The legal sport betting odds favor the Alabama Crimson Tide over the Arkansas Razorbacks by a whopping 34.5 points. It’s business as usual for the Tide. However, head coach Nick Saban is not looking past the Razorbacks. “This is what I call a little bit of a trap game for us,” Saban said, “in terms of all the folks out there look at who they’ve played and what the scores were and don’t get prepared the way you need to get prepared to go play to your standard and the level you have to play to beat any team in the SEC on the road.”
“I look at every game as just another challenge,” linebacker Christian Miller said. “Don’t look records or numbers or … anytime I play a game, I just want to play my best game and do what I can to help the team, so I think that’s everybody’s approach. I think we just want to go into it, no matter of records or numbers, we just want to go into it and play our best game and play a complete game.” Well, you may not care about, say, cover the best online sportsbooks spread, but we do.
Betting Alabama
The Tide have won 15 of their last 16 on the road. And they have covered the legal sport betting spread in nine of those trips. Most recently, Alabama pounded the crap out of Ole Miss 62-7 in Week 3 at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium. Starting QB and Heisman hopeful Tua Tagovailoa has 14 touchdowns and no picks on 1161 passing yards. Defensively, the Tide have allowed just 13 points per game.
Betting Arkansas
The Razorbacks beat Eastern Illinois 55-20 as a legal sport betting favorite in Week 1. However, that was the proverbial flash in the pan. Arkansas’s season went downhill from there. The Razorbacks have been outscored 136-64 in the following four games. They are 4-5 SU at home going back to last season. And have lost their last four against SEC teams at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Starting QB Ty ‘Toy’ Storey has four TDs and four picks on 631 yards through the air.
Alabama Crimson Tide at Arkansas Razorbacks NCAA Football Betting Preview
- Date: October 6
- Time: 11:00 a.m. CT
- Venue: Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR
Odds from Intertops.eu:
- Alabama -35 (-110) 57½ (-110) -25000
- Arkansas +35 (-110) 57½ (-110) +9000
Alabama Team Stats
Offense
- 2 points per game (1st)
- 2 total yards per game (5th)
- 8 passing yards per game (10th)
- 4 rushing yards per game (29th)
Defense
- 6 total yards allowed per game (23rd)
- 8 passing yards allowed per game (36th)
- 8 rushing yards allowed per game (43rd)
Arkansas Team Stats
Offense
- 8 points per game (102nd)
- 8 total yards per game (108th)
- 0 passing yards per game (88th)
- 8 rushing yards per game (95th)
Defense
- 4 total yards allowed per game (57th)
- 6 passing yards allowed per game (99th)
- 8 rushing yards allowed per game (22nd)
Betting Trends
- Alabama is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
- Crimson Tide is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
- Alabama is 19-1 SU in its last 20 games on the road
- Arkansas is 1-3-1 ATS in its last 5 games
- The Razorbacks are 1-7 SU in its last 8 games
- Arkansas is 3-7-1 ATS in its last 11 games at home
Our Prediction: Alabama have won their five games by an average margin of 41.2 points. Moreover, they have won each game by a difference of more than 35 points, TAMU being the exception to the rule. Going up against the 92nd defense in the country, take the Tide and the points.
