleb Downs from the defensive secondary and the 5.5 sacks from Dallas Turner.
This feels more of a defensive battle where both quarterbacks have to be locked in on game plans and how to attack these improving defenses.
Good feelings at home for the Aggies, who better show Jimbo some love in how this team has started the season.
The Aggies are 4-1 ATS while Bama checks in at 3-2. Both teams are 3-2 with the Over.
Oklahoma Sooners (+6) @Texas Longhorns
Denizens of the Oklahoma Sooners have long awaited the rematch with Texas after the Longhorns bludgeoned the Sooners 49-0 in the Red River Rivalry last season.
Coach Brent Venables brought in a talented group of defensive players and Oklahoma has supplemented an offense that is currently averaging 47.7 points per game.
Defensively, Texas has given up 14 points or less on four occasions while the Longhorns enjoy one of the most poised quarterbacks in the nation in Brent Ewers, who has already thrown for 1,350 yards and ten touchdowns with only a single interception.
Xavier Worthy and Adondai Mitchell are the top two wide receivers and have combined with seven touchdown catches, as Mitchell has four of those.
Running back Jonathan Brooks has rushed for 597 yards on 86 carries as he picks up 6.9 yards per attempt with five scores.
The Texas defense must match up with Oklahoma QB Dillon Gabriel, who has been ultra-consistent as well in completing 75.1 percent of his passes with 15 TD tosses and two picks, while only being sacked four times.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗿𝘆, 𝗽𝘁. 𝟭
Barry, Bob and Brent sit down to discuss the most storied rivalry in college football in this three-part series. #OUDNA pic.twitter.com/bJkLTVKlqq
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) October 3, 2023
Adrel Anthony is his leading receiver, while Jamil Farooq picks up 19 yards per catch. The interesting number in the receiving corps comes to Nic Anderson, who has 27.9 yards per catch on only 10 catches.
Wins over Alabama, Kansas, and Baylor accent a much tougher schedule for Texas through five games as the biggest win for the Sooners came two weeks ago in a 20-6 victory at new Big XII rival Cincinnati.
The Sooners are currently 5-0 ATS, while Texas checks in at 3-2, where the Longhorns did not cover the numbers in wins over Rice and Wyoming. Oklahoma has hit the Over three times while Texas’ games have gone Under in four of the five thus far.
Kansas State Wildcats @ Oklahoma State Cowboys (+12)
Last season’s matchup was a one-sided shutout in favor of the Wildcats who destroyed the Cowboys 48-0 in Manhattan, KS.
For the Cowboys, the quarterback is not a strong position and Alan Bowman gets the nod from Mike Gundy as the starting signal caller this weekend after the Cowboys dropped their second game in a row at Iowa State, 34-27, last week.
Bowman has completed only 53 percent of his passes, which includes two TD throws and three interceptions.
The eye-popper was potentially the week before when Sun Belt foe South Alabama ran up a 33-7 win in Stillwater as Gunnar Gundy, whose father is the head coach, was not on point in being a consistent contributor in the OSU offense.
Keep in mind, the talent level in the SBC means many of those teams are able to generally match up with the middle-to-lower teams in power conferences and process ‘Ws’.
Ollie Gordon looks like the featured back in the Oklahoma State offense, where he has picked up 6.2 yards per carry. The Cowboys feature this rushing game as it consumes 57 percent of their offensive plays. OSU has not seen breakaway threats develop yet at wide receiver, which in part is a problem with no one stepping up at QB.
The darkest sky in America is in Stillwater this Friday 🤠#GoPokes pic.twitter.com/euBjP6pFEe
— OSU Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) October 3, 2023
This Cowboys’ offense has been inefficient across the boards as it averages only 20.3 points per game, 104th in college football, while accruing 307 yards per game, 115th in college football.
On the flip side, the Wildcats have an aggressive defense that allows 374.3 yards per game (62nd/CFB).
Kansas State could get its offense into high gear behind quarterback Will Howard, who has completed 91-of-139 passes for 1,052 yards and eight TDs, while being picked off four times.
Running back DJ Giddens is quite a talent with his speed as he has 423 yards on 66 carries and picks up 6.4 yards per rush.
Tight end Bob Sinnott leads the ‘Cats in receiving so far, but Phillip Brooks and Jaden Jackson are going to be more of a focus against the athletic defensive backfields and versatile linebackers in the Big XII.
The Cowboys have won nine of the past 14 matchups and have a 42-27 overall lead in the series.
The Wildcats are 3-1 ATS as they were (-3.5) at Missouri and lost 30-27.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma State checks in at 1-3 ATS as the Pokes covered (-2.5) in a 27-15 win iat Arizona State. K-State has covered three of four overs and OSU has been under in three of the four games.
With this game in Stillwater, it feels like the Cowboys can keep this close and enter just under 12 points in a loss that will be more thorough than the final score.
Colorado State Rams @Utah State Aggies (+1.5)
The questions about Utah State’s defense leave them as an underdog at home. Most pundits think that Colorado State has too much offensive weaponry in averaging 29.6 points per game.
𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝘼𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙫 🌌
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— USU Football (@USUFootball) October 3, 2023
However, the Rams gave up 93 points on back-to-back weekends in a 43-35 overtime loss to Colorado and a 50-24 demolition at the hands of Washington State in allowing 33.8 points per game, 115th in college football.
The Rams are the last Mountain West team to enter league play and they are 4-6 in league openers over the last ten seasons.
Colorado State QB Brayden-Fowler Nicolosi is the first Rams QB since Nick Stevens (2017) to throw for over 300 yards in three consecutive games. CSU’s offense is first in the nation and third in the MW in averaging 383.
Wide receivers Tori Holton and Justin Ross-Simms give Fowler-Nicosi two versatile speedsters. Utah State gives up 244 yards through the air (91st/CFB).
The Aggies’ offense is known for a staunch passing game as well with 277.8 yards per game, fourth in the MW and 35th in the nation.
WR Terrell Vaughn has picked up 94 catches for 971 yards in his two-year USU career as he is the primary receiver for the quarterbacking duo of McCae Hillstead and Cooper Lagas.
The Rams check in at 2-2 ATS this season while the Aggies are 2-3 against the number.
College Football Parlay For Week 6
Not only are there plenty of opportunities to take Underdogs for favorites this weekend, but you can use all four of these picks for a college football parlay this week:
- Texas A&M Aggies (+2.5) (-110)
- Oklahoma Sooners (+6) (-110)
- Oklahoma State Cowboys (+12) (-110)
- Utah State Aggies (+1.5) (-110)
If you were to bet on this four-leg parlay, you would receive +1228 odds.
That means, for every $100 wagered, you would win $1,228. As always Bovada is the preferred site for parlays, so we recommend a small flier on this College Football Underdogs Parlay ticket.
