{"id":32194,"date":"2025-11-02T18:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T18:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/32194\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T18:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T18:39:11","slug":"college-football-betting-week-11-bets-to-make-now-or-later-according-to-expert-including-byu-vs-texas-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/32194\/","title":{"rendered":"College football betting: Week 11 bets to make now or later according to expert, including BYU vs. Texas Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each Sunday during the season, I will preview some of the bigger college football<\/a> games early in the week, give my initial lean, and recommend to either bet it early or wait for a better line. Just for clarification, I will always mention if I already bet the game personally so there is no confusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

My official Week 11 plays will be out later in the week and I will also post all my picks in the SportsLine Discord as soon as I bet them. This article is more about giving advice so you can get the best number in the higher-profile games every Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here are my early thoughts on the Week 11 matchups.<\/p>\n

BYU Cougars<\/a> (+9.5) vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders<\/a><\/p>\n

On paper, it feels like you should run to bet BYU at +9.5. The Cougars enter this matchup of Big 12 heavyweights unbeaten and off a bye week. However, the market has been extremely high on Texas Tech all season and we are seeing that again with this line.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Red Raiders opened -9 and the number has moved to 9.5 at the time this article was written. I think this line gets to 10.5 or 11.5 before we see some buyback on BYU. The reason for this is because pro bettors simply have Texas Tech rated a lot higher than the Cougars, even though they are undefeated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I’m staying away from this game personally. However, my advice is if you like the underdog, be patient. I think you will be able to get BYU as a double-digit dog. If you are on Texas Tech this week, I would grab the 9.5 to stay under the key number of 10. I don’t believe you will get a better line during the week.<\/p>\n

Wait: BYU +10.5 or better<\/p>\n

Oregon Ducks<\/a> (-5.5) vs. Iowa Hawkeyes<\/a><\/p>\n

I like Oregon at the opening line of 5.5. I understand Iowa is always dangerous as a home dog and the Hawkeyes almost upset Indiana<\/a> earlier this year. The difference for me is the spot. The Hoosiers were coming off a big win over Illinois<\/a> and in a letdown spot the following week at Iowa. Oregon is coming off a bye and should be better prepared to avoid the upset. And remember, Indiana was -9.5 in that matchup.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I do think we will see money come in on the Hawkeyes at some point. Bettors love a home dog and Iowa has a history of upsetting top teams at Kinnick Stadium. This isn’t a great Hawkeyes team though, and I don’t want to overreact to Iowa blasting an average Minnesota<\/a> team at home two weeks ago. Oregon isn’t Minnesota.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I do think we see this line go up before it comes back towards the Hawkeyes. I expect a razor focused Oregon team on Saturday after a lackluster effort against Wisconsin<\/a> at home before the bye. Dan Lanning is an excellent coach and while it’s always dangerous to lay points in Iowa, I see some value on the Ducks at -5.5.<\/p>\n

Bet: Oregon -5.5<\/p>\n

TCU<\/a> (-5.5) vs. Iowa State<\/a><\/p>\n

I gave out TCU -3 last Friday on the early line. I have been waiting for this spot and I wanted to protect against Iowa State losing at home to Arizona State<\/a> and the line re-opening higher. Well, the Cyclones lost and the number went from -3 to -5.5.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I would still consider the Horned Frogs at that number. I make TCU -7 at home against an Iowa State squad that is reeling after four straight losses. The Cyclones haven’t been the same since losing both starting corners to season-ending injuries. During the four-game slide, Iowa State is allowing 31.2 points per game. Things won’t get any easier this week against Josh Hoover<\/a> and the explosive TCU offense.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iowa State has been profitable as an underdog under head coach Matt Campbell<\/a>. However, this isn’t a very good Cyclones team right now. Iowa State lost to Colorado<\/a>. Since that game, the Buffs have been outscored 105-24!<\/p>\n

I don’t think we will see a major line shift here. My guess is it will go up to 6.5 before settling. Still, this is one of my favorite spots of the season, so I would grab TCU -5.5 early.<\/p>\n

Bet: TCU -5.5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each Sunday during the season, I will preview some of the bigger college football games early in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[414,5075,794,20953,6727,261,6731,9768,9767,6728,6625,763,768,2706,4860,20952,2705,769,783,27,29,28,415,20948,20945,20947,20946,20950,20949,20951,4859],"class_list":["post-32194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-arizona-state-sun-devils","tag-betting","tag-byu-cougars","tag-campbell-fighting-camels","tag-cfb-predictions","tag-college-football","tag-college-football-bets","tag-college-football-expert-bets","tag-college-football-expert-picks","tag-college-football-picks","tag-colorado-buffaloes","tag-illinois-fighting-illini","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-iowa-state-cyclones","tag-josh-hoover","tag-minnesota-golden-gophers","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-tcu-horned-frogs","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders","tag-week-11-best-best-bets","tag-week-11-betting","tag-week-11-cfb-bets","tag-week-11-cfb-betting","tag-week-11-cfb-picks","tag-week-11-odds","tag-week-11-predictions","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}