Washington won and covered the first two meetings with Utah after the latter joined the Pac-12, but the Utes pulled off an upset of the Huskies last year in Seattle. Washington looks to return the favor when it takes on Utah in a possible preview of the Pac-12 Championship Game on Saturday afternoon in Salt Lake City.     Point spread: The Huskies opened as 11.5-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark (line updates and ...

Midway through the 2016 college football season, focus continues to shift toward an evolving chase for playoff inclusion. Several squads have their fan bases feeling confident as November approaches, and those good vibes extend to the recruiting trail in various instances. Just more than three months away from national signing day, coaching staffs are attempting to fill needs for the future by securing key targets in the 2017 cycle. While many top-tier prospects will ultimately wait ...

Week 9, we dub thee Separation Saturday. While the clash between Clemson and Florida State highlights a slate with three matchups involving ranked programs, every Top 10 team in action except Ohio State is on the road. Those challenges will be seen in two areas. First—the one that matters—between the white lines. And secondly, between the white space as we pick Top 25 games against the spread after a disappointing week dropped us to 63-67-3 on the ...

It doesn't come up often, but Ohio State is 3-1 both straight up and against the spread in games following losses under head coach Urban Meyer. Coming off a shocking upset loss at Penn State last week, the Buckeyes might have fire coming out of their ears when they host Northwestern on Saturday afternoon at the Horseshoe.      Point spread: The Buckeyes opened as 24-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark (line updates and matchup ...

Check out five of the top NFL and NCAA football headlines from Monday night and Tuesday morning. Denver Broncos Dominate Houston Texans on 'Monday Night Football' In his first game against his former team, Houston Texans quarterback Brock Osweiler went just 22-of-41 for 131 yards in a punishing 27-9 loss to the Denver Broncos.  Click here for more.            Arian Foster Announces Retirement "There comes a time in every athlete’s career when their ambition and their body are no ...

Texas still dominates the all-time series with Baylor, but the Bears are working on it, winning four of the last six meetings straight up while going 5-1 against the spread. Baylor will look to make it 5-for7 against the Longhorns and stay unbeaten on the season when it visits Austin on Saturday afternoon.           Point spread: The Bears opened as 3.5-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark (line updates and matchup ...

Ole Miss knocked off Auburn last season, but before that, the Tigers had won five of the previous six meetings straight up, and they're 6-1 against the spread over the last seven. Auburn will look to stay alive in the SEC West race when it battles the Rebels in Oxford Saturday evening.                Point spread: The Tigers opened as two-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark (line updates and matchup ...

Ohio State still controls its own destiny for a potential berth in the College Football Playoff. The path to college football's biggest stage just became much more difficult, of course, after the Buckeyes suffered their first loss of the season via a stunning 24-21 upset at the hands of Penn State. But the playoff is still well within reach for Urban Meyer's squad, as a pair of once-beaten teams proved just last year. In 2015, Oklahoma overcame ...

It was the second game of the 2015 season, the University of Alabama football team was hosting Middle Tennessee at Bryant-Denny Stadium, and everyone in the stands near engineering student Jared Cassity thought he was crazy. A Crimson Tide player had just gotten hurt and required help from the athletic training staff, so the crowd was subdued with concern. Except Cassity was excited. He knew something that everyone else did not. As the player headed off the ...

At long last, Ohio State provided some shake-up fans can sink their teeth into with these bowl projections. Since rolling out this weekly column in late September, it has been Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson and some rotating fourth team—Louisville, Houston, Washington or Michigan—in the projected College Football Playoff. But with the Buckeyes losing to Penn State and subsequently dropping to No. 6 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 8 in the Amway Coaches Poll, ...