Golden Nugget College Football Games of the Year

Golden Nugget College Football Games of the Year and Line Moves

Late last month professional bettors lined up at the Golden Nugget sports book in downtown Las Vegas to make their bets on the preseason College Football Games of the Year. 

Along with the 166 games posted, the link to the College Football Games of the Year includes the lines moves. Within the first hour of posting the lines, there were numerous big lines moves as bettors were able to wager up to $1,100 per game.

I’ve included those bigger line moves below and you can see the entire list of games and line moves by clicking on the link above. The lines may be useful to reference during the season as you handicap the games and determine where value may lie based on initial preseason betting lines, computer power rankings and current status of the teams and personnel.

In addition to these line moves, I’ve added the most current lines from the Golden Nugget as of Monday, July 27. You can see there are adjustments and buy backs on some of the initial line moves. The team in bold is the team taking money.

I’ve also added additional games that have had lines moves in more recent weeks that may not have had initial moves of interest or on the list and link.

We’re just over a month away from college football kickoff, and we’ll be ready to get after it on the gridiron as we continue to do our research, preview the teams and players, and provide insight and analysis including from a point spread perspective.

Date	Game	Opening Line	Initial Line Move	Current Line	Comments
Sept. 4	Washington at Boise State	Boise State -13	Boise State -8.5	Boise State -11	Some buy back on Boise after initial big move on Wash
Sept. 12	Boise State at BYU	Boise State -6	Boise State -1	Boise State -1	No change following big move on BYU
Sept. 19	Georgia Tech at Notre Dame	Notre Dame -2	Notre Dame -5.5	Notre Dame -9.5	Huge move continues on Irish
Sept. 19	Colorado vs Colorado State	Colorado -1	Colorado -5	Colorado -6	Stampede of money on Buffaloes. Game in Denver
Sept. 26	Texas A&M vs Arkansas	Arkansas -6.5	Arkansas -1.5	Arkansas -4	Big move A&M, buyback Hogs. Game in Arlington
Oct. 3	South Carolina at Missouri	Missouri -11	Missouri -9	Missouri -6.5	More money on South Carolina
Oct. 10	Florida at Missouri	Missouri -10	Missouri -5.5	Missouri -4	Gators continue to take more money
Oct. 24	Auburn at Arkansas	Arkansas -6.5	Arkansas -1.5	Arkansas -1	Auburn takes sharp money to near pick ’em
Nov. 14	Arkansas at LSU	LSU -1.5	LSU -5	LSU -4.5	Tigers move above key numbers
Nov. 14	BYU vs Missouri	Missouri -12	Missouri -7.5	Missouri -5	Bettors keep betting BYU. Game in Kansas City
Nov. 28	North Carolina at NC State	NC State -6	NC State -1.5	NC State -1	Tar Heels take money to near pick ’em
	Additional Line Moves
Sept. 3	TCU at Minnesota	TCU -18	TCU -16.5	TCU -15	Big Dog Gophers take money
Sept. 5	Arizona State vs Texas A&M	Texas A&M -3		Texas A&M -5	Move on A&M. Game in Houston
Sept. 5	Texas at Notre Dame	Notre Dame -7.5		Notre Dame -10.5	Notre Dame takes recent money
Sept. 12	Oklahoma at Tennessee	Tennessee -3	Tennsessee -1	Tennessee pick ’em	Sooners take money to pick ’em
Sept. 12	Marshall at Ohio	Marshall -3.5	Marshall -4	Marshall -6.5	More Marshall money moves
Sept. 12	Oregon at Michigan State	Michigan State -1		Michigan State -3.5	Michigan State crosses over 3
Sept. 19	Nebraska at Miami, FL	Miami, FL -3		Miami, FL pick ’em	Move on Nebraska to pick ’em
Sept. 26	UCLA at Arizona	UCLA pick ’em	UCLA -1	UCLA -3	UCLA taking more money
Sept. 26	USC at Arizona State	USC -1		USC -5.5	Big recent move on USC
Oct. 3	Alabama at Georgia	Alabama pick ’em		Alabama -4.5	Alabama takes sharp recent money
Oct. 10	Miami, FL at Florida State	Florida State -14.5	Florida State -13	Florida State -10	Miami, FL takes more money
Oct. 17	Florida at LSU	LSU -10		LSU -14	Sharp recent move on LSU
Oct. 17	Louisville at Florida State	Florida State -12		Florida State -9	Louisville takes money
Oct. 17	Virginia Tech at Miami, FL	Miami, FL -6	Miami, FL -4	Miami, FL -3	Virginia Tech takes money
Oct. 24	Utah at USC	USC -7		USC -12	Big recent move on USC
Oct. 31	Florida vs. Georgia	Georgia -12		Georgia -8	Big recent move on Florida. Game in Jacksonville
Nov. 5	Mississippi State at Missouri	Missouri -6	Missouri -5	Missouri -3	Mississippi State takes money
Nov. 7	Arkansas at Ole Miss	Ole Miss -1		Ole Miss -4	Money on Ole Miss crosses key numbers
Nov. 7	Notre Dame at Pittsburgh	Notre Dame -3	Notre Dame -3.5	Notre Dame -7.5	More current money on Irish
Nov. 12	Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech -9.5	Georgia Tech -7.5	Georgia Tech -6	More money flows on Hokies
Nov. 21	LSU at Ole Miss	Ole Miss pick ’em	Ole Miss -3	Ole Miss -4	Ole Miss takes more money off of 3
Nov. 21	Georgia Tech at Miami, FL	Georgia Tech -6	Georgia Tech -5	Georgia Tech -3	Miami, FL takes more money as home ‘Dog
Nov. 28	Vanderbilt at Tennessee	Tennessee -17	Tennessee -20	Tennessee -23	More money keeps coming on big favorite Tennessee