Cotton Bowl Odds

Johnny Football and Texas A&M will take a shot at the Oklahoma Sooners on January 4 in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, with totals bettors watching the UNDER wager closely for that bowl contest after the Aggies went just 4-6 on the OU this season.

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Cotton Bowl
Friday, January 4 @ 8:00pm ET
Cowboys Stadium, Dallas, Texas

Team: Texas A&M Aggies
Conference: Southeastern
Records: 10-2 SU, 7-5 ATS, 4-6 OU

Team: Oklahoma Sooners
Conference: Big 12
Records: 10-2 SU, 6-6 ATS, 7-4 OU

Opening Spread / Total (from BetOnline)
Texas A&M -4.5 / 72 Points

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Cotton Bowl Betting Trends: UNDER is 8-3 in past 11 Cotton Bowls . . . Texas A&M is 2-7 ATS in past nine bowl games.

Cotton Bowl History

Data includes original name of bowl, current name, teams, point spread of the second listed team, SU winner and ATS winner.

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The Kansas State Wildcats have lost in each of their last three bowl appearances, and are looking for their first bowl win since 2002 in this year’s Cotton Bowl.

The Arkansas Razorbacks stand in their way and are favored to defeat KSU on Jan. 6. For lines and totals on all of this year's bowl games head over to the college football betting board at TopBet today and earn a free $25 BCS bowl wager with your new membership.

Cotton Bowl
Friday, January 6 @ 8:00pm ET
Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Team: Kansas State Wildcats
Conference: Big 12
Records: 10-2 SU, 9-3 ATS, 8-4 OU

Team: Arkansas Razorbacks
Conference: Southeastern
Records: 10-2 SU, 7-5 ATS, 8-3-1 OU

Spread / Total (from TopBet)
Arkansas -8.0 / 62.5 Points

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Many people were surprised when Virginia Tech was selected as an at-large over the Kansas State Wildcats for the Sugar Bowl, but it sets up arguably the best of all of the non-BCS bowls against the Arkansas Razorbacks in this year’s Cotton Bowl.

Arkansas was ineligible as an at-large because the SEC was already sending two teams to BCS bowls (LSU and Alabama).

Kansas State was one of college football’s biggest surprises this year, only dropping games to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State and finishing second in the Big 12 conference behind Oklahoma State.

Arkansas had only two losses all year as well, and they were to the two best teams in the country in Alabama and LSU. Both teams trended towards the OVER all year with strong offenses as Kansas State had 33.1 points per game and Arkansas had 37.4 points per game this year.

With running back Knile Davis lost for the season early in the year, quarterback Tyler Wilson took the team on his back. Wilson passed for 3,422 yards and 22 touchdowns with just six interceptions to lead Arkansas’ dangerous offensive attack.

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Texas A&M struggled before making a change at quarterback, while the Tigers' inability to score has the NCAAF oddsmakers keeping this close as LSU is a slight 1.5-point favorite on the Cotton Bowl odds.

Cotton Bowl
Friday, January 7 @ 8:00pm ET
Cowboys Stadium, Dallas, Texas

Team: LSU Tigers
Conference: Southeastern Conference
Records: 10-2 SU, 5-6 ATS, 4-5-2 OU

Team: Texas A&M Aggies
Conference: Big 12 Conference
Records: 9-3 SU, 7-4 ATS, 5-6 OU

Spread / Total (from ) - see also list of Cotton Bowl player odds at bottom of this page:
LSU -1.5 / 49 Points

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The 11th-ranked Tigers had the misfortune of playing in the same conference as top-ranked Auburn - whom they lost to - with their other defeat coming at the claws of the Arkansas Razorbacks. These two losses cost any chance of getting into a BCS bowl game.

LSU has had its difficulties getting consistent production from the offense, ranking below the Top 100 in the FBS in passing yards, and just inside the Top 100 in total offense per game.

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This lack of scoring has hurt their odds in college football betting circles. If running back Stevan Ridley can find his form that saw him finish with 14 touchdowns this season, it could turn things in their favor and draw the interest of bettors looking to cover the spread on the Cotton Bowl odds at Sportsbook.ag.

LSU ranked in the Top 10 of three different FBS defensive categories and this is what might get the Tigers over the top in avenging the school’s 2003 loss in the Cotton Bowl.

The Aggies' changes at QB came when they were 3-3 in the standings; backup and receiver Ryan Tannehill finished out the season with six straight victories. He put up impressive numbers, and should he maintain this level in the Cotton Bowl it gives the Aggies a fighting chance to stop the school’s four-game losing skid in bowl games.

Texas A&M has the tools at defense and this balance - coupled with a weaker offense in LSU - will definitely garner a lot of interest on the Aggies on the college football betting lines for this 75th edition of the Cotton Bowl. [ Bet the best Cotton Bowl odds at ]