3% #190 Nebraska -27 UTEP (Saturday August 31st @3:30 PM)

Expecting a significant uptick in the Cornhuskers in Matt Rhule’s second season after they went 5-7 thanks to being -17 turnovers and losing the last four of the season. Nebraska is the #15 most experienced team while UTEP is +102. Matt Rhule is 12-8 (60%) as a favorite of -13+ points. UTEP lost their top 3 running backs, their top 4 and 6 of their top 7 receivers while losing their top 3 tacklers and 7 of their last 10. When two FBS teams are playing on game #1 a favorite of -27 and higher is 50-28-2 (64%) ATS and that goes to 46-21-2 (69%) when at home.