College Football 2022 Week 5 Picks And Top 25 Matchups

College Football Week 5 kickoff to start October, and there are 5 AP Top 25 match-ups with conference season the focus moving forward. I’ve added three 2022 Week 5 Picks, plus an Opinion and Lean. We had just one Pick on these Top 25 games in September.

I obviously bet other games, and often with better value. That includes last week’s total betting Over in the Notre Dame – North Carolina game and the Fighting Irish’s 45-32 win as the total sailed over by more than 20 points.

The betting market continues to move quickly, and I provide weekly college football game analysis for FanDuel on affiliate sites like The Duel Sports. But I don’t bet all the games, as these are assigned and I provide expertise based on proven knowledge, experience and ability in point spread prognosis and sports betting.

You can view my game analysis and 2022 Week 5 picks from the Top 25 games at Offshore Gaming Association. I add additional coverage and games at The Duel Sports college football picks and betting news.

I also chip-in more Top 25 coverage this week at Forbes with added insight including sports book odds and data.

Two Top 25 matchups in both the ACC and SEC, Wake Forest’s Sam Hartman on Heisman watch and No. 18 Oklahoma visits TCU looking to rebound after last week’s loss to Kansas State.

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Week 5 Top 25 matchups

See OSGA Top 25 report for full analysis and ATS picks.

No. 7 Kentucky at No. 14 Ole Miss | 12:00 p.m. ET on ESPN
Line: Mississippi -6.5 and Total 54.5

Lean: Ole Miss 

No. 9 Oklahoma State at No. 16 Baylor | 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX
Line: Baylor -2.5 and Total 56.5

Opinion: Oklahoma State  

No. 2 Alabama (-17.5) at No. 20 Arkansas | 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS
Line: Alabama -17.5 and Total 61

Pick: Arkansas

No. 22 Wake Forest at No. 23 Florida State | 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC
Line: Florida State -6 (-113) and Total 66

Pick: Florida State

No. 10 NC State at No. 5 Clemson | 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC
Line: Clemson -7 and Total 44

Pick: NC State 

Here’s the full top-25 college football schedule, TV times and odds from FanDuel Sportsbook with favorites noted. Added links with some of my other coverage.

No. 1 Georgia (-29) at Missouri | 7:30 p.m. | SEC Network
No. 2 Alabama (-17.5) at No. 20 Arkansas | 3:30 p.m. | CBS
No. 3 Ohio State (-39.5) vs. Rutgers | 3:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network
No. 4 Michigan (-10.5) at Iowa | 12 p.m. | FOX
No. 5 Clemson (-6.5) vs. No. 10 NC State | 7:30 p.m. | ABC
No. 6 USC (-25.5) vs. Arizona State | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN
No. 7 Kentucky at No. 14 Ole Miss (-7) | 12 p.m. | ESPN
No. 8 Tennessee (Bye)
No. 9 Oklahoma State at No. 16 Baylor (-2.5)| 3:30 p.m. | FOX
No. 11 Penn State (-25) vs. Northwestern | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN
No. 12 Utah (-10.5) vs. Oregon State | 2 p.m. | Pac-12 Network
No. 13 Oregon (-17) vs. Stanford | 11 p.m. | FS1
No. 15 Washington (-2.5) at UCLA | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN (Friday)
No. 17 Texas A&M at Mississippi State (-4)| 4 p.m. | SEC Network
No. 18 Oklahoma (-6) at TCU | 12 p.m. | ABC
No. 19 BYU (-23.5) vs Utah State | 8 p.m. | ESPN
No. 21 Minnesota (-12) vs. Purdue | 12 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 22 Wake Forest at No. 23 Florida State (-6.5)| 3:30 p.m. | ABC
No. 24 Pitt (-22) vs. Georgia Tech | 8 p.m. | ACC Network
No. 25 Kansas State (-7.5) vs. Texas Tech | 12 p.m. | Big 12/ESPN+