Will Howard threw for two touchdowns and Ohio State made a late defensive stand to propel the Buckeyes to a 20-13 win over Penn State at Beaver Stadium in Week 10.
Alabama and LSU meet for the most important game on each other's schedule with a College Football Playoff appearance on the line.
Alabama is 6-2 on the season, but 2-2 in the past four games. The Crimson Tide's two losses have been a combined 12 points to Missouri and Tennessee. Bama has three unranked matchups after this, so if the Tide win, they are likely in the College Football Playoff.
LSU is 6-2 on the year and coming off a 38-23 loss to Texas A&M after leading 17-7 at the half. The Tigers go to Florida before wrapping up the season at home against #24 Vanderbilt and Oklahoma. A win here, like Bama, likely gets LSU in but a loss would bump them out even with a 3-0 finish.
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The spread opened at LSU -1.5 and flipped to Alabama -3 with bettors quick to back Bama, while the Under has taken money at the 60.5 number forcing it down to 58.5.
Vaughn Dalzell (@VmoneySports) has the following best bets for Saturday's matchup between Alabama and LSU:
"I like the Under 58.5 points between Alabama and LSU.
In LSU's three biggest games, the Tigers scored 20, 29 (OT), and 23 points against USC, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M. For Alabama, they've held the last three opponents to 25 or fewer points and scored 27, 17, and 34 points in that span.
Neither team is lighting it up and with both teams coming off a bye week and knowing the magnitude of this game, I like the Under 58.5 points in what could be a classic SEC clash."
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