Our 7 best bets for Week 10 of the college football season

Michigan is the Big Ten's best hope at getting a representative into the college football playoff, meaning they're absolutely due to stumble in the near future. It's the curse of all Big Ten front-runners, and this year, the Nittany Lions get to play spoiler. Even if the Wolverines find a way to win, 10 points feel like too big of a number.

Alabama's run of covers has been a gamblers dream, as those who have bet the Crimson Tide first half lines this season have been raking in free cash week after week after week.

Honestly, this is a play on what my wish for reality. College football is at its best when chaos reigns and the most chaotic outcome possible is that Alabama loses and upsets the entire playoff picture. I want to believe in LSU and Death Valley and Ed Orgeron.

That said, Nick Saban and his insane attention to detail have a way of bursting my bubble every time I bet against the Tide.

Northwestern has shown up for big games all year, stomping on Michigan State and Wisconsin, and taking Michigan to the brink. If they can do it one more time, they could be the team that clears Notre Dame out of the playoff picture.

This game is going to be a shootout, and in a shootout, I'm always more comfortable backing the better quarterback. In this spot, that means betting Will Grier and the West Virginia Mountaineers. Texas may be back, but they still have a year or two before they're competing for the Big 12 title.

Kentucky is no pushover, and their season so far is worthy of recognition. But the Wildcats' luck should have run out last week against Missouri, and Georgia is better on every side of the ball. Like N.C. State's fall back to Earth against Clemson a few weeks ago, Kentucky is going to have a rough go of it this weekend.

Ride the hot hand!

Washington State is the Pac 12's best hope of making the playoff and seeing as I am unaware of any curses associated with Pac 12 front-runners, I say we let it ride with one of the most lovable teams in all of college sports.