Friday night college football is about to get wild, and if you’re looking to get in on the action, BetMGM has a sweet deal for you. New users can snag up to $1,500 in bonus bets if their first qualifying wager loses, or $150 in bonus bets if it wins, depending on your location. That’s a huge shot at some extra cash while diving into a five-game slate of gridiron matchups.
SportsLine’s Model Is Hot, And Its Friday Picks Are Dropping
Seriously, the SportsLine Projection Model is on fire, rolling into Week 6 with a profitable 40-35 run on all its top-rated college football picks. This thing simulates every FBS game a staggering 10,000 times, so when it speaks, you listen. And for Friday, Oct 9, 2026, it’s got some predictions that are definitely turning heads. Eric Cohen, another expert from SportsLine, is backing No. 8 BYU to cover as 10.5-point favorites when they host Iowa State at 10:15 p.m. ET. But the real stunner? The model itself is going against the grain, picking No. 20 Iowa to defeat Washington on the road. Yeah, you read that right. An underdog pulling off an upset on the road. Wild.
Louisville’s Upset Potential and a Monster Parlay
That’s not all the model is eyeing, though. It’s also backing Louisville to cover as 4-point favorites against Florida State. And when you dig into it, you can see why. Louisville is 2-1 at home this season, including a dominant 41-31 win over No. 16 SMU, a team that actually beat Florida State on the road, 27-24, earlier this year. Florida State, sitting at 3-2 overall, has only played one road game this season, a rough 50-36 loss to Alabama. Plus, they went winless on the road last season with an 0-5 record. Louisville’s offense got a huge boost this offseason, adding Ohio State transfer Lincoln Kienholz, a junior quarterback who was a top-15 recruit in high school. Kienholz has been lighting it up, throwing for over 300 yards in three of five games and ranking 14th nationally with 1,394 passing yards, plus nine touchdowns against just one interception. The model is so confident it projects Louisville to cover in 60% of simulations.
Want to go big? Combining these three picks , BYU (-11.5), Iowa (+115 to defeat Washington), and Louisville (-4) , into a Friday parlay wager at BetMGM could snag you a payout of +757. Think about it: risk $100 to profit $757! That’s the kind of action that makes a Friday night memorable. Don’t sleep on these picks, especially with the model’s track record.
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Originally reported by CBS Sports.
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