Updating the NFL Bye Week betting trend: Teams prior to the bye are 3-11 straight up and 1-13 against the spread. Note that Denver-San Diego, Chicago-Jacksonville, and Baltimore-Houston canceled each other out. This week, both New England and St. Louis have an upcoming bye.

2012 NFL Betting Results for Teams Prior to Bye Week as of 10/22

Team Opponent Prior to Bye Score Pre-Bye Week SU Pre-Bye Week ATS NY Jets vs. Miami ??? ??? ??? San Francisco at Arizona ??? ??? ??? Buffalo -4 vs. Tennessee TEN 34, BUF 33 Loss Loss Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh -1 PIT 27, CIN 17 Loss Loss Pittsburgh -3.5 at Oakland OAK 34, PIT 31 Loss Loss Indianapolis -3 vs. Jacksonville JAX 22, IND 27 Loss Loss Oakland at Denver -6.5 DEN 37, OAK 6 Loss Loss Dallas -3 vs. Chicago CHI 34, DAL 18 Loss Loss Philadelphia -3.5 vs. Detroit DET 26, PHI 23 OT Loss Loss Kansas City at Tampa Bay -5 TB 38, KC 10 Loss Loss Miami -5.5 vs. St. Louis MIA 17, STL 14 Win Loss Detroit -3.5 vs. Minnesota MIN 20, DET 13 Loss Loss Atlanta -9.5 vs. Oakland ATL 23, OAK 20 Win Loss Carolina -1 vs. Seattle SEA 16, CAR 12 Loss Loss New Orleans -3.5 vs. San Diego NO 31, SD 24 Win Win Tampa Bay -1.5 vs. Washington WAS 24, TB 22 Loss Loss Results     3-11 1-13

By the betting numbers...College Football Week 8 (see results below). Note that we use CRIS's opening and closing lines. We do not include games involving FCS teams.

Based on closing lines…

Road teams were the stronger bet at 31-25 ATS (Road teams are 200-178 ATS YTD).

Underdogs had the edge this week at 30-26 ATS (Underdogs are 199-184 ATS YTD).

Double-digits favorites went 14-10 ATS (DD underdogs are 100-90 ATS YTD).

23 of 56 games were decided by 7 points or less. 26 of 56 games were lined 7 points or less.

Totals went 24-32 Over/Under (194-200-3 O/U YTD).

Beating the Market: If you bet the opening number on a team that moved three points or more based on the closing line (i.e. Arizona -6) you went: 4-1 ATS (48-28 ATS YTD)

Chasing the Market: If you bet the closing number on a team that moved three points or more (i.e. Arizona -9) you went: 4-1 ATS (38-35-3 ATS YTD).

Based on the opening and closing lines, the market was "correct" 25 times but "incorrect" 20 times. "Correct" meaning if a game opened -3 and closed -4 and the favorite won by 7, the market was “correct.” If a game opened -3 and closed -4 and the favorite lost outright, the market was obviously "incorrect." Note that in 11 games, the game opened and closed at the same number.

Parlay combo breakdown (56 games) (379 games YTD)
Favorite-Over: 12 (98 YTD)
Favorite-Under: 14 (84 YTD)
Underdog-Over: 12 (87 YTD)
Underdog-Under: 18 (110 YTD)

Note that we did not include pick ‘em lines and pushes in our parlay combos.

2012 College Football Week 8 Betting Recap

Away Team Home Team Open Close Final ATS O/U Close Louisiana-Lafayette North Texas ULL -4.5 ULL -4.5 NT 30, ULL 23 Underdog Under 56 Oregon Arizona State ORE -10.5 ORE -8.5 ORE 43, ASU 21 Favorite Under 68.5 Houston SMU HOU -3 HOU -3 SMU 72, HOU 42 Underdog Over 57.5 Connecticut Syracuse SYR -4 SYR -5 SYR 40, CON 10 Favorite Over 43.5 Nebraska Northwestern NEB -6.5 NEB -7 NEB 29, NW 28 Underdog Under 62.5 Minnesota Wisconsin WIS -17.5 WIS -16.5 UW 38, MIN 13 Favorite Over 46.5 Army Eastern Michigan ARMY -3 ARMY -2.5 EMU 48, ARMY 38 Underdog Over 62 Ball State Central Michigan BSU -3.5 BSU -3 BSU 41, CMU 30 Favorite Over 64 Bowling Green Massachusetts BG -17 BG -19.5 BG 24, MASS 0 Favorite Under 50.5 Northern Illinois Akron NIU -14 NIU -17 NIU 37, AKR 7 Favorite Under 64 Georgia Kentucky UGA -27 UGA -26 UGA 29, KY 24 Underdog Under 57 Wake Forest Virginia UVA -5.5 UVA -3 WF 16, UVA 10 Underdog Under 51 North Carolina Duke UNC -11 UNC -10.5 DUKE 33, UNC 30 Underdog Over 62.5 NC State Maryland NCST -5 NCST -4 NCST 20, MARY 18 Underdog Under 44.5 Cincinnati Toledo CIN -8 CIN -5 TOL 29, CIN 23 Underdog Under 64.5 Boston College Georgia Tech GT -14 GT -14.5 GT 37, BS 17 Favorite Under 61 Rutgers Temple RUT -5 RUT -3.5 RUT 35, TEM 10 Favorite Over 44.5 New Mexico Air Force AFA -11 AFA -10.5 AFA 28, UNM 23 Underdog Under 57.5 San Jose State UTSA SJ -15 SJ -12.5 SJ 52, UTSA 24 Favorite Over 55 New Mexico State Utah State USU -30 USU -30 USU 41, NMSU 7 Favorite Under 56.6 Virginia Tech Clemson CLE -9.5 CLE -7.5 CLE 38, VT 17 Favorite Under 63.5 UNLV Boise State BSU -28 BSU -28 BSU 32, UNLV 7 Underdog Under 56 BYU Notre Dame ND -13.5 ND -11.5 ND 17, BYU 14 Underdog Under 41 Alabama Tennessee ALA -20 ALA -19 ALA 44, TEN 13 Favorite Over 54 Stanford California STAN -2.5 STAN -1 STAN 21, CAL 3 Favorite Under 47 Washington Arizona AZ -6 AZ -9 AZ 52, UW 17 Favorite Over 65 Purdue Ohio State OSU -16.5 OSU -17 OSU 29, PUR 22 OT Underdog Under 58 Michigan State Michigan MICH -11.5 MICH -8 MICH 12, MSU 10 Underdog Under 43 Indiana Navy NAVY -3 NAVY -2.5 NAVY 31, IND 30 Underdog Under 63 Texas Tech TCU TCU -2.5 TCU -1.5 TTU 56, TCU 53 3OT Underdog Over 57 Colorado USC USC -41 USC -39 USC 50, COL 6 Favorite Under 57.5 Florida State Miami (FL) FSU -17.5 FSU -21 FSU 33, MFL 20 Underdog Under 57.5 Utah Oregon State OSU -10.5 OSU -10 OSU 21, UTAH 7 Favorite Under 46.5 Kansas State West Virginia WVU -4 WVU -3 KSU 55, WVU 14 Underdog Under 73 LSU Texas A&M LSU -2 LSU -3.5 LSU 24, TA&M 19 Favorite Under 52 South Carolina Florida FLA -3 FLA -3 FLA 44, USC 11 Favorite Over 41.5 Auburn Vanderbilt VAN -7 VAN -6 VAN 17, AUB 13 Underdog Under 45.5 Western Michigan Kent State KENT -3.5 KENT -3.5 KENT 41, WMU 24 Favorite Over 53.5 Marshall Southern Miss USM -3 USM -4 MAR 59, USM 24 Underdog Over 65.5 Central Florida Memphis USC -23.5 UCF -24 USC 35, MEM 17 Underdog Over 50 South Florida Louisville UL -8 UL -6 UL 27, USF 25 Underdog Under 56 Idaho Louisiana Tech LT -30 LT -30 LT 70, IDA 28 Favorite Over 73 Iowa State Oklahoma State OSU -14 OSU -14 OSU 31, ISU 10 Favorite Under 57 Kansas Oklahoma OU -35 OU -34.5 OU 52, KU 7 Favorite Over 55.5 Baylor Texas TEX -10.5 TEX -9.5 TEX 56, BAY 50 Underdog Over 79.5 Pittsburgh Buffalo PITT -11 PITT -9.5 PITT 20, BUF 6 Favorite Under 52 East Carolina UAB ECU -4 ECU -2 ECU 42, UAB 35 Favorite Over 56 Penn State Iowa IOWA -2 IOWA -1.5 PSU 38, IOWA 14 Underdog Over 42 Rice Tulsa TULS -21 TULS -19 TULS 28, RICE 24 Underdog Under 60 Tulane UTEP UTEP -16.5 UTEP -15 UTEP 24, TUL 20 Underdog Under 55 Wyoming Fresno State FSU -15.5 FSU -17 FSWU 42, WYO 14 Favorite Under 60 San Diego State Nevada NEV -6.5 NEV -6.5 SDSU 39, NEV 38 OT Underdog Over 66.5 Louisiana-Monroe Western Kentucky WKU -1.5 WKU -2.5 ULM 43, WKU 42 OT Underdog Over 50 Middle Tennessee Mississippi State MSU -20.5 MSU -18.5 MSU 45, MTSU 3 Favorite Under 58 Florida International Troy TROY -6.5 TROY -6.5 TROY 38, FIU 37 Underdog Over 57 Florida Atlantic South Alabama USA -2.5 USA -5 USA 37, FAU 34 2OT Underdog Over 45