Gookin’s Trends Week Twelve

SMU and Tulane have gone over the point total in 7 of the last 9 matchups.

Northwestern has covered the spread in each of the last 5 games at Purdue.

TCU has covered the spread in each of the last 5 games at Baylor.

Michigan and Illinois have gone under in 3 of the last 4 matchups against each other.

Wisconsin and Nebraska have gone over the point total in 8 of 10 games against each other as Big Ten opponents.

The favorite has covered the spread in 4 of the last 5 games between Kansas State and West Virginia.

Kansas has covered the spread in each of the last 5 games against Texas. However, Texas is one of the best first half teams in the country, being more than 11-point first half favorites using teamrankings.com power ratings. They are 5.5-point first half favorites.

Ohio State and Maryland are 7-0 on the over all-time.

Penn State and Rutgers have gone under the point total in 8-straight matchups.

Iowa has covered the spread in 4-straight games against Minnesota.

Iowa State has covered the spread in 5 of the last 6 games against Texas Tech.

Oklahoma is 5-1-1 against the spread in their last 7 games against Oklahoma State.

Temple has covered the spread in 5 of the last 6 games against Cincinnati.