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College football betting lines: Picks for SEC games against the spread - Tennessean

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Place your bets, place your bets.

We're less than three months away from the college football season kicking off, and gambling lines are set for some early-season games.

Craving some advice?

Fine, we'll help, although don't blame us if it backfires. It's your money, after all.

On this edition of "SEC Football Unfiltered," a podcast from the USA TODAY Network, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams make their picks against the spread for eight games involving SEC teams in Week 0 or Week 1.

Betting lines are from Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for more betting odds.

And, remember, these picks from Adams and Toppmeyer are against the spread.

Vanderbilt (-6.5) at Hawaii 

Adams: Hawaii

Toppmeyer: Hawaii

Cincinnati at Arkansas (-7.5)

Adams: Arkansas

Toppmeyer: Arkansas

Utah (-1.5) at Florida

Adams: Utah

Toppmeyer: Utah

Utah State at Alabama (-37.5)

Adams: Alabama

Toppmeyer: Utah State

Memphis at Mississippi State (-14.5)

Adams: Memphis

Toppmeyer: Memphis

Georgia State at South Carolina (-13.5) 

Adams: Georgia State

Toppmeyer: South Carolina

Oregon vs. Georgia (-17.5) in Atlanta 

Adams: Oregon

Toppmeyer: Oregon

Florida State vs. LSU (-2.5) in New Orleans 

Adams: LSU

Toppmeyer: LSU

WANT MORE OPINIONS FROM TOPPMEYER AND ADAMS?: Subscribe to the SEC Unfiltered newsletter for multiple exclusive columns each week

SCHEDULE: If SEC football is hell-bent on nixing divisions, I have two schedule ideas | Toppmeyer

FLY THE FLAG: Tennessee Vols fans can proudly display their colors this beach season | Adams

Also in this episode

  • Is Commissioner Greg Sankey's idea that the SEC might break away and stage its own playoff a bluff? Don't bet on it, Toppmeyer says. This threat seems like leverage and a warning that if other conference leaders don't get on board with Sankey's 12-team playoff plan after the current CFP contract expires following the 2025 season, the SEC will take its ball and go home.
  • In honor of this week's SEC spring meetings, a recollection of the time a coach shoved a reporter into a swimming pool at this event.
  • Adams considers selling his Kia and restoring his 20-year-old Honda Accord.
  • Toppmeyer explains why Hoover, Alabama, is a better venue for SEC Media Days than Atlanta.

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Blake Toppmeyer is an SEC Columnist for the USA TODAY Network. John Adams is a senior columnist for the Knoxville News Sentinel. You can subscribe to their podcast, SEC Football Unfiltered.

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