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Monday, October 5, 2026 Week 3 · Early Edition

College football · Week 3 · Saturday, September 19, 3:30 PM ET · Final USC 42, Rutgers 35

19USC at Rutgers

Rutgers +25.5 at our first look, +21 at kickoff. Big Ten game.

Conditions · SHI Stadium: At kickoff: 70°F, wind 10 mph, dry.

The read at kickoff

News: USC 0.0 · Rutgers 0.0. Market: moved 4.5 toward Rutgers.

Landed: USC 42, Rutgers 35. Rutgers covered the closing line (Rutgers +21). The move toward Rutgers was right. 77 points, over the closing total of 57.5.

USC Trojans 0.0

No news that moves the number.

Rutgers Scarlet Knights 0.0

No news that moves the number.

Quarterback news, valued from college efficiency (this season, plus last at half weight) over the team's next quarterback, in points from his team's side. College football has no official injury report: statuses come from team and media reports. News that broke before the line opened is already in the opening number.

Line Movement

What moved the Rutgers lineRutgers Scarlet Knights spread, consensus of U.S. books. Right = against Rutgers.
+21+22+23+24+25+26Opening line+25.5Reaction to last week's gameSun 1:55 PM−1.5Market move, no reported newsWed 9:55 PM−3Closing line+21
+21+22+23+24+25+26Opening line+25.5Reaction to last week's gameSun 1:55 PM−1.5Market move, no reported newsWed 9:55 PM−3Closing line+21

Final: USC 42, Rutgers 35. Rutgers beat the closing number by 14.

Data
CauseWhenMove
Opening line+25.5
Reaction to last week's gameSun Sep 13, 1:55 PM ET-1.5
Market move, no reported newsWed Sep 16, 9:55 PM ET-3
Closing line+21
What moved the Rutgers moneylineRutgers Scarlet Knights moneyline, no-vig consensus of U.S. books. Right = toward Rutgers.
+1567+1329+1150Opening line+1462Reaction to last week's gameSun 1:55 PM+1462Market move, no reported newsWed 9:55 PM+1462Price-only move+1120Closing line+1120
+1567+1329+1150Opening line+1462Reaction to last week's gameSun 1:55 PM+1462Market move, no reported newsWed 9:55 PM+1462Price-only move+1120Closing line+1120
Data
CauseWhenMove
Opening line6.4% (+1462)
Reaction to last week's gameSun Sep 13, 1:55 PM ET6.4% (+1462)
Market move, no reported newsWed Sep 16, 9:55 PM ET6.4% (+1462)
Price-only move8.2% (+1120)
Closing line8.2% (+1120)
What moved the totalConsensus over/under across U.S. books.
555657585960Opening line55.5Reaction to last week's gameSun 1:55 PM+4Market move, no reported newsThu 11:55 PM−2Closing line57.5
555657585960Opening line55.5Reaction to last week's gameSun 1:55 PM+4Market move, no reported newsThu 11:55 PM−2Closing line57.5

Final: 77 points, over the closing total of 57.5.

Data
CauseWhenMove
Opening line55.5
Reaction to last week's gameSun Sep 13, 1:55 PM ET+4
Market move, no reported newsThu Sep 17, 11:55 PM ET-2
Closing line57.5

Every Book · Rutgers side

BookSpreadPriceMoneylineDecimalWin % (no-vig)TotalAs of
Consensus+21 −108+107511.75 8.2%57.5Sat 1:55 PM
DraftKings+21 −105+110012.00 8.0%57.5Sat 1:55 PM
FanDuel+21.5 −105+110012.00 8.0%57.5Sat 1:55 PM
BetMGM+21.5 −110+115012.50 7.7%57.5Sat 1:55 PM
Caesars+21.5 −105+110012.00 8.0%57.5Fri 7:55 PM
Fanatics+21.5 −110+120013.00 7.4%57.5Sat 1:55 PM
BetRivers+21.5 −110+130014.00 6.8%58Sat 1:55 PM
BetOnline+21 −105+104111.41 8.4%57Sat 1:55 PM
Bovada+21 −105+100011.00 8.7%58Sat 1:55 PM
LowVig+21 −101+104111.41 8.4%57Sat 1:55 PM
MyBookie+21 −110+102511.25 8.5%57.5Sat 1:55 PM
BetUS+21 −110+105011.50 8.4%57.5Sat 1:55 PM

College football has no official injury report: our notes come from team and media reports, linked at the source, in our own words. Lines are the consensus (the median across U.S. sportsbooks) unless a book is named.