Week 9 College Football Public & Sharp Betting Report

The college season has seen so many twists and turns, crazy comebacks and huge blowout victories, and it's hard to keep up with it all with so many teams in action every Saturday. The good news is, you don't have to. Leave that to BetQL.

Not only do we have our model's best bets and expert articles, but we also have live data tracking what the public is betting, where the sharps are betting and how the lines are moving. When you subscribe to BetQL, you'll gain access to all of that real-time data, as well as the best bets and key trends for every game.

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Note: data presented below was found on BetQL.com as of 9:00am EST on Thursday October 27, 2022. Subject to change.

Line Movement: No. 8 Oregon at California

This is one of the key games in Week 9 where we have seen some significant line movement from the opening number. Oregon has seen a resurgence late in the season after getting walloped in their opener against Georgia, proving once again that it is never a great idea to open against an elite opponent. They just clobbered UCLA, and now they set their sights on a much easier opponent in California.

The Golden Bears haven't been a very good football team in a long time, unfortunately, and that remains the case this season. There is a reason no one wants to bet them right now to cover a large spread at home. We started out with Oregon being favored by 14.5, but that line has since jumped quickly, and now we sit with a massive number of 17 on the board. The Ducks are clearly getting a lot of respect with that type of move, but people also just might be thinking of how dominant they have looked as of late. California is 4-3 ATS, while Oregon is a more impressive 5-2 ATS.

What this all means is books have seen a massive influx of cash coming in on the Ducks. You can clearly see this on our "Line Movement" page of our website, which will show you the difference between the opening line and current number. BetQL's lines change immediately when the sportsbooks change theirs, so you can always count on us to have the most updated number.

See our model's best bets for this game below and be sure to check out all line movement data for this week's slate of games!

Sharp Money: No. 11 Wake Forest at Louisville

Wake Forest has gotten a lot of attention this season as a dark horse team, and they are a program that has been on the rise in the last couple of years. The smart folks are loving the underdog in this game though, and maybe there is some value to be had here at the current number with the Cardinals.

At the time of this writing, 50% of tickets are backing Wake to cover as the -3.5 favorite, but just 18% of the money is backing those tickets. A whopping 82% of the total money is backing Louisville versus the spread, but just 50% of tickets. That's a 32% difference between the total money wagered and the total ticket percentage, a huge sharp bet. This is a big spread, but the big spenders are loving the Cards to make the game close against the Demon Deacons.

This data is available for every game of the slate for BetQL subscribers, so they always know which bet the high-rollers are backing. Compare this with our best bets for this game below.

Public Bets: No. 10 USC at Arizona

USC has all the flair and history to make them a public favorite virtually every single night of the week, and this time they are coming off of their first loss of the season, which is another reason why the public is all over them. USC is 5-2 ATS on the season so far, while Arizona is a decent 4-3 ATS. Both teams have been exceeding expectations, at least to a degree.

Taking a look at our data, a huge 80% of the tickets are on USC -15.5, so pretty much everyone is betting on the Trojans to whip up on the Wildcats and cover the spread.

Betting against the public can be a smart strategy, though, when it creates value on the opposite side. It doesn't always pan out, so you always have to be mindful of how you're factoring in this data, but BetQL will help you make these decisions with our model projections and analysis. Find out if our model is aligned with the public.

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