The American Athletic Conference currently has the same amount of teams in the top 25 as the Pac 12. Temple, Memphis and Houston are all ranked thanks to the play of their quarterbacks.
AAC teams hit betting spotlight
(Oddsshark.com) — The No. 18 Memphis Tigers will be aiming for their 13th consecutive straight-up win on Friday when they travel to Tulsa to battle the Golden Hurricane as 10.5-point betting favorites at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
Memphis enters Week 8 as one of three AAC squads ranked in the AP Top 25, alongside No. 21 Temple and No. 22 Houston, a first for The American since its inception in 2013.
The 6-0 Tigers ended a three-game winless streak against the spread by topping the Ole Miss Rebels 37-24 last weekend, picking up the ATS win as heavy 10-point road underdogs.
Memphis goes into Friday night’s Tigers vs. Golden Hurricane betting matchup at Chapman Stadium with six road victories during their current win streak, but are a middling 3-2-1 ATS overall and 1-1-1 ATS on the road this season.
The Golden Hurricane return home following a 30-17 loss to East Carolina, their third in their last four, but covered as 14.5-point favorites.
Tulsa has a much-improved 3-3 SU record this season, and they’re 5-1 ATS in their last six as betting underdogs and 4-2 SU in their last six against the Tigers according to the OddsShark College Football Database.
The Owls look to improve to 7-0 SU when they visit East Carolina on Thursday night as intriguing 3-point underdogs.
Temple posted their third straight double-digit victory with 30-16 win over the Central Florida Knights last weekend but failed to cover a 20-point spread, dropping them to 5-2 ATS in their last seven games.
The 4-3 Pirates are just 1-2 ATS at home this season, 2-5 ATS in their last seven, and dropped a 20-10 decision to the Owls last season, the first meeting between the two teams in 19 years.
The Cougars jumped three places in the national rankings last weekend with a 42-7 beating of Tulane, easily covering as 21-point chalk, and can improve to 7-0 SU with a win when they visit Central Florida this weekend as 21.5-point favorites.
Houston is 12-2 SU over their last 14 games, 9-4-1 ATS, and a perfect 5-0, SU and ATS, in their last five as road chalk.
The Knights have been SU losers in their last eight games, but are undefeated SU in their last four against Houston, 1-3 ATS.
In other college football betting action for this week, No. 1 Ohio State is favored by 21 points over Rutgers, No. 2 Baylor takes on Iowa State as huge 37-point favorites, and in the only meeting of ranked squads in Week 8 No. 15 Texas A&M is visiting No. 24 Ole Miss as early 6-point underdogs.