2019 Mississippi State Bulldogs College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

For years Dan Mullen had this program playing over its head. Penn State import Joe Moorhead seemed to continue that success for the Bulldogs, getting them to eight regular-season wins and the Outback Bowl, the school's ninth straight year in the postseason.

2019 Purdue Boilermakers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

Jeff Brohm has justified all the hype he incurred when he took the head job at Purdue. Brohm has guided the Boilermakers to back-to-back bowl games, and this has been a team that no one wants to face late the season. Their upset win over Ohio State last October likely kept the Buckeyes out of the College Football Playoff.

2019 Indiana Hoosiers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

Tom Allen has kept Indiana completive and been able to build on the foundation that Kevin Wilson built in Bloomington. They have been extremely competitive in league play after decades of insignificance. Going back to 2015, about half of Indiana's last 23 losses (11 of 23) have been by seven points or less. That includes three tight losses last season.

2019 Arkansas Razorbacks College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

Last season's implosion has me naturally wary of this group in Morris' second turn. He had some talent and experience in Lafayette last year. But instead of trying to make something out of team he had, Morris seemed more content to clear the decks, overhaul the systems on both sides of the ball, and lay the foundation for what he hopes will be a long stay with the Hogs.

2019 Kentucky Wildcats College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

Last year the stars aligned for Mark Stoops and this program. Armed with his best roster and an extremely favorable schedule, the Wildcats put together one of the best seasons in school history, winning 10 games and capping the season with a thrilling bowl win over Penn State. Kentucky finished the season in the Top 25 for the first time since 1984.

2019 Illinois Fighting Illini College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

When Lovie Smith took over the Illinois program, he didn't try any quick-fix schemes to fix this broken program. Smith has been playing the long game, trying to painstakingly grind while building up the overall roster strength and depth. Smith has gone just 9-27 straight up and 14-22 against the spread in his first three seasons. That is pretty much par for the course, though, for a program that is 43-80 SU over the last 10 years and 39-59 ATS the past eight years.

2019 Vanderbilt Commodores College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

I have nothing but respect for this Vanderbilt football program. Vanderbilt is one of the best academic schools in the southeast. And with an enrollment of just under 7,000, this is one of the smallest schools (No. 122) in the FBS. Derek Mason is doing a hell of job, and the Commodores are coming of their fifth bowl appearance in eight years despite playing in the nation's premier football conference.

2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

Chris Ash, a former hot assistant coach coming out of Ohio State, is entering his fourth season at Rutgers. It is time to put up or shut up. The Scarlet Knights are a complete pushover in the Big Ten, and they have been one of the worst programs in the country. Ash has gone just 7-29 straight up in three years and enters this fall on an 11-game losing streak.

2019 Georgia Bulldogs College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

There are a lot of hurdles a team must overcome to win a National Championship. They have to handle their nonconference portion of the schedule. They have to take care of their road slate in league play. They have to win their rivalry game. Then they have to take care of business in the conference title game.

2019 Clemson Tigers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/17/2019

The reigning National Champions have reached Alabama status. That is to say that you only bet on the Tigers, you don't ever waste your time betting against them. And Clemson earned this level of betting respect the hard way. Namely, by demolishing Notre Dame and Alabama last January to improve their record to 4-1 against the spread the last three seasons in College Football Playoff games.

2019 Alabama Crimson Tide College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

The most impressive thing about Nick Saban's dynasty is that Alabama has actually been better than expected. (Or you could argue, like I would, that the rest of the SEC has actually been much, much worse than expected.) The Crimson Tide have had only one losing season against the spread over the last four years. Think about that. Despite the fact that every sportsbook in the country jacks up the numbers on this team, they still cover the spread 58 percent of the time (34-25 ATS).

2019 LSU Tigers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

I will admit that I may have underestimated Ed Orgeron. The marble-mouthed, Bayou-bred head coach of the LSU Tigers exceeded expectations last year. LSU opened the year on the fringe of the Top 25 and closed out the year in the Top 10, winning 10 games and the Fiesta Bowl in the process.

2019 Virginia Tech Hokies College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

Last year Virginia Tech had its first losing season since 1992. They were able to keep their bowl streak alive at 26 years - thanks to a bunch of ugly wins over bad teams - but the below .500 season started to raise some red flags over coach Justin Fuente and this program.

2019 Missouri Tigers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

Right now the biggest storyline surrounding the Missouri football program is the potential for a bowl ban at the end of this season. I'm not going to go too far into the weeds on this one, but pretty much everyone and anyone that has anything to do with college football thinks it is an absolute joke that the Tigers would get hit with a postseason penalty for their minor infractions.

2019 Florida State Seminoles College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

Florida State's 2013 national title and 2014 national semifinal appearances seem like a long time ago. The Seminoles have seen their record stay the same or worsen each of the last five years. And over the last two seasons, they have been massive underachievers, going from No. 2 in the preseason to unranked in 2017 and then seeing their 37-year bowl streak snapped thanks to last season's 5-7 debacle.

2019 Texas A&M Aggies College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

Texas A&M is a sexy sleeper pick heading into the 2019 season. That's what happens when you have a national title-winning coach like Jimbo Fisher at the helm leading a roster full of highly-touted recruits. The Aggies enter the 2019 season No. 11 in the country, and the expectation is that they will compete with Alabama and LSU in the SEC.

2019 South Carolina Gamecocks College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

It is tough to find a sleeper in the SEC. All of the programs in this league are massively overrated - even the good ones - and they all enter each season with inflated expectations. However, if you are looking for an underrated squad that could wreak some havoc for the top teams in the conference, I would look no further than the Gamecocks.

2019 Tennessee Volunteers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

It seems like every August I am reading stories about how this is the year that Tennessee is poised to burst back through into the top tier of the SEC. And it never happens. So, when I sit and read preseason articles propping up this year's team, I take them all with a grain of salt the size of the Rock of Gibraltar.

2019 Syracuse Orange College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

Syracuse has been so bad for so long that it is easy for college football fans to forget what a legacy program the Orange have. Prior to last season, it had been over 15 years since Syracuse had been relevant on a national stage. But prior to that, the Orange had been right there with Penn State as the most dominant programs in the entire northeastern portion of the country.

2019 Miami Hurricanes College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/14/2019

Miami has been one of the most overrated and overhyped programs in the country for the better part of the last decade. And despite having one of the strangest offseasons in college football this year, they are still one of the favorites in the ACC entering the season.