College Football Handicapping Articles

College Football Totals Picks Week 2: Over or Under Predictions for Saturday
by Joey House - 9/6/2024

Welcome to the second edition of our weekly college football totals best bets article. Last week, we were a solid 2-1 for a profit of 3.6 units. We nailed the bit 5-unit under 51.5 in the Penn State-West Virginia game when inclement weather delayed the game over 2 hours, slowing down a West Virginia offense that looked like they were gaining momentum. Our 3-unit win was by the hook, as the Akron-Ohio State game ended 52-6, and the total was 58.5.

College Football Underdogs Week 2: Moneyline Best Bets
by Joey House - 9/6/2024

Welcome to Week 2 of the "Dawg Pound," where we look for big underdogs in the college football slate that we feel have untapped value. We had a helluva ride last week, as North Dakota State and Central Arkansas had leads in the second half. Central Arkansas actually scored the go-ahead touchdown with 52 seconds left before they allowed Arkansas State to drive the length of the field and score the winning touchdown with 3 seconds left.

Weekly Public Action Football Betting Report with Predictions
by Joey House - 9/5/2024

Welcome to Week Two of the Football Betting Public Action Report. We analyze the lines for the upcoming football games each week, looking for "reverse line movement." A reverse line move is one in which the spread moves in the opposite direction of the betting market, often indicating "smart money" coming in on the opposite side.

College Football Totals Picks Week 1: Over or Under Predictions for Saturday
by Joey House - 8/30/2024

Welcome back to "Totally Totals" (what can I say, I'm a child of the 80s), where we dive into the world of college football totals and give you a handful of carefully selected plays each week. Our inaugural season was a mild success, as we went 17-15-2 (53.2%) and a profit of 5.7 units. The beginning of the 2023 season saw us jump to a fantastic start, going 8-5 and up 12.3 units over our first three weeks. Like many teams during a long season, we hit a brick wall a little over halfway through and gave much of our profit back. However, like any true champion, we rebounded nicely and went 4-2, winning 5.2 units.

Weekly Public Action Football Betting Report with Predictions
by Joey House - 8/30/2024

Welcome back to this year's edition of the Football Betting Public Action Report. Monitoring the odds market is an essential tool in the sports investor's arsenal of weapons. Having the ability to understand where the "sharp" money is going can help you in two different ways: it can allow you to find trends that can be exploited in slower-moving books and, just as importantly, help you identify situations where you can prevent yourself from making a bad wager.

College Football Underdogs Week 1: Moneyline Best Bets
by Joey House - 8/29/2024

Welcome to the world of underdog betting. Here each week, we delve into the heart of college football handicapping to find those hidden gems—teams that might not be favored but have the potential to shock the world. The only guideline we follow is the spread must be a touchdown or more for us to back the dog. Each pick we make is a single unit bet on the money line, but we'll also track how these underdogs stack up against the spread for those who prefer a more conservative approach.

FCS Championship Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Mike Allen - 8/29/2024

The Football Championship Subdivision, in this new era of college football, is seeing more and more higher-level talent each year, not to mention the upsets pulled off on FBS teams by the FCS. These smaller schools are getting larger and larger programs. As you will see below, the elite teams in the FCS are concentrated around one region. The top five betting favorites are from North and South Dakota, along with Montana.

2024 Oklahoma State Cowboys Football Predictions and Betting Odds
by Joey House - 8/28/2024

After a rocky 2-2 start last season that saw them lose at home to South Alabama, Oklahoma State's season was at the crossroads of success and disaster. Twenty-year head coach Mike Gundy had his team take a turn onto the road of success, and they reeled off five consecutive wins and went 7-1 and earned a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game. While they fell short of that title, the Cowboys did defeat Texas A&M in the Texas Bowl to cap off the 8th double-digit win season.

College Football Awards Futures: Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Mike Allen - 8/26/2024

Week 1 of the 2024 college football regular season is rapidly approaching. And, heck, we have already started the season. We've already seen our first big upset with the Florida State Seminoles going down to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on a late field goal.

NCAA Football Predictions: Week 1 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Joey House - 8/26/2024

The long, cold (and sometimes hot) offseason is finally over. By the time you read this, Week 0 (what a concept!) will be behind us. The most "totally tubular" (shoutout to all the '80s surfers) time of the year has arrived: COLLEGE FOOTBALL. Welcome to Doc's college football "Opening Line Report (OLR)," where we dive in and analyze a few lines as soon as they hit the market. Being the first with the 12-team expanded playoffs, this season promises to be like nothing the college football world has seen before.

College Football Playoff Teams from Each Conference: Odds and Best Bets
by Mike Allen - 8/26/2024

The 2024 College Football Playoff is the dawn of the golden age. I'm more anxious about this than Black Friday, Christmas, and the Super Bowl combined! The best conferences in college football got even better, and I'm cool with that. Maybe we could change the names at one point to match the number of teams. However, either way, college football fans are in store for something they've never experienced in a 12-team playoff.

College Football Playoff Sleepers: Odds and Best Bets
by Mike Allen - 8/26/2024

Is there a magic number of wins a college football team needs to be selected to be a part of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff? I'm hearing many people say that teams who win 10 games will be invited to the playoff. That makes sense. Looking at several projections, however, has me scratching my head. That’s because only two teams, the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Georgia Bulldogs, are favored to win double-digit games.

Dark Horse Teams to Make 12-Team College Football Playoff
by Joey House - 8/22/2024

The 2024 season marks a transformative era in college football, with the College Football Playoff expanding to 12 teams. This change brings unprecedented excitement as fans eagerly anticipate which underdog teams will rise to the challenge. A Group of Five team is now guaranteed a spot in the playoffs, giving mid-major programs a chance to showcase their talent and resilience. As the landscape of college football evolves, these teams are ready to make their mark and potentially secure a coveted playoff berth.

Best Bets for College Football Win Total Matchups
by Mike Allen - 8/19/2024

The start of the 2024 college football season, or Zero Week as they call it, is just days away. We get our first look at the Florida State Seminoles as they travel along with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets to the Emerald Isle of Ireland. That should be a lot of fun. And after this game, we enter Week 1 of the CFB season. This year will be the first in which NCAA football has a 12-team playoff. Hopefully, we expand even further in the future, but this is plenty of fun for now.

First College Football Head Coach Fired: Odds and Betting Predictions
by Mike Allen - 8/14/2024

We remain, albeit barely, double-digit midgets, with 10 days left until the kickoff of the 2024 college football season on August 24, when the Florida State Seminoles play the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. We won’t get to see much else until the 31st, however, and that’s when we have a massive matchup that pertains to this week’s article on the first college football head coach fired. More on that in a moment.

Who Will Make the 12-Team College Football Playoff? Odds and Best Bets
by Mike Allen - 8/12/2024

This season, particularly the 2024 12-Team College Football Playoff, is a historic moment, and one that is long overdue. Finally, the bureaucratic bowl money situation gave way to a playoff system that was a step up, but we always knew it could improve. Now, in 2024, a 12-Team College Football Playoff debuts, and college football fans around the country are excited. Before we jump into the betting odds and our best bets for the 12-Team College Football Playoff, let's touch on the criteria the committee will use to choose 12 teams for a postseason tournament.

2024 Wisconsin Badgers Football Predictions and Betting Odds
by Joey House - 8/8/2024

The Wisconsin Badgers football team made headlines with the surprising decision to fire their highly successful head coach, Paul Chryst, on October 2, 2022. Chryst, who had an impressive overall record of 67-26 (.720) during his tenure at Wisconsin, was let go after a disappointing start to the 2022 season. In his place, the Badgers hired Luke Fickell, the former Cincinnati head coach known for his ability to build and elevate programs.

College Football Totals Picks Bowl Games: Over or Under Predictions for This Week
by Joey House - 12/28/2023

I know that many people complain about the over-saturation of bowl games, and they don't matter. I couldn't disagree more. First, they give teams an extra couple of weeks of practice and allow coaches to evaluate, under game conditions, players who will be replacing the leaving (or already left) starters. Just watch any of these games, and it's evident that they matter greatly to the players.

College Bowl Game Free Picks for Games from Dec. 29-Jan. 1
by Joey House - 12/28/2023

Just like the regular season, in the blink of an eye, we're halfway done with the bowl season and soon will start the long hibernation until college football again. Next season, with the expanded playoff format, at least we'll have another week or two of college football. We split our four games last week, going 2-2. We should be able to end the season in a winning fashion and build our bankroll for the upcoming NFL playoffs.

College Football Free Picks: Weekly Mid-Major Report and Predictions for Armed Forces Bowl featuring James Madison vs. Air Force
by Joey House - 12/21/2023

In the world of Joey, my non-stop advocating for James Madison's bowl appearance is what led the 11-1 Dukes to receive an invitation to the Armed Forces Bowl to take on Air Force. In reality, the lack of qualified teams allowed the NCAA to waive the restrictions placed upon newly promoted teams to the FBS level. However it happened, JMU has been afforded the opportunity to go bowling for the first time in school history.