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Best Bets College Football Week 3: Ole Miss-LSU, Louisville-SMU, Florida-Auburn, USC-Rutgers

September 18, 2026·27 min
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Week 3 is here.  Noon is chaos. Georgia at Arkansas is Georgia -24.5. Wellness check. North Carolina at Clemson is Clemson -3.5, total 43.5. Both offenses have been allergic to chunk plays. USC lays 24.5 at Rutgers. Ohio State and Penn State are hostage situations. Don’t talk about them. Afternoon gets mean. SMU at Louisville is Louisville -1.5, total 59.5. FSU at Alabama is Bama -19.5. Florida at Auburn is Florida -2.5. New coaches. Somebody’s 2-0 dies in Jordan-Hare. Kentucky at Texas A&M and Miss State at South Carolina are the other SEC games people will pretend they had. Virginia -10.5 over West Virginia in Charlotte. Late window: Michigan State at Notre Dame is Irish -29.5. BYU at Colorado State and New Mexico at Oklahoma if you enjoy ranked teams not becoming a meme. Texas hosts UTSA because No. 1 still has to punch the clock.The actual game is 7:30 on ABC. No. 7 LSU at No. 8 Ole Miss. Kiffin back in Oxford after he left during a playoff run. LSU -3. Total around 59. Last six meetings: home team wins. Both 2-0. Chambliss at home. Leavitt on the visitors’ sideline. The Grove will not be polite. This is the only game that rearranges the SEC before October. Pick for LSU–Ole Miss, a same-game parlay, two sneaky props. One top-10 game. One stadium that wants a scalp.Don’t blink. It’ll be November.Drop your favorite Saturday bet in the comments. 🏈 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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