The Oklahoma Sooners didn’t have the SEC debut their fans dreamed of. The Sooners have been one of the elite programs in college football, winning 49 conference championships over 115 seasons, including 14 Big 12 championships from 2000 through 2020. Oklahoma hosted its first SEC contest but was unable to defeat No. 6 Tennessee, falling 25-15, last week. The Sooners travel to play Auburn in the Week 5 college football schedule and Oklahoma is a 2-point favorite in the latest Week 5 college football odds, according to the SportsLine consensus. Should you expect No. 21 Oklahoma to claim its first SEC victory and cover the spread when making Week 5 college football bets?
The Week 5 college football schedule is filled with some of the best matchups of the season, highlighted by No. 2 Georgia (-2) at No. 4 Alabama on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET. Alabama defeated Georgia, 27-24, in last year’s SEC Championship Game and this is the first time the two teams meet in the regular season since 2020. If Georgia remains the favorite until kickoff, it will be the first time Alabama is a home underdog since 2007. Before locking in any Week 5 college football picks on those games or others, be sure to see the college football betting guide from legendary Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall.
For years Vegas-based Marshall was synonymous with The Gold Sheet, the famed sports betting newsletter. With a background in play-by-play work and sports information while in college, Marshall joined TGS in 1981 when hired by the legendary Mort Olshan and served as executive editor for many years.
An in-demand guest on numerous sports talk radio and TV shows across the country, Bruce’s vast array of editorial work has been featured in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the New York…
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Author : CBS Sports Staff
Publish date : 2024-09-25 11:32:26
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