2024 college football picks, Week 3 odds, spreads, best bets from proven expert: This 3-leg parlay pays 6-1

The Backyard Brawl is one of the most contentious rivalries in college football and the West Virginia Mountaineers and Pittsburgh Panthers will meet for the 107th time on Saturday at Acrisure Stadium. Pitt is off to a 2-0 start after wins over Cincinnati and Kent State while WVU is 1-1 with a win over Albany and a loss to Penn State . The Mountaineers are favored by 1.5 points on the road according to the latest Week 3 college football odds via the SportsLine Consensus.

So who should you be backing in that contest, and what other games on the Week 3 college football schedule might be of betting interest? It's another slate loaded with rivalry matchups and conference games, so finding an edge as you craft your Week 3 college football parlays could be a challenge. Before locking in any Week 3 college football picks, be sure to see the top Week 3 college football expert picks, predictions and best bets from Thomas Casale .

A frequent guest on national radio and TV shows to discuss college sports, Casale has been betting -- and winning -- for more than 30 years. Over the past two college football seasons, Casale is 122-92-5 (57%) overall on his college football picks and 26-8 (76.4%) in bowl games -- all publicly documented. Anybody who has followed him is way up.

Now, he has turned his attention to the Week 3 college football odds and is sharing his top three best bets over at SportsLine. If you parlay them together, you could be looking at a return of around 6-1. Get his top college football picks at SportsLine .

Top Week 3 college football expert predictions

One of Casale's top Week 3 college football picks: No. 4 Alabama (-16.5) against Wisconsin on Saturday. Both teams are off to 2-0 starts but Alabama has certainly put up more style points in doing so, beating Western Kentucky 63-0 and then outscoring USF 28-3 over the final 24 minutes of a 42-16 win in Week 2. Meanwhile, Wisconsin had to grind out a 28-14 win over Western Michigan and then a 27-13 win over FCS opponent South Dakota .

Miami transfer Tyler Van Dyke is averaging just 6.4 yards per pass attempt against two vastly inferior opponents and now he'll be challenged by an Alabama secondary that has been dominant through two weeks. The Crimson Tide have only allowed 206 passing yards all season on 76 attempts and they also have two interceptions to go along with 13 pass breakups. Casale doesn't see the Badgers being able to run against an SEC defense and that's a big reason why he's laying the points with Alabama. See what other picks Casale likes at SportsLine .

How to make Week 3 college football picks

Casale has also found two other college football picks he loves, including backing an underdog against the spread in a massive rivalry game. You can only see his picks at SportsLine .

What are the best bets for Week 3 of college football, and which underdog should you be all over? Visit SportsLine now to see Thomas Casale's college football best bets, all from a proven college football handicapper who has gone 26-8 on bowl games the past two seasons , and find out.