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College Football Prop Picks, Sportsbook Odds: Reasons to Take Jeremiyah Love’s Over

Alex Payton

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There are a lot of fun matchups in the college football landscape on Saturday. All eyes are going to be on Oregon-Penn State and Alabama-Georgia during primetime, but plenty will happen before we get to those games

For this article, we will be detailing our three favorite college football prop picks. Sign up on FanDuel and bet365 to get access to several betting bonuses.

College Football Prop PickOdds
Jeremiyah Love Over 97.5 Rushing Yards-114 on FanDuel
Braylon Staley Over 48.5 Receiving Yards-114 on FanDuel
LaNoris Sellers Over 219.5 Passing Yards-115 on bet365

Love Runs All Over Arkansas

One could easily make the argument that Jeremiyah Love is the most talented running back in college this year, and he is set up for success on Saturday. Over his last two games he has racked up 304 yards from scrimmage and four touchdowns, and we like for him to run the ball with a ton of success against Arkansas on Saturday.

 

On the year, Arkansas has really struggled defending the run, with the 127th-ranked EPA per rush attempt and 132 in terms of rushing success rate allowed. That is a bad combination of numbers that tell us Arkansas both allows a lot of big plays (tracked by EPA/play), while also struggling consistently on a down-to-down basis (success rate).

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have no issues giving Love the rock a ton, as he has averaged 23 touches over his last two games. For this game specifically, we are expecting those touches to come in the form of rushing plays, taking advantage of a bad Arkansas run defense. With a high over/under of 64.5 in a game that is expected to be a shootout, expect Love to have a ton of success.

Staley Has Success Receiving Against Mississippi State

This is another NCAAF game that has a high over/under, with Tennessee and Mississippi State having a total set at 63.5. So, with offense expecting to be high-flying, we like Braylon Staley to have some success through the air against the Mississippi State defense.

Overall, it makes sense that this game has such a high total, as Tennessee is averaging 53 points per game, with 554 yards per game on 7.1 yards per play. Even after losing their QB to the transfer portal after the 2024 season, the Tennessee Volunteers QB Joey Aguilar has been fantastic, and Staley has been a favorite of his. Staley leads the team in total targets as a redshirt freshman.

Through three games, he has averaging 70.1 yards per game and has hit at least 50 receiving yards in all three games. While the Mississippi State defense is a slight step up in competition, not to the extent of how low this prop has fallen at only 48.5 yards. Staley goes over this on Saturday. Check for college football betting bonuses on FanDuel, such as profit boosts and no sweat bets.

Sellers Keeps Positive Momentum After Slow Start

There is no doubt that LaNorris Sellers had a slow start to the season for the South Carolina Gamecocks, but he finally came alive last week and that is something we like to continue this week as well against Kentucky. Sellers went over this number for the first time all season last week, passing for 302 yards on only 18 completions against Missouri.

 

Now, for this week, he takes on a Kentucky defense that is bottom 15 in terms of pass defense, allowing 278 passing yards per game. They did have a bye last week, but the last time we saw Kentucky on the field they allowed 330 yards to Eastern Michigan QB Noah Kim.

Look for Sellers to bounce-back after a rough showing in his last home game against Vanderbilt.

Alex Payton

Alex Payton is a betting content producer for The Sporting News. A resident of Kentucky, Alex graduated from the University of Louisville in 2017 and is a devoted Cardinals fan. He has several years of experience creating dedicated content for various publications in the online sports betting industry.