Top College Football sportsbooks favor the Georgia State Panthers over the WKU Hilltoppers by 4.5 points in the 2020 Lending Tree Bowl.
WKU Hilltoppers vs. Georgia State NCAAF Odds by MyBookie.ag
| Team | SP/RL | TOTAL | ML | |
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| Western Kentucky | +4½ (-110) | 56½ (-110) | +160 |  |
| Georgia State | -4½ (-110) | 56½ (-110) | -185 | |
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Betting WKU Hilltoppers
The Hilltoppers are the underdogs as established by the best online sportsbooks. Western Kentucky University’s football team will appear in its seventh bowl game in the last nine seasons. The Hilltoppers (5-6) are set to play Georgia State (5-4) in the 22nd yearly LendingTree Bowl on Saturday, December 26 in Mobile, Ala.
The bowl game at Ladd-Peebles Stadium is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CT and will be broadcast on ESPN. The game will mark WKU’s 30th postseason game in school history. The team has an 18-11 all-time record. Before this year, WKU reached a six-win record eight times in the last nine seasons. It has made six bowl game appearances in that period.
The Hilltoppers have a 4-2 record in those games. They have wins over Central Michigan (Bahamas Bowl; 2014), South Florida (Miami Beach Bowl; 2015), Memphis (Boca Raton Bowl; 2016) and Western Michigan (First Responder Bowl; 2019).
The game between WKU and Georgia State will be the teams’ third all-time encounter. The Panthers last defeated the Hilltoppers, 27-17, in the 2017 Cure Bowl in Orlando, Fla. WKU beat Georgia State 44-28 in 2013.
The Hilltoppers and the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are the only two programs in Conference USA to have an 11-game season this year. Only 19 teams in FBS have been in 11 games in the regular season.
WKU is, per top offshore sportsbooks, 2-7-1 ATS in their last 10 games. The total has gone U in four of Western Kentucky’s last five games. The total has gone U in four of Western Kentucky’s last six games this season. Western Kentucky is 1-5 ATS in their last six games against a team in the Sun Belt conference. And 6-1 SU in their last seven games in December. The total has gone U in four of Western Kentucky’s last five games on a Saturday. Western Kentucky is 1-4 SU in their last five games on a Saturday on the road.
Betting Georgia State Panthers
The Georgia State football team has been invited to a bowl game for the third time in four years under Shawn Elliott as head coach. The Panthers accepted the offer to meet Western Kentucky in the LendingTree Bowl at 3:30 p.m. on December 26 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
The game is a rematch of the 2017 Cure Bowl. On that occasion, Georgia State won 27-17 for the first bowl win in program history. Georgia State has a 1-2 record in bowl games. Last season, the Panthers lost to Wyoming 38-17 in the Arizona Bowl. Western Kentucky has a 5-2 all-time record in bowl games. They defeated Western Michigan 23-20 in the 2019 First Responder’s Bowl.
“I’m so proud of our players for their commitment and hard work to persevere through this season and earn our fourth bowl berth,” Elliott said. “We talk about doing things for the first time and back-to-back bowl games is another first for our program.”
As registered by top offshore sportsbooks, Georgia State is 6-3 ATS in their last nine games. The total has gone O in seven of Georgia State’s last 10 games. Georgia State is 4-2 SU in their last six games. The total has gone O in six of Georgia State’s last nine games this season. The total has gone U in five of Georgia State’s last six games in December. Georgia State is 6-2 ATS in their last eight games on a Saturday. And 8-3 SU in their last 11 games on a Saturday at home.
WKU Hilltoppers vs. Georgia State NCAAF Pick
Georgia State.
