Nebraska vs. Virginia Tech College Football Picks: The Nebraska Cornhuskers make a rare regular-season trip east of the Mississippi when they travel to Blacksburg to take on the Virginia Tech Hokies (3:30 pm ET, ABC). The 2-0 Huskers have opened their season with easy victories over Florida Atlantic and Arkansas State by a combined score of 87-12, covering the spread as home favorites of 23 and 21 points. Virginia Tech, meanwhile, lost its season opener at Alabama 34-24, failing to cover as 6-point road dogs, then beat Marshall last week 52-10, cashing in as 20-point home chalk.
College football picks experts at BetUS.com list the Hokies as 5-chalk favorites ATS with a 50 1/2 total. Virginia Tech is a -210 favorite on the BetUS moneyline while home-dog Huskers backers are getting +170 moneyline odds.
These two teams met for the first time ever last season, when Virginia Tech went out to Lincoln and held off a late Huskers rally to win 35-30 as 7-point underdogs.
Nebraska, with 13 starters back this season, including seven on defense, was getting +600 on the BetUS board to win the Big 12 championship this season, and +10,000 to win the BCS title.
The Hokies, with 16 returning starters, including nine on offense, are listed as a +200 favorite to win the ACC this season, and are getting +12,500 to win the national championship.
College Football Picks experts at Sports-Odds are expecting an upset in this one. Look for Nebraska to slip into Blacksburg and steal one. We like Nebraska +5.
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