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Best college football bets for Week 4

After three comfortable victories to open the season, No. 20 Oregon has a major test on its hands as they host No. 7 Stanford on Saturday. Jaime Valdez-USA TODAY Sports

As we enter the heart of the college football season, each team reveals more about itself by the week and each game offers a chance for the most observant bettors to take advantage of what they learn. Every Thursday, Phil Steele, Chris Fallica and "Stanford Steve" Coughlin pick their top plays across the college football landscape.

Here are the best bets for Week 4 of the college football season.


Note: Lines from Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook as of Wednesday night. As always, shop for the best price.

No. 7 Stanford Cardinal (-1.5) vs. No. 20 Oregon Ducks (O/U 56.5)

8 p.m. ET, Saturday (ABC)

Coughlin: Last week I talked about how Texas needed a win in a prime-time spot in the worst way, and you saw a great effort out of them as they fell behind early and stormed back to win by 23 points. This week, that team is