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Week 2 of the school soccer season brings numerous intriguing nonconference matchups. The slate begins at midday ET with Nebraska taking up newly ranked No. 22 Colorado in its house opener from Folsom Discipline. Colorado opened as a -1 favourite however rapidly moved to -2.5 because the week progressed. One other key nonconference recreation pits Sam Hartman and No. 10 Notre Dame towards Brennan Armstrong and NC State (ABC). The day wraps up with a top-15 matchup between the No. 11 Texas Longhorns and the No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide in prime time on ESPN.
Joe Fortenbaugh, Matt Miller and Dalen Cuff are right here to interrupt it down on this week’s betting roundtable.
All odds courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook until in any other case famous.
What was your largest takeaway from Week 1 of the school soccer season?
Overs at the moment are 48-45 (51.6%) as we get set to enter Week 2. Given the rule change wherein the clock now runs on first downs outdoors of the ultimate two minutes of every half, this was a little bit of a shock. In that very same vein, I will be seeking to play USC overs for the foreseeable future. Offensively, the Trojans are a freight practice as predicted. However the USC protection nonetheless seems to be affected by the identical deficiencies as final season. — Joe Fortenbaugh
Week 1 all the time surprises us as a result of we’re attending to know the groups, however my largest takeaway is to ignore the rankings. LSU, Clemson and TCU all misplaced in Week 1 to unranked groups and the strains skewed of their course as a result of they have been ranked. As we transfer ahead issues will even out because the rankings extra appropriately match every workforce’s success, however for now I am not placing a lot inventory into them. — Matt Miller
School soccer is the one sport on this planet the place notion of your workforce/league impacts your means to play and win a title. That notion additionally impacts the strains. Florida State and North Carolina comfortably lined towards LSU and South Carolina. Conversely, the SEC is all the time considered the most effective league within the nation. This week with 5 video games towards nonconference Energy 5 groups and a sixth being No. 20 Ole Miss at No. 24 Tulane. The SEC is favored in all of these video games besides Vanderbilt at Wake Forest. I am not saying fade the SEC outright, however there’s worth within the underdogs as public notion of the SEC is baked into these strains as computerized favorites. — Dalen Cuff
Is there a future you’ve your eye on as we enter Week 2?
Michigan to win the Large Ten (+155) is price a play. Ohio State is not the menace it was final season. — Fortenbaugh
Utah to win the Pac-12 (+500) is ripe for motion. USC is highly effective and explosive, however that protection is a leaky faucet. Utah beat up a good Florida workforce with its beginning quarterback out and appears to as soon as once more have a dominant protection that’ll carry the Utes. — Miller
Utah to make the school soccer playoff (+850). I am proper there with Matt on Utah. However in the event you imagine it’s going to win the Pac-12 like I do, the play for me is Utah to make the playoff. With depth that’s within the Pac-12, the Utes can endure a loss and nonetheless get in. I additionally assume Florida State to win the ACC championship (+100) is price a play now, but when it loses at Clemson later this month, that guess will improve in worth, and I’ll double down. — Cuff
Nebraska at No. 22 Colorado
Saturday, midday ET, Folsom Discipline, Boulder, Colorado
Line: Colorado (-2.5)
Cash line: Colorado (-165), Nebraska (+140)
Whole: 57.5 factors
FPI Prediction
Nebraska: 58.6% likelihood to win
Projected margin of victory: +3.4 factors
Betting developments
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Nebraska is 6-1 ATS as a street underdog because the begin of the 2021 season.
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Seven of Nebraska’s eight video games following a straight-up loss have gone beneath the overall because the begin of final season.
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Nebraska has lined every of its previous three video games as an underdog.
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Colorado is 13-4 ATS towards Nebraska since 1996.
Finest guess: Colorado (-2.5). What we all know for positive is that if this recreation is as shut as the road, Nebraska will lose. The Cornhuskers are 2-14 since 2021 in a single rating video games — even with a brand new head coach that was supposed to repair that very situation! I am on Prime Time and taking the Buffaloes to cowl. — Miller
Finest guess: Colorado (-2.5). I used to be impressed with Colorado’s opener little doubt, however that is as a lot of a play for the Buffs as it’s towards Nebraska. That was a comedy of errors to lose final week, the latest struggles are effectively documented as Matt factors out. Colorado is extra gifted and enjoying at house, I am hammering the Buffs -2.5. — Cuff
No. 10 Notre Dame at NC State
Saturday, midday ET on ABC, Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, North Carolina
Line: Notre Dame (-7.5)
Cash line: Notre Dame (-292), NC State (+235)
Whole: 51.0 factors
FPI Prediction
Notre Dame: 58.6% likelihood to win
Projected margin of victory: +3.4 factors
Betting developments
Finest guess: Notre Dame (-7.5). That is difficult and seven.5 is an enormous quantity, however I do like Notre Dame to cowl. Hartman remains to be getting snug along with his new targets and the Irish offense is just getting higher. — Miller
Finest guess: NC State (+7.5). Notre Dame has 28 straight wins towards the ACC, excluding convention championship video games. However I feel NC State is undervalued past this recreation because it opened with a win complete of 6.5. This line displays that very same angle. I just like the Pack to cowl at house however the Preventing Irish to get to 29 straight wins in a good one. — Cuff
No. 11 Texas at No. 3 Alabama
Saturday, 7 p.m. ET on ESPN, Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Line: Alabama (-7)
Cash line: Alabama (-278), Texas (+222)
Whole: 56.0 factors
FPI prediction
Alabama: 80.9% likelihood to win.
Projected margin of victory: +13.8 factors
Betting developments
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Alabama is 14-6 ATS towards nonconference opponents because the begin of the 2019 season.
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Texas is 0-3 ATS as a street underdog because the begin of the 2021 season.
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All 4 of Texas’ street video games went over the overall because the begin of final season.
Finest guess: Alabama (-7). If the Longhorns upset Alabama in Tuscaloosa, they’re just about all the best way again. Sadly, for Longhorn Nation, I do not anticipate that to occur. Nevertheless, I do anticipate Texas to win no less than 10 video games this common season and money my over 9.5 wins ticket. — Fortenbaugh
Finest guess: Alabama (-7). Whilst our resident Texas fan, I can not in good religion advise betting on Sark’s Longhorns after watching Quinn Ewers proceed to battle to attach on deep passes towards Rice. Alabama will take away the very lively Texas run recreation and make Ewers beat it deep. And I am unsure he can. — Miller
Finest guess: Alabama (-7). That is one in every of my favourite performs of the week. To beat Bama, you need to win within the trenches on each side. I do not assume Texas can really compete with them there and the Tide roll. — Cuff
