One thing you may notice while quickly scanning the odds for Week 11 is the large spreads that have been given to a number of games. There’s usually been at least one large spread each week this season (every time New England suits up anyway), but right now there are four double-digit spreads already and if the lines move the right way more could soon be coming.

New England gets a divisional matchup with the Buffalo Bills this week and they’re a huge 16-point favorite. Coming off a bye the Pats should be ready to put a ton of points in the board, while Buffalo could be without one of their few offensive weapons, running back Marshawn Lynch.

Also garnering double-digit odds this week are the Indianapolis Colts, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. The Colts are a huge 14.5-point favorite against Kansas City despite the fact they’re overloaded with injuries on both offense and defense. The Eagles’ offense exploded for 33 points against Washington last week, and Philly is a 10-point favorite against the winless Dolphins on Sunday. And, finally the Cowboys and their NFC-best offense are a 10.5-point favorite in their game against Washington.

Other games that might be on their way to double digits odds include Pittsburgh at the Jets, in which the Steelers are a 9.5-point favorite, and Carolina at Green Bay, in which the Packers are also a 9.5-point favorite.

I used to be a serious Mac-o-phile. Down with Big Blue and all that. Then one of my friends, a computer programming whiz, gave me this piece of wisdom: All Operating Systems Suck.

Yet the PC is still king, and some sports gambling sites still have issues when you log on with a Mac, or if you’re running Linux. This is a rare problem these days, though. Just about everything you see on today’s Web pages was written in an open standard language, including “Web 2.0” stuff like XML. The experience of sports gambling should be almost identical on a Mac or a PC.

Security is another issue. Virtually all viruses, Trojan horses and other bits of nastiness are written for Windows. If you have an account at an offshore sportsbook, or any other sensitive information that resides on your computer, you might want to consider a non-Windows environment. Why add more risk to your betting?

There were five undefeated teams heading into Thursday’s college football slate. One of them, the top-ranked 9-0 Ohio State Buckeyes, is the favorite to win the national championship at 6-5 odds. The other four must be getting the shaft, because 7-1 LSU is the second favorite at 9-4 odds.

Actually, the Tigers might be the best team in the nation. They’re No. 1 on the Fremeau Efficiency Index (FEI), which measures Game Efficiency as a function of a team’s winning (or losing) margins, and factors in quality of opposition.

Your other four undefeated teams are Boston College (7-1 title odds), Arizona State (6-1), Kansas (Field, 9-1) and Hawaii (75-1). Here’s where they and OSU rank in FEI:

5. Arizona State
7. Ohio State
9. Boston College
14. Kansas
50. Hawaii

If you like the FEI formula, then you should definitely like the Sun Devils at five times the championship payout of the Buckeyes.