College Football Betting Reset: Who’s a Real Playoff Contender? Who’s Not? PLUS: CFB Week 4 Bets, Including Ole Miss/Alabama and Ohio State/Notre Dame

With conference play now kicking off across most of the college football landscape, it's time to lay down some markers on which teams are real playoff contenders and which teams are not. Get ready to kick out the old guard.

LATER: as always, Chase walks listeners through his official plays for the week, adding in some more thoughts about another handful of games. 

PLUS: Understanding the difference between a bad bet and an unlucky result. 

This week's official picks include the following games:

• Georgia Southern at Ball State (-6.5)
• Ole Miss at Alabama (-7)
• Nevada at Texas State  (-17.5)
• North Carolina at Pittsburgh (+7.5)

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

• Colorado at Oregon (-21)
• Texas Tech at West Virginia (+6)
• Ohio State at Notre Dame (+3.5)
• Kentucky at Vanderbilt (+14)
• Boston College at Louisville ( -14)
• SMU at TCU (-6.5)

Some relevant reading for this week...

• A written version of this episode's picks: College Football Week 4 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
• CFB Betting 101: How to Read College Football Odds

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