The Week 2 college football schedule gets into full swing on Saturday with most of the intriguing action coming outside conference play. No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 12 Oregon is the headliner, and the Buckeyes are 14.5-point favorites in the Week 2 college football odds, per Caesars Sportsbook, in that noon ET matchup in Columbus. The battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy, meanwhile, is unfolding in Ames as No. 10 Iowa travels to No. 9 Iowa State (-4.5) at 4:30 p.m. ET.
Those are a couple of the Week 2 college football spreads that will draw a lot of action. But beating the book on Saturday is about finding the best values in all types of matchups. Before locking any college football bets, be sure to see the top Week 2 college football expert picks, predictions and best bets from Barrett Sallee.
Sallee is a true insider — a CBS Sports analyst, SiriusXM host, Heisman voter and consistently one of the top CBS Sports experts picking games against the spread — and his best bets have helped bring in huge returns. He debuted with SportsLine in 2017 and has delivered in a big way on his college football picks.
Over the past two-plus years, he is 83-57 in his popular best bets column at SportsLine, including going 4-2 to start the 2021 season. Anybody who has been following him is way up.
Now, he has turned his attention to the Week 2 college football odds from Caesars and is sharing his top three best bets over at SportsLine. If you parlay them together, you could be looking at a return of around 6-1. Get his top college football picks now.
Top Week 2 college football expert predictions
One of Sallee’s top college football picks for Week 2: He’s backing Texas (-7) to go on the road and beat Arkansas in a 7 p.m. ET kickoff in Fayetteville that pits old Southwest Conference rivals.
Everything went right in Steve Sarkisian’s Texas debut last week as the Longhorns took care of business 38-18 against a Louisiana squad that came into the matchup ranked.
Arkansas took some time to get going against Rice before pulling away late. The Razorbacks’ passing attacked looked shaky in their first game without Feleipe Franks. K.J. Jefferson was just 12 of 21 passing for 128 yards, one touchdown and one interception.
Sallee expects Fayetteville to be absolutely rocking, but also says that won’t be enough for Arkansas to keep this one within the spread against a superior Texas squad.
“That excitement will subside once toe meets leather,” Sallee told SportsLine. “Texas’ defense looked strong against a very potent and experienced Louisiana offense, and the Razorbacks’ passing attack left a lot to be desired against Rice. Emotion won’t be enough to keep this one close.”
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How to make Week 2 college football picks
Sallee has also found two other college football picks he’s high on, including a must-see play in a game where he says the underdog will “pound the rock” to keep it within the spread. You can only see his picks at SportsLine.
What are the best bets for Week 2 of college football? And underdog do you need to be all over? Visit SportsLine now to see Barrett Sallee’s college football best bets, all from one of the top analysts in the nation who has crushed his picks for SportsLine.
