The anticipation is about to reach its peak as players and coaches take their final sleep before game day Saturday. Little has changed over the first four weeks in regards to rankings and movement in perception, with the exception of Texas who were stung by UCLA this past weekend in a shocking loss. The Golden Bears’ win was however, an addition to a growing trend this season in college football betting. PAC-10 Conference On The Rise With all of the attention focused on the goliath SEC showdown between number-seven Florida and number-one Alabama this Saturday, the PAC-10 has nearly slid under the radar as far as national coverage on the play of its teams early on this year. That won’t stay the same for long however, especially considering that the two highest ranked schools in the conference will step on to the field to battle one another this Saturday. Number-four Oregon will host perhaps the surprise team of the season in number-nine Stanford, bringing an end to the perfect four-game win streak to open the season for at least one of those teams. Number-14 Arizona and number-18 USC round out the four PAC-10 teams that are currently ranked, with UCLA not even among them. The conference will expand to become the sports betting PAC-12 next year, and it appears as though the schools currently playing in the conference want the ability to say they were the last to hold the conference championship while it was still the PAC-10. Meyer Staying Calm In The Build Up To SEC Clash After their huge comeback victory over Arkansas this past weekend, a game in which Alabama trailed by as much as ten points and still managed to win, the entire nations focus has turned to the Crimson Tide. There is no argument against that head coach Nick Saban has his team playing the best game in football right now, and there is nothing to suggest that won’t continue this Northbet weekend. Florida is coming off perhaps its strongest performance of the season, and with everything clicking following a slow start, the team is actually being talked about by some prognosticators as being ready for the upset. While the Gators are nowhere close to being ready to beat the Crimson Tide, head coach Urban Meyer isn’t going to work his self up the way he did the last time these teams met. Shortly after the Gators lost to Alabama last year, the leading man in Gatorville was sent to the NFL betting hospital with chest pains that nearly forced him to retire from the game. Meyer’s demeanor will be much more tempered this week, as even he is not entirely convinced that his school has what it takes to win. The winner of the last two games between these teams went on to win the national championship, and it will be no surprise again this year to see Saban and his Crimson Tide rolling through.
