College Football Betting - Week 1 AP Standings
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The AP
Standings are your greatest looking glass
into the future of the NCAA football bowl season.
The USC Trojans, who began the season at number
one, retained their top seed by beating Idaho
38-10, but the victory was uninspiring to the
voters. The LSU Tigers stayed pat behind the
Trojans at the number two spot as well.
Obviously, the biggest
headline of the weekend was Appalachian State’s unbelievable upset
of the fifth ranked Michigan Wolverines. With
two blocked kicks and a final score of 34-32,
the double-A school rocked the AP Standings by
knocking Chad Henne and the Wolverines out of
the top-25. Suddenly, Michigan’s +180 to
win the Big 10 doesn’t seem so favorable.
The Wolverine’s
may still have hope, albeit slim hope, because
most pundits around the nation revere Appalachian
State as a very talented football squad. But
hopes of a BCS bid are essentially dashed for
the Michigan hopefuls. Unless something traumatic
happens to the five best teams in the nation,
Michigan will never recover from one of the
most stunning upsets in college football history.
At least not this year.
The California Golden Bears finally got revenge
on Tennessee as they won 45-31 in an exhilarating
game. The tone was set when Erik Ainge fumbled
the ball after getting hit by a jumbo jet posing
as a defensive lineman, and Worrell Williams
scooped up the lost ball and returned it for
a 44 yard touchdown. Tennessee suffered a free
fall from fifteenth to twenty-fourth, while California
rose from twelfth to tenth overall. If California
maintains the tempo they set in week one, their
+200 odds to win the Pac-10 are certainly worth
a look in our NCAA football sportsbook.
Oklahoma caught the
eyes of the voters by serving North Texas with
a heavy dose of Sooner pride, lighting the
scoreboard for a 79-10 victory. Sam Bradford’s
debut at quarterback was highlighted by going
21/23 for 363 yards and three scores. The betting
faithful should continue to back the Sooners
at +180 to win the Big 12, especially with
Texas stumbling backwards to seventh in the
AP rankings.
The Notre Dame Fighting
Irish failed to support their bid for a top-25
ranking by losing in spectacular fashion to
the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 33-3. But there
is a silver lining, it’s just
not for the Irish. Georgia Tech broke in to the
top-25 at twenty-first overall.
The defending champion
Florida Gators and Wisconsin Badgers moved
up two spots each, but that was more by default.
They both played well and flashed championship
caliber play, but nobody should read too much
into their move upwards. Their rise has more
to do with Michigan’s shaking
fall.
The team to keep your betting crosshairs on
is Virginia Tech which rode an emotional wave
of sentiment to overcome some miserable first
half play against East Carolina. V-Tech remains
the favorite in the ACC at +175, but they face
number two ranked LSU this weekend in what will
be a massive test of their fortitude. If they
lose, keep an eye on twenty-first ranked Georgia
Tech and twenty-fifth ranked Clemson, who have
favorable odds in our NCAA football futures to
earn tops in the ACC.
USC, LSU, West Virginia,
Florida, Oklahoma and Wisconsin (who are tied)
sit atop the AP rankings and voters are giving
attention to newcomers Clemson and Georgia
Tech. Both Michigan and Notre Dame should remain
on the outside looking in, but as a smart college
football better, check back to the BetUS Locker
Room to use the weekly AP rankings to try and
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futures.
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Posted on 9/7/2007 6:12:51 PM
NCAA Football Betting - Week 1 AP Standings
By Tim Furious
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