College Football Predictions Week 6: North Carolina Tar Heels On Upset Alert Against Louisville Cardinals
The North Carolina Tar Heels are big favorites on early Saturday afternoon when they go up against the Louisville Cardinals. The latest Vegas odds that are posted for this game have North Carolina listed as 13.5 point favorites.
The betting public adores the Tar Heels in this game. The line opened up at 12.5 and the betting public has bet this line up a full point and it is still rising.
This is not surprising as the Cardinals have lost to some bad teams this year. They are recently off a heart breaking loss to the Thundering Heard in which quarterback k Teddy Bridgewater tossed a late game-changing interception. The Cardinals are a team that adjusts very well off an upset loss and North Carolina has struggled as a double-digit favorite in the past.
Quarterback Bryn Renner had an outstanding performance a week ago has he passed for four touchdowns. He should come back down to earth today and the sports betting trends are in favor of Louisville.
The Tar Heels are 2-6 against the spread (ATS) in their last 8 games as a favorite of 10.5 or greater and 0-4 ATS in the last four games after covering the number in the previous outing. The Cardinals are 32-13 ATS in their last 45 non-conference games, 11-1 ATS in their last 12 against the ACC and 5-1 ATS in the last six games as a road underdog.
Louisville may not upset North Carolina, but it will be close.
Pick: Louisville +13.5