Week 5 college football betting nuggets to know

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• Arizona at UCLA (-13.5, 60), 7:30 p.m.: As of Thursday evening, three times more money had been bet on the Bruins than the Sun Devils at the Stratosphere sportsbook, according to supervisor Hugh Citron. Caesars sportsbook manager Leon Bismark also reported "heavy" action on the Bruins.

• Memphis (-8.5, 62) at South Florida, 7 p.m. Friday: Memphis has scored 21 touchdowns on 25 trips to the red zone. South Florida is tied for last in red zone defense, allowing 14 touchdowns on 15 drives.

• Army at Penn State (-27, 46), 12 p.m.: After failing to cover the spread in 16 consecutive road games, Army has covered in both of its away games this season.

• Alabama at Georgia (-2, 53.5), 3:30 p.m.: Weather will play a factor, with one to two inches of rain expected in Athens, where it's rained steadily all week. As of Friday afternoon, 10 times more money had been bet on Alabama than Georgia at the MGM sportsbook.

  Extra point: Alabama coach Nick Saban is 33-22 against the spread (ATS) as an underdog. Saban has won straight-up in 26 of those games.

• Wyoming at Appalachian State (-25, 53), 3:30 p.m.: Wynn executive director of race and sports John Avello: "Believe it or not, a game that has drawn heavy sharp action is Wyoming/Appalachian St. and it's on the App St. side. The play is probably more against Wyoming than it is on App St. because Wyoming is 0-4 with losses to both North Dakota and Eastern Michigan."

• Texas Tech at Baylor (-17.5, 87.5), 3:30 p.m.: "Tickets and money" moved this line from Baylor minus-14 to minus-17 at MGM Mirage.

  Extra point: The last five meetings have gone over the total, averaging 95.8 points.

• Kansas State at Oklahoma State (-7.5, 49), 4 p.m.: Kansas State coach Bill Snyder is 37-14-1 ATS in Big 12 play since returning to coach the Wildcats in 2009.

  Extra point: Wynn executive director of race and sports John Avello: "Oklahoma State opened on Sunday afternoon at minus-4 and was bet up to minus-8 by Thursday."

• San Jose at Auburn (-20.5, 56), 4 p.m.: The Tigers have failed to cover the spread in their last nine night games.

• Ole Miss (-7, 51) at Florida, 7 p.m.: Number of draft-eligible NFL prospects, according to ESPN's Todd McShay: Ole Miss, 15; Florida, 6.

• Notre Dame at Clemson(-1.5, 50), 8 p.m.: Notre Dame opponents have scored touchdowns on seven of 11 drives inside the Irish's 20-yard line, including five rushing touchdowns. Clemson has allowed only six red zone drives.

  Extra point: Forecasts are calling for three to five inches of rain.

  Two-point conversion: Number of draft-eligible NFL prospects, according to ESPN's Todd McShay: Notre Dame, 13; Clemson, 5.

• Oregon (-7.5, 69.5) at Colorado, 10 p.m.: MGM vice president of race and sports Jay Rood: "Colorado getting all the sharp play, moving this game from 10.5 to 7.5."

Random extra points

• North Carolina State (4-0 ATS), Ohio (4-0 ATS), Middle Tennessee (4-0 ATS), Southern Miss (4-0 ATS), Central Michigan (4-0 ATS), Navy (3-0) and Air Force (3-0) are the only teams to have covered the spread in every one of their games.

• Auburn (0-4 ATS), Michigan State (0-4 ATS), Missouri (0-4 ATS), Arizona State (0-4 ATS), Old Dominion (0-4 ATS), San Diego State (0-4 ATS), Central Florida (0-4), New Mexico State (0-3 ATS) and North Texas (0-3 ATS) have failed to cover the spread in every one of their games.

Statistical information from college football data specialist Joshua Doust and BetLabSports on SportsInsights was used in this article.