Thursday’s Top Football Betting Picks: Oct. 8

College football starts Week 6 of its season with a double-header of games in the AAC and Pac-12, while a key battle in the AFC South highlights the start of another week of action in the NFL. VietBet always has you covered for all the action as the best football betting site for US Players.

The first game on tap this Thursday night sends SMU on the road to play the Houston Cougars in an 8 p.m. (ET) start at TDECU Stadium. VietBet has listed the Mustangs as heavy 25.5-point road underdogs for this AAC matchup and the betting odds for the total have been set at 74.5.

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SMU comes in at 1-4 straight-up with a 3-2 record against the spread while Houston is sitting at a perfect 4-0 SU with a 3-1 ATS record. The Cougars have won eight of the last nine meetings SU and they have a 5-1 edge ATS in the last six games.

In a 9 p.m. start from Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the No. 17 USC Trojans will play host to the Washington Huskies as 17-point favorites on VietBet’s latest betting line. The total for this Pac-12 tilt has been set at 56. The Huskies are off to a 2-2 SU start with a 3-1 record ATS and USC is sitting at 3-1 on the year both SU and ATS.

Washington has just two SU victories in its last 11 games against the Trojans, but it comes into Thursday’s matchup with a profitable 6-2 record ATS in the last eight meetings. The total has stayed UNDER in five of the last seven games between these two conference foes.

The NFL betting odds for Thursday Night Football’s matchup between the 2-2 Indianapolis Colts and the 1-3 Houston Texans remain “off the board” with the playing status of Colts’ quarterback Andrew Luck still up in the air. VietBet’s latest injury report has Luck listed as probable, but this will probably be a game time decision depending on how his shoulder feels.

The Colts come into this division clash with a 0-4 record ATS in what has been a rough start for bettors this season. They are just 2-5 ATS in their last seven road games and the total has stayed UNDER in six of their last seven games on the road.

Houston is also 1-3 ATS through its first four games and it has a costly 6-12 record ATS over the course of its last 18 home online sports betting games.

Head-to-head in this matchup, Indianapolis 9-4 SU in its last 13 road games against the Texans, but just 3-6 ATS in the last nine meetings here. The total has gone OVER in eight of the last 10 meetings in Houston.

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