Teams like Alabama or Georgia can afford a loss and still potentially make the College Football Playoff field, but the pressure is really on No. 7 Cincinnati as it heads to South Bend to take on No. 9 Notre Dame at 2:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. The Bearcats are two-point favorites in the latest Week 5 college football odds from Caesars Sportsbook. A convincing win over a top-10 squad would go a long way in helping their playoff case.
Top-ranked Alabama, meanwhile, is listed at -14.5 against No. 12 Ole Miss in the SEC on CBS matchup at 3:30 p.m. ET. No. 2 Georgia is laying 18 points against No. 8 Arkansas in a noon ET start. Before locking in any college football bets on those games or others, be sure to see the top Week 5 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 87-62 in his popular best bets column at SportsLine. Anybody who has been following him is way up.
Now, he has turned his attention to the Week 5 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 5 college football expert predictions
One of Sallee’s top college football picks for Week 5: He’s backing No. 15 Texas A&M (-7) at home against Mississippi State in a 7 p.m. ET kickoff in College Station, Texas.
The Aggies fell flat against the Razorbacks in a 20-10 loss last week. That was a big blow to their SEC West title hopes, but Sallee likes this matchup much better for Texas A&M.
Whereas Arkansas was able to hurt the Aggies with the run game, Mississippi State is a one-dimensional passing offense. That plays rights into Texas A&M’s strength since the Aggies ranks fourth nationally in passing defense (119.5 ypg).
He’s predicting that Texas A&M will give quarterback Will Rogers and the Mississippi State passing attack a tough time in a game that “will get sideways really quickly.”
Featured Game | Texas A&M Aggies vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs
How to make Week 5 college football picks
Sallee has also found two other college football picks he’s high on, including a play on a favorite he says isn’t getting enough respect. You can only see his picks at SportsLine.
What are the best bets for Week 5 of college football? And which favorite will roll to an easy cover? 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.
