The Texas Longhorns are the No. 1 team in the country after four games but head coach Steve Sarkisian knows that his toughest battles lie ahead as they close out the season with eight consecutive SEC matchups. Texas will make its SEC debut on Saturday at home against Mississippi State, giving the Longhorns a chance to ease into arguably the toughest league in the nation with the Bulldogs coming off three losses. The latest Week 5 college football odds list Texas as 38.5-point favorites and the Longhorns are a perfect 4-0 against the spread this season.
Is that a college football trend you can expect to continue on Saturday, and what other Week 5 college football lines should you be targeting as you put together your CFB parlays? Before locking in any Week 5 college football picks, be sure to see the top Week 5 college football expert picks, predictions and best bets from Thomas Casale.
A frequent guest on national radio and TV shows to discuss college sports, Casale has been betting — and winning — for more than 30 years. Over the past two college football seasons, Casale is 122-92-5 (57%) overall on his college football picks and 26-8 (76.4%) in bowl games — all publicly documented. Anybody who has followed him is way up.
Now, he has turned his attention to the Week 5 college football odds 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 at SportsLine.
Top Week 5 college football expert predictions
One of Casale’s top Week 5 college football picks: He is backing Georgia to win on the money line against Alabama for a -128 payout. The Bulldogs are only a year removed from back-to-back national championships but it’s been Alabama that has dominated this rivalry of late, winning eight of nine with Georgia’s only head-to-head win coming in the 2022 SEC Championship Game.
However, this is a new era of Alabama football with Nick Saban retiring and Kalen DeBoer taking over the program after leading Washington to the national championship game last season. Both teams are unbeaten but Georgia has the highest-quality win (over Clemson in Atlanta) and it escaped a potential trap game to open SEC play against Kentucky two weeks ago. Both teams are coming off a bye week so expect both defenses to be well-prepped, and a defensive battle is one that Georgia is better equipped to win. See what other picks Casale likes at SportsLine.
How to make Week 5 college football picks
Casale has also found two other college football picks he loves, including backing a potent offense in a game where “both teams should struggle to get stops.” You can only see his picks at SportsLine.
What are the best bets for Week 5 of college football, and which offense you trust to come out ahead in a high-scoring battle? Visit SportsLine now to see Thomas Casale’s college football best bets, all from a proven college football handicapper who has gone 26-8 on bowl games the past two seasons, and find out.
