| Daily Blog • July 30, 2014 |
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A few weeks back, I did a blog on the early Las Vegas Lines for a majority of the marquee college football games in 2014. While those early lines are a good indicator of what the line will be, there are limits set on what you can wager on those games. In the last couple of days, “official” lines have been released for all of the week one college football games by several major casinos and these lines do not have a wager limit.
Keep in mind PhilSteele.com is a pure college and pro information site. There is no gambling information on this site. Any mention of the point spread of a game is to let you know who was favored and expected to win when the games were played.
Official Week 1 College Football Lines
| Thursday, August 28 |
| Texas A&M at South Carolina (-11) |
| Wake Forest (-3.5) at ULM |
| Tulane at Tulsa (-4) |
| Ole Miss (-10) vs Boise St (Atlanta) |
| Temple at Vanderbilt (-16.5) |
| Rutgers at Washington St (-9.5) (Seattle) |
| Friday, August 29 |
| BYU (-17) at Connecticut |
| Bowling Green (-7.5) at WKU |
| Colorado St vs Colorado (-3) (Denver) |
| UTSA at Houston (-13) |
| UNLV at Arizona (-24) |
| Saturday, August 30 |
| Penn St (Pick) vs UCF (Ireland) |
| Ohio St (-17.5) vs Navy (Baltimore) |
| UCLA (-23.5) at Virginia |
| Appalachian St at Michigan (-34.5) |
| Troy at UAB (Pick) |
| California at Northwestern (-12.5) |
| Georgia Southern at NC State (-23) |
| Florida Atlantic at Nebraska (-24) |
| Boston College (-14.5) at Massachusetts |
| Marshall (-24) at Miami, Oh |
| Rice at Notre Dame (-24.5) |
| Alabama (-27) vs West Virginia (Atlanta) |
| Arkansas at Auburn (-21) |
| Clemson at Georgia (-8.5) |
| Ohio at Kent St (-3) |
| Louisiana Tech at Oklahoma (-38) |
| Western Michigan at Purdue (-12.5) |
| Idaho at Florida (-34.5) |
| Fresno St at USC (-22) |
| Southern Miss at Mississippi St (-28.5) |
| Washington (NL) at Hawaii |
| Florida St (-17.5) vs Oklahoma St (Arlington) |
| North Texas at Texas (-24.5) |
| UTEP at New Mexico (-7.5) |
| LSU (-4.5) vs Wisconsin (Houston) |
| Sunday, August 31st |
| Utah St at Tennessee (-6.5) |
| SMU at Baylor (-31.5) |
| Monday, September 1 |
| Miami, Fl at Louisville (-2.5) |
As you can see 24 of the 39 games listed have a double digit point spread with only 9 games having a Las Vegas line under a touchdown. Defending National Champion Florida St is a 17.5 point favorite over Oklahoma St in a game that will be played in Arlington, Texas. When you consider that since 1999, the National Champion from the previous season is 15-0 with an average win of 44-13 in their season opener, that line seems right.