First look: Miami at Cal odds and lines

Looking at Saturday’s Miami vs. Cal college football odds, lines and trends. Here’s what you need to know.

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The No. 8 Miami Hurricane (5-0, 1-0 ACC) hit the to face the Cal Golden Bears (3-1, 0-1) Saturday. Kickoff from California Memorial Stadium is set for 10:30 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we look at Miami vs. Cal odds from BetMGM Sportsbook’s college football odds before making our expert college football picks and predictions later in the week.

Miami enters on a 5-game win streak following a controversial 38-34 win over the visiting Virginia Tech Hokies Friday. On the final play of the game on a 30-yard Hail Mary pass, officials ruled Va Tech WR Da’Quan Felton came down with the ball out of a group of several players in the back of the end zone for what would have been the winning touchdown.

After a lengthy review, the officials overturned the call. Two hours later, the ACC released a statement stating, “it was determined that the loose ball was touched by a Miami player while he was out of bounds, which makes it an incomplete pass and immediately ends the play.”

Miami won but didn’t cover the 17.5-point spread as favorites and the Over (55.5) cashed in.

Cal was off this past weekend. After going 3-0 in non-conference play, the Golden Bears made their ACC debut only to lose 14-9 at Florida State as 2.5-point underdogs with the Under (44.5) hitting Sept. 21.

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Miami at Cal odds

Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list of college football odds. Lines last updated Monday at 12:21 p.m. ET.

  • Moneyline (ML): Miami -500 (bet $500 to win $100) | Cal +375 (bet $100 to win $375)
  • Against the spread (ATS): Miami -12.5 (-110) | Cal +12.5 (-110)
  • Over/Under (O/U): 55.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)

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2024 betting stats

  • ML: Miami 5-0 | Cal 3-1
  • ATS: Miami 3-2 | Cal 2-2
  • O/U: Miami 4-0-1 | Cal 0-4

Miami vs. Cal head-to-head

Miami and Cal are meeting for the 1st time as conference opponents. They have only faced each other 4 times in their history, playing to a 2-2 split.

Their last meeting was in 2008 in the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco, a 24-17 Cal victory — the Golden Bears were 10-point underdogs.

The only meeting in Berkeley was a 52-24 Miami win in 1990.

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