College Football Handicapping Articles

2023-24 Big 12 Football Predictions with Betting Odds and Expert Picks
by Joey House - 8/27/2023

With the possible exception of the Pac-12, which may cease to exist after the 2023 NCAA Football season is concluded, no other Power 5 conference will change more than the Big 12. The face of the Big 12 for practically its entire existence has been Oklahoma and Texas. After this season, they are jumping ship to the richer waters of the SEC. However, when the Pac-12 started to dissolve, the Big 12 welcomed with open arms the four important remaining programs, from a football perspective, of Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah.

2023-24 Pac-12 Football Predictions with Betting Odds and Expert Picks
by Joey House - 8/27/2023

No other conference in the FBS faces more challenges than the Pac-12. In what likely could be their final season in existence, two-thirds of the iconic conference are leaving after this season. Cal, Stanford, Oregon State, and Washington State remain currently without a home after this season, although Cal and Stanford are attempting to join the ACC. It's a sad and disappointing end to such a historic part of college sports.

Arch Manning Starting Game Props Odds and Predictions
by Mike Allen - 8/26/2023

The Manning name has become one of royalty in both the worlds of college and professional football. It all started with the godfather, Elisha Archibald Manning III. Archie was born in 1949 in Drew, Mississippi. He later played quarterback at Ole Miss. Following a successful college career, Archie played 14 seasons with the New Orleans Saints. He had average statistics on an abysmal team. It was a different league back then, with defenses having an advantage in the ruleset.

2023 College Football Player Performance Props: Best Bets for QBs and WR
by Mike Allen - 8/26/2023

We're counting the minutes until the first full Saturday of the 2023 College Football regular season. Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, Alabama, and LSU make up your top five teams in the Preseason AP Poll. That should come as no surprise, of course. It's good to see the USC Trojans coming in at 6th and projected to win the Pac-12. They are led by the 2022 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Caleb Williams. The D.C.-born and raised Williams threw for over 4500 yards last season and 42 passing touchdowns with only five interceptions.

2023-24 ACC Football Predictions with Betting Odds and Expert Picks
by Joey House - 8/25/2023

The landscape of college football will never be the same after 2023 is completed. Oklahoma and Texas will be joining the SEC, the Pac-12 is splintering with some programs joining the Big Ten and others attempting to fill the void of the departing schools in the Big 12. One conference that made no changes to its membership is the ACC. However, all is not well there, as Florida State has not-so-quietly discussed its desire to move elsewhere. That may not be easy to do, however, with the language of the ACC's "Grant of Rights". The schools remain together, but all is not well in the land of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

College Football Props: Team’s Chances to Play in Their Conference Championship
by Mike Allen - 8/25/2023

Opening Saturday for the 2023 College Football season is nearly upon us. Many of you guys have already jumped on season-long futures betting odds. Over/under betting for team wins is popular. So is predicting a particular conference winner. That can be risky when you think the season hasn't even started yet, and we are already crowning a conference winner.

Season Win Total Picks for Four College Football Independents
by Matt Zitt - 8/25/2023

Seven teams lived the independent life in 2022, but only four remain for this upcoming season. BYU jumped to the Big 12 after being independent for 12 seasons. Liberty and New Mexico State joined Conference USA. That leaves Notre Dame, Army, UConn, and UMass as the last four independent squads. A new TV deal with NBC could keep Notre Dame independent for the foreseeable future or the money associated with conference play could entice the Fighting Irish to join a major conference.

2023-24 SEC Football Predictions with Betting Odds and Expert Picks
by Joey House - 8/24/2023

With the start of the college football season just days away, the one question asked the most is: Can Georgia become the first three-peat champion since the mighty Minnesota Gophers did it back in the mid-1930s? This is also the last year before the SEC brings in the Big 12 powers Oklahoma and Texas. The Big Ten may have the geographic footprint, but the SEC has an impressive consolidation of power in the football landscape. You have to go back to 2018, with Clemson, to find the last time a non-SEC school won the National Championship in football. Oddsmakers are betting that Georgia will pull off the historic 3-peat and the SEC will continue its dominance over the rest of the football world as they are installed as the favorites to win the National Championship in Houston.

2023-24 AAC Football Predictions with Betting Odds and Expert Picks
by Matt Zitt - 8/24/2023

Another conference hit by change. Houston, UCF, and Cincinnati moved to the Big 12 in realignment. The AAC responded by adding six more teams. Charlotte, North Texas, Rice, UTSA, UAB, and FAU bump the league’s membership to 14 teams. Doc’s Sports will break down the conference below and offer some predictions for the upcoming season.

2023-24 Mountian West Football Predictions with Betting Odds and Expert Picks
by Matt Zitt - 8/24/2023

The race to win the Mountain West will look a lot different in 2023. The West and Mountain Divisions are gone, with a 12-team, one-division setup in its place. The top two teams in the standings will meet for the conference title game. The Mountain West hopes one of its frontrunners can return the league to a New Year’s Six Bowl for the first time since 2014. Doc’s Sports will break down the Mountain West Conference below.

2023-24 MAC Football Predictions with Betting Odds and Expert Picks
by Matt Zitt - 8/24/2023

The Toledo Rockets are looking for a rare repeat in the MAC. Despite being the clear favorites in the West Division, the outlook in the East is way more competitive. Nine of the MAC’s 12 teams recorded at least five wins in ’22. It seems likely that Toledo, Ohio, and Miami (Ohio) are the top dogs, while there should be another year of parity in the middle with teams fighting to get bowl eligible at the six-win plateau. Doc’s Sports will look in-depth at the MAC below.

NCAA Football Predictions: Week 0 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Joey House - 8/23/2023

After months of hype and hoopla, spring games and transfer portals, college football is back. In a creation that only the NCAA could come up with, Week 0 features a handful of games to get you primed for the upcoming season. Since they usually play in the final regular season game against Army, it's only fitting that Navy kicks off the season taking on No. 13 Notre Dame in Dublin, Ireland. Elsewhere in Top 25 action, No. 6 USC begins their final season in the Pac-12 when they host in-state rival San Jose State. One of the big questions of the preseason is if Trojan QB Caleb Williams can win a second Heisman and join Buckeye great Archie Griffin as the only two-time winner.

2023-24 Conference USA Football Predictions with Betting Odds and Expert Picks
by Matt Zitt - 8/23/2023

Realignment in college football has disintegrated the Pac-12 and has changed the Power 5 Conferences for the future landscape of the sport. Smaller conferences, such as Conference USA, have been hit just as hard. The league lost three teams to the Sun Belt prior to 2022 and had six teams bounce for the American Athletic Conference this offseason. A pair of FBS newcomers joined Conference USA; Jacksonville State and Sam Houston, while Liberty and New Mexico State ditched the potential independent route in favor of Conference USA. Doc’s Sports will break down the conference below.

2023-24 Big Ten Football Predictions with Betting Odds and Expert Picks
by Joey House - 8/22/2023

The 2023 NCAA football season will be a historic season for many reasons. It is the last year before the College Football Playoff finally expands to 12 teams. It is also the final season of the iconic Pac-12, as various members have left the fabled conference for the safer pastures of bigger conferences.

College Football Free Picks: Weekly Mid-Major Report and Predictions for Coastal Carolina (2023 Season Preview)
by Matt Zitt - 8/22/2023

With the start of the college football season right around the corner, we will be taking an in-depth look at a school just down the road from Myrtle Beach -- Coastal Carolina University from the Sun Belt Conference. It has been quite the ride for CCU over the last six seasons since joining the FCS world. There were growing pains the first three seasons building the program up, followed by a 31-3 record over the next two and a half seasons before ending last year on a three-game losing streak.

2023 Sun Belt Conference Football Predictions with Season Win Total Picks
by Joey House - 8/14/2023

Most of the college football previews cover, understandably, the bigger conferences like Power 5, the Mountain West, etc. At Docs, we look for value EVERYWHERE, and as such, while we cover the big boys too, we recognize some of the smaller conferences are amazingly profitable. One of those markets is the Sun Belt, stretching from Virginia to Texas. One of the key members of the SBC is Appalachian State, who every good football fan knows upset the #5-ranked Michigan Wolverines in the Big House back in 2007.

2023 College Football Season Win Total Best Bets
by Mike Allen - 8/12/2023

The 2023 College Football Regular Season is just a couple of weeks away. I don't know about you, but the anxiety is killing me. I need to do something in the meantime to alleviate these jitters. I don’t have to tell you, though. That’s why you’re here!

Which Teams will Make College Football Playoff in 2023? Odds and Betting Predictions
by Mike Allen - 8/11/2023

There is so much to love about football. To me, the college game is more fun. There are more passionate college football fans than any other major sport in America. One factor that makes CFB exciting for me is the constant turnover of talent. Some teams' jerseys don't even have the names on the back. NCAA football is about the team/system/program before any individual.

2023 College Football National Championship Futures Odds with Expert Betting Predictions
by Mike Allen - 8/11/2023

The 2023 College Football season starts on August 26 with a small slate of Saturday games. So, of course, we are ready to predict who wins it all! It will be the 10th year that the NCAA has instituted a playoff system for CFB, and I don’t know many fans, teams, or conferences that can be upset about it. The only gripe is that we need more teams in the playoffs.

College Football Free Picks: Weekly Mid-Major Report and Predictions for James Madison (Season Preview)
by Joey House - 8/10/2023

We will be releasing picks for James Madison games each week of the college football season here on Doc’s Sports homepage and tracking the results. We will be using Doc’s Sports Unit System for each and every prediction. We might bet the side, total or moneyline, or a combination of the three. If we think the odds are solid, we could pass for that week (we will still publish an article stating so). Our goal is to help you, the reader, earn a profit over the course of the season by zeroing in on a small school that doesn’t see a lot of action at the betting window.