Two weeks before the first College Football Playoff rankings are released, let’s take a look at four matchups of teams in the AP Top 25 poll, which is often at odds with Las Vegas power ratings.
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The Joes are on the Denver Broncos and the Pros are on the Arizona Cardinals, who are consensus 1-point home underdogs after the line opened at 2½.
Green Bay has dipped to a 9-point favorite at the MGM Resorts sports book but has climbed to a 10-point favorite at the Station Casinos and Boyd Gaming books.
Jay Kornegay and Micah Roberts are tied for the lead with sizzling 18-7 ATS records.
Since 2001, the Patriots are 31-1 at home against first- and second-year quarterbacks such as the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes.
Best bets from Todd Dewey, Bernie Fratto, Mitch Moss and Kelly Stewart.
The Chiefs are the NFL’s only team with a perfect spread record, at 5-0, and the Buccaneers have a 4-0 over-under mark.
The Philadelphia Eagles opened as 3-point favorites over the New York Giants, but action on the home underdog has dropped the line to as low as 1 on Thursday afternoon at the MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment sports books.
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Home underdogs are 16-6 ATS, including 4-0 ATS on Sunday with three outright upsets.
The Rams have looked unstoppable. They’re second in the league in scoring, with 35 points per game, and fifth in scoring defense, allowing 16.8 ppg, for an NFL-leading plus-73 point differential.
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The Chiefs are 4-0 ATS, and the Bengals, Chargers and Buccaneers have each gone over in all four games.
Best bets from Todd Dewey, Bernie Fratto, Mitch Moss and Kelly Stewart.
New England is 10-1 ATS in its last 11 games as a double-digit home favorite and 8-1 ATS in its past nine home games, winning by an average margin of 16.2 points.
