College Football Odds & Picks: Everything You Need to Bet Saturday’s Week 11 Games
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Looking to bet Saturday’s Week 11 college football slate but don’t know where to begin?
Our college football staff has worked hard to bring you comprehensive analysis for Saturday’s games, so we’ve taken a page from our NFL betting team’s handbook to compile a simple cheat sheet to help you find exactly what you’re looking for.
Updated Power Ratings, PRO Projections, single-game betting guides, matchup breakdowns, expert picks, best bets — whatever you’re looking for, odds are we’ve got you covered.
Below, you’ll find everything you need to bet Saturday’s 34-game college football slate: Wall-to-wall coverage for (nearly) every matchup from noon ET all the way through the west coast nightcap double-header featuring Oregon State at Washington, which kicks off at 11:00 p.m. ET.
We’ve also included links for some of the weekend’s top college football betting promotions, plus information on how and where to legally bet in your state.
College Football Expert Picks
Collin Wilson
Collin Wilson, The Action Network’s resident college football in-house oddsmaker, analyst, writer and renaissance man, reveals his biggest betting edges for Saturday based on his Week 11 projections.
Those projections also inform our brand new NCAAF PRO Projections, which highlights betting market misvaluations and even displays a grade for the current spread, total or moneyline that you’re interest in betting.
Check out Collin’s two favorite Saturday betting spots for the games that made it through Week 11’s litany of cancellations and postponements:
Stuckey
Also check out analysis from Stuckey, the Official King of Degenerate Nation, Prime Minister of Team No Sleep, Action Network Colleges Podcast host and master of ceremonies — not to mention our senior college football writer.
Friends of the podcast, check out Stuckey’s and Collin Wilson’s Week 11 Moneyline Underdogs, linked below:
But, why stop at Moneyline Dogs? Also check out Stuckey’s two favorite Saturday betting spots for the games that made it through Week 11’s litany of cancellations and postponements:
Our College Football Staff’s Best Bets for Week 11
Don’t miss our Staff Best Bets column, which we publish every Friday in preparation for the week’s Saturday slate action. As our staff has continued to grow, so too has our Best Bets column, which includes 11 unique betting recommendations this week.
So, in order to help you find precisely what you’re looking for no matter what time of day or what time zone you’re in, we’ve broken up our Best Bets column into three parts based on kickoff window:
- 12:00 p.m. ET | “The Midday Kickoffs”
- 3:00 p.m. ET | “The Afternoon Heat Check”
- 7:00 p.m. ET | “The Late Set”
“The Midday Kickoffs”
“The Afternoon Heat Check”
“The Late Set”
Our Full Bettor’s Suite of Game Guides & Analysis
We’ve got a huge backlog of game-by-game breakdowns for nearly every matchup on Saturday’s Week 11 card:
Game Guides for the Noon (12 p.m. ET) Kickoff Window:
#9 Miami at Virginia Tech, 12 p.m. ET | by Ace DeCardano & Mike Ianniello
#10 Indiana at Michigan State, 12 p.m. ET | by Pat McMahon
Penn State at Nebraska, 12 p.m. ET | by Matt Wispe
Wake Forest at North Carolina, 12 p.m. ET | by Mike Calabrese
TCU at West Virginia, 12 p.m. ET | by Reed Wallach
Vanderbilt at Kentucky, 12 p.m. ET | by Patrick Strollo
Illinois at Rutgers, 1 p.m. ET | by Stuckey
Game Guides for the Afternoon (3:30 p.m. ET) Kickoff Window:
#2 Notre Dame at Boston College, 3:30 p.m. ET | by Pat McMahon
#20 USC at Arizona, 3:30 p.m. ET | by Darin Gardner
Colorado at Stanford, 3:30 p.m. ET | by Roberto Arguello
Baylor at Texas Tech, 4 p.m. ET | by BJ Cunningham
#23 Northwestern at Purdue, 5 p.m. ET | by Collin Wilson
Game Guides for the Evening (7 p.m. ET) Kickoff Window
Arkansas at #6 Florida, 7 p.m. ET | by Collin Wilson
#11 Oregon at Washington State, 7 p.m. ET | by Darin Gardner
#19 SMU at Tulsa, 7 p.m. ET | by Stuckey
#13 Wisconsin at Michigan, 7:30 p.m. ET | by Matt Wispe
Temple at UCF, 7:30 p.m. ET | by Ace DeCardano
Game Guides for the Late Night (10:30 p.m. ET) Kickoff Window
UNLV at San Jose State, 10:30 p.m. ET | by Mike Bainbridge
Oregon State at Washington, 11 p.m. ET | by BJ Cunningham
Betting Guides for Games That Have Been Canceled
[CANCELED] Utah at UCLA | by Roberto Arguello
[CANCELED] California at Arizona State | by Patrick Strollo
Tracking College Football Games Canceled in Week 11 (Nov. 14)
Betting Resources & Analysis for Week 11
We don’t just deliver picks. All of our betting recommendations are powered by data. And, since technical analysis is at the heart of what we do, we pull back the curtain to detail how certain advanced metrics affect our position on college football handicaps.
Updated College Football Power Ratings
We’re giving away a free glimpse into our College Football Betting Power Ratings, which power our all new PRO Projections, a tool that automatically highlights the biggest betting edges on our live odds page.
Advanced Stats, Technical Analysis, News & Weather
- Week 11 Weather Report: 6 Saturday Games with Windy Forecasts
- Contrasting the Week 11 AP Top 25 Poll vs. Our Updated Betting Power Ratings
- Pace Report: Using Advanced Metrics to Target Over/Under Value
- College Football Havoc Ratings & Matchup Analysis
- Projected Odds for Every Week 11 College Football Game
- Misleading Box Scores from Week 10
College Football PRO Report Picks for Week 11
Using our new NCAAF PRO Report, Danny Donahue details three Week 11 games offering betting value, including Baylor vs. Texas Tech and Wisconsin vs. Michigan:
Futures & Exotics Bets, Trackers & Article Resources
From the futures market to round robin moneyline parlays, we’ve got you covered with exotics, too!
- Updated College Football Playoff National Championship Odds Tracker
- Updated 2020 Heisman Trophy Award Odds Tracker
- Real-Time Updates for NCAAF Futures Odds
- Collin’s & Stuckey’s Favorite Moneyline Underdogs
Top Offers & Betting Promotions:
The State of Tennessee Has Launched Legal Sports Betting Operations!
Indiana vs. Michigan State | 12:00 p.m. ET
Penn State vs. Nebraska | 12:00 p.m. ET
TCU vs. West Virginia | 12:00 p.m. ET
Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky | 12:00 p.m. ET
Notre Dame vs. Boston College | 3:30 p.m. ET
Colorado vs. Stanford | 3:30 p.m. ET
Northwestern vs. Purdue | 5:00 p.m. ET
Wisconsin vs. Michigan | 7:30 p.m. ET
General Betting Education
- Using Advanced Stats to Handicap College Football
- CFB Success Rate Leaders, Examples & Methods
- Explosiveness/IsoPPP in College Football: Definition, Examples, More
- Explaining ‘The Betting Market’ in Sport Betting
- Prop Bet in Sports Betting: Definition, Examples, More
- Round Robin Betting: Definition, Examples, How To
- Arbitrage Definition in Sports Betting
- How to Calculate & Remove Hold on a Futures Bet
How & Where To Bet On College Football
You can find reviews of the best online sportsbooks in your states, their latest promos and more in this hub.
Legal online sports betting is currently available in the following states:
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Michigan (Coming Soon!!!)
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Tennessee (Now Officially Live!!!)
- West Virginia
Note: It is not currently legal to wager on amateur athletics in the state of New Jersey, which includes the Rutgers college football program, for example.
And here are some of the top online sportsbooks:
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Are you looking for a safe, reliable, trustworthy sportsbook? Check out our ratings of the best sportsbooks and their current sign-up offers for new customers.
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