College Football Betting - Florida State Seminoles at Florida Gators Odds

The top-ranked Florida Gators conclude their regular season college football betting schedule on Saturday at 3:30pm EST as they host the Florida State Seminoles. The Gators will try and avoid looking ahead to next week’s SEC Championship game that will decide who plays for the national title. It shouldn’t be a problem against Florida State since the Seminoles are a major rival. The Gators have won the last five college football betting games against Florida State and they are heavily favored on Saturday.

The Gators are laying 25-points in college football odds with a total of 56 at online sportsbooks in this game that can be seen on CBS. Florida has won 21 straight games dating back to last season but none of that matters in a rivalry game. The teams don’t like one another and emotions run high when the Seminoles and Gators meet. "There's a lot of hatred," Gators safety Ahmad Black said. "It started even before us. It goes way back to the earlier days. We're just going to try to keep it going. We've won five straight, so we don't want to be the team that loses the streak."

The games in this series haven’t been close in college football odds for the most part with the Gators winning the last four by 27, 7, 33 and 30 points. "Two years they've ripped us," Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said, "I imagine they ripped everybody else the same way. We're about like anybody else. We just have to play the best we can do. That's all we can do.” Florida State is already bowl eligible so it is not a critical game for them. It is huge for Florida though since a loss would knock them out of the national title picture. It is also the last game at home for players like Tim Tebow and Brandon Spikes. "This last opportunity, it's very special," Tebow said. "It's how you want to have your last game at Florida."

Florida State doesn’t have many positive trends in college football betting but they are 4-1-2 ATS in their last 7 games as a road underdog. They are just 2-6 vs. college football odds in their last 8 games overall. The Seminoles are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 meetings at Florida. Florida has been solid vs. the college football odds in November as they are 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games in November. The Gators are 19-7 ATS in their last 26 non-conference games. The Gators are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games as a home favorite. The Over is 6-1 in the Seminoles last 7 games overall. The Under is 9-3 in the Seminoles last 12 vs. the SEC. The Over is 19-7 in the Seminoles last 26 road games. The Under is 7-2 in the Gators last 9 games overall. The Over is 15-7 in college football betting odds for the Gators last 22 games as a home favorite. The Under is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings between the two teams.

Whitmore's College Football Picks: The Gators really have nothing to play for today since they will be in the SEC Championship next week and more than likely will play for the national title as well. Florida State on the other hand, has everything to play for, especially pride. I expect Bobby Bowden to have some tricks up his sleeve for Tebow's last home game in the swamp. My college football pick for this game on CBS is take the Seminoles on the road plus the points to the UNDER in a close call parlay. Vegas odds at Caesars sportsbook have the Florida Gators -24.5 favorites against the Florida State Seminoles in college football odds.