2024 college football Week 5 picks against the spread, odds, lines, key trends: Vegas expert makes picks

With the College Football Playoff expanding to 12 teams this season, there are still dozens of teams that feel like their national championship hopes are alive entering the Week 5 college football schedule. No. 17 Clemson was thoroughly outclassed by Georgia to open the season but has rebounded with dominant wins over Appalachian State and NC State. The Tigers will host new ACC foe Stanford on Saturday and will look to take another step back towards the top 12 with a win.

The latest Week 5 college football odds via SportsLine consensus lists Clemson as the 21.5-point home favorite in that game. So is there any value in betting the Tigers, and what other Week 5 college football lines should you be targeting this weekend? 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 Post and many other outlets. He has won various handicapping titles and also is working on several book projects. Bruce also enters the Week 5 college football schedule on a 12-7 roll (+423) on his official SportsLine college football spread picks. 

Now, using his Tech Corner technique that evaluates all the trends and the latest college football odds, Marshall has turned his…

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Author : CBS Sports Staff

Publish date : 2024-09-27 13:54:17

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