College football betting features #1 Florida traveling to Kentucky on Saturday in an ESPN 2 televised game. The Gators are just over three-touchdown favorites for those that bet on college football.
College football betting has Florida as a 21.5 point favorite against the Wildcats. The Gators are 3-0 on the season and are riding a 13-game winning streak which is the longest in the nation. Kentucky is 2-0 on the season after a win last week against Louisville. Florida holds a 42-17 advantage in the college football betting series and has won 22 in a row. Florida has won 16 of the 26 all-time meetings at Kentucky.
Florida has won five straight SEC games on the road as college football betting trends show. Last week the Gators were at home against Tennessee and won 23-13 but they did not cover the online betting pointspread for those that bet on college football. Florida remained at the No. 1 position in both the AP poll and the USA Today coaches’ poll this week.
Florida has 1,610 scrimmage yards (536.7 per game) over the first three weeks of the college football betting season, second only to Kansas. Over its past eight college football betting games, The Gators have rushed for 289.5 yards per game and 24 touchdowns. Only Georgia Tech has rushed for more yards over the same time. Florida is one of two teams in the nation to have at least eight rushing touchdowns and eight passing touchdowns with Cincinnati being the other.
Florida has been excellent in college football betting on the road laying points. The Gators are 8-0 ATS in their last 8 games as a road favorite. Florida has also been very good in the SEC in college football betting. They are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 conference games. In this bet on college football series the Gators are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 meetings in Kentucky.
Kentucky has some positive numbers as well in college football betting. The Wildcats are 19-7 ATS in their last 26 games in September. The Wildcats are 10-4 in college football betting in their last 14 games as a home underdog. The one concern is that Kentucky is just 2-5 against the online betting number in their last 7 conference games.
If you are looking to bet on college football at the online sportsbook with the total in this game then keep in mind that the Over is 11-4 in the Gators last 15 conference games. The last four Kentucky home games have all gone over the college football betting total.