Here are the Wednesday odds for Florida football’s homecoming game against the Kentucky Wildcats this weekend.
Homecoming is this weekend for the Florida football program and this year’s opponent will be the Kentucky Wildcats — a school the Gators had dominated over three decades until recently. With three days remaining before the big game, some of the latest betting lines have shifted slightly.
The Orange and Blue lost in overtime at the Tennessee Volunteers last weekend in a game that was closer than most expected but remain in dire need of any and every win they can get in the second half of the season.
The Wildcats were tripped up by the Vanderbilt Commodores in Lexington, which stripped them of their 12 votes in the US LBM Coaches Poll after Week 7 and continues their free fall from the preseason rankings.
Florida vs. Kentucky football betting odds
The Gators are favored by 1.5 points over the Wildcats — down one point from Monday’s update — according to BetMGM. Here are the full odds as of 2:20 p.m. ET Wednesday.
Team
Spread
Over/Under
Money Line
Kentucky
+1.5
-110
O 42.5
-110
-120
Florida
-1.5
-110
U 42.5
-110
+100
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How to Watch
Here’s everything you need to watch the Florida Gators take on the Kentucky Wildcats.
When: Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7:45 p.m. ET
Where: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida
The remainder of the season looks a lot more grim with the loss of starting quarterback Graham Mertz, but if anyone on the roster can fill his shoes, it is true freshman DJ Lagway.
Kentucky on the other hand has face-planted in SEC play so far and is facing Florida in the Swamp. Sure, they beat the Ole Miss Rebels by three and fought the Georgia Bulldogs to a 13-12 loss, but the South Carolina Gamecocks and Vanderbilt Commodores both found ways to finish them off.
DJ Lagway will explode in this one and give the Gator Nation something to finally feel confident in this one. The defense will also continue to improve as it has the past couple of weeks.
Florida 32, Kentucky 21
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The PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Fall rolls on in Las Vegas for the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin. Back-to-back defending champion Tom Kim — the Korean hasn’t played a Tour event since the FedEx St. Jude Championship in August — highlights the field as he looks for a turkey.
Other players teeing it up on Thursday include Rickie Fowler, Taylor Pendrith, Adam Hadwin, Maverick McNealy, Keith Mitchell and Beau Hossler. Stephan Jaeger, the runner-up at last week’s Black Desert Championship in Utah, is also in the field and looking for his second win of the year.
The winner on Sunday afternoon will earn $1.26 million of the $7 million purse and 500 FedEx Cup points.
Tom Kim plays his shot from the 17th tee during the third round of the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas. (Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)
Shriners Children’s Open course history
Course history at TPC Summerlin for the Shriners Children's Open
-Includes average finish position and "Strokes Gained" per round in each category since 2015. Players are sorted by SG: Total
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Shriners Children’s Open picks to win
Beau Hossler (28/1)
Beau Hossler of the United States reacts to his putt on the 17th green during the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship 2024 at the Country Club of Jackson on October 06, 2024, in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
Analysis: Hossler has played some great golf over the last two weeks, losing in a playoff at the Sanderson Farms Championship and tying for 11th at the Black Desert Championship. He’s returning to a venue where he’s seen some success with two top-10 finishes in six starts, including a T-7 performance last season.
It’s time Beau gets win No. 1.
Adam Hadwin (40/1)
Adam Hadwin plays his shot from the second tee box during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Analysis: Hadwin hasn’t played in a Tour event since the BMW Championship in August, but thanks to his course history, this is a spot we have to take the Canadian. Over the last five years, Hadwin has finished inside the top 10 four times including a solo runner-up to Kim in 2023.
Matti Schmid (45/1)
Matti Schmid of Germany walks on the ninth green during the second round of the Black Desert Championship 2024 at Black Desert Resort on October 11, 2024, in St George, Utah. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Analysis: Schmid has gotten better and better with every start this fall. He opened with a T-58 showing at the Procore Championship and followed it up with a T-16 finish at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Finally, at last week’s Black Desert, Schmid grabbed solo fifth. In his lone start at the Shriners, Schmid tied for 26th last year.
The smart money isn’t on Florida pulling off an upset against Tennessee this week, but The Athletic’s experts like UF to cover the spread.
Florida isn’t favored to win against Tennessee this week, but the experts at The Athletic think that the Gators will cover the plus-15.5 spread set by BetMGM.
For those who don’t burn their hard-earned money on sports gambling, Florida needs to lose by 15 points or less, or win outright, to cover the spread.
Austin Mock, Dan Santaromita and Chris Vannini all picked Florida against the spread, while David Ubben stood alone picking Tennessee.
“Florida’s defense has allowed nearly 400 yards per game so this could be a classic get-right game for Iamaleava and Tennessee,” Santaromita wrote. “There is more hope in Gainesville after the 3-2 Gators picked up wins by multiple scores against Mississippi State and UCF the last two weeks.”
The Gators have a long history of beating the Volunteers, winning 17 of the last 19 meetings, including a 29-16 win over a then-11th-ranked Tennessee team last September. However, the Vols did win Knoxville two seasons ago during the first year of the Billy Napier era.
Florida vs. UCF football betting odds
The Vols are favored by 14.5 points over the Gators according to BetMGM — down one point from Wednesday’s midweek update. Here are the full odds as of noon ET Friday.
Team
Spread
Over/Under
Money Line
Florida
+14.5
-110
O 56.5
-110
+475
Tennessee
-14.5
-110
U 56.5
-110
-650
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Next up for Florida
The Gators head to Knoxville next week to resume Southeastern Conference play against the Tennessee Volunteers. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. ET and the game will be broadcast on ESPN.
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This week, the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Fall continues in Ivins, Utah, at the 2024 Black Desert Championship at Black Desert Resort.
The rank-and-file field set to take on this Tom Weiskopf design includes Keith Mitchell, Seamus Power, Beau Hossler, Lucas Glover, Harris English and Daniel Berger. Mitchell, the betting favorite at 16/1 (+1600), led last week’s Sanderson Farms Championship through 54 holes but eventually tied for third.
This course is brand new to the Tour, so compiling a betting card will be a bit trickier than normal. We’ll have to focus on recent form and a few other key factors.
This week’s winner will head home with $1.35 million of the $7.5 million purse.
Golf course
Black Desert Resort | Par 71 | 7,371 yards
No. 1 at Black Desert Resort in Utah (Photo: Jason Lusk/Golfweek)
Black Desert Championship betting odds
Player
Odds
Player
Odds
Keith Mitchell
(+1600)
Andrew Novak
(+3500)
Seamus Power
(+2500)
Ryan Fox
(+3500)
Kurt Kitayama
(+2500)
Patrick Rodgers
(+3500)
Beau Hossler
(+2800)
J.J. Spaun
(+3500)
Erik van Rooyen
(+3000)
Michael Thorbjornsen
(+4000)
Chris Kirk
(+3000)
Mac Meissner
(+4000)
Chan Kim
(+3000)
Lucas Glover
(+4000)
Stephan Jaeger
(+3000)
Harry Hall
(+4500)
Ben Griffin
(+3000)
Harris English
(+4500)
Patrick Fishburn
(+3000)
Doug Ghim
(+4500)
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Black Desert Championship picks to win
Patrick Fishburn (30/1)
Patrick Fishburn of Ogden, Utah, tees off at the 1st hole during the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Miss., on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024.
Analysis: Fishburn will feel right at home this week because, well, he will be. Fishburn was born in Ogden, Utah, and graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU).
Before tying for 48th at the Sanderson Farms last week, Fishburn finished solo third at the Procore Championship to open the fall. He’s 16th in total driving on Tour and is coming off a week where he gained strokes with his tee-to-green game.
Lucas Glover (40/1)
Lucas Glover of Jupiter, Fla., watches his ball fly toward the 1st green during the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Miss., on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024.
Analysis: Glover has played some great golf across two FedEx Cup Fall starts. At the Procore Championship, Glover tied for 13th, and at last week’s Sanderson Farms, the 44-year-old grabbed a share of third.
Since there’s no course history to rely on, I’m focusing on tee-to-green performance. Last week at The Country Club of Jackson, Glover was eighth in the field in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green.
Michael Thorbjornsen (40/1)
Michael Thorbjornsen of Wellesley, Mass., watches his ball shoot down the 1st fairway during the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Miss., on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo: Lauren Witte/Clarion Ledger)
Analysis: As a New Englander, it feels right to put Thorbjornsen on the card — he’s from Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Thorbjornsen is coming off a T-8 performance at the Sanderson Farms where he ranked 33rd in SG: Tee-to-Green. Black Desert Resort features bentgrass greens and Thorbjornsen should love that as many New England courses feature the very same.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are among favorites to land wide receiver Davante Adams in trade w Las Vegas Raiders.
Some Pittsburgh Steelers fans still feel cheated in the Brandon Aiyuk saga, and now there’s trouble in paradise between the Las Vegas Raiders and their star wide receiver, Davante Adams.
The Steelers, in dire need of a productive pass-catcher, are among the favorites to land Adams. DraftKings Sportsbook has Pittsburgh at +450 in the race for the 11-year veteran — third behind the New York Jets (-110) and New Orleans Saints (+275).
The Jets are obvious favorites, with New York being the home of Adams’ former quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Rumors of the two reuniting date back to when Rodgers left the Green Bay Packers. Same tune for New Orleans, with Derek Carr now running that offense.
While the PGA Tour is in Jackson, Mississippi, for the Sanderson Farms Championship, plenty of the best players in the world are in Scotland for the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The DP World Tour event takes place over three of the most iconic venues in golf: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns.
There are several LIV Golf stars in the field, including Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka and Tyrrell Hatton. They’ll be joined by Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry, Robert MacIntyre and BMW PGA Championship winner Billy Horschel.
On top of the game’s best players coming together across the pond, LIV Golf’s Yasir Al-Rumayyan, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and DP World Tour Chief Executive Officer Guy Kinnings are all expected to be at the event.
Bettings odds for the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Player
Odds
Rory McIlroy
(+600)
Jon Rahm
(+600)
Tyrrell Hatton
(+1000)
Tommy Fleetwood
(+1200)
Brooks Koepka
(+1800)
Shane Lowry
(+2000)
Robert MacIntyre
(+2200)
Alex Noren
(+2200)
Billy Horschel
(+2500)
Rasmus Hojgaard
(+2800)
Thriston Lawrence
(+3000)
Matt Wallace
(+3000)
Matt Fitzpatrick
(+3500)
Patrick Reed
(+4000)
Niklas Norgaard
(+4000)
Louis Oosthuizen
(+4000)
Tom McKibbin
(+4500)
Thomas Detry
(+5000)
Dean Burmester
(+5000)
Peter Uihlein
(+5500)
Talor Gooch
(+6000)
Grant Forrest
(+6000)
David Puig
(+6000)
Alex Fitzpatrick
(+6500)
Thorbjorn Olesen
(+7000)
Sebastian Soderberg
(+7000)
Jordan Smith
(+7000)
Nicolai Hojgaard
(+7500)
Laurie Canter
(+7500)
Matthieu Pavon
(+8000)
Antoine Rozner
(+8000)
Andrew Putnam
(+8000)
Richard Mansell
(+9000)
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
(+10000)
Calum Hill
(+10000)
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The Presidents Cup is now in the rearview mirror, and it’s time for the PGA Tour to head to Jackson, Mississippi, for the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship.
International Team member Mackenzie Hughes — the Canadian went 1-3-0 at the biennial bash — is one of the betting favorites at The Country Club of Jackson, sitting at +2200 (22/1). Keith Mitchell is +2000 to win after his 12th-place finish at the Procore Championship last month. He has missed the cut in three straight appearances at the Sanderson Farms.
Other names in the field include Rickie Fowler, Nick Dunlap, Maverick McNealy, Harris English and Matt Kuchar.
Defending champion Luke List has eight missed cuts over his last nine Tour starts.
Golf course
The Country Club of Jackson | Par 72 | 7,461 yards
The 18th fairway at the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi.
Course history
Course history at the Country Club of Jackson for the Sanderson Farms Championship
-Includes average finish position and "Strokes Gained" per round in each category since 2015. Players are sorted by SG: Total
Adam Svensson of Canada plays a shot from the fourth tee during a practice round prior to the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club on June 26, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)
Analysis: Svensson finished the 2024 regular season with a T-7 finish at the Wyndham Championship and tied for 13th at the Procore Championship in September to open the FedEx Cup Fall.
At last year’s Sanderson Farms, Svensson tied for 16th.
Stephan Jaeger (35/1)
Stephan Jaeger watches his shot from the 17th tee during the third round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
Analysis: Jaeger captured his first career Tour win earlier this season at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, besting world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler by a shot. The German has had some success at The CC of Jackson over the last three years, finishing T-25 (2023), T-30 (2022) and T-26 (2021).
His elite distance off the tee — 27th in driving distance (308.8) — will come in handy around the John Fought design.
Henrik Norlander (+6000)
Henrik Norlander hits his tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the RBC Canadian Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports
Analysis: Norlander has loved himself some CC of Jackson. He lost in a playoff last year, tied for 24th in 2022 and finished T-4 in 2021 and 2020. So, getting him at 60/1 is a steal.
In early September, Norlander tied for eighth at the DP World Tour’s European Masters. And despite a T-61 finish at the Procore Championship, Norlander played well. A 6-over final round sent him tumbling down the leaderboard.
Here are a few picks for the week at Royal Montreal.
The 2024 Presidents Cup gets underway Thursday with a fourball session scheduled for 11:35 a.m. ET at Royal Montreal Golf Club in Quebec, Canada. Jim Furyk will lead Team USA, while Canadian Mike Weir is set to captain the Internationals in his home country.
Some of the big names on the American side include world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa. For the Internationals, they’ll lean on veterans Adam Scott, Jason Day and Hideki Matsuyama while boasting young stars Tom Kim and Min Woo Lee.
Team USA leads the all-time series at 12-1-1 and hopes to once again raise the Cup coming Sunday afternoon.
Scottie Scheffler of the U.S. Team warms up on the range prior to the 2024 Presidents Cup at The Royal Montreal Golf Club on September 24, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Presidents Cup teams
Team USA
International Team
Scottie Scheffler
Hideki Matsuyama
Xander Schauffele
Sungjae Im
Collin Morikawa
Adam Scott
Wyndham Clark
Tom Kim
Patrick Cantlay
Jason Day
Sahith Theegala
Byeong Hun An
Keegan Bradley
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Sam Burns
Corey Conners
Tony Finau
Mackenzie Hughes
Brian Harman
Si Woo Kim
Russell Henley
Min Woo Lee
Max Homa
Taylor Pendrith
Presidents Cup format, schedule
Thursday: Fourball (best ball). The first tee time is scheduled for 11:35 a.m. ET.
Friday: Foursomes (alternate shot). The first tee time is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. ET.
Saturday: Fourball in the morning, starting at 7:02 a.m. ET. Foursomes in the afternoon, starting at 1:40 p.m. ET.
Sunday: Singles. The first tee time is scheduled for 12:02 p.m. ET.
Presidents Cup odds
Unsurprisingly, especially when you take into account the all-time record, Team USA is -250 to win, with the Internationals sitting at +275. A tie is +1200.
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Presidents Cup picks
Team USA golfer Sam Burns celebrates winning the 17th hole during the four-ball match play of the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports
Pick: Sam Burns, top Team USA scorer (+750), top captain’s pick (+210)
Take: Let’s start the card with some value. Burns didn’t win a match two years ago at Quail Hollow, going 0-3-2. However, I think it’s time Burns gets some payback.
He enters the Presidents Cup in fantastic form. Over his last four starts, he’s finished T-12 (3M Open), T-5 (FedEx St. Jude Championship), T-2 (BMW Championship) and T-12 Tour Championship.
In these match-play competitions, it’s all about making putts. Burns ranked 15th in Strokes Gained: Putting on the PGA Tour this season.
Tom Kim of South Korea and the International Team reacts after winning the 11th hole during Saturday morning foursomes on day three of the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow Country Club on September 24, 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
Pick: Tom Kim, top International point scorer (+700)
Take: Some players are born for these team competitions, and I think Tom Kim is one of those guys. The show he put on at Quail Hollow two years ago was his “Hello, world” moment and I think he keeps it going at Royal Montreal.
When his putter gets hot, he can pour them in from all over the place and his tee-to-green game is consistently a strength.
Sahith Theegala of the United States hits his tee shot on the fourth hole during the third round of the Procore Championship 2024 at Silverado Resort on September 14, 2024 in Napa, California. (Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images)
Pick: Sahith Thegala, top USA rookie (+250)
Take: Like Kim, I think Theegala has the personality to thrive in this team environment. Plus, he’s coming off a stellar performance at the Tour Championship (third) and most recently tied for seventh at the Procore Championship.
Caleb Williams has a great shot to be this season’s C.J. Stroud.
The Chicago Bears kicked off the NFL preseason on Thursday night when they took on the Houston Texans in the Hall of Fame Game. Unfortunately, Bears fans did not get to see the premier of rookie quarterback Caleb Williams.
Chicago is banking on Williams turning around the franchise. The Bears haven’t had a legitimate franchise signal called in a very long time and they have built a potent offense around him to help him succeed.
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Bet MGM currently has Williams as the big favorite to win AP Offensive Rookie of the Year. Here’s how the top five break down.
1 – QB Caleb Williams, Bears: +135
2 – QB Jayden Daniels, Commanders: +600
3 – WR Marvin Harrison Jr., Cardinals: +650
4 – WR Malik Nabers, Giants: +1500
5 – QB Bo Nix, Broncos: +1700
Williams will be throwing to fellow rookie Rome Odunze who the Bears selected with their second first-round pick. In looking back, there hasn’t been a rookie quarterback come into a better situation since the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Ben Roethlisberger in 2004.
The Steelers have the third-worst odds of winning the Super Bowl among the AFC North.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have a long tradition of excellence. Unfortunately, that tradition has been noticeably absent. Pittsburgh hasn’t won a playoff game since 2016 so any Super Bowl aspirations are on the back burner until they can get over that hurdle.
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Bet MGM has updated odds for every team to win Super Bowl LVIII and the Steelers remain longshots. Here is how the current odds fall for the top teams in the AFC:
Kansas City Chiefs: +550
Baltimore Ravens: +1000
Cincinnati Bengals: +1400
Buffalo Bills: +1500
Houston Texans: +1600
New York Jets: +2000
Miami Dolphins: +2500
Cleveland Browns: +4000
Los Angeles Chargers: +4000
Pittsburgh Steelers: +4000
Jacksonville Jaguars: +5000
Indianapolis Colts: +6600
Las Vegas Raiders: +10000
Denver Broncos: +15000
New England Patriots: +15000
Tennessee Titans: +15000
Not only do the Steelers have long odds of winning the Super Bowl, two of the four teams in the AFC North have better odds. Pittsburgh has one of the toughest schedules in the NFL with an absolutely brutal second half.
