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2024 college football Week 6 picks against the spread, odds, lines, betting trends: Vegas expert reveals picks

Legendary Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall has studied the trends and found the best betting values during the Week 6 college football schedule

03 Oct 2024, 22:15 · CBS Sports

Hugh Freeze and the Auburn Tigers have lost three of their last four games after blowing a 21-10 lead against the Oklahoma Sooners last week. The road doesn't get any easier in Week 6 as the Tigers travel to play Carson Beck and the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs have dominated this rivalry in recent years, winning seven consecutive games against the Tigers. The latest Week 6 college football odds via SportsLine consensus list Georgia as the 22.5-point favorite in that SEC showdown.

Elsewhere in the SEC, Alabama travels to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt after knocking off Georgia in an instant classic last weekend. The Crimson Tide are favored by 23 points, but should you include Alabama in your Week 6 college football bets? Before locking in any Week 6 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 6 college football schedule on a 17-7 roll (+923) 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 attention to college football betting for Week 6 and revealed picks for each matchup. Head here to see every pick.

Top college football predictions for Week 6

One of the top college football picks Marshall is recommending for Week 6: He's backing the red-hot Indiana Hoosiers to cover the 13.5-point spread against Northwestern in a 3:30 p.m. ET matchup.

The Hoosiers feature one of college football's most explosive offenses. Indiana is scoring 48.8 points per game, which ranks third in college football. Quarterback Kurtis Rourke has been sensational for the Hoosiers this season, completing 73.2% of his passes for 1,372 yards, 11 touchdowns and two interceptions.

Indiana's ground game has also been extremely effective, with three different players recording at least four rushing touchdowns. As a team, Indiana has rushed for over 1,000 yards and 21 touchdowns already. That doesn't bode well for a Northwestern offense that is scoring just 17.2 points per game, which ranks 122nd in the nation. Those trends have him pointing to an Indiana cover and the Over (42.5) in this one. See which other picks to make here.

How to make college football picks for Week 6

Marshall has evaluated every other matchup and he's found an alarming 23-5 betting trend you need to know this week. Get betting analysis for each matchup at SportsLine.

So what college football picks can you make with confidence, and what alarming trend do you need to know about? Check out the latest college football odds below, then visit SportsLine to see which teams to back, all from the legendary Vegas expert who has won multiple handicapping titles, and find out.