The gap between the major conferences and the rest may get worse instead of better as the power leagues work to separate themselves even further from the rest of college football. Each week, I will use this space to tell you what I think are a few of the best bets heading into the weekend.

In the only top-25 matchup of the week, my model likes Missouri by 1.5 points, going against the spread of Texas A&M -2.5. It also likes Washington by 1.5 points against Michigan in the rematch of last year’s national title game.