College Football Friday Recap – Chaos, Covers, and Close Calls

Another packed slate is in the books, and the scoreboard gave us everything from double-overtime chaos to line-crushing blowouts on Friday night. Here’s how it all shook out with spreads and totals in play.

🟢 Auburn 38, Baylor 24 (FINAL)

• Spread/Total: Auburn -1.5 | O/U 56.5
• Result: Auburn covered, total went Over
• Hugh Freeze’s squad opened strong, outpacing Baylor by two scores and rewarding Tiger backers.

🟢 Central Michigan 16, San Jose State 14 (FINAL)

• Spread/Total: CMU +14 | O/U 51.5
• Result: CMU outright dog win, Under cashes
• One of the day’s sneaky upsets. The Chippewas not only covered easily but grabbed the outright win as two-touchdown dogs.

🟢 Illinois 52, Western Illinois 3 (FINAL)

• Spread/Total: Illinois -48.5 | O/U 63.5
• Result: Illinois covered, Under
• The Illini cruised, covering a massive number, but the under held thanks to the visitors contributing almost nothing.

🔥 Wake Forest 10, Kennesaw State 9 (FINAL)

• Spread/Total: KennSt +18.5 | O/U 51
• Result: Kennesaw covers, Under hits
• Ugly all the way. Wake survives by a single point, bettors on the Owls celebrate.

🟢 Georgia Tech 27, Colorado 20 (FINAL)

• Spread/Total: GT -3.5 | O/U 50.5
• Result: Jackets cover, Under lands
• Tech edges out Colorado in a grinder, keeping Deion’s Buffs from an opening-week spark.

🟢 Kansas 46, Wagner 7 (FINAL)

• Spread/Total: KU -45.5 | O/U 57
• Result: Wagner sneaks in the cover, Under
• Blowout, but not quite enough for the Jayhawks to cover.

🟢 UNLV 38, Sam Houston 21 (FINAL)

• Spread/Total: UNLV -8.5 | O/U 60.5
• Result: Rebels cover, Under
• UNLV moves to 2-0 with another solid win.

🟢 Appalachian State 34, Charlotte 11 (FINAL)

• Spread/Total: App -3.0 | O/U 48.5
• Result: Mountaineers cover easily, Under
• Charlotte never threatened. Easy money on App State.

🔥 Michigan State 23, Western Michigan 6 (FINAL)

• Spread/Total: MSU -21.5 | O/U 50.5
• Result: WMU covers, Under cashes
• Broncos kept it respectable, never letting Sparty pull away.

🚨 Tarleton State 30, Army 27 (2OT FINAL)

• Spread/Total: Tarleton +13.5 | O/U 47.5
• Result: Texans cover outright, Over hits
• The chaos game. Tarleton stuns Army in double OT, marking their second-ever FBS win.

🟢 FIU 42, Bethune-Cookman 9 (FINAL)

• Spread/Total: FIU -27.5 | O/U 54.5
• Result: Panthers cover, Under
• FIU rolls and keeps the under intact with a clean defensive finish.

Final Ledger

• Dogs that cashed: Central Michigan, Kennesaw, Wagner, Western Michigan, Tarleton
• Favorites that rolled: Auburn, Illinois, Georgia Tech, UNLV, App State, FIU
• Totals: Heavy dose of Unders, with only Auburn-Baylor and Tarleton-Army clearing the number

💰 Bottom line: If you were on the unders and a couple of dogs, you ate. If you rode Army at home or chased totals, you felt the burn.