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Week 3 of the 2026 college football season features over 70 games across Saturday, with marquee matchups like No. 7 LSU at No. 8 Ole Miss, No. 10 Alabama hosting Florida State, and No. 2 Georgia opening SEC play at Arkansas, all backed by sportsbook promo offers from DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, and bet365.

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**Texas Tech** hosts No. 22 Houston on Friday at 8 p.m. ET as a 7.5-point favorite (O/U 53.5), in a matchup featuring two teams that both beat Oregon State early in the season — Houston 33-20 in Week 1 and Texas Tech 35-24 on the road in Week 2.

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**No. 7 LSU** is a 3-point road favorite against No. 8 Ole Miss on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET (O/U 59.5), marking Lane Kiffin's return to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, where the over/under sits at the high end of the slate.

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Texas Tech hosts No. 22 Houston on Friday at 8 p.m. ET as a 7.5-point favorite (O/U 53.5), in a matchup featuring two teams that both beat Oregon State early in the season — Houston 33-20 in Week 1 and Texas Tech 35-24 on the road in Week 2.
No. 7 LSU is a 3-point road favorite against No. 8 Ole Miss on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET (O/U 59.5), marking Lane Kiffin's return to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, where the over/under sits at the high end of the slate.
No. 10 Alabama is a 20.5-point home favorite against Florida State on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET, with a 49.5 total, while No. 2 Georgia opens SEC play at Arkansas as a 25.5-point favorite one day after Arkansas lost 43-10 at Utah.
Miami's Darian Mensah has vaulted into the Heisman Trophy conversation with 8 touchdown passes against only 4 incompletions through two starts, while Georgia's Gunnar Stockton has matched that exact line (8 TDs, 4 incompletions), highlighting a pair of early-season QB breakouts.
Clemson starting quarterback Christopher Vizzina suffered an injury to his left (non-throwing) arm and will miss Saturday's game against North Carolina, deepening concerns after the Tigers' ugly 22-7 rebound win over Georgia Southern.
Sportsbook promos dominate the coverage: DraftKings offers $200 in bonus bets after a $5 wager, FanDuel provides $350 in bonus bets, bet365 gives $365 in bonus bets on a $10 bet, and BetMGM goes up to $1,500 in bonus bets, with online sports betting legal in more than 30 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico.
Arizona State meets Kansas at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday at noon ET, the slate's only international venue, with Kansas listed as a 6-point underdog (O/U 52.5).

Why it matters: With over 70 Saturday games, Week 3 offers the deepest betting card of the season to date, headlined by three top-10 conference clashes — LSU-Ole Miss, Alabama-Florida State, and Georgia-Arkansas — whose outcomes will reshape the early College Football Playoff picture and the Heisman race, where Miami's Mensah and Georgia's Stockton are the early frontrunners based on the first two weeks.