Stock Watch: An updated look at college football Games of the Year lines after Week 1

Before the college football season began, the LVH SuperBook in Las Vegas released Games of the Year lines on roughly 100 marquee matchups from late August to mid-December.

The lines went off the board prior to opening weekend and have since been adjusted. A closer look at them illustrates how much can change in just one week.

Here are a few teams whose stocks are up or down after Week 1 games:

  • Kansas State (down): The Wildcats lost to FCS North Dakota State at home, and as a result, went from 17-point favorites in their season finale against Kansas to 11-point favorites. Two other lines involving K-State (vs. Oklahoma and TCU ) also moved against them.
  • Washington (up): Steve Sarkisian’s Huskies gave Boise State its most thorough beating in the Chris Petersen Era, and oddsmakers took notice. In an Oct. 12 meeting against Oregon, Washington is listed as 9.5-point underdogs after being +13.5 just four days ago.
  • Oregon State (down): Ouch. After giving up 49 points in a loss to Eastern Washington, all five Oregon State lines moved against them, including the Nov. 1 home game against unimpressive USC.
  • Utah State (up): The Aggies didn’t beat rival Utah, but left a favorable impression. Two lines moved 4.5 points in their favor, and a third, against disappointing Boise State, moved six points.

All updated lines are listed below, courtesy of the LVH SuperBook. Numbers in parentheses are from Aug. 26, three days before the season started.

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TCU -3 (-5.5)
Texas Tech

Air Force
Boise State -19 (-20)

UCLA
Nebraska -4 (-7.5)

Alabama -7 (off)
Texas A&M

Iowa -3 (-1)
Iowa State

Oregon State -1 (-3.5)
Utah

Wisconsin
Arizona State -3.5

Clemson -9.5
NC State

Boise State (-1)
Fresno State -4.5

Utah
BYU -5 (-6)

Arizona State
Stanford -9.5 (-8.5)

Michigan State
Notre Dame -6.5 (-5.5)

Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech -3 (-1)

Utah State -3.5
San Jose State (-1)

LSU
Georgia-3 (-4.5)

USC
Arizona State -4.5 (-1.5)

Oklahoma
Notre Dame -2 (-1)

Wisconsin
Ohio State -10 (-9.5)

Texas -17 (-14.5)
Iowa State

UCLA -4 (-2.5)
Utah

BYU (-2)
Utah State -2.5

TCU
Oklahoma -6 (-7)

Notre Dame -2
Arizona State

Ohio State -11.5 (-7.5)
Northwestern

Rutgers
Louisville -13.5 (-11.5)

Arizona
USC -10.5 (-10)

Temple
Cincinnati -18 (-17)

Texas -3 (-1)
Oklahoma

Florida
LSU -3.5 (-3)

Stanford -10.5 (-10)
Utah

Oregon -9.5 (-13.5)
Washington

Michigan -3
Penn State

Boise State (-4)
Utah State -2.5

Miami
North Carolina -3

Central Florida
Louisville -11 (-10.5)

Florida State
Clemson -1 (-1.5)

Florida -7 (-8)
Missouri

TCU
Oklahoma State -7

LSU -3.5 (-2.5)
Ole Miss

UCLA
Stanford -10 (-11.5)

USC
Notre Dame -4.5 (-3.5)

Kentucky
Mississippi State -11.5

Boise State 
BYU -3 (-1.5)

South Carolina -7 (-7.5)
Missouri

Tennessee
Alabama -27.5 (-28)

Texas -3 (-2.5)
TCU

UNLV
Nevada -7 (-13)

UCLA
Oregon -15.5 (-18.5)

Stanford -7 (-3.5)
Oregon State

Arizona State -10 (-12.5)
Washington State

USC -1
Oregon State (-1.5)

Miami
Florida State -12.5 (-9)

North Carolina -1 (-4.5)
NC State

Michigan -2.5
Michigan State (-3)

Florida
Georgia -2 (-2.5) 

Oklahoma -3 (-6)
Baylor

Oregon -3 (-4)
Stanford

Louisville -12.5 (-8)
UConn

Nebraska
Michigan -3.5 (-3)

BYU
Wisconsin -9.5 (-7)

LSU
Alabama -11.5 (-12)

Georgia Tech
Clemson -9.5 (-11)

Washington
UCLA -3 (-4)

Florida
South Carolina -3 (-3.5)

TCU -4.5 (-2.5)
Kansas State

Michigan State
Nebraska -6.5 (-4)

Michigan -6 (-3)
Northwestern

Oklahoma State
Texas -4.5

Stanford -3 (-1)
USC

UNLV
Air Force -7 (-9)

Navy
San Jose State -7.5

Nebraska -1.5 (-2.5)
Penn State

Vanderbilt
Tennessee -1

Oklahoma -7.5 (-6.5)
Kansas State

Michigan State PK (-1)
Northwestern

Oregon -16.5 (-13.5)
Arizona

Washington -1.5
Oregon State (-5)

Arizona State
UCLA -3 (-1)

BYU
Notre Dame -10 (-8)

Ole Miss -6 (-4)
Mississippi State

Texas Tech
Texas -14 (-16.5)

Washington State
Washington -16.5 (-15)

Oregon State
Oregon -20 (-16.5)

Georgia -8.5 (-10)
Georgia Tech

Virginia Tech -6.5 (-7)
Virginia

Ohio State -3.5
Michigan

Florida State
Florida -3 (-3.5)

Clemson
South Carolina -4.5

Kansas State -11 (-17)
Kansas

Alabama -21 (-21.5)
Auburn

Baylor
TCU -7 (-9.5)

Arizona
Arizona State -9 (-6)

UCLA
USC -4 (-7)

Notre Dame
Stanford -8 (-7)

Louisville -3.5 (-2.5)
Cincinnati

Oklahoma
Oklahoma State -4 (-3)

Texas -4.5 (-6.5)
Baylor 

Navy -6.5 (-7.5)
Army