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College Football scores and lines
Today's games, the number the book is publishing, and what that number actually says about who wins. No picks, no bets, no sportsbook links. Just the math.
College Football
| Game | Line | Total | Chronicle Line | Best price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #99 Illinois Fighting Illini 6-3 0 #8 UCLA Bruins 9-0 0 | UCLA -10+300 / -380 | O/U 47.5 | 24% ILL · 76% UCLA | DraftKings |
| #17 Houston Cougars 7-2 0 #99 Colorado Buffaloes 3-6 0 | HOU -10.5-395 / +310 | O/U 50.5 | 77% HOU · 23% COLO | DraftKings |
| #99 Duke Blue Devils 7-2 0 #1 Miami Hurricanes 8-1 0 | MIA -13.5+410 / -550 | O/U 54.5 | 19% DUKE · 81% MIA | DraftKings |
| #99 Northwestern Wildcats 6-3 0 #12 Ohio State Buckeyes 6-3 0 | OSU -12.5+360 / -470 | O/U 46.5 | 21% NU · 79% OSU | DraftKings |
| #16 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 8-1 0 #99 SMU Mustangs 7-2 0 | WAKE -1.5-115 / -105 | O/U 61.5 | 51% WAKE · 49% SMU | DraftKings |
| #5 Alabama Crimson Tide 7-2 0 #99 Vanderbilt Commodores 4-5 0 | ALA -15.5-850 / +575 | O/U 50.5 | 86% ALA · 14% VAN | DraftKings |
| #13 Tennessee Volunteers 7-2 0 #99 Texas A&M Aggies 4-5 0 | TENN -2.5-135 / +114 | O/U 43.5 | 55% TENN · 45% TA&M | DraftKings |
| #18 Missouri Tigers 6-3 0 #2 Georgia Bulldogs 8-1 0 | UGA -15.5+500 / -700 | O/U 47.5 | 16% MIZ · 84% UGA | DraftKings |
| #20 USC Trojans 7-2 0 #4 Indiana Hoosiers 8-1 0 | IU -7.5+230 / -285 | O/U 49.5 | 29% USC · 71% IU | DraftKings |
| #99 Baylor Bears 6-3 0 #9 BYU Cougars 7-2 0 | BYU -7.5+240 / -298 | O/U 49.5 | 28% BAY · 72% BYU | DraftKings |
| #99 Boston College Eagles 4-5 0 #11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 8-1 0 | ND -29.5+1800 / -5000 | O/U 52.5 | 5% BC · 95% ND | DraftKings |
| #99 Michigan Wolverines 5-4 0 #23 Oregon Ducks 6-3 0 | ORE -11.5+340 / -440 | O/U 38.5 | 22% MICH · 78% ORE | DraftKings |
| #10 Ole Miss Rebels 6-3 0 #99 Oklahoma Sooners 5-4 0 | MISS -1.5-115 / -105 | O/U 48.5 | 51% MISS · 49% OU | DraftKings |
| #99 Oregon State Beavers 5-4 0 #25 Boise State Broncos 8-1 0 | BOIS -13.5+390 / -520 | O/U 65.5 | 20% ORST · 80% BOIS | DraftKings |
| #24 Florida Gators 5-4 0 #6 Kentucky Wildcats 7-2 0 | UK -3.5+140 / -166 | O/U 53.5 | 40% FLA · 60% UK | DraftKings |
| #3 Utah Utes 9-0 0 #22 Arizona Wildcats 7-2 0 | UTAH -2.5-142 / +120 | O/U 54.5 | 56% UTAH · 44% ARIZ | DraftKings |
| #7 Texas Longhorns 7-2 0 #14 LSU Tigers 6-3 0 | LSU -3.5+150 / -180 | O/U 46.5 | 38% TEX · 62% LSU | DraftKings |
| #99 Purdue Boilermakers 3-6 0 #19 Iowa Hawkeyes 7-2 0 | IOWA -16.5+625 / -950 | O/U 47.5 | 13% PUR · 87% IOWA | DraftKings |
| #21 South Carolina Gamecocks 6-3 0 #99 Arkansas Razorbacks 3-6 0 | SC -7.5-310 / +250 | O/U 51.5 | 73% SC · 27% ARK | DraftKings |
| #15 Texas Tech Red Raiders 8-1 0 #99 Oklahoma State Cowboys 6-3 0 | OKST -3.5+142 / -170 | O/U 72.5 | 40% TTU · 60% OKST | DraftKings |
What the Chronicle Line is
A sportsbook does not publish a probability. It publishes a price, and the price has the book's cut baked into it. Convert both sides of a moneyline into probabilities and they add up to more than 100%. That extra is the margin, and it is why the number on the screen always looks slightly worse for you than reality.
The Chronicle Line takes the cut out. We convert each side, then scale both so they sum to exactly 100. What is left is the clean probability the market is actually pricing: a team at 65% is the market saying it wins about two times in three. It is arithmetic on a published price, not a forecast of ours and not a recommendation.
Where several books are pricing a game we de-vig each one on its own and take the median, so one outlier cannot drag the number around. The book count is shown under each probability. When the books disagree by three points or more we flag it, because that gap is the market telling you it is not sure.
Best price is simply which book is paying the most on each side right now. We publish it as a fact about the market. We are not telling you to go use it, and we get nothing if you do.
Lines move. The numbers here are from the last refresh, shown above.
Scores update live; prices are shopped across multiple books. The Company Chronicle does not take bets, does not sell picks and has no sportsbook affiliations. If gambling stops being fun, call 1-800-GAMBLER. 21+.
