What are the College Football Straight Bets?

Question

I just came to know that, there different types of College Football Bets, can you help me know what is College Football Straight Bet, and how it is played?

Answer 1

College Football Straight Bets

Straight bets can be made at every online sportsbook. Straight bets have a point spread, and to win a bet your team needs to cover their spread. Point spreads are how sportsbooks even out a game, being able to offer odds of 11/10 on either team.

To make it simple, if the Florida Gators are expected to beat Tennessee by 6 points, they’ll have a point spread of -6 meaning that they’re giving Tennessee 6 points. If they beat Tennessee by more than 6 points, they’ve covered the spread. If they beat Tennessee by less than 6 (or lose outright) they did not cover the spread, but Tennessee did. In this case you’d take Florida at -6 or Tennessee at +6. At most sportsbooks, if Florida won by exactly 6 points, the bet would become a ‘push’, and you’d get your wager back with no profits or loss. There are a few sportsbooks that would call this a loss though, so make sure you check the rules before making your bets.

The intention of point spreads is to create an even betting market, meaning that half of the bets will be placed on one team, and the other half on the opponent. With odds of 11/10, the sportsbooks stands to make the 11/10 difference on every bet placed. So, the sportsbooks don’t care who wins or loses, they only care about evening out the market.

With 11/10 odds, a bet of $110 is required to make a $100 profit, for a total payout of $210.

Straight bets are the most common way to bet on football, but plenty of other options are available as well.