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College Football Betting Trends to Know for Week 2: Kansas State and Missouri Like to go Streaking

Robert Duff

by Robert Duff in College Football

Updated Sep 7, 2022 · 5:35 PM PDT

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Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman looks to pass during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Syracuse in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
  • The betting line on the Wake Forest vs Vanderbilt game has grown from Demon Deacons -6.5 to -13 with the return from injury of Wake Forest QB Sam Hartman
  • After halting Missouri’s long win streak, can the Kansas State Wildcats start one of their own?
  • All of the best Week 2 college football betting trends are assessed in the story below

When it comes to games between Kansas State and Missouri, the Wildcats and Tigers are the Frank the Tanks of college football betting trends.

They’re always going streaking.

Between 1958 and the present, there’s been a half dozen instances of one of these schools assembling a win streak of five or more games against the other.

Streaks are also commonplace when Boise State and New Mexico clash. In this instance, though, it’s the Broncos who are seldom bucked from setting a college football betting trend.

Vanderbilt has won three in a row from Wake Forest. However, it’s the Demon Deacons who opened as 6.5-point favorites in the college football odds. That line has nearly doubled since word came that Wake Forest’s Heisman Trophy-contending quarterback Sam Hartman would be returning from injury.

Let’s delve more deeply into these key college football betting trends and see where the smart money will be going in Week 2.

Kansas State Making Wildcat Strike

Long-time rivals in the old Big Eight and then into the Big 12, this is the first Kansas State-Missouri meeting since 2011. Kansas State took a 24-17 home decision in that game, halting Missouri’s five-game winning streak against the Wildcats.

In fact, this rivalry is all about winning streaks. Kansas State won 13 in a row from 1993-2005. Missouri (1-0) assembled five-game win stretches from 1986-90 and 1980-84, a six-game run from 1972-78 and 12 straight wins from 1958-69.

Oddsmakers are assessing that Kansas State (1-0) will continue to assemble a new win streak over the Tigers when the two schools meet on Saturday, September 10 at 12pm ET on ESPN2. The Wildcats are 7-point home favorites in the Missouri vs Kansas State odds.

There’s plenty of evidence to support this line of thinking in the college football betting trends. Straight up, Kansas State is 7-2 in the last nine home games against Missouri of the SEC. Since 1990, the Wildcats are 93-18 (83.8%) SU in non-conference games. At home, Kansas State is 79-8 (90.9%) SU at home against non-conference foes. Facing non-conference squads over the past 30 seasons, the Wildcats have posted 17 unbeaten years overall, and 24 unbeaten years on their home field.

Getting To The Hartman Of The Matter

Vanderbilt is seeking to open a season 3-0 for the first time since 2017. The Commodores have also won three straight over the Demon Deacons. However, oddsmakers weren’t liking the Commodores’ chances from the get go. Wake Forest (1-0) opened as a 6.5-point pick on the road on Saturday at 12pm ET on the SEC Network.

Since news broke that QB Hartman would be playing, that line line lengthened to Demon Deacons -13. A three-year starter for Wake Forest, last season Hartman threw for 4,222 yards and 39 touchdowns. That averages out to 301.6 yards per game. He also rushed for 364 yards and another 11 TDs.

In the Heisman Trophy odds, Hartman is at +7500. However, it was feared his year, and perhaps his career, was done. In August, Hartman was diagnosed with with Paget-Schroetter syndrome. An illness also referred to as effort thrombosis, it results in blood clots that are often associated with repeated strenuous activity.

Hartman underwent surgery on August 9 to clear up a blood clot. An MRI this week showed no return of any clotting, and he was cleared to play. Good news for the Demon Deacons. Not so much for the Commodores.

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Boise To Men

The college football betting trends display that it’s not uncommon for the Boise State Broncos (0-1) to run roughshod over Mountain West Conference opposition. What they’ve done to the New Mexico Lobos (1-0), though, is about as one-sided as a rivalry can get.

The two schools have met 12 times. Boise State was walking off the field a winner after 11 of those games. Over the course of the series, the Broncos have outscored the Lobos 458-207.

Boise State is riding a five-game win streak and are 17-point road favorites on Friday, September 9 at 6pm ET on the CBS Sports Network.

Over the past two games, Boise State holds a 79-9 edge on the scoreboard. Through the Broncos’ past four wins, the combined margin of victory is 124-23. New Mexico is 0-5 SU at home against Boise State.

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