Continuing my series of top trends for college football bowl season, I’m looking at the betting angles that have formed on the bowl teams as they closed their regular seasons. Despite the fact that only teams .500 or better are typically invited to bowl games, not all teams go into their bowl games playing well. If fact, you will see that I categorize more teams as NOT hot as they prep for bowl games. There are, of course, other teams that have heated up at the right time. Let’s take a look at the lists of trends, detailing the hot and not teams, as well as those that are on definitive totals runs.
HOT teams heading into their bowl games
* CONNECTICUT had a 7-game ATS win streak snapped in season finale
* DUKE went 5-1 ATS in its final six games
* EASTERN MICHIGAN was 4-1 SU and 4-0-1 ATS in its last five games
* FLORIDA STATE won its final five games while going 4-1 ATS
* FRESNO STATE won its final eight games while going 6-2 ATS
* IOWA lost its season finale but was 4-1 SU and ATS down the stretch
* KANSAS STATE won its final four games SU and ATS
* MICHIGAN went 6-1 ATS to close the regular season
* NEW MEXICO STATE secured bowl eligibility with 5-1 SU and ATS season-ending run
* OHIO U was 7-2 SU and 8-1 ATS in its last nine games
* OREGON STATE is on a six-game ATS winning streak (5-1 SU)
* PENN STATE was 5-1 SU and 5-0-1 ATS in its final six games
* TROY has won 10 straight games (8-2 ATS)
* TULANE enjoyed a huge 11-2 SU and ATS season
NOT hot teams heading into their bowl games
* ALABAMA went 2-5 ATS in its final seven games
* BAYLOR lost its final three games while going 1-2 ATS
* BUFFALO closed the season on a 1-3 SU and 0-4 ATS skid
* BYU was 2-8 ATS in its final 10 games
* Though 6-2 SU, CINCINNATI was just 1-6-1 ATS in its final eight games
* COASTAL CAROLINA lost its last three games ATS and was 3-8 ATS in final 11
* GEORGIA SOUTHERN was just 1-3 SU and ATS in its final four games
* HOUSTON won just once ATS in its last five games
* KANSAS was 1-6 SU and 2-4-1 ATS after 5-0 start
* LIBERTY goes into its bowl game on three-game SU and ATS losing streak
* MARYLAND was just 3-4 SU and 2-5 ATS in its final seven games
* NC STATE covered just two of its last nine games