Mark J. Terrill / AP
Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014 | 5:55 p.m.
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The underdogs have finally stopped barking.
With Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football still to go, favorites have already locked in a winning, against the spread record in the NFL’s week three. Teams giving points bounced back after failing to cover in 20 of the season’s first 32 games. They’ve gone 9-5 against the spread in week 3 and only three teams — the Arizona Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers — pulled outright upsets.
The noise might only be momentarily silenced, however, as next week’s schedule looks advantageous to the underdogs on the surface. CG Technologies released its full slate of week 4 football lines, with an absence of large favorites sticking out.
The Jacksonville Jaguars getting 13 points at the San Diego Chargers is the only game with a spread of more than a touchdown. College football counters the parity with more lopsided matchups.
Of the 18 games involving ranked teams, only three have a betting line of a touchdown or less. The only meeting between ranked teams comes Thursday night, when UCLA goes on the road as a 4-point favorite against Arizona State.
Find all of next weekend’s football lines below and check back all week for betting coverage leading up to the games.
Thursday September 25
Appalachian State plus-14.5 at Georgia Southern
Texas Tech plus-14 at Oklahoma State
UCLA minus-4 at Arizona State
New York Giants plus-5 at Washington Redskins
Friday September 26
Middle Tennessee State plus-3 at Old Dominion
Fresno State minus-5 at New Mexico
Saturday September 27
Wyoming plus-33 at Michigan State
Minnesota plus-9 at Michigan
Maryland plus-3 at Indiana
Baylor minus-22 at Iowa State
South Florida plus-31.5 at Wisconsin
Kent State plus-21 at Virginia
Western Michigan plus-27 at Virginia Tech
Temple plus-3 at Connecticut
Akron plus-17.5 at Pittsburgh
Iowa minus-14 at Purdue
Tulane plus-11.5 at Rutgers
Northwestern plus-10.5 at Penn State
Central Michigan plus-14 at Toledo
Vanderbilt plus-14.5 at Kentucky
Wake Forest plus-21.5 at Louisville
Colorado State plus-5 at Boston College
Miami (Ohio) plus-9 at Buffalo
Texas State plus-5.5 at Tulsa
UTEP plus-28.5 at Kansas State
Louisiana Tech plus-33 at Auburn
Bowling Green minus-11 at UMass
Colorado plus-10 at California
TCU minus-29 at SMU
Rice plus-9.5 at Southern Miss
Missouri plus-7 at South Carolina
Western Kentucky plus-7.5 at Navy
Notre Dame minus-13 at Syracuse
Arkansas plus-10.5 at Texas A&M
Oregon State plus-12 at USC
North Carolina plus-12 at Clemson
Stanford minus-6 at Washington
Texas minus-14 at Kansas
Tennessee plus-18 at Georgia
Duke plus-4 at Miami
Florida State minus-24 at North Carolina State
South Alabama minus-7 at Idaho
Cincinnati plus-13.5 at Ohio State
Florida International plus-13 at UAB
Memphis plus-21 at Ole Miss
UTSA minus-4 at Florida Atlantic
Troy plus-8.5 at Louisiana-Monroe
Washington State plus-10 at Utah
Boise State minus-14 at Air Force
New Mexico State plus-44 at LSU
Illinois plus-19 at Nebraska
UNLV plus-16 at San Diego State
Nevada minus-1.5 at San Jose State
Sunday September 28
Miami Dolphins minus-4 at Oakland Raiders
Green Bay Packers plus-1.5 at Chicago Bears
Buffalo Bills plus-3.5 at Houston Texans
Tennessee Titans plus-7 at Indianapolis Colts
Carolina Panthers plus-3 at Baltimore Ravens
Detroit Lions pick’em at New York Jets
Tampa Bay Buccaneers plus-8 at Pittsburgh Steelers
Jacksonville Jaguars plus-13 at San Diego Chargers
Philadelphia Eagles plus-4 at San Francisco 49ers
Atlanta Falcons minus-3 at Minnesota Vikings
New Orleans Saints minus-3 at Dallas Cowboys
Monday September 29
New England Patriots minus-3 at Kansas City Chiefs
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