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College Football Betting Odds Week 12: Picks Against the Spread for Top 25 Schedule

By Joe Tansey

College Football Betting Odds Week 12: Picks Against the Spread for Top 25 Schedule

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Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook.

Saturday, November 16

No. 2 Ohio State (-28.5) at Northwestern (Noon ET, BTN)

No. 3 Texas (-12) at Arkansas (Noon ET, ABC)

No. 20 Clemson (-11.5) at Pittsburgh (Noon ET, ESPN)

Utah at No. 17 Colorado (-11) (Noon ET, Fox)

No. 25 Tulane (-7) at Navy (Noon ET, ESPN2)

Mercer at No. 10 Alabama (-42.5) (2 p.m. ET, ESPN+)

No. 4 Penn State (-29) at Purdue (3:30 p.m. ET, CBS)

Virginia at No. 8 Notre Dame (-23.5) (3:30 p.m. ET, NBC)

Boston College at No. 14 SMU (-19) (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

No. 22 LSU (-4) at Florida (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC)

No. 19 Louisville (-20.5) at Stanford (3:30 p.m. ET, ACC Network)

No. 23 Missouri at No. 21 South Carolina (-14) (4:15 p.m. ET, SEC Network)

No. 13 Boise State (-14.5) at San Jose State (7 p.m. ET, CBS Sports Network)

Arizona State at No. 16 Kansas State (-7.5) (7 p.m. ET, ESPN)

No. 1 Oregon (-13.5) at Wisconsin (7:30 p.m. ET, NBC)

No. 7 Tennessee at No. 12 Georgia (-9.5) (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC)

New Mexico State at No. 15 Texas A&M (-39) (7:45 p.m. ET, SEC Network)

No. 18 Washington State (-10) at New Mexico (9:30 p.m. ET, FS1)

Kansas at No. 6 BYU (-3) (10:15 p.m. ET, ESPN)

Georgia comes into Saturday as one of five SEC teams with two losses in conference play.

The Bulldogs can muddy the waters even more by dragging Tennessee into the group with two-loss league records.

That would leave the Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies, who play each other to end the regular season, alone at the top of the SEC with one conference loss each.

A slew of tiebreakers could be enacted if Tennessee loses in Athens because then only one of the two Texas schools has the potential to finish on top of the conference with a single SEC defeat.

Georgia did not look great in its Week 11 loss to the Ole Miss Rebels. It struggled with the pass-rush, and it will get no reprieve in Week 12 against Tennessee's front seven.

But the difference on Saturday will be quarterback play. Carson Beck hasn't been tremendous in every game, but he carries all sorts of experience and knows how to navigate UGA to a victory in a tough spot.

Iamaleava, if he plays, will be thrown into a tough road environment. He was not great in either road contest against the Arkansas Razorbacks and Oklahoma Sooners in October. He had under 200 passing yards and a single touchdown pass in those two road contests.

Conversely, Beck has thrown for multiple touchdowns in every home or neutral site game this season. He does have 12 interceptions, but at least at home, he's been able to neutralize the turnovers with touchdowns.

As long as Beck's home and neutral site form continues to shine through for UGA, it should pick up the win and even cover the 9.5-point spread.

Georgia earned six of its seven victories by double digits and held five opponents under 20 points in those wins.

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