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-- Maryland covered five of last six games, but at 5-4, still needs one more win to be bowl eligible.

-- Home team covered last seven Purdue-Indiana games.

-- Kansas State coach Snyder, who built Wildcats into a power when they were a joke, announced his retirement this week. This is his last game. K-State won last five games vs Missouri, winning last two at this site, 24-3/24-14.

-- Underdog is 10-5 vs spread in last 15 Northwestern-Illinois games.

-- Ball State won four of last five games vs Central Michigan, with Chippewas losing last two visits to Muncie, 38-34/27-14. Ball had 27-0 lead in last year's game, but lost 41-40.

-- Road team won four of last five Duke-North Carolina games, with teams splitting last two at this site, and UNC winning four of five, with three of the four wins by 23+ points.

-- Home side won last two Cincinnati-South Florida games, with Bulls winning in OT in game at this site, 24-17. Bearcats outgained USF 577-323 in last year's game, but Bulls can go to BCS bowl if they win out.

-- Georgia won its last five games vs Kentucky, winning last two at this site, 43-29/30-10; they routed UK 62-17 in Lexington last year, gaining 589 yards and forcing six UK turnovers.

-- Ole Miss has battled LSU recently, losing last four in series, but with none of the losses by more than 11 points, and last three by total of seven points. Dogs covered seven of last eight series games. LSU ran ball for 360 yards in last year's 27-24 win. Ole Miss had five disgruntled players quit this week.

-- Tennessee covered five of last seven games vs Vanderbilt, shutting Vandy out in three of last four years, outscoring them 86-0 in last two at this site, but Vols' QB situation is a mess- they've changed starters five times this season. Commodores blew bowl chances with 48-43 home loss to Kentucky; they trailed 34-3 in first half.

-- Buffalo won its first game of year last week, after its coach had been fired during week; Bulls lost last two games vs Eastern Michigan by combined total of seven points.

-- Underdog covered 11 of last 13 Arkansas-Miss State games, with Hogs winning last five, last two at this site by 24-21/52-6 scores. Bulldogs covered their last three games at Little Rock.

-- Oklahoma State is 7-1-2 vs spread in last ten games vs Baylor, winning last five SU, all by 17+ points; OSU won last two visits to Waco, 38-22/38-21.

-- Central Florida won seven of its last eight games, covering the last four, but they're just 1-1 as favorite this season.

-- Idaho lost last three visits to Boise's blue carpet by 66-24/38-21/65-7 scores; Broncos outgained Idaho 572-202 in last year's game.

-- Nevada won five of its last six games, is bowl elgiible; they're 2-2 on road, with favorite covering all four games.

-- Utah lost its QB to injury last week; road team covered 11 of last 13 games in this rivalry, with Utes' last two visits to this site both decided by FG. In last two years, Utes drilled BYU 52-21, after shutting Cougars out 3-0, ending huge BYU streak of not having been shut out.

-- Marshall covered four of its last five games; only one of their last four was decided by more than three points.

-- UAB lost four of last five games; they covered three of their four road games.

-- New Mexico State is 0-10, failing to cover last six. San Jose St lost its last eight games (2-6 vs spread).

-- Tulsa-Tulane is being played at UL-Monroe, as Green Wave plays 10th game on 10th different field.

-- Underdog covered seven of last nine Colorado State-UNLV games; Rams won their last two visits to Strip by combined total of three points; only one of last five series games was decided by more than a FG.

-- Home side covered seven of last eight, won last four Air Force-New Mexico games, with Falcons losing last two visits to this site, 52-33/24-12. Lobos were just 9-22 passing in this game last year.

-- Southern Miss playing third game in 13 days; home side won their last five games vs Memphis, with Tigers losing last three visits to this site, 24-3/33-14/23-6. Tigers lost 20-16 at Tennessee with star RB Williams sitting out with injured ankle.

-- San Diego State won four of last five games vs Wyoming, with Cowboys losing last two games at this site, 38-16/25-20. Home side is 8-3-1 vs spread in series.

-- SMU covered four of last five games. Houston needs one win to become bowl eligible.

-- Middle Tennessee is 2-0 as underdog this year, knocking off Vanderbilt in Nashville and covering at Alabama. NC State is 4-5 needs th

-- Arkansas State scored total of 19 points in last three games. Army won its last three games; they're favored for first time this year.

-- UL-Monroe covered five of its last seven games. North Texas lost seven of its last eight games.

Totals Report

-- Under is 7-1 in last eight Iowa games, 2-7 in last nine Gopher games.

-- Under is 5-3 in Ohio State's last eight games.

-- Under is 7-1 in Temple's last eight games.

-- Six of last eight South Carolina games went over the total.

-- Six of last seven Oklahoma games went over the total.

-- Under is 4-1 in Syracuse's last five games.

-- Four of last five Washington games went over total.

-- Last seven Alabama games stayed under the total.

-- Last four Michigan State games stayed under the total.

-- Average total in last three Duck-Beaver games is 64.7.

-- Average total in last five Cal-Stanford games is 51.4.

-- Last five Virginia games stayed under the total.

-- Last four Fresno State games all stayed under the total.

-- Five of last six Miami games stayed under the total.

-- Six of last seven Boston College games stayed under the total

-- Four of last five Indiana games went over the total.

-- Six of last eight Kansas State games went over the total.

-- Last five Northwestern games stayed under the total.

-- Four of last five Ball State games stayed under.

-- Under is 4-1 in North Carolina home games this season.

-- Five of seven South Florida games stayed under the total.

-- Average total in last five Georgia-Kentucky games is 70.

-- Four of last five LSU games stayed under the total.

-- Six of last eight Vanderbilt games went over the total.

-- Under is 8-1-1 in Eastern Michiganm games this season.

-- Under is 6-1-1 in last eight Mississippi State games.

-- Four of last five Oklahoma State games went over the total.

-- Five of six Central Florida road games stayed under the total.

-- Seven of nine Boise State games stayed under total.

-- There are no totals trends in Nevada-Utah State game.

-- Over is 3-1 in last four BYU games, 3-0 in last three Utah tilts.

-- Five of last seven East Carolina games stayed under the total.

-- Three of last four UTEP games went over the total.

-- Last four New Mexico State games went over the total.

-- Last five Tulane games all went over the total.

-- Seven of ten UNLV games went over the total.

-- Over is 8-1-1 in New Mexico games this season.

-- Three of four Memphis road games went over the total.

-- Under is 5-1 in last six San Diego State games.

-- Seven of nine SMU games stayed under the total.

-- Last six NC State games stayed under the total.

-- Three of four Arkansas State games went over the total.

-- Five of last six UL-Monroe games went over the total.