We’re two games into the NLCS, and it is clear that the St. Louis Cardinals now have a huge advantage over the Los Angeles Dodgers. It’s not a guarantee that they have locked it up by any stretch of the imagination, but it is clear that this is a series that doesn’t necessarily hang perfectly in the balance any longer. Don’t miss our analysis of the up to date NLCS odds and what each team needs to do to get to the World Series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers (Odds To Win 2013 National League Championship: 3.35 to 1 @ SportBet Sportsbook) probably never imagined the idea of losing both of the first two games of this series. Of course, they probably never figured that they were going to score two runs in two games either. LHP Clayton Kershaw and RHP Zack Greinke both pitched well in the first two games, but they are now both in a heck of a lot of trouble. Neither is guaranteed a spot on the mound again this season, and either LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu or RHP Ricky Nolasco have to win in these next two games just to get the ball back to the aces (unless Greinke pitches on three days rest). It’s the bats that really have us concerned, though. LF Carl Crawford and 2B Mark Ellis are doing a nice job hitting the ball at the top of the order, but the rest of this lineup has flat out stunk. 3B Juan Uribe has the one and only hit with runners in scoring position, and there aren’t a heck of a lot of hits with runners on base at all in this series either. That’s what is really going to have to change, because the pitching really isn’t getting any better than it was in St. Louis to start this series. There’s trouble in Tinseltown at this point, and losing this series at home would really draw the ire of all of the fans that were expecting it to essentially be Manifest Destiny to win the World Series.

Alas, here come the St. Louis Cardinals (NL Championship Odds: 1 to 4.60 @ SportBet Sportsbook). We’re all going to learn at some point that we can literally never count this team out of the equation in any series, especially with the way that it finds ways to get hits when it really needs it. The Cardinals have done just that time and time again, including in the 13th inning of Game 1. They have been phenomenal on the mound, and they couldn’t even expect that out of RHP Joe Kelly and RHP Michael Wacha. It’s the back of the rotation that has really picked this team up, as that is what kept the Cards in it against the Pittsburgh Pirates and what might get them to win it against the Dodgers. We’re a bit concerned over the fact that this is now three out of four games where the offense has been terrible, but it’s tough to complain when the last four games have all been won. The Cardinals are just figuring out how to manufacture runs and manufacture wins. That’s how this team has won 11 World Series titles in its history, and it might be how it wins World Series #12 this year in 2013.

National League Pennant Odds @ SportBet Sportsbook (as of 10/13/13):
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Los Angeles Dodgers Win NL Pennant +335
St. Louis Cardinals Win NL Pennant -460

There’s another week of college football betting action ahead, and here at Bankroll Sports, we’re dissecting some of the best NCAA football odds on the board in Week 7.

What we don’t have this week are a whole bunch of extreme lines one way or the other. Sure, teams like the Baylor Bears or the UCLA Bruins or the Texas A&M Aggies have high ‘totals’ in the 70s, and there are a few games like the one between the Miami Redhawks and the Massachusetts Minutemen which only feature a ‘total’ of 43, but the point spreads themselves aren’t as outrageous as you might think and be used to.

There isn’t a single team on the college football Week 7 lines that is favored by more than 28 points, and that’s showing that the games are getting closer and closer together. We do have to note that that 28-point favorite is on the road, and it happens to be the #1 team in the country. The Alabama Crimson Tide are giving 28 to the Kentucky Wildcats, which more or less assumes that the spread would be 35 or so if the game was being played in Tuscaloosa. That being said, Kentucky has got to be used to playing these games against these awesome teams, as in the last few weeks, it has had to contend with South Carolina, Louisville, and Florida, and now comes the biggest test of them all against the Crimson Tide, the two-time defending National Champions.

That said, we can bill this week as “Elimination Saturday,” as there are a lot of teams that are going to be playing for the National Championship lives. We know that most of these teams don’t have even remotely good chances of winning it all, but as we get closer and closer to the first BCS rankings being put out, teams are going to be jockeying for position in hopes of keeping their chances alive.

The first of those elimination games comes on Thursday when the Louisville Cardinals play host to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Without a single team ranked in the Top 25 in the land outside of them, the Cardinals know that they are in a lot of trouble when it comes to the BCS. Perfection is the only formula for success, and even that doesn’t guarantee anything with so many undefeated teams in front of them and coming up from behind them as well. This is at least a shot at playing against a decent team on national television, and Louisville is laying 19.

The Oklahoma Sooners are engaged in the Red River Rivalry this week against the Texas Longhorns, and this game is always one that is tough to handicap. The Sooners have beaten Head Coach Mack Brown four times by 30+ points, and there is a real chance that this could be another one of these games that is separated by a huge margin. Oklahoma is giving 13.5 points to the Longhorns, and we have a feeling if this game isn’t at least covered (and perhaps at least won), Brown’s days in burnt orange are numbered. However, if OU loses this game, the Big XII probably wouldn’t have a National Championship contender left, especially if the Baylor Bears happened to lose as 17-point favorites on the road to the Kansas State Wildcats. Remember last year, though? Baylor was a 12-point underdog at home against a Kansas State team that was just a couple wins away from playing for all the marbles. The Bears won that game and won it huge, and you know that Head Coach Bill Snyder would love to exact some revenge against Baylor by taking an eye for an eye this year.

The best teams in the Pac-12 are going to be in for fights this week as well. The Stanford Cardinal and the Oregon Ducks are both on the road, and they both have games that they very well could lose. Stanford is taking on the Utah Utes, who have had a knack of sticking around in these big games this year. The Cardinal are -8.5, but they are by no means a guarantee to get the job done in this game. Oregon meanwhile, is taking on the Washington Huskies is what might be the biggest game of the day. The Huskies beat Stanford last season (and that was the same Stanford team that went on the road and beat Oregon), and the Ducks are trying to avoid the same fate. QB Marcus Mariota and the gang are -13.5 on the road in Seattle, where College Gameday is going to be waiting for them. A loss for Washington would surely end its chances at a National Championship, if those chances aren’t gone already. A loss for either Stanford or Oregon won’t necessarily be completely damning, but it very well could be.

Over in the SEC, there are five teams that are playing for their lives, and we have a feeling that at least two of them are going to end up out of this mix when it’s all said and done with.

We’ll start with the game where we know there are going to be problems for the loser. Both the LSU Tigers and the Florida Gators have already been beaten once, and one is going to take the hook for the second time this year. If that’s the case, there is no way back into the National Championship picture. LSU would be knocked out of the SEC Championship race as well with its second conference loss. The Bayou Bengals are laying a touchdown, but this is a game that historically has been very interesting with a lot of upsets rampant.

The Georgia Bulldogs are taking on the Missouri Tigers down in Athens in a game that the oddsmakers are warning you could be sneaky. Mizzou is one of the two undefeated teams left in the SEC (the other being Alabama), and it isn’t going to go down in this one without a fight. Though Georgia is a Top 10 ranked team, it is only -8 in this game, and that certainly could be an issue.

The South Carolina Gamecocks, who may or may not have DE Jadeveon Clowney in this game, will take on the Arkansas Razorbacks on the road. The Hogs don’t stink by any stretch of the imagination, and the talent is there for this to be one of the Top 25 teams in the land. The Gamecocks are only -6 in this one on the road, the exact same price that another team on upset alert, the Texas A&M Aggies are favored by over the Ole Miss Rebels.

If any of these big name SEC teams lose, it will be crippling to the conference, as that will take away a lot of their power when it comes to the BCS rankings that are coming out this week.

The Big Ten definitely features a couple games of note as well. The Michigan Wolverines are still undefeated, but they are facing one of their sternest tests on the road against the Penn State Nittany Lions. Head Coach Bill O’Brien and the boys have nothing to play for but games like this one, and you can bet that Beaver Stadium is going to be rocking for the first installment of this game since 2010. Michigan is favored by a deuce, but this is a game that is going to be frightening for the visitors.

Perhaps the most interesting game of the day from a betting standpoint is the one between the Northwestern Wildcats and the Wisconsin Badgers. We see unranked teams favored over ranked teams all the time, but we never see anything quite like this. The Wildcats are +10.5 on the road, and the oddsmakers are simply telling you that this game is anything but an upset. No one is buying into the fact that Northwestern is a Top 25 team, and the oddsmakers are telling you that they think Wisconsin should be. Don’t be sold on the whole idea that this would be an “upset” if the Badgers were to win this game. They’re expected to win it by double digits.

Other games of note from the start of the week… The San Diego State Aztecs are giving 4.5 to the Air Force Falcons on Thursday, while the Arizona Wildcats and the USC Trojans, in a game that very well could eliminate the loser of this one from the Pac-12 South this year, are expected to play a close one as well. USC is favored by 6.5 at home in the first game in the post-Lane Kiffin era. On Friday, the Temple Owls will go in search of their first win of the season, but they are getting 21 against the Cincinnati Bearcats.

2013 NCAA Football Week 7 Odds @ 5Dimes Sportsbook (as of 10/10/13):
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Week 7 NCAA Football Betting Lines for Thursday, 10/10/13
103 Rutgers Scarlet Knights +19
104 Louisville Cardinals -19
Over/Under 55

105 San Diego State Aztecs -4.5
106 Air Force Falcons +4.5
Over/Under 55.5

107 Arizona Wildcats +6.5
108 USC Trojans -6.5
Over/Under 48

College Football Lines for Week 7 for Friday, 10/11/13
109 Temple Owls +21
110 Cincinnati Bearcats -21
Over/Under 51.5

NCAA Football Week 7 Odds for Saturday, 10/12/13
111 Oklahoma Sooners -13.5
112 Texas Longhorns +13.5
Over/Under 57

113 Indiana Hoosiers +9.5
114 Michigan State Spartans -9.5
Over/Under 52.5

115 Pittsburgh Panthers +9
116 Virginia Tech Hokies -9
Over/Under 42.5

117 Miami Redhawks +3.5
118 Massachusetts Minutemen -3.5
Over/Under 45

119 Boston College Eagles +24.5
120 Clemson Tigers -24.5
Over/Under 60.5

121 Buffalo Bulls -11
122 Western Michigan Broncos +11
Over/Under 52.5

123 Central Michigan Chippewas +17.5
124 Ohio Bobcats -17.5
Over/Under 53

125 Eastern Michigan Eagles +7.5
126 Army Black Knights -7.5
Over/Under 54.5

127 Virginia Cavaliers +7.5
128 Maryland Terrapins -7.5
Over/Under 44.5

129 South Florida Bulls +4.5
130 Connecticut Huskies -4.5
Over/Under 41

131 Navy Midshipmen +3
132 Duke Blue Devils -3
Over/Under 57.5

133 Troy Trojans -17
134 Georgia State Panthers +17
Over/Under 61

135 Texas A&M Aggies -6
136 Ole Miss Rebels +6
Over/Under 76

137 Kent State Golden Flashes +14.5
138 Ball State Cardinals -14.5
Over/Under 61

139 Bowling Green Falcons +10.5
140 Mississippi State Bulldogs -10.5
Over/Under 52

141 Akron Zips +23.5
142 Northern Illinois Huskies -23.5
Over/Under 62

143 Iowa State Cyclones +14.5
144 Texas Tech Red Raiders -14.5
Over/Under 56.5

145 Rice Owls +2
146 Texas San Antonio Roadrunners -2
Over/Under 55

147 New Mexico Lobos +15.5
148 Wyoming Cowboys -15.5
Over/Under 68.5

149 Stanford Cardinal -8.5
150 Utah Utes +8.5
Over/Under 54.5

151 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets +7
152 BYU Cougars -7
Over/Under 53

153 Nebraska Cornhuskers -14
154 Purdue Boilermakers +14
Over/Under 57

155 Missouri Tigers +8
156 Georgia Bulldogs -8
Over/Under 64

157 Baylor Bears -17
158 Kansas State Wildcats +17
Over/Under 73

159 Florida Gators +7
160 LSU Tigers -7
Over/Under 48.5

161 Colorado Buffaloes +25
162 Arizona State Sun Devils -25
Over/Under 66

163 Oregon Ducks -13.5
164 Washington Huskies +13.5
Over/Under 76

165 California Golden Bears +24.5
166 UCLA Bruins -24.5
Over/Under 72

167 Northwestern Wildcats +10.5
168 Wisconsin Badgers -10.5
Over/Under 57

169 East Carolina Pirates -10
170 Tulane Green Wave +10
Over/Under 54

171 South Carolina Gamecocks -6
172 Arkansas Razorbacks +6
Over/Under 51.5

173 Alabama Crimson Tide -28
174 Kentucky Wildcats +28
Over/Under 52.5

175 San Jose State Spartans +3.5
176 Colorado State Rams -3.5
Over/Under 59.5

177 Idaho Vandals +24.5
178 Arkansas State Red Wolves -24.5
Over/Under 59.5

179 Michigan Wolverines -2
180 Penn State Nittany Lions +2
Over/Under 50.5

181 Syracuse Orange +7
182 NC State Wolfpack -7
Over/Under 54

183 Memphis Tigers +9.5
184 Houston Cougars -9.5
Over/Under 52.5

185 UAB Blazers -7
186 FIU Golden Panthers +7
Over/Under 56

187 Marshall Thundering Herd -11.5
188 Florida Atlantic Owls +11.5
Over/Under 54

189 Kansas Jayhawks +24.5
190 TCU Horned Frogs -24.5
Over/Under 45

191 Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders +7
192 North Texas Mean Green -7
Over/Under 55

193 Louisiana Monroe Warhawks +7
194 Texas State Bobcats -7
Over/Under 45

195 Boise State Broncos -7
196 Utah State Aggies +7
Over/Under 51

197 Oregon State Beavers +1.5
198 Washington State Cougars -1.5
Over/Under 63

199 Tulsa Golden Hurricane -10.5
200 UTEP Miners +10.5
Over/Under 61.5

201 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors +9
202 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels -9
Over/Under 55.5

241 Western Carolina Catamounts +43.5
242 Auburn Tigers -43.5

The sixth week of NFL betting action commences on Thursday night for some of the biggest and best teams in the league, as we will see a number of teams that are fighting for their lives try to right their seasons, and some teams continuing the quest for perfection.

The biggest story of the weekend is probably the biggest NFL point spread of the weekend. The Denver Broncos are giving 27 at home against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and that makes this the biggest single game spread in the history of NFL betting. Will it close that way, though? That’s still a bit of a mystery. Early action was on Jacksonville last week when WagerWeb Sportsbook posted the game at Denver -26, but we’ll see what happens now that Jacksonville has become the first team in NFL history to lose its first five games by 10+ points. It is clear that this is the worst team in football, and regardless of whether it is QB Blaine Gabbert or QB Chad Henne, things are going to be disgusting. QB Peyton Manning has put up just gobs of numbers, and for as long as he wants to be in this game, he is going to be doing even more damage. We would be shocked to see Manning throw for fewer than four TDs in this game on Sunday, and the scariest part is that it is going to take more than that to cover the number.

What’s almost as remarkable is the fact that the San Francisco 49ers are 11-point favorites against the Arizona Cardinals, yet they are the third biggest favorites of the day. The other team in the NFC West of note, the Seattle Seahawks are -14 against the Tennessee Titans, who remain to be a 3-2 team that is right in the thick of the fight of the playoff picture. There is obviously a lot of good coming here for these teams that are heavily favored, and it would be a shock to see any of them even remotely fail on the Week 6 odds in spite of those huge numbers.

Thursday Night Football is a dream waiting to happen for the Chicago Bears’ defense. This is a team that prides itself on forcing turnovers and making life a living hell on opposing quarterbacks. Enter the New York Giants, who have the most turnovers in football, and it isn’t even all that close. QB Eli Manning has already chumped up 10 picks this year, and his G-Men are off to an 0-5 start. Losing this one would put the team three back in the division with just 10 games to play, and the hope of a turnaround would be fading out once and perhaps for all. New York is getting 7.5 in this one, and it would be a miracle if the team could just salvage its first cover of the campaign in this one.

What we’re not seeing all that much of on the Week 6 betting lines are road favorites. The Green Bay Packers are giving three to the Baltimore Ravens in what should be one of the better games of the day, while the team that they are chasing, the Detroit Lions, are -2.5 on the road against the Cleveland Browns, who are forced to turn back to QB Brandon Weeden under center. Meanwhile in the AFC North, the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are still in search of their first win of the season, are -3 on the road against the New York Jets, and their division mates, the Cincinnati Bengals are -7 on the road against the Buffalo Bills. We’ve mentioned four games here, and two of the underdogs, the Bills and the Browns have the same problem. They’re both playing without their starting quarterbacks. We’ve already mentioned the QB Brian Hoyer injury that has put Weeden back in the saddle, but Buffalo has lost its second quarterback right now, as QB EJ Manuel has an LCL injury that is going to keep him out for a couple of weeks.

The Bills made their effort to sign QB Josh Freeman this week, but that right went to the Minnesota Vikings instead. Freeman is going to make $3M this year from the Vikes and over $8M from the team that cut him, Tampa Bay, and we aren’t all that sure if he is going to step in and start right away or not. QB Matt Cassel led Minnesota to its first win of the year two weeks ago in London, and he figures to start on Sunday against the Carolina Panthers, where the Vikes are -2. As far as those Bucs are concerned, they’re a pick ’em at home against the Philadelphia Eagles (that’s the division leading Philadelphia Eagles to you!). Philly doesn’t know yet if QB Nick Foles or QB Michael Vick will be starting after Vick’s hamstring acted up against New York on Sunday, so that will be an interesting development to watch as the week wears on.

We have yet to make mention of the fact that the Houston Texans are -6.5 at home against the St. Louis Rams, as QB Matt Schaub tries to avoid becoming the first quarterback in league history to throw a pick six in five straight games, but that’s clearly not amongst the best games of the day. In the 4:00 ET hour though, the clash between the New Orleans Saints and the New England Patriots is. New England is giving 2.5 in this one, but New Orleans remains the only undefeated team in the NFC, and it is surely going to put up a heck of a fight. It’s not often that you see a pair of surefire Hall of Fame quarterbacks doing battle with one another, but QB Drew Brees and QB Tom Brady absolutely fit the bill.

Sunday Night Football should be a good one this week, as the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys battle for first place in the NFC East. The Cowboys are coming off of that crippling loss to the Broncos last week, and they badly need to bounce back in this one. If they don’t, they’re going to be in a lot of hot water. The Redskins haven’t shown much yet this year, but they are +4.5 and would qualify as a big upset if they were able to pull this one out of their hat.

On Monday Night Football in Week 6, the San Diego Chargers have to play once again. The Bolts have already played a Sunday night game that started at 11:35 p.m. ET and a Monday night game that started at 10:10 p.m. ET, so playing at odd times is nothing new to them. For the Indianapolis Colts though, this is a huge game. They knocked off the Seahawks last week, and they can put their foot on the gas pedal in the AFC South if they can win this game. They’re -1 on the road, and the oddsmakers aren’t showing much in the way of confidence that they can get the job done.

Surprisingly, the highest ‘total’ of the week actually isn’t the game between Brees and Brady as you would figure. The Colts and Jaguars have the highest number of the week at 51.5, and the implied team total here for the Broncos is 39.5 points, an absolutely insane number by the NFL’s standard.

We do have to mention that there are some games that have started off the week as of Sunday night off the board, and that could change some of the numbers around. However, the lowest ‘total’ of the games that are on the board right now pits the Jets against the Steelers, where the ‘total’ is only 40. The Titans and Seahawks get an honorable mention at 40.5, while the Raiders and the Chiefs are set at 41 to open up Week 6.

2013 NFL Week 6 Odds @ JustBet Sportsbook (as of 10/13/12):
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Week 6 NFL Point Spreads for Thursday, October 10th
101 New York Giants +7.5
102 Chicago Bears -7.5
Over/Under 45

Week 6 NFL Spreads for Sunday, October 13th (1:00 ET Kickoffs)
203 Oakland Raiders +9.5
204 Kansas City Chiefs -9.5
Over/Under 41

205 Philadelphia Eagles pk
206 Tampa Bay Buccaneers pk
Over/Under OTB

207 Green Bay Packers -3
208 Baltimore Ravens +3
Over/Under 48

209 Detroit Lions -2.5
210 Cleveland Browns +2.5
Over/Under 45.5

211 Carolina Panthers +2
212 Minnesota Vikings -2
Over/Under 44

213 St. Louis Rams +6.5
214 Houston Texans -6.5
Over/Under OTB

215 Pittsburgh Steelers -3
216 New York Jets +3
Over/Under 40

217 Cincinnati Bengals -7
218 Buffalo Bills +7
Over/Under OTB

NFL Week 6 Betting Lines for Sunday, October 13th (4:00 ET Kickoffs)
219 Tennessee Titans +14
220 Seattle Seahawks -14
Over/Under 40.5

221 Jacksonville Jaguars +27
222 Denver Broncos -27
Over/Under 51.5

223 Arizona Cardinals +11
224 San Francisco 49ers -11
Over/Under OTB

225 New Orleans Saints +2.5
226 New England Patriots -2.5
Over/Under 49.5

Sunday Night Football Week 6 Odds for Sunday, October 14th
227 Washington Redskins +4.5
228 Dallas Cowboys -4.5
Over/Under 53

Monday Night Football Week 6 Lines for Monday, October 15th
229 Indianapolis Colts -1
230 San Diego Chargers +1
Over/Under OTB

Week 6 NCAA football odds are posted here at Bankroll Sports, and we are already set to break down some of the best games on the college football betting lines for the week ahead. Join us as we take our best shot at the NCAA football Vegas odds in Week 6.

Big huge favorites are back again in Week 6, and the biggest favorite of the bunch is the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Tide have finally put together a rather complete game, as they took care of the Ole Miss Rebels last week without much of a fight. Now, for the first time all year, they should have a game where they open up one of these 70-3 cans on a poor unsuspecting foe. The unsuspecting foe this week is the Georgia State Panthers, who are clearly only here for the sake of getting a big, fat paycheck from the boys from Tuscaloosa and to get some experience as they figure out what life is like playing at the FBS level. It is clear that there is a real talent gap between these two teams, and there is little way that this game will be close. Want proof? This is one of the biggest college football point spreads in a game pitting a pair of FBS teams against each other, as Bama is expected to roll by 55.5.

Of course, it’s tough not to laugh when you think that a team that is -33.5 on the road is the third biggest favorite of the week, but that’s the case with the Louisville Cardinals against the Temple Owls in the City of Brotherly Love. The game that has supplanted this one is another conference game featuring another team on the road. The Oregon Ducks, who continue to just take out their lawn mower and trample everything in their way on their schedule, are giving 38 to the Colorado Buffaloes, who are clearly at the bottom of the Pac-12 and have no chance of competing in this game, even at Folsom Stadium with the high altitude. You could play this game on the moon and Oregon would put up 50 points.

That’s really the end of the garbage games though, and if there are only three games that are just complete and utter embarrassments with nearly 130 FBS teams to choose from, we consider it to be an accomplishment. There aren’t really any of those marquee games like we had last week when the LSU Tigers took on the Georgia Bulldogs, but there are good games littered throughout that are worth discussing.

To kick off the week, there are a pair of teams that are going to be hoping to pull off some upsets to turn their seasons around. Neither the Iowa State Cyclones nor the Utah Utes are teams that are likely to be going to bowl games this year, but both could take a massive step towards that if they can beat teams that are perhaps amongst the most talented 25 in the country on Thursday night. The Cyclones are +9 at home against the Texas Longhorns, while the Utes are +4 at home against the UCLA Bruins. The Bruins know just how dangerous this game is, and QB Brett Hundley and the gang are going to be paying extra attention in practice. Rice-Eccles Stadium is no fun to play at, especially at night on national television.

On Friday, the Mountain West is going to be on display. The BYU Cougars, who have been a complete mixed bag this year, are +6.5 on the road going against a team that they are very familiar with. Of course, now, it’s the Utah State Aggiest that are in the Mountain West, while the Cougs are the independents. No less, this is a game that is going to be great. Both of these teams have already been beaten in the battle for the Beehive Cup, so that isn’t going to make a difference, but this one could have a big difference when it comes to recruiting. The host Aggies are -6.5 in what amounts to be a huge game for them, as it isn’t all that often that they are really expected to beat BYU. The San Diego State Aztecs play their first Mountain West game of the year on Friday night as well, as they are hosting the Nevada Wolf Pack. The Wolf Pack, in spite of their 2-0 start to the season in conference play, are +4.5 in this one.

There are a lot of middling games in conference play that could be very intriguing. The Iowa Hawkeyes haven’t played much in the way of big foes yet this year, but they are bringing one to Kinnick Stadium on Saturday. Iowa is -2 against the Michigan State Spartans, and the loser of this one is going to be in a lot of trouble when it comes to challenging for the Legends Division title. The Hawkeyes are already 4-1, but they still have a lot of work to do just to ensure that they will go bowling. The Illinois Fighting Illini and the Nebraska Cornhuskers are both 3-1 teams that have yet to open up their conference slates yet. They’ll do battle with the Children of the Corn giving 10.5 on the opening Week 6 college football lines.

SEC East teams are going to be in for some interesting battles this week as well. The Georgia Bulldogs, Florida Gators, and South Carolina Gamecocks are all double digit favorites in games against fellow SEC rivals. However, the Gamecocks (+21 vs. Kentucky) are playing in their first game without QB Connor Shaw, the Gators (-10.5 vs. Arkansas) are playing in their second game without QB Jeff Driskel, and the Bulldogs (-11 @ Tennessee) have to go on the road into a hostile environment against a team that is hungry for a victory the week after winning another huge game against a Top 10 team in the land. All of these games are dangerous to say the least. Even the team that lost that big game Between the Hedges last week, the LSU Tigers are only -9.5 at the Mississippi State Bulldogs in Starkville.

That brings us to the ACC, where issues are always interesting. The Florida State Seminoles are -14.5 at home against the Maryland Terrapins in one of the very few Top 25 matchups of the weekend, while the Clemson Tigers have another one of these “Clemson” games against the Syracuse Orange and are -11. Both of these teams have looked vulnerable over the course of the last few weeks, and the ACC can’t afford either to lose in the next two weeks with their matchup coming against each other in Death Valley on October 19th in what would be the biggest ACC game of the year. The North Carolina Tar Heels are also +7 in what would be an elimination game to them in all likelihood against the Virginia Tech Hokies, while the Miami Hurricanes, in their first conference game of the year, are currently off the board against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in what will prove to be a critical clash.

There are three clashes though, that are clearly very important in primetime, and they are going to shape the course of the rest of the college football betting season. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish know that they are going to have to probably run the table if they are going to end up making it into one of the BCS bowl games for a second straight season. They have the Arizona State Sun Devils in Arlington on Saturday night in the Shamrock Classic in the Lone Star State, and they are relatively big six-point pups. ASU wouldn’t be a Top 25 team in the land had the Wisconsin Badgers not blown it a few weeks ago, but there is no doubt that this is a team with some character that can fight it out against some of the best in the biz. This -6 spread is warranted.

Just a half hour later, the Northwestern Wildcats will be playing in what amounts to be perhaps the biggest game in the history of Ryan Field. The Cats are taking on the #4 Ohio State Buckeyes with a chance to seize control of the path to the Rose Bowl, and perhaps to the BCS National Championship as well. It’s still a pipe dream for Northwestern, but the spot is a good one. The Bucks are coming off of the emotional win over Wisconsin last week, and they have to go on the road in primetime to a hostile environment in this one. Be very careful, Ohio State! There’s a reason that you’re only a five-point favorite.

But perhaps the game of the night is the nightcap between the Stanford Cardinal and the Washington Huskies. Stanford has had its challenges thus far this year, and it is passing them with ease at this point. The defense is nasty for Head Coach David Shaw and the gang, and the unit is only going to get better as the season wears on. U-Dub is still undefeated and is inching up the polls with each and every week. Head Coach Steve Sarkisian knows if there is a way to get back into the Pac-12 title race, this is the way to do it. The Huskies pulled off the upset 17-13 last year in Seattle, but this would be a much different situation playing on the Farm and winning. The Cardinal are laying a touchdown for the third time in the last four years in this series, and they are hoping that this is the game that turns this series back into a blowout.

The highest ‘total’ of the week is 76, and that can be seen in a pair of games. The Oregon Ducks are expected to drop a huge number on the Colorado Buffaloes, and that’s why that number is so high, and the same could be said for the Baylor Bears, who are taking on the West Virginia Mountaineers. WVU finally flashed some offense last week in the upset of the Oklahoma State Cowboys, but this is going to require a heck of a lot more. The oddsmakers are showing some confidence that it is going to happen, which is more than we can say for this team from the rest of the year.

On the flip side of things, there are plenty of games that are in the 40s, including a record for the year of three games with numbers of 45 or lower. Some of these games could be embarrassing offensively, but none are like the clash between the Michigan State Spartans and the Iowa Hawkeyes. That number of 42 is pathetically low, but we continue to expect this out of the Big Ten in the future, especially in these MSU games.

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Week 6 NCAA Football Betting Lines for Thursday, 10/3/13
303 Texas Longhorns -7
304 Iowa State Cyclones +7
Over/Under 54.5

305 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers -7.5
306 Louisiana Monroe Warhawks +7.5
Over/Under 49

307 UCLA Bruins -5
308 Utah Utes +5
Over/Under 64.5

College Football Lines for Week 6 for Friday, 10/4/13
309 BYU Cougars +6
310 Utah State Aggies -6
Over/Under 55.5

311 Nevada Wolf Pack +6
312 San Diego State Aztecs -6
Over/Under 60.5

NCAA Football Week 6 Odds for Saturday, 10/5/13
313 Air Force Falcons +12.5
314 Navy Midshipmen -12.5
Over/Under 54

315 Michigan State Spartans +1.5
316 Iowa Hawkeyes -1.5
Over/Under 37.5

317 Louisville Cardinals -32.5
318 Temple Owls +32.5
Over/Under 58

319 Western Michigan Broncos +23
320 Toledo Rockets -23
Over/Under 58

321 Eastern Michigan Eagles +13
322 Buffalo Bulls -13
Over/Under 53

323 Georgia State Panthers +54
324 Alabama Crimson Tide -54
Over/Under 58

325 Army Black Knights +11
326 Boston College Eagles -11
Over/Under 50.5

327 Central Michigan Chippewas -3
328 Miami Redhawks +3
Over/Under 47

329 Ball State Cardinals +4
330 Virginia Cavaliers -4
Over/Under 48

331 Maryland Terrapins +16.5
332 Florida State Seminoles -16.5
Over/Under 58

333 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets +6.5
334 Miami Hurricanes -6.5
Over/Under 55.5

335 Clemson Tigers -14
336 Syracuse Orange +14
Over/Under 64.5

337 NC State Wolfpack -7.5
338 Wake Forest Demon Deacons +7.5
Over/Under 47

339 Illinois Fighting Illini +8
340 Nebraska Cornhuskers -8
Over/Under 61

341 Texas San Antonio Roadrunners +14.5
342 Marshall Thundering Herd -14.5
Over/Under 65

343 North Texas Mean Green -3
344 Tulane Green Wave +3
Over/Under 53.5

345 Oregon Ducks -39
346 Colorado Buffaloes +39
Over/Under 69

347 Georgia Bulldogs -11
348 Tennessee Volunteers +11
Over/Under 64

349 Arkansas Razorbacks +13
350 Florida Gators -13
Over/Under 42.5

351 LSU Tigers -8.5
352 Mississippi State Bulldogs +8.5
Over/Under 55.5

353 Rice Owls +3
354 Tulsa Golden Hurricane -3
Over/Under 54.5

355 North Carolina Tar Heels +7
356 Virginia Tech Hokies -7
Over/Under 45.5

357 TCU Horned Frogs +8
358 Oklahoma Sooners -8
Over/Under 46.5

359 Cincinnati Bearcats -11
360 South Florida Bulls +11
Over/Under 48

361 Kansas State Wildcats +13.5
362 Oklahoma State Cowboys -13.5
Over/Under 59

363 Missouri Tigers -1.5
364 Vanderbilt Commodores +1.5
Over/Under 55.5

365 Minnesota Golden Gophers +19
366 Michigan Wolverines -19
Over/Under 48.5

367 UCF Knights -9
368 Memphis Tigers +9
Over/Under 48

369 Rutgers Scarlet Knights -4.5
370 SMU Mustangs +4.5
Over/Under 55.5

371 Fresno State Bulldogs -27.5
372 Idaho Vandals +27.5
Over/Under 67.5

373 Texas State Bobcats +11
374 Louisiana Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns -11
Over/Under 55.5

375 South Alabama Jaguars +3.5
376 Troy Trojans -3.5
Over/Under 62.5

377 New Mexico State Aggies +10.5
378 New Mexico Lobos -10.5
Over/Under 61

379 Washington State Cougars -1.5
380 Cal Golden Bears +1.5
Over/Under 66

381 Washington Huskies +8
382 Stanford Cardinal -8
Over/Under 52.5

383 Northern Illinois Huskies -8.5
384 Kent State Golden Flashes +8.5
Over/Under 64.5

385 Ole Miss Rebels -3
386 Auburn Tigers +3
Over/Under 57

387 Kentucky Wildcats +21.5
388 South Carolina Gamecocks -21.5
Over/Under 54.5

389 Florida International Golden Panthers +17
390 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles -17
Over/Under 46

391 Massachusetts Minutemen +26.5
392 Bowling Green Falcons -26.5
Over/Under 51

393 Florida Atlantic Owls +4
394 UAB Blazers -4
Over/Under 53

395 Texas Tech Red Raiders -16.5
396 Kansas Jayhawks +16.5
Over/Under 56

397 East Carolina Pirates -7.5
398 Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders +7.5
Over/Under 62.5

399 Ohio Bobcats -3.5
400 Akron Zips +3.5
Over/Under 57

401 Arizona State Sun Devils -6
402 Notre Dame Fighting Irish +6
Over/Under 63

403 West Virginia Mountaineers +29.5
404 Baylor Bears -29.5
Over/Under 70

405 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs -2
406 UTEP Miners +2
Over/Under 59.5

407 Ohio State Buckeyes -7
408 Northwestern Wildcats +7
Over/Under 59

409 Penn State Nittany Lions -3.5
410 Indiana Hoosiers +3.5
Over/Under 65.5

411 San Jose State Spartans -4.5
412 Hawaii Warriors +4.5
Over/Under 56

The Week 5 NFL odds are out and ready to go, and here at Bankroll Sports, we are breaking down all of the NFL gambling odds for what should be another remarkable week of play on the gridiron.

Are there legitimately playoff teams that are huge underdogs on the Week 5 NFL betting lines? You bet there are! The biggest of those underdogs comes in what might be the best game of the week between the San Francisco 49ers and the Houston Texans. The Texans have dropped two games in a row, and they very well could be an 0-4 team at this point if not for a few breaks in the second halves of games. They haven’t had a game that this year in which they haven’t trailed in either the second half or overtime, and they are going on the road to take on the San Francisco 49ers. It’s a tough game for sure, but as proof as to how far these two teams have come of late… The last time these two met at Candlestick Park was in 2005, and the #1 pick in the NFL Draft was on the line in Week 17. Houston lost the game, won the #1 pick, and took DE Mario Williams, who has since left via free agency. The Niners did knock off the Rams last week, but is the sky still falling? For the losing team, dropping to 2-3 is going to leave a lot of questions to be answered. The Niners are giving a touchdown in one of the biggest NFL point spreads we have seen in a Texans game in quite some time.

Meanwhile, the favorites in the NFC East and the leaders in the clubhouse in the division, the Dallas Cowboys are going to be playing a tough battle against the Denver Broncos. Not only are the Cowboys also +7, but they are +7 at home! Denver though, has been mowing through teams, and it is on a pace to just shatter every single record known to man offensively. It’s really unreal to think of the numbers that QB Peyton Manning is putting up at this point with this team, and things are only going to get better and better as the second quarter of the season wears on. This is the first really tough road test of the season though, and it is one that many will be excited to see if the Broncos can figure out how to pass with flying colors.

And finally, the Detroit Lions, who are 3-1 through four games and sitting atop of the NFC North, are +6.5 on the road against the Green Bay Packers. Once again, this is a huge number, and it is one that is going to be tough to beat, even for a Green Bay team that took its bye week last week and is hoping to get healthy, especially at the running back position. With all three of its running backs getting banged up in the last couple of weeks, the Packers have some explaining to do in this one. We know that they’ll score some points through the air, but can they slow down QB Matthew Stafford and the gang? Stafford’s offense has looked fantastic thus far this year, and the Lions put up 40 last week against the high-octane Chicago defense.

The biggest favorites of the weekend though, are the St. Louis Rams. It’s tough to think that a team that hasn’t made the playoffs in quite some time is actually capable of laying 13 points, but without us even saying a thing, you know that it is the Jacksonville Jaguars that are coming to town. The Rams are on a long week of preparation for this game, and they are getting a lame team that is seemingly destined to go 1-15 or worse this year. QB Blaine Gabbert is the worst starting quarterback in the NFL, and it really doesn’t matter whether it is Gabbert or QB Chad Henne, the title is likely the same. If St. Louis doesn’t bounce back from its bad loss to San Fran in this one, there’s no way to fix this team. This is a get well game in every sense of the word for this defense.

Aside from these games that we have mentioned though, there isn’t a single point spread that has opened up at bigger than 4.5 points on Thursday or Sunday. The San Diego Chargers are giving 4.5 on the road against an Oakland Raiders team that just handed the Redskins their first win of the season last week. Oakland’s quarterback situation is still murky. QB Matt Flynn started last week against Washington, but we have to think that it is going to be QB Terrelle Pryor that is getting the call once again to start off on the Week 5 odds as long as he finishes passing his concussion tests.

The next two biggest NFL points spreads in Week 5 are both in primetime games. The second biggest spread of the week thus far pits the New York Jets at +8.5 against the Atlanta Falcons, while the Cleveland Browns are -3.5 against the Buffalo Bills on Thursday Night Football. We have to think that this is going to be the third straight start for QB Brian Hoyer, who has led the Browns to a pair of wins thus far on the season, which is more than we can say for QB Brandon Weeden, who was 0-2 in his two starts before getting hurt, and perhaps Wally Pipped.

(Note: This article is written as of Sunday evening. The current NFL betting odds for Week 5 are below. The games between the Patriots and Bengals and the Chiefs and Titans are both off the board at the moment and will be expected to open up later in the week.)

There are definitely some more quirks about the Week 5 NFL schedule that are just completely off the wall. Two more playoff teams from last year, the Baltimore Ravens and the Indianapolis Colts are both underdogs. The Colts are three-point dogs at home against the Seattle Seahawks, while the Ravens are +3 at the Miami Dolphins. The Indy/Seattle game is the far more interesting contest. It’s the second straight week that Seattle is going to have to fly a long ways to play a 1:00 ET game on the road, and it is going to come with a lot of offensive linemen not on the field. The Colts have continued to soar, as they have now rolled to two victories in a row after losing to Miami at home in Week 2, a loss that really had fans screaming that perhaps something was really wrong with this team. This will be one of the better games on the docket.

But the biggest quirk? The winless New York Giants are actually favored by two points at home against the Philadelphia Eagles. Giants fans, fret not! Yes, the G-Men are 0-4 this year, but if they win this game and the Cowboys lose as they are supposed to against the Broncos, they are going to be just a game back five games into the season. Now THAT’S how you know your division is brutal. In fairness to New York, this is the first game this season that the team is going to be favored in by more than a single point. The Eagles have been a wreck since their first half of the season, and wonder is certainly there if the rest of the league has figured out Head Coach Chip Kelly and his offense (or whether they are just exploiting his defense!).

The New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears are meeting in a contrast of styles. The Bears would much rather play a slowed down game that features a lot of defense, while the Saints are going to race up and down the field. Chicago watched its perfect start to the season go by the boards when it was beaten by the Lions last week in a game that was nowhere near as close as an eight-point final score suggests.

To round out the card, the Carolina Panthers are -1 on the road against the Arizona Cardinals, who perhaps aren’t getting all that much respect at 2-2. The Panthers are coming off of their bye week though, so they might have a few new tricks up their sleeve after the long week of rest.

Even with two games off the board at the moment, there is very little doubt as to what the highest ‘totals’ and the lowest ‘totals’ of the week are going to be. No game is going to end up being lower than that Thursday nighter between the Bills and the Browns. Hoyer and QB EJ Manuel don’t exactly put a lot of confidence in bettors, especially with as badly as Buffalo has managed to protect the rookie in the pocket this year. The number to beat is 41.5, and we think that it is very interesting to continue to see how games played with teams on short weeks #1 tend to be unpredictable and #2 tend to feature lower scoring games. The only game that is going to remotely close to this number this week is the one between the Rams and the Jaguars, mainly because the Jacksonville offense has now gone over 30 first half drives without a touchdown. Do keep in mind that the game between the Chiefs and the Titans could end up with a number lower than this if QB Jake Locker, who was injured on Sunday, is indeed out for the game.

On the other end of the spectrum, nothing should be all that surprising. Once again, the Broncos have one of the highest ‘totals’ of the week. And oh, why not? The team already has 179 points scored this season, which we’d be willing to bet could end up being fewer points than the Jaguars will score for the entire season. Depending upon the number you got, all four Denver games could have ended in covers, and all four Denver games have gone past the ‘total’, so the 55 shouldn’t even seem like that high of a number at this point.

The highest ‘total’ of the week though, pits the Giants and their sieve of a defense against the Eagles and their sieve of a defense. These two teams have combined to give up 831 yards and 71 points per game this year, and those are just downright bad numbers. Philly’s offense is still putting up plenty of numbers, but the defense is really holding this unit back in a big time way. The number to beat is 56, and not surprisingly, this is the biggest ‘total’ of the weekend.

Remember when the Lions and the Packers would easily have the highest ‘total’ in any given week if they played against each other on the NFL betting lines? 52 is a high number, but this time around, it’s just third best.

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NFL Week 5 Betting Lines for Thursday, October 3rd (Thursday Night Football Odds)
301 Buffalo Bills +3.5
302 Cleveland Browns -3.5
Over/Under 41.5

Week 5 NFL Spreads for Sunday, October 6th (1:00 ET Kickoffs)
413 Kansas City Chiefs OTB
414 Tennessee Titans OTB
Over/Under OTB

415 Baltimore Ravens +3
416 Miami Dolphins -3
Over/Under 43

417 Jacksonville Jaguars +13
418 St. Louis Rams -13
Over/Under 42

419 New England Patriots OTB
420 Cincinnati Bengals OTB
Over/Under OTB

421 Seattle Seahawks -3
422 Indianapolis Colts +3
Over/Under 43

423 Detroit Lions +6.5
424 Green Bay Packers -6.5
Over/Under 52

425 New Orleans Saints +1
426 Chicago Bears -1
Over/Under 47.5

427 Philadelphia Eagles +2
428 New York Giants -2
Over/Under 56

NFL Week 5 Betting Lines for Sunday, October 6th (4:00 ET Kickoffs)
429 Carolina Panthers -1
430 Arizona Cardinals +1
Over/Under 42

431 San Diego Chargers -4.5
432 Oakland Raiders +4.5
Over/Under 44

433 Denver Broncos -7
434 Dallas Cowboys +7
Over/Under 55

Sunday Night Football Week 5 Odds for Sunday, October 7th (Sunday Night Football Odds)
435 Houston Texans +7
436 San Francisco 49ers -7
Over/Under 42.5

Monday Night Football Week 5 Lines for Monday, October 8th (Monday Night Football Odds)
437 New York Jets +8.5
438 Atlanta Falcons -8.5
Over/Under OTB

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It’s a dawn of a new season in hockey, and that means that there are 30 teams that are joining the fight to beat the Stanley Cup odds. Realignment has messed with the whole course of the league this year, and that means you need expert NHL handicappers like us to get this right for you. The best betting opportunities are there for hockey, and we are going to show you some of the best bets on the Stanley Cup betting lines for 2014!

We would be remiss if we didn’t make mention of the Chicago Blackhawks (2013 Stanley Cup Betting Lines: 6.50 to 1 at JustBet Sportsbook) as the team that is probably most likely to win it all this year. Sure, the Penguins are the favorites (more on them in a second), but the Blackhawks have a team that has shown a lot of grit come playoff time, something that we haven’t seen out of many other teams in the sport. Corey Crawford continues to play well in big time situations, and he stood tall in the face of adversity against the Red Wings in the playoffs and turned out to be a dominating star in the Stanley Cup Finals against the Bruins as well. We can’t advise Boston this year because of all of the turnover that the team had, but the Blackhawks have remained as consistent as could be over the course of the last few years, and they are the overwhelming favorites on the odds to win the Central Division this year as well. Crawford and his stacked offense, which has now managed to win a pair of Stanley Cups together, could be the team to watch more so than any other.

But of course, we know that the team with the most talent on it is the Pittsburgh Penguins (Stanley Cup Odds Favorites: 6.50 to 1 at JustBet Sportsbook). We still question whether Marc-Andre Fleury really has it in him to lead a team in the playoffs. The club beat the Islanders in the first round of the playoffs last year in spite of what Fleury was mucking up, and eventually, Tomas Vokoun had to come in to relieve Fleury in the postseason. Can the man who has mined the Pittsburgh net for going on a decade really get back to his game at this point? If not, the Penguins are going to struggle. We’re sorry, but you’re not just winning games with Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby scoring a zillion goals. It’s not going to happen. The defense isn’t strong enough, and it lost Douglas Murray in the offseason, and Fleury still scares the heck out of us. The talent is there to score four goals a night if that’s what needs to be done, but come the postseason when it really matters, the Penguins aren’t nearly as good as most would think.

List Of Previous Stanley Cup Champions (Since 2000)
2013 Stanley Cup Champions – Chicago Blackhawks
2012 Stanley Cup Champions – Los Angeles Kings
2011 Stanley Cup Champions – Boston Bruins
2010 Stanley Cup Champions – Chicago Blackhawks
2009 Stanley Cup Champions – Pittsburgh Penguins
2008 Stanley Cup Champions – Detroit Red Wings
2007 Stanley Cup Champions – Anaheim Ducks
2006 Stanley Cup Champions – Carolina Hurricanes
2005 Stanley Cup Champions – None, Labor Dispute
2004 Stanley Cup Champions – Tampa Bay Lightning
2003 Stanley Cup Champions – New Jersey Devils
2002 Stanley Cup Champions – Detroit Red Wings
2001 Stanley Cup Champions – Colorado Avalanche
2000 Stanley Cup Champions – New Jersey Devils

There are a lot of teams right around that 10 to 1 range that we think are all overplayed at this point. The Kings don’t impress us. The Blues don’t have the offense to capitalize in spite of the fact that they have one of the best defenses in the game. The Red Wings are still old and had their shot last year. The Bruins had too much turnover and don’t have enough help on the back line at this point in the season either. And that brings us down to the New York Rangers (Odds To Win 2013 NHL Championship: 20 to 1 at SportBet Sportsbook). The switch the Head Coach Alain Vigneault might be laughed at by Vancouver fans, knowing that this man hasn’t been able to take one of the most talented teams to a Stanley Cup in all these years. However, unlike in Vancouver, Vigneault has a team that has a defense in front of a great goalie. The Rangers have one of the best defensive teams in the league at this point, and Henrik Lundqvist will make even the smallest of leads stand up more often than not. Still, averaging 2.6 goals per game isn’t going to cut it this year, and with Vigneault calling the shots, we expect that number to come up at least a quarter of a goal per game, which could make all the difference in the world.

Another team that doesn’t have the best playoff history in the world is one that is on our radar. We like the way that the San Jose Sharks (Odds To Win 2014 Stanley Cup: 25 to 1 at SportBet Sportsbook). You probably didn’t realize it, but Antti Niemi was a Top 5 goalie for most of last season. He has a team in front of him that can really score, and last year, it all came together in the opening round of the playoffs against the Canucks. The long layover really didn’t do anything to help out the team, but what might help this year is the division realignment and the postseason picture. The Sharks are good for sure, and if Niemi can continue to bring them a newly found sense of security at the back end, this is a team that can make it up to a #2 seed in the Western Conference, and if that turns out to be the case, there is no doubt that this is a team that is a contender. This is a great price on the Stanley Cup betting lines on a very good team that could be poised for greatness in 2013-14.
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Pittsburgh Penguins 5.50 to 1
Chicago Blackhawks 6 to 1
Boston Bruins 10 to 1
Los Angeles Kings 12 to 1
St. Louis Blues 12 to 1
Detroit Red Wings 17 to 1
Vancouver Canucks 18 to 1
New York Rangers 20 to 1
Anaheim Ducks 22 to 1
Montreal Canadiens 22 to 1
Edmonton Oilers 25 to 1
Minnesota Wild 25 to 1
Ottawa Senators 25 to 1
San Jose Sharks 25 to 1
Toronto Maple Leafs 25 to 1
Washington Capitals 26 to 1
Dallas Stars 30 to 1
Philadelphia Flyers 34 to 1
New York Islanders 35 to 1
Tampa Bay Lightning 35 to 1
Carolina Hurricanes 45 to 1
Columbus Blue Jackets 55 to 1
New Jersey Devils 55 to 1
Colorado Avalanche 60 to 1
Nashville Predators 70 to 1
Phoenix Coyotes 70 to 1
Winnipeg Jets 70 to 1
Buffalo Sabres 100 to 1
Florida Panthers 200 to 1
Calgary Flames 250 to 1

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Anaheim Ducks 22 to 1
Boston Bruins 9.50 to 1
Buffalo Sabres 100 to 1
Calgary Flames 150 to 1
Carolina Hurricanes 36 to 1
Chicago Blackhawks 6.50 to 1
Colorado Avalanche 65 to 1
Columbus Blue Jackets 55 to 1
Dallas Stars 60 to 1
Edmonton Oilers 25 to 1
Florida Panthers 145 to 1
Los Angeles Kings 10 to 1
Minnesota Wild 25 to 1
Montreal Canadiens 22 to 1
Nashville Predators 60 to 1
New Jersey Devils 55 to 1
New York Islanders 33 to 1
New York Rangers 19 to 1
Ottawa Senators 26 to 1
Philadelphia Flyers 39 to 1
Phoenix Coyotes 80 to 1
Pittsburgh Penguins 6.50 to 1
St. Louis Blues 12 to 1
San Jose Sharks 18.50 to 1
Tampa Bay Lightning 46 to 1
Toronto Maple Leafs 24 to 1
Vancouver Canucks 17 to 1
Washington Capitals 30 to 1
Winnipeg Jets 70 to 1

A great week on the Week 4 NFL betting lines is already getting started here at Bankroll Sports, and we are zeroing in on the best and the brightest NFL betting lines that are on the board for the week ahead!

Note: All NFL betting lines listed for the purposes of this article were posted at 6:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, 9/22. For the most up to date Week 4 NFL Vegas odds, please check below

Week 4’s Thursday Night Football game is going to be a doozy of a battle, as the San Francisco 49ers are going to take on the St. Louis Rams. These two teams could go back and forth with each other in the NFC West all season long. This is a crucial one for San Fran especially, which already lost a road game in division once this year from just two weeks ago. QB Colin Kaepernick and the gang have still looked good aside from that game against the Seahawks, but this is a big test on the road against a team that is ready for a bounceback after losing two straight suspect games. If St. Louis is going to get back into the chase in the NFC West, this is a game that it has to win. However, the Week 4 odds suggest that the 49ers are going to end up being at their best in this one, as they are favored by 3.5.

Fast forwarding to Sunday, we see that there are plenty of games that are expected to be close. In fact, there is only one game on the NFL opening lines where one team is favored by more than 7.5 points over another team, and that’s the clash on the road when the Denver Broncos take on the Philadelphia Eagles. QB Peyton Manning and the gang have looked great through two games thus far this year, and this should merely be a bump in the road. We’ll have to see how Head Coach Chip Kelly can get his team ready with an extended week of practice. Remember that this is the first time this year that the Eagles are playing a game on more than just five days of rest plus a day of travel, and they could be much better because of it. That said, going all the way to Mile High isn’t going to be fun for anyone this year, and it’s not surprising that in spite of that fact, the Eagles are getting 13. It’s going to be tough for this offense to get going in the thin air unless it is appropriately trained, and this is one thing that Kelly and QB Michael Vick couldn’t possibly be getting ready for in the City of Brotherly Love.

The only other game featuring NFL point spreads of greater than 6 is when the Indianapolis Colts, who look much better offensively with RB Trent Richardson in the fold, head to the Sunshine State to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars. Jacksonville has now been blown out by double digits in three straight games to start the season, and there is no turning back in this one. The Jags are +7.5, and this is a number that could get worse as the week goes on.

The one common thread that is apparent in Week 4 is the fact th that there are a ton of games that feature road favorites of varying degrees. We’ve already spoken about the Colts, but the Cincinnati Bengals are -5 at the Dawg Pound against the suddenly inspiring Cleveland Browns. Leave it up to Cleveland to trade its best player in RB Trent Richardson and find a way to win the next week with a backup quarterback. QB Brian Hoyer threw for 321 yards and three TDs last week, and that might create some real quarterback controversy for the Browns regardless of whether QB Brandon Weeden is healthy or not. Cincy is -5, but these divisional road games are always particularly tough, especially in the AFC North.

The Baltimore Ravens, fresh off of their upset over the Houston Texans last week, are going to be heading on the road this week to take on the Buffalo Bills, who badly need a win if they are going to stick around as potential contenders for the playoffs in the AFC. Baltimore is giving 4.5-points in spite of the fact that its offense really hasn’t done all that much impressive this year.

Perhaps the oddest spots for road favorites this week are on the West Coast against AFC West teams. Oh sure, the Dallas Cowboys have done everything that they can to deserve being -2 against the San Diego Chargers, but an 0-3 team traveling across the country is a favorite? That’s the situation that the Washington Redskins are in against the Oakland Raiders. Be very wary of this one, especially knowing that the buzzards are already starting to swarm around Head Coach Mike Shanahan.

The best game of the day on Sunday featuring a road favorite is the clash between the Seattle Seahawks and the Houston Texans. The Seahawks are looking the part of the best team in football right now, but this is a tough road trip against a Houston team that needs to prove that it can stick with the big boys. Remember last season when the Texans beat up the Ravens by 30 at home? This could be the same type of game if the Seahawks aren’t careful. That said, even on the road, Seattle is giving a field goal, and that could be a recipe for disaster for the visitors.

Elsewhere on Sunday on the NFL betting lines… The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are -3 against the Arizona Cardinals. The Kansas City Chiefs are six-point favorites to improve to 4-0 against the already 0-3 New York Giants. The Tennessee Titans are -5.5 at home against the New York Jets as well.

Sunday Night Football in Week 4 pits the New England Patriots up against the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons still don’t totally look right, but they are going against a New England team that really hasn’t faced any quality opponent this year. On the road in primetime is going to be quite the test for QB Tom Brady and the gang, though we fully expect to see TE Rob Gronkowski back in this game for the Pats. That could be the great equalizer. New England is just a pick ’em in this clash of two teams that were expected to challenge on the Super Bowl odds this year.

On Monday Night Football, the New Orleans Saints are giving 4.5 to the Miami Dolphins. These two teams both missed out on the playoffs last year, but there is no doubt that both teams are going to be in a position to challenge this year in their respective divisions. Points could be aplenty in this one, especially knowing that QB Drew Brees is just 300 passing yards away from tying the record for the most consecutive 300+ yard games in NFL history. Brees is currently at eight. The NFL record is nine.

2013 NFL Week 4 Odds @ BetOWI Sportsbook (as of 9/25/13):
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Week 4 NFL Point Spreads for Thursday, September 26th
101 San Francisco 49ers -3
102 St. Louis Rams +3
Over/Under 42

Week 4 NFL Spreads for Sunday, September 29th (1:00 ET Kickoffs)
199 Pittsburgh Steelers -2.5
200 Minnesota Vikings +2.5
Over/Under 42

201 Baltimore Ravens -3
202 Buffalo Bills +3
Over/Under 44.5

203 Cincinnati Bengals -4
204 Cleveland Browns +4
Over/Under 42

205 Indianapolis Colts -7.5
206 Jacksonville Jaguars +7.5
Over/Under 42.5

207 Seattle Seahawks -2.5
208 Houston Texans +2.5
Over/Under 41.5

209 Arizona Cardinals +2
210 Tampa Bay Buccaneers -2
Over/Under 41

211 Chicago Bears +3
212 Detroit Lions -3
Over/Under 47.5

213 New York Giants +4.5
214 Kansas City Chiefs -4.5
Over/Under 44

NFL Week 4 Betting Lines for Sunday, September 29th (4:00 ET Kickoffs)
215 New York Jets +3.5
216 Tennesese Titans -3.5
Over/Under 39

217 Dallas Cowboys -2
218 San Diego Chargers +2
Over/Under 46.5

219 Washington Redskins -3
220 Oakland Raiders +3
Over/Under 43.5

221 Philadelphia Eagles +11
222 Denver Broncos -11
Over/Under 57.5

Sunday Night Football Week 4 Odds for Sunday, September 29th
223 New England Patriots +2
224 Atlanta Falcons -2
Over/Under 49.5

Monday Night Football Week 4 Lines for Monday, September 30th
225 Miami Dolphins +6.5
226 New Orleans Saints -6.5
Over/Under 48