College Football Handicapping Articles

Week 3 College Football Picks and Odds
by T.O. Whenham - 9/17/2010

Week 2 in college football brought forth plenty of upsets and some major beat downs from high-profile favorites, but now it is time to turn our attention to some Week 3 college football picks and odds. This week we will concentrate on two games, the Connecticut Huskies at Temple Owls and the Air Force Falcons at Oklahoma Sooners.

College Football Predictions: Teams With Great Betting Value
by T.O. Whenham - 9/17/2010

It’s just two weeks into the season in college football, but we are already starting to get a handle on which teams are good and which ones aren’t - at least in the bigger conferences. Inevitably, though, there are teams out there that are better than people give them credit for because they don’t get a whole lot of attention. Here’s a look at five teams that should treat bettors pretty well this year and aren’t yet getting the credit they deserve.

College Football Predictions and Picks: Cal vs. Nevada Betting Odds
by Aaron Smith - 9/17/2010

The Friday late night ESPN showcase will feature the Cal Golden Bears and the Nevada Wolf Pack this week. Both teams were humbled at the end of last season, but both are contenders in their conference this year. California finished last year on a sour note with losses to Washington and Utah, but the Golden Bears have started out 2010 with some nice play. The Wolf Pack of Nevada were blown out by SMU in the bowl game last year, but they have started 2-0 in 2010. This battle in Reno should be an exciting matchup between two offenses that look absolutely dominating this year. California is looking to prove they are for real this year, while Nevada is out to prove they can win a big game on a national stage

Michigan Wolverines Predictions With Denard Robinson
by T.O. Whenham - 9/16/2010

There is as much buzz around Michigan football now as there has been for years, and for once it’s actually positive. People aren’t talking about humiliating upsets, missing bowls for the first time in decades, NCAA violations, recruits leaving the school, or coaches on hot seats. Instead, they are talking about a team that has looked surprisingly good led by the most exciting player in the country so far.

College Football Predictions and Picks: Cincinnati at NC State Betting Odds
by Alan Matthews - 9/16/2010

It’s not exactly the best matchup on ESPN’s Thursday night football this week as unranked N.C. State (2-0) hosts Cincinnati (1-1). And both conferences could use a win as the Bearcats’ Big East is down to just two schools still without a loss after just two weeks and the Wolfpack’s ACC’s was fairly humiliated by the outings of conference teams like Florida State and Georgia Tech last week. All five ACC teams that started the season ranked among the AP Top 25 have already suffered at least one loss. Virginia Tech, the preseason favorite to win the league, already has two.

Doc's Fourth Down And Inches
by Doc - 9/14/2010

Each year I like to look ahead in the Big Ten Conference and find a setup that is favorable and unfavorable for each team. Here is what I have found for the 2010 Big Ten Conference season. I have ranked the teams in the order I believe that they will finish.

College Football Predictions and Picks: Stanford at UCLA Betting Odds
by Alan Matthews - 9/11/2010

UCLA was supposed to be a sleeper team in Rick Neuheisel’s second season as head coach, but the Bruins didn’t look very good last week in a 31-22 loss at Kansas State. The Bruins' rebuilt front seven surrendered 313 yards rushing to the Wildcats. And on offense, QB Kevin Prince completed just 9-of-26 passes for 120 yards with two interceptions. If there was one bright spot it was that Bruins kicker UCLA's Kai Forbath kicked three field goals and ran his streak to 40 in a row from inside 50 yards.

College Football Predictions and Picks: Miami Vs. Ohio State Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 9/11/2010

No. 2 Ohio State welcomes No. 13 Miami to The Horseshoe at 3:40 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11 in one of the marquee nonconference games of the college football season. And in what is the most overblown and overrated story line of this game, this is the first meeting since the 2002 National Championship Game in which Ohio State scored a huge upset.

College Football Predictions and Picks: West Virginia vs. Marshall Betting Odds
by Aaron Smith - 9/10/2010

ESPN will showcase the Thundering Herd of Marshall against the West Virginia Mountaineers this Friday evening. These two are in-state rivals, and you never know how a game like this is going to play out. Marshall was blown out by Ohio State in their season opener, and West Virginia shutout Coastal Carolina. It’s tough to take too much out of the first game, especially in a rivalry game like this one. These two have met each of the last four years, and West Virginia has won each contest by at least 17 points. This game will be played at Marshall, so the Mountaineers will face an uphill battle.

College Football Predictions: Advice for Betting on North Carolina Tar Heels
by T.O. Whenham - 9/9/2010

North Carolina’s football program is a total mess right now. Like the biggest mess we’ve seen in a long while. USC is on probation, and too many schools to count are under investigation for a number of reasons, but none are facing issues as diverse and widespread as the Tar Heels. Things are really, really bad, and it’s a fair bit that they are going to get worse. Bettors who like college football will have to consider this entire scandal and what opportunities it presents.

College Football Predictions and Picks: Auburn at Mississippi State Betting Odds
by Alan Matthews - 9/9/2010

This will be the first game of the season between two teams from the same BCS conference – of course the SEC. Mississippi State hasn’t had good success at home in this series. Auburn leads 11-4-1 in Starkville. And MSU hasn’t won an SEC opener since 1999.

College Football Power Rankings - The Ferringo 15
by Robert Ferringo - 9/8/2010

The Ferringo 15 is my Profit-Power Rankings, a ladder or hierarchy based on which teams are the most profitable on the field. I'm not trying to give you some other nonsensical, random, speculative power rankings based on my own biases and conjecture. So instead of Alabama moving up or down the polls on the basis of how badly they blew out Vanderbilt the previous Saturday, I'm going to rank each team based on past, present, and projected future achievement against the college football point spread.

College Football Predictions: Teams That Are Better Than Week 1 Effort
by T.O. Whenham - 9/8/2010

We’re only one week into the college football season, but already we have been reminded why this is such a brilliant sport. I mean, did you see that freaking Boise State game? We’ve also been reminded of just how hard it is to get a real sense of how good teams are going to be before they hit the field. Some teams - Michigan chief among them - were surprisingly good. Others were far worse than they were supposed to be. Here are five teams that didn’t look great in their opener - in some cases they looked absolutely terrible.

College Football Predictions and Picks: Boise State vs. Virginia Tech Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 9/6/2010

Ten years ago Boise State was a novelty act. They were that random team that dozens of stoned or drunken bettors would either chase or double down on at the end of another hazy college football Saturday. They were a sideshow, and they would have been considered an urban myth if the money people had won on them hadn’t been so real.

College Football Predictions Picks: SMU at Texas Tech Betting Odds
by Alan Matthews - 9/5/2010

If you like offense, you will want to check out Sunday afternoon’s Southern Methodist at Texas Tech game (3:30 p.m., ESPN). These are easily the two most pass-happy offenses in the nation. It’s also the debut of new Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville, who says he will keep some of former coach Mike Leach’s ‘Air Raid’ spread offense, but certainly will integrate more of a running game to get more balance.

College Football Predictions: Wisconsin at UNLV Betting Odds and NCAA Picks
by Alan Matthews - 9/4/2010

The Bobby Hauck era begins in Saturday night’s final NCAA game (11 p.m. ET, Versus TV) as Hauck, who went 80-17 over the previous seven seasons at Montana and appeared in three FCS national title games, leads UNLV in an upset attempt against visiting No. 12 Wisconsin.

Michigan Vs. UConn: College Football Predictions with Betting Odds and NCAA Picks
by T.O. Whenham - 9/4/2010

This game terrifies me. It keeps me up at night. I bleed Maize and Blue, and I want a win. I need a win. I can’t handle another loss. Not in a season opener. Not at all, really. I, like every Michigan fan in the world, am feeling very fragile right now. And I’m hiding all the sharp knives just in case. More than any team on the planet, we need a win. So, will we get one?

LSU Vs. North Carolina: College Football Predictions with Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 9/3/2010

Breaking News as of 9/3 (11 a.m.) - Several news outlets are reporting that North Carolina will be without 12 players due to suspension or other measures when they face LSU this Saturday. Marvin Austen, Robert Quinn, Michael McAdoo, Kendric Burney, Charles Brown and Greg Little were all suspended. Shaun Draughn, Ryan Houston, Brian Gupton, Norris Searcy, Jon Smith and Linwan Euwell are being held out. These are key players and all of this severely hinders North Carolina’s chances to get a win in this game with LSU. The line has adjusted to this news and the new odds on this game are LSU -7.5 with a total of 43.5.

College Football Predictions: Arizona vs. Toledo Betting Odds and Football Picks
by Aaron Smith - 9/3/2010

The nationally televised college football game on ESPN this Friday night will feature the Arizona Wildcats traveling to Toledo’s Glass Bowl to take on the Rockets. Mike Stoops has a talented team this year in Arizona, but they haven’t fared well on the road in the last couple of years. Toledo has quite a bit of talent in place, but they did lose some major contributors from a year ago. These two met to open the season in 2008, and the Wildcats won, 41-16. This time Toledo gets the home field advantage, but will it be enough? Let’s take a closer look at this Friday night college football showdown.

Thursday College Football Predictions: Pitt at Utah Betting Odds and Football Picks
by Alan Matthews - 9/2/2010

The college football season finally kicks off on Thursday night – will anyone bother watching or betting on those completely meaningless final NFL Preseason games that are all Thursday as well? – with the best matchup on paper looking like when Big East preseason favorite and 15th-ranked Pitt travels to Utah.