Despite their strong regular season play in recent years, the Kansas State Wildcats are just 1-5 straight up and against the spread over their last six bowl appearances. The Wildcats will be looking for more favorable results in the Alamo Bowl at 6:45 p.m. ET on Friday against the UCLA Bruins.
UCLA vs. Kansas State highlights final weekend of bowl betting
Six bowls remain before the national championship between Ohio State and Oregon on January 12. Here’s the betting info on each.
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Kansas State is a 1.5-point underdog in the Alamo Bowl, according to sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Both teams finished the season with 9-3 SU records, but Kansas State held the clear ATS edge at 8-4 over UCLA at 4-8 ATS. The betting favorite is 5-1 ATS over the last six Alamo Bowl games.
The Washington Huskies face the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the Cactus Bowl at 10:15 p.m. ET on the same day in another Pac-12 vs. Big 12 showdown. Washington is the biggest favorite on the board on Friday, going off at -6. Washington is 15-0 SU in its last 15 games as a favorite according to the OddsShark College Football Database with a 9-6 ATS record over that stretch. Oklahoma State went 6-6 SU and 5-7 ATS in 2014.
Rounding out Friday’s action is Pittsburgh (-3) vs. Houston in the Armed Forces Bowl at noon ET and Iowa (+3.5) vs. Tennessee in the TaxSlayer Bowl at 3:20 p.m. ET.
On Saturday, East Carolina is set to take on Florida in the Birmingham Bowl at noon ET in Alabama. Florida backers have enjoyed success in recent bowl seasons, as Florida is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 bowl appearances. East Carolina has been the underdog only six times over the last two seasons but has performed well in those games, with a 5-1 ATS record. Florida is a 6.5-point favorite in the Birmingham Bowl on the college football betting lines.
Arkansas State vs. Toledo playing in the GoDaddy Bowl will be the last bowl game of the season before the College Football Championship Game on January 12. The GoDaddy Bowl will be played on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on January 4. Arkansas State has won and covered in each of the last two GoDaddy Bowl games but is a 4-point underdog in this year’s edition. The betting favorite has gone 8-2-2 in the last 14 GoDaddy/GMAC Bowls.
