4-Unit Play. Take #628 Ohio State (-5) over Wisconsin (8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
Note: This is my Game of the Week.
1.5-Unit Play. Take #645 Troy (+1.5) over South Alabama (8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
1.5-Unit Play. Take #658 New Mexico State (-3) over Fresno State (9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
1.5-Unit Play. Take #535 Mississippi (+7.5) over Tennessee (1:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
1-Unit Play. Take #575 Columbia (+19) over Cornell (4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
1-Unit Play. Take #652 UTEP (-12.5) over Southern Miss (9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
1-Unit Play. Take #572 Cincinnati (-5) over Notre Dame (4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16))
1-Unit Play. Take #635 Wright State (-2) over UW-Milwaukee (8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
1-Unit Play. Take #551 Youngstown State (+20) over Butler (2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
1-Unit Play. Take #529 UNC-Wilmington (+13) over Northeastern (1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
The books are still loading up on Northeastern because they covered eight straight games before finally losing. This Wilmington team is sneaky and can come to play at random times. They can also get blown out on the road so this line is necessary, but not really reflective of the talent situation. Northeastern is more of a grind-it-out team and isn't prone to many blowouts. This is an early game on Saturday against a team at the lower end of the CAA standings. I expect a solid eight-point win out of the Huskies but I don't see a blowout.
0.5-Unit Play. Take #617 USC (Pk) over UCLA (7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #554 Valparaiso (+2) over Cleveland State (2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #538 Arkansas (+1) over Alabama (1:45 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #589 Purdue (-6.5) over Northwestern (5:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #673 Utah (+11.5) over UNLV (10 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #585 Stanford (+6) over Washington State (5 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #643 Iowa State (+3.5) over Nebraska (8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16))
0.5-Unit Play. Take #533 Missouri (-3) over Oklahoma (1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #599 Vanderbilt (-1) over South Carolina (6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #663 Portland (+9) over St. Mary’s (10 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #698 Wofford (-5) over Davidson (7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
These are 5-point teasers: 0.5-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #702 Tennessee-Martin (+7) over Jacksonville State (7 p.m.) AND Take #652 UTEP (-12.5) over Southern Miss (9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16)
0.5-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #650 Tulsa (-10) over UCF (8 p.m.) AND Take #578 Richmond (-4) over LaSalle (4 p.m.)
0.5-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #640 Northern Iowa (-8) over Indiana State (8 p.m.) AND Take #634 Rice (+19) over Memphis (8 p.m.)