The 2023 college football season continues with an enticing Week 2 college football schedule this weekend. No. 13 Notre Dame has cruised to blowout victories over Navy and Tennessee State to open the season, but it is expected to have a trickier test at NC State on Saturday. The Fighting Irish are 7.5-point favorites in the latest Week 2 college football odds from SportsLine consensus. Should you include them in your Week 2 college football bets?
Some of the other popular Week 2 college football spreads include No. 4 Alabama (-7) vs. No. 11 Texas and No. 23 Texas A&M (-4) at Miami. Which Week 2 college football lines have the most value? Before locking in any college football picks for Week 2 of the 2023 season, be sure to see the latest college football predictions from SportsLine’s proven model.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every FBS college football game 10,000 times. The proprietary computer model is off to a fast 4-2 start on all-top rated college football picks this season. Since its inception, it has generated a stunning profit of more than $2,500 for $100 players on its top-rated college football picks against the spread. Anyone who has followed it has seen huge returns.
Now, it has turned its attention to the latest college football odds for Week 2 and locked in picks for every FBS matchup. Head here to see every pick.
Top college football predictions for Week 2
One of the college football picks the model is recommending for Saturday: Cincinnati (+8) easily covers against Pittsburgh on Saturday in a 6:30 p.m. ET kickoff at Acrisure Stadium. The Bearcats answered plenty of questions in their season opener against Eastern Kentucky, cruising to a 66-13 blowout win. Former Florida and Arizona State quarterback Emory Jones accounted for seven total touchdowns, completing 19 of 23 passes for 345 yards.
Junior running back Corey Kiner got off to a strong start with 105 rushing yards on 13 carries, averaging 8.1 yards per attempt. The Bearcats have won 11 of their last 13 road games, and they have won four of the last five meetings between these teams. They are rushing for more than 100 yards in the model’s latest simulations, which is one reason why they are covering the spread 70% of the time.
Another prediction: No. 4 Alabama cruises to a blowout win as a 7-point home favorite against No. 11 Texas on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET. The Crimson Tide put together a steady performance in Week 1, scoring 14 points in every quarter of its 56-7 win over Middle Tennessee. Starting quarterback Jalen Milroe completed 13 of 18 passes for 194 yards and three touchdowns while also leading the team with 48 rushing yards and two more scores.
Texas got off to a slow start against Rice in Week 1, scoring just 16 first-half points. The Longhorns came up well short of covering the 35.5-point spread in their 37-10 win, suggesting that they might not be ready for this type of road test. Alabama has covered the spread at a 14-5-1 clip in its last 20 Saturday home games, and the model has the Crimson Tide covering well over 60% of the time this week. See which other teams the model likes here.
How to make college football picks for Week 2
The model has also made the call on who wins and covers in every other FBS matchup in Week 2, and it’s calling for several underdogs to win outright. You can only get every pick for every game at SportsLine.
So what college football picks can you make with confidence, and which underdogs win outright? Check out the latest college football odds below, then visit SportsLine to see which teams win and cover the spread, all from a proven computer model that has returned more than $2,500 in profit since its inception, and find out.
College football odds for Week 2 top games
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Friday, Sept. 8
Illinois at Kansas (-3.5, 55)
Saturday, Sept. 9
Vanderbilt at Wake Forest (-11.5, 58.5)
Ball State at Georgia (-42, 53)
Notre Dame at NC State (+7.5, 50)
Utah at Baylor (+6, 50.5)
Nebraska at Colorado (-3, 58.5)
Texas A&M at Miami (FL) (+4, 49)
Iowa at Iowa State (+4, 36.5)
Ole Miss at Tulane (+6, 62.5)
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (-8, 48.5)
Texas at Alabama (-7, 56.5)
Oregon at Texas Tech (+6.5, 67)
Wisconsin at Washington State (+4, 54.5)
Oklahoma State at Arizona State (+3.5, 53)
