Mad Bets: NCAAF Week 12 Betting Odds

Matt Gothard and Jared Quay give their best bets for Week 12 of the 2020 college football season.

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MATT GOTHARD: Welcome back to Mad Bets, everybody. Week 12 college football is here. And this late in the season, half the battle is just finding a game that doesn't get canceled.

So Jared, help me out here. Let's find one game that you're feeling confident about early in the week. Let's hear it.

JARED QUAY CAMPBELL: I'm taking Colorado State at home minus 14 1/2 against you UNLV. Now if you watched last week, Colorado State got blown out by Boise State. But if you were watching that game, it was three special teams touchdowns. The game was actually a lot closer when it came to opposite and defense.

Meanwhile, UNLV got blown out by San Jose state. It wasn't so close. Also, UNLV's going to have to come to Colorado, which has high altitude. And I just feel like their defense cannot stop Patrick O'Brien. 14 and 1/2 does have a hook on it, but I think the Rams will cover it easy.

MATT GOTHARD: That's a tough game, man. I was on UNLV last week and their backup quarterback Rodgers looked pretty good. But he got hurt and they had to bring the starter back in. And that's kind of when the wheels fell off. It wasn't very close. I would try to buy that hook off, if I could.

Speaking of hooks, I really like Ohio State minus 20 and 1/2 this week. Earlier it was 21. Now it's down to 20 and 1/2 against Indiana. And I'm going to tell you why.

I'm a Big Ten guy. I understand how these teams work. And if you look at Indiana, what happened is they beat a very overrated Penn State team when Penn State was ranked eight. They were ranked eighth in the country.

If you look at Penn State right now, they're 0 and 4. There's no way they're even close to the top 25. But the people who set the rankings have to make sure that you don't think that they were that off. So Indiana jumps right into the rankings after that.

They then beat Michigan. Guess what? Michigan's not a top 25 team. Those are their two biggest wins so far this season. And you look at Michigan State, who beat Michigan. They're a sorry football team, as well. Rutgers, we don't even need to talk about them.

Indiana is getting a lot of hype heading into a game against a very proven Ohio State team. 20 and a 1/2 is not enough in this game. I want to see what the first half is. But as long as this number stays under 21, I'm feeling very confident about it. Jerry, tell me that you love it.

JARED QUAY CAMPBELL: I mean, any time you're going against an undefeated team as a 21-point dog, it's kind of, like, hey! But you know. You know the Big Ten better than me, Gothard. So I'm rocking it.

MATT GOTHARD: Well, you said it. You said the keyword 21. If it gets to over 21, it's a different conversation. But right now it's 20 and a 1/2. If you want in on the action, head over to betmgm.com/yahoo, where new users get a 100% match up to $1,000. Available in New Jersey, Colorado, Indiana, Tennessee, and West Virginia.