2008 NCAA College Football Week 5 Betting Picks

Here are some football games on the college gridiron you'll probably like before you can root for your favorite NFL teams this Sunday.

It's Week 5 of the 2008 NCAA college football season and if you lost some dough from that huge game between the USC Trojans and the Oregon State Beavers, here's your chance to break even.

Two unbeaten teams collide Saturday when the 4-0 TCU Horned Frogs visit the 3-0 Oklahoma Sooners. Oklahoma pounded on Chattanooga 57-2 in its season opener Aug. 30 before routing Cincinnati 52-26 the following week. After a 55-14 victory over Washington in their last game Sept. 13, the Sooners have outscored opponents 164-42 and are second in the Football Bowl Subdivision with a 40.7 average margin of victory.

Against the TCU Horned Frogs however, the Sooners will have to overcome the absence of defensive tackle DeMarcus Granger as he will be out at least four weeks because of a left foot injury. STILL, this is Oklahoma and not many people can beat these guys, especially in Sooners Country.

Another pair of winning teams face-off Saturday night as the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs square it off. Georgia (4-0, 1-0) came into the season as the nation's No.1 team but with perhaps the country's most intimidating schedule, the Trojans have quickly bumped them off from the top of the food chain. There were three other SEC teams in the preseason top 10, and the Bulldogs had to face two of them on the road.

The Alabama Crimson Tide, on the other hand, began the season ranked No.24, but has steadily climbed the poll in coach Nick Saban's second season in Tuscaloosa.

After a sloppy win over Tulane, Alabama has been impressive in its past two victories, beating Western Kentucky 41-7 on Sept. 13 and routing Arkansas 49-14 last Saturday behind Glen Coffee's 162 yards rushing and two scores. Coffee is gaining 8.6 yards per carry to rank sixth in the country among players who average at least 10 carries per game. The junior set the Alabama single-game record by averaging 16.2 yards per attempt at Arkansas.

Georgia and Alabama have met five times when both were ranked, with the Bulldogs winning all five meetings. Georgia has won three straight over the Tide since a 31-0 Alabama victory in Athens in 1995.

Next, we have the struggling Mississippi State Bulldogs looking to regain their form when they play the still unbeaten LSU Tigers, looking to defend the BCS national championship they won last season.

The Bulldogs offense has struggled as of late, committing four turnovers to increase their season total to 12. Mississippi State had gone eight consecutive quarters without offensive points before Robert Elliott’s 6-yard touchdown midway through the final quarter against Georgia Tech's second-string defense last week.

Expect the LSU Tigers to make a joke of what Mississippi calls a ''football team.''

Who will win the 2009 BCS national championship? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.

LSU Tigers 13.00

Ohio State Buckeyes 7.00

Oklahoma Sooners 7.00

USC Trojans 4.00

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