{"id":35277,"date":"2014-09-09T15:30:42","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T20:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35277"},"modified":"2014-09-09T15:22:40","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T20:22:40","slug":"college-football-week-3-picks-tennessee-volunteers-vs-oklahoma-sooners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-3-picks-tennessee-volunteers-vs-oklahoma-sooners-35277\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 3 Picks: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Oklahoma Sooners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Volunteers vs. Oklahoma Sooners
\nSaturday, 9\/13\/14, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma -20
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma -20.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Oklahoma Sooners are 12-0 at home against current SEC members under Bob Stoops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tennessee hits the road for the first time after picking up a pair of home victories against the Utah State Aggies and Arkansas State Red Wolves, with both games going UNDER the betting total.\u00a0 The Volunteers have played 22 true freshmen this season, which is important to consider when making your Week 3 college football picks, as that\u2019s the highest such number in the country.\u00a0 The squad has forced a turnover in eight of its last nine games dating back to last season and is third in the SEC with a plus-three turnover margin in 2014.\u00a0 Tennessee is 1-11 SU and 5-7 ATS as underdogs the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Volunteers are aiming to open up a season with a 3-0 record for the first time since 2004, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the Week 3 college football odds.\u00a0 Tennessee quarterback Justin Worley has started 12 career games and has a 6-3 record in that particular role over the last two years.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that this team is the only one in FBS football that didn\u2019t return a starter on the offensive or defensive line.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma seeks its 11th 3-0 start under longtime head coach Bob Stoops, while it also looks to improve upon its perfect 12-0 record against current SEC members during his time in Norman.\u00a0 The Sooners are averaging 222.0 rushing yards per game, while they\u2019ve out-gained their opponents by a 1,016 to 573-yard margin overall.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has scored a combined 100 points in its first two wins over Louisiana Tech and Tulsa\u2014the most in its opening two contests since 2008.\u00a0 Oklahoma is 6-3 SU and 1-8 ATS as favorites of 10.5 to 21 points over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Sooners have won 44 consecutive games when leading at halftime, which is the second longest active streak of its kind.\u00a0 During its current six-game win streak, Oklahoma has outscored its opponents by a combined 267-119 margin, with the defense registering 20 sacks and its offensive line allowing just three in that same span.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Sooners due to their 5-1 ATS mark in their last six non-conference games.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Volunteers vs. Oklahoma Sooners Saturday, 9\/13\/14, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma -20 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma -20.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Tennessee hits the road for the first time after picking up a pair of home victories against the Utah State Aggies and Arkansas State Red […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":34747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[2961,7661,408,3875,469],"class_list":["post-35277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-bob-stoops","tag-justin-worley","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-southeastern-conference","tag-tennessee-volunteers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35278,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35277\/revisions\/35278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}