Oklahoma owns the rivalry with Texas Tech, winning 17 of 23 meetings all time, including the last four in a row while going 3-1 against the spread. The Sooners will try to avoid the upset and stay unbeaten in Big 12 play when they visit Lubbock on Saturday night.        Point spread: The Sooners opened as 13-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark (line updates and matchup report). College football pick, via Odds Shark computer: ...

Wisconsin is 11-2 straight up and 9-4 against the spread over its last 13 road games. Iowa, on the other hand, is just 19-13 SU and 11-21 ATS over its last 32 home dates. The battle-tested Badgers continue with their Murderers' Row of a schedule when they visit Iowa City on Saturday afternoon.       Point spread: The Badgers opened as 2.5-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. Line updates and matchup report. College football ...

The SEC East race just got a bit more interesting. Sure, Tennessee (5-2, 2-2 SEC) roared back to break an 11-year losing streak to division rival Florida last month in Knoxville, but it promptly lost back-to-back conference games over the last two weeks to fall a game behind the Gators (5-1, 3-1) in the loss column in the SEC race. Which team has the easier path to the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta? That question and more ...

From the time it was first revealed, through the early parts of this season, the University of Alabama’s 2016 football schedule appeared to be very lopsided in one aspect. Alabama’s road games were thought to be the meat of the schedule—at Ole Miss, Arkansas, Tennessee and LSU, with a neutral-site opener against Southern California. Few thought it could survive that gauntlet, as there was a good chance all five games could be against a ranked opponent. Four ...

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs head football coach Skip Holtz announced Monday that sophomore running back Jaqwis Dancy has been diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin lymphoma, according to Sean Isabella of the News Star. Isabella provided Holtz's comments: What they're going through is traumatic. It is hard to deal with. I've sat in those meetings when you hear that c (cancer) word and how has that is to deal with especially when you're a 19-year-old sophomore in college athletics ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The sweet start to Tennessee's football season gave way to a sour stretch to close the Volunteers' four-game grinder heading into the much-needed bye week. Coach Butch Jones' team finally snapped an 11-year losing streak to Florida and survived Georgia with a last-second Hail Mary, but the Vols dropped a double-overtime affair at Texas A&M before Alabama destroyed them last weekend. The Vols sit at 5-2, which is pretty much what most expected. Though they've ...

Ohio State ran its road winning streak to 20 games, going 13-7 against the spread in the process, with last week's overtime victory at Wisconsin. The Buckeyes will shoot for No. 21 in a row on the road when they hit Happy Valley to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions on Saturday night.              Point spread: The Buckeyes opened as 20-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark (line updates and ...

The NCAA reversed course amid public pressure Monday, granting Oakland University basketball player and U.S. Army veteran Isaiah Brock his immediate eligibility.  Jeff Goodman of ESPN reported the news, citing a school statement. College sports' governing body had previously ruled Brock ineligible because of his high school grades. As noted by Gary Parrish of CBS Sports, Brock had a qualifying standardized test score and proved he was able to do college schoolwork. However, his high school transcripts from five years ago put ...

Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine pulled a leg muscle during Saturday's victory over Kansas State, according to Brady Vardeman of the Dallas Morning News. Continue for updates.  Latest on Perine's Playing Status Monday, Oct. 17 Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports noted the muscle pull will keep the running back off the field for two or more weeks. Perine had 14 rushing yards against the Wildcats before exiting. Joe Mixon should receive a majority of the carries for as long as Perine is ...

In just over two weeks we'll have our first look at the College Football Playoff rankings, which will set the stage for the remainder of the regular season and the push toward playing for a national title. Until then, it's still nothing but guesswork as to who is in line to make the semifinals. This past weekend didn't do much to clear up the playoff picture, as all 11 unbeaten teams either won or were on ...