- The biggest story of the college football season to date is the arrival of Deion Sanders as the head coach of the University of Colorado.
- The Buffaloes are currently 2-0 straight up and against the spread. They’ll play in-state rivals Colorado State this weekend.
- Colorado was the most heavily bet college football team both last week and the week before.
It should be another big weekend of college football action and you can be sure that the ‘public’ will unload on Colorado once again. We’ve already taken a side position on their game with Colorado State but that’s not the only wager involving Colorado on the board. BetOnline.ag has posted a ton of prop wagers on Colorado’s performance in the 2023 season as well as some props for Saturday’s game. In this article, we’ll look at the year long prop numbers and hit the game props in a subsequent post.
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOOTBALL BETTING ODDS FROM BETONLINE.AG
SHEDEUR SANDERS TO BE A HEISMAN FINALIST THIS SEASON
Yes +250 No -400
Based on the current odds, Sanders is the fourth choice to win the Heisman at +1000. Four finalists make the trip to New York but I doubt that the ‘powers that be’ in college football will include Deion’s son in that group.
COLORADO FINAL CFP RANKING POSITION
Over 24.5 -160 Under 24.5 +120
CFP Rankings won’t likely do Colorado any ranking favors. The wording on these props is kind of tricky–if you think that the Buffaloes will finish in the top 20 you’d bet the UNDER. Colorado has six games against teams currently ranked in the Top 25 (Oregon, USC, UCLA, Oregon State, Washington State, Utah). Hard to see Colorado doing better than 3-3 against these six teams.
COLORADO FINAL CFP RANKING POSITION
Not Ranked -140
16th through 25th +250
11th through 15th +350
6th through 10th +700
2nd through 5th +1200
1st +6600
COLORADO FINAL PAC-12 RANKING
1 +1800
2 +900
3 +750
4 +200
5 +200
6 +550
7 +800
8 +900
9 +1100
10 +1600
11 +2800
12 +3300
This prop is tricky because there are a lot of ‘moving parts’. We’ll go back to a previous bit of analysis for guidance. I’m thinking that Colorado goes no better than 3-3 against the top 25 teams on their schedule. 3 losses would have put them in 5th or 6 based on last year’s standings. The Pac-12 is pretty ‘top heavy’ at the moment with Arizona, California, Arizona State and Stanford all struggling to some degree in recent years. This all translates to a finish of no worse than 8th. I’m going to bet 7 and 8 which are both priced nicely.
