Rating: 2 Units

Each of New Orleans’ last 12 games against non-AP-ranked opponents have produced a total of 148+ points. Each of Texas A&M–Corpus Christi’s last six day games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 142 or more points.

Rating: 2 Units

Each of Saint Joseph’s’ last seven games have produced a total of 152 or fewer points. Twenty-one of Saint Louis’ last 23 games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 158 or fewer points.

Rating: 2 Units

These two teams average 133.5 points per game combined, 6.0 more than the total of 127.5. South Alabama and Louisiana have seen its opponents average a combined 9.5 more points per game than the over/under of 127.5 set for this outing. The average total in South Alabama’s games this season is 16.6 more points than the total of 127.5 in this game.

Rating: 2 Units

The Devils have been the better team this season, and they have 10 road wins. However, the Devils are in a serious funk, where they’ve lost 4 straight games and have scored 1 or fewer goals in 3 of those games. The Blue Jackets are having possibly their best week of the season and the defensive effort has improved. The Blue Jackets also beat the Devils on the road earlier this month. Two teams having completely different weeks. I’ll side with the hot hand and roll with the Blue Jackets on their home ice.

Rating: 3 Units

Big 10 bowl teams coming off a loss of 24 or more points, such as NU, are an alarming 1-19 SU and 4-18-1 ATS, including 0-14 SU and 1-13 ATS if they allow more than 21 points. Laying doubles has never been a headache for the Utes under Willingham; he’s 45-29-1 ATS, and that includes coming off two straight wins. A motivated Utah team with its starting QB and a few departing the program, vs a Cornhuskers team missing its star QB. Oh, did we mention Utah is ranked? Ruhle is 0-8 vs. the Top 25 at Nebraska, and the Huskers have not beaten a ranked team since 2016, a streak of 29 straight. 

Bowl Game of the Month

Rating: 5 Units

The Hurricanes picked up their biggest win in two decades by holding off Texas A&M on the road, and this battle features two top 10 defenses in top form. The Canes are 11-2 ATS in their last 13 non-ACC games but 3-13 SUATS in their previous 16 bowls, although their motivation in some of those games can definitely be questioned. The Buckeyes are 8-1 ATS as a bowler versus a team off back-to-back SUATS wins. Defending champs off a loss are 7-1 SUATS in the post-season versus a team coming off a W. The Buckeyes are 14-1 ATS against teams that beat opponents by double-digits. This is the third straight Cotton Bowl for OSU, and there is an UGLY BETTY stat to throw a little shade at Brutus-teams in the same bowl game, coming off a loss, are 18-33 ATS, including 0-5 ATS vs. a team coming off two straight SUATS wins and 1-10 ATS as a favorite of five or more. However, CFP teams coming off a loss are 8-2 ATS all time, including 6-0 SUATS if they surrender fewer than 18 PPG, with every win by double-digits and by an average margin of 26 PPG.

Rating: 2 Units

ASU backup QB Jeff Sims stepped in as the starter after Leavitt’s injury earlier this season, going 2-0 in key starts with strong dual-threat play, including a standout performance versus West Virginia, where he accounted for 207 total yards and three touchdowns. Bowl history does not lean to Duke, as ACC bowl favorites are just 4-7 ATS versus Big 12 opponents, while Arizona State has cashed in its last three bowl games. Sun Devils head coach Kenny Dillingham is also 23-12-1 ATS all games, including 11-3 SU and 10-2 ATS versus sub .666 foes, much more encouraging than Duke’s Manny Diaz, who is a feeble 4-12 ATS of late against non-conference adversaries. Bowl favorites like the Blue Devils that allow more than 24 PPG, off a conference championship game, are 3-13-1 ATS. We expect the phonies from Durham to get exposed in a high-stakes game. 

Rating: 2 Units

Head coach Kirk Ferentz, who has seen it all in his 27 years at the helm of Hawkeye football, brings a 4-1 ATS record as a dog of more than 3 points versus the SEC. And while Iowa has been a bowl regular over the last ten seasons, Vandy will be playing in back-to-back bowls for the first time in a long time. The Hawkeyes also bring a 14-9-1 ATS mark in their last 24 bowl games (10-5-1 ATS as a dog of 2 or more points), opposed to the Commies’ 1-4 SUATS failure in bowl games when coming off a win of 7-plus points. In addition, the Reliaquest Bowl has favored underdogs of late, as they’re 6-2 ATS, including five outright wins. Vanderbilt’s Lea continues to weave his magic – 17-8 SU and 16-6-1 ATS the past two seasons – but this is only the eighth time in those games he’ll be laying points. Remember the Hawkeyes went 7-0 ATS this year against teams with a winning record, and finished 4-0 ATS as a dog. Iowa springs the upset