Pro Edge Sports was very surprised when Bookmaker (CRIS) posted opening lines for week three of the college football season at 9:30 a.m. eastern time Sunday. Bookmaker offered sports bettors an initial limit of $2,000 per game, although those artificial limits have been lifted on several of Saturday’s games. The sharps (i.e. professional sports bettors) have made significant moves on more than a few of the opening numbers, and we have tracked the money trail below (as of Sunday night at 10 p.m. eastern time).
Week Three College Football Opening Lines by CRIS Sportsbook & Current Point Spreads:
Thursday, September 12, 2013:
TCU (-6) Current Line: (-3/-3.5)
Texas Tech
Tulane
Louisiana Tech (-7.5) Current Line: (-7.5)
Troy
Arkansas State (-10) Current Line: (-10.5)
Friday, September 13, 2013:
Air Force
Boise State (-24) Current Line: (-23)
Saturday, September 14, 2013:
Eastern Michigan
Rutgers (-34) Current Line: (-27.5)
Stanford (-30) Current Line: (-28.5)
Army
Georgia State
West Virginia (-38) Current Line: (-37.5)
Louisville (-7.5) Current Line: (-12/-12.5)
Kentucky
Marshall (-6) Current Line: (-7)
Ohio
Akron
Michigan (-35.5) Current Line: (-36.5)
Bowling Green
Indiana (-4) Current Line: (-2.5)
Virginia Tech (-7) Current Line: (-7)
East Carolina
Maryland (-7) Current Line: (-7.5)
Connecticut
New Mexico
Pittsburgh (-20.5) Current Line: (-21)
UL Monroe
Wake Forest (-3.5) Current Line: (-3)
Western Kentucky (-7.5) Current Line: (-9.5/-10)
South Alabama
Fresno State (-10) Current Line: (-9.5)
Colorado
Nevada
Florida State (-35) Current Line: (-32)
UCLA
Nebraska (-4) Current Line: (-4.5/-5)
Georgia Tech (-10) Current Line: (-8/-8.5)
Duke
Tennessee
Oregon (-20) Current Line: (-25/-25.5)
Mississippi
Texas (-3.5) Current Line: (NL)
Boston College
USC (-17.5) Current Line: (-14)
Iowa (-3) Current Line: (-1.5)
Iowa State
Alabama (-7) Current Line: (-9.5)
Texas A&M
Northern Illinois (-24) Current Line: (-27.5)
Idaho
Mississippi State
Auburn (-7) Current Line: (-6.5)
Washington (-7.5) Current Line: (-10.5/-11)
Illinois
Central Florida
Penn State (-3.5) Current Line: (-6)
Ball State (-2.5) Current Line: (-3)
North Texas
Memphis
Middle Tennessee State (-3.5) Current Line: (-4.5)
Southern Mississippi
Arkansas (-19) Current Line: (-22)
Vanderbilt
South Carolina (-11) Current Line: (-12.5/-13)
Tulsa
Oklahoma (-28) Current Line: (-26.5)
Ohio State
California (NL) Current Line: (NL)
Massachusetts
Kansas State (-35.5) Current Line: (-38.5)
Florida Atlantic
South Florida (-10.5) Current Line: (-10/-10.5)
Kansas
Rice (Pk) Current Line: (-4.5/-5)
Kent State
LSU (-38) Current Line: (-37)
Notre Dame (-23) Current Line: (-20.5)
Purdue
UTEP (-6) Current Line: (-6.5)
New Mexico State
Western Michigan
Northwestern (-35) Current Line: (-32)
UTSA
Arizona (-24.5) Current Line: (-26)
Oregon State (-3) Current Line: (+1.5/+2)
Utah
Central Michigan
UNLV (-16) Current Line: (-7)
Wisconsin
Arizona State (-4) Current Line: (-5.5)
We used the most prevalent line available at various off shore sportsbooks to arrive at the “current lines” above. We used, among other sportsbooks, Pinnacle, Bookmaker, Heritage, Bovada and Diamond.