Arch Manning will have an opportunity to atone for last week's subpar performance when the Texas Longhorns kickoff Saturday's college football Week 2 schedule with a home date against the San Jose State Spartans. Humbled in his collegiate coaching debut, Bill Beilichick hopes to successfully hit the reset button as the North Carolina Tar Heels visit the Charlotte 49ers, while the primetime schedule features a marquee matchup between the Michigan Wolverines visit the Oklahoma Sooners.
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Best Bets for Saturday September 6
Best Bets for Texas vs San Jose State Odds
It is tough to understate just how disappointing Arch Manning's performance was in last weekend's 14-7 road loss to the defending champion Ohio State Buckeyes. Pegged as the season-opening Heisman Trophy betting favorite, Manning compiled just 26 passing yards before halftime and 170 yards in a 14-7 defeat. Manning has since fallen to a +1600 bet on the Heisman odds and the Longhorns have tumbled from first to seventh on the AP Top 25 rankings.
But a return home to face the overmatched Spartans as massive 36.5 chalk on the college football odds should result in a return to form. Indeed, Manning was spectacular at times in a pair of early-season home starts a year ago, piling up 583 total passing yards and four TDs in wins over UL-Monroe and Mississippi State. In addition to powering Texas to a win against the spread as 35.5 favorites on the Week 2 odds, Manning should also be backed as -155 bet to score a TD anytime in Saturday afternoon's matchup.
Best Bets for North Carolina vs Charlotte
Few observers were surprised by North Carolina's crushing 48-14 loss to TCU in Bill Belichick's debut as Tar Heels bench boss. Indeed, UNC received far too much respect as 3-point underdogs after a middling 6-7 campaign in 2024 and hasty offseason overhaul in the wake of Belichick's arrival. The Tar Heels now enjoy a chance to rebound and gel as a team in Saturday's road date with the Charlotte 49ers as 13.5-point chalk.
The 49ers pegged as +25000 longshots to win the American Conference championship after surrendering 586 total yards in last week's crushing 34-11 loss to the Mountaineers. UNC faces questions under center after seeing starting pivot Gio Lopez get injured last week, which could lead Belichick to once agains turn to Max Johnson. Whoever is under center, expect the Tar Heels to cover as 13.5-point chalk in an ugly, mistake-filled matchup.
Best College Football Week 2 Picks
- Texas: -36.5 | -115
- Arch Manning: Anytime touchdown | -155
- North Carolina: -13.5 | -110
Best Events to Use the BetMGM Bonus Code For Saturday September 6
- College Football: Michigan +5.5 | -110. The Michigan Wolverines will square off against the Oklahoma Sooners for the first time in almost a half-century in the lone matchup on nationally ranked teams in Week 2. The Sooners sent a message to the rest of the nation that they are back with last weekend's 35-3 rout of Illinois State. The Sooners' resurgence has been sparked by the arrival of new OC Ben Arbuckle and quarterback John Mateer, who thrived playing under Arbuckle last season at Washington State. However, favoring the Sooners by 5,5 points against a Wolverines defense that forced five turnovers in last week's rout of New Mexico is too much to ask.
- College Football: Duke moneyline | +130. Two teams coming off big season-opening wins clash on Saturday afternoon, as the Duke Blue Devils host the No. 11 Illinois Fighting Illini as 3-point underdogs. Duke have won 17 of 20 at home since the start of the 2022 season including four outright wins as underdogs, and their victory last week was not a fluke, with the Blue Devils attack averaging almost nine yards per play and quarterback Darian Mensah racking up 389 yards and three scores. Take Duke to claim yet another upset win at home.
