CFB Week 3 Best Bets, Including... Georgia Southern? Charlotte?! The G5/FCS Spotlight (With Sam Herder & Colton Pool)

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With another week left before conference play really begins in earnest, many teams have FCS and G5 games scheduled for this week. And with only a couple of data points now in the books for most teams, that's created some really valuable spots in games that few CFB fans are paying attention to.

Chase covers five official plays, three road favorites, and a host of Week 3 leans before talking G5 & FCS football with Sam Herder and Colton Pool of HERO Sports.

This week's official picks include the following games:

• Florida State at Boston College (+25.5)
• Georgia Southern at Wisconsin (-19.5)
• Georgia State at Charlotte (+7.5)
• New Mexico State at New Mexico (-1.5)
• Minnesota at North Carolina (-7.5)

Other leans and notes from this week include the following games:

• Alabama at South Florida (+32.5)
• Kansas State at Missouri (+5.5)
• Iowa State at Ohio (+3)
• Navy at Memphis (-14.5)
• Virginia at Maryland (-14.5)
• Central Michigan at Notre Dame (-34.5)
• South Carolina at Georgia (-27.5)
• Pittsburgh at West Virginia (+1)
• Syracuse at Purdue (+2.5)
• South Alabama at Oklahoma State (-7.5)

Some relevant reading for this week...

• College Football Week 3 Predictions & Best Bets
• A new weekly blog piece from Chase: College Football Odds Report on Line Movement
• Most Underrated College Football Teams (Including Kansas State)
• Chase's College Football Power Rankings, updated weekly
• CFP Odds & Analysis
• Your complete guide to Heisman odds
• College Football National Championship Odds
• My weekly $2,000 college football parlay
• Colton Pool's G5 Top 25 Rankings
• Sam's Highest-Graded FCS Players
• CFB Betting 101: How to Read College Football Odds

Make sure to read our team's content on BetMGM's blog, The Roar

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