Arizona at Toledo (Friday): Here is a story two teams having trouble covering. Arizona is 1-5 ATS in its last five games, while Toledo is not much better as it has gone 1-5-1 in its last six. But, Arizona is 5-0 against MAC, but has not fared well in road openers, going 0-8.
Western Michigan at Michigan State: Both teams have losing ATS records in its last six games, but the number that stands out here is the total. Western Michigan is on a 12-5 mark for overs, while Michigan State is on a 9-4 mark.
Miami, Ohio at Florida: Miami is 0-5 in its last five September games, while Florida is 6-2 in the same time-frame. Head coach Urban Meyer is 21-8 ATS (+12.2 Units) in the first month of the season in all games he has coached since 1992.
Illinois vs. Missouri (at St. Louis): Illinois is winless in its last five games against Big 12 opponents. Pinkel is 8-1 ATS (+6.9 Units) in road games in the first two weeks of the season as the coach of Missouri.
Colorado State vs. Colorado (at Denver): The underdog is 10-3 ATS, while the road team is 5-1 ATS. Hawkins is 10-2 to the UNDER (+7.8 Units) in the first month of the season as the coach of Colrado.
Connecticut at Michigan: The Wolverines are 0-5 ATS overall, while the Huskies are 7-0 ATS in road games. Rich Rodriguez is 6-17 ATS (-12.7 Units) when playing on a Saturday as the coach of Michigan while Randy Edsall is 65-41 ATS (+19.9 Units) in all lined games as the coach of UCONN
New Mexico at Oregon: Here are some conflicting trends. New Mexico is 4-1 ATS in its last five overall games, while Oregon went 1-4 ATS. But New Mexico is 0-4 ATS in September games, while Oregon is 15-7 ATS in September games The ducks are 14-1 to the OVER (+12.9 Units) in home games in non-conference games since 1992.
UCLA at Kansas State: The Bruins are 5-0 ATS in non-conference games, while the Wildcats are 1-4 ATS in September games. Kansas State has won 20 straight home openers and Snyder is 50-30 ATS (+17.0 Units) in home games in all games he has coached since 1992
Washington at BYU: Washington is 2-8 ATS in road games, and BYU is 5-1 ATS in September games but the Cougars of BYU are just 5-14 ATS (-10.4 Units) in games played on a grass field over the last 3 seasons
Washington State at Oklahoma State: It does not look good for the Cougars, as they have tone 0-4 ATS against Big 12 opponents and 0-4 ATS overall. The Cowboys have not fared much better, going 2-5 ATS in their last seven home games but historically Gundy is 19-9 ATS (+9.1 Units) as a favorite as the coach of OKLAHOMA ST.
Utah State at Oklahoma: The Sooners are 4-0 against Utah State and have scored at least 49 points in each game.
Wisconsin at UNLV: The Rebels are 1-4 ATS in home games at 2-8 ATS overall. The most telling trend is the under is 0-4 in the series. The Rebles have been a terrible bet over the years as UNLV is 49-77 ATS (-35.7 Units) when playing on a Saturday since 1992
SMU at Texas Tech: The Red Raiders are 3-1-1 ATS in September games, while SMU is 3-13-1 ATS against Big 12 opponents. Texas Tech has dominated this series, going 3-1-1 ATS. TEXAS TECH is also 44-24 ATS (+17.6 Units) as a home favorite since 1992.
Maryland vs. Navy (at Baltimore, MD): Maryland is 0-4 ATS in its last four September games and Navy is always a great bet on team most of the time as evidenced by their 110-79 ATS (+23.1 Units) in all games since 1992.