2018 Tulane Green Wave Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/13/2018

Tulane came up one tantalizing inch short of a bowl game last year. The Green Wave haven't made the postseason since 2013 and have played in just one bowl game since 2002. Willie Fritz has this team pointing in the right direction, and last year's close call should serve as the perfect motivator for this year's group.

2018 Cincinnati Bearcats Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/13/2018

Prior to Tommy Tuberville's hiring in 2013, Cincinnati had gone 65-26 over a seven-year stretch while serving as a springboard for Mark Dantonio, Brian Kelly and Butch Jones. How badly did Tuberville screw up this program? They have gone 33-31 since he stepped on campus. And now it is up to second-year coach Luke Fickell to continue to pick up the pieces of this program.

2018 East Carolina Pirates Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/13/2018

As recently as three or four years ago, East Carolina was a feisty small-conference program just salivating at a chance to knock off an unsuspecting regional foe from the ACC or SEC. They beat Virginia Tech in back-to-back seasons (2014-2015) and had near-misses against schools like Florida and South Carolina. But right now the Pirates are the shell of the program that they were. And this team has barely showed an ability to be competitive in their own league, much less against teams from power conferences.

2018 Connecticut Huskies Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/13/2018

The Huskies have barely been a D-I college football team over the past five years, going 16-43 against FBS opponents. Randy Edsall was brought back in an attempt to build the Huskies back up to the level of respectability on which they perched before his 2011 departure. But last year didn't give any indication that this team is even close. And a quick scan across the roster heading into fall camp doesn't instill any confidence in the short term.

2018 Clemson Tigers Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/11/2018

The Clemson-Alabama rivalry has developed into one of the defining rivalries in this entire era of college football. These two top-tier programs have met in the College Football Playoff in three consecutive seasons, with Alabama winning twice. And as we enter the 2018 season it looks likely that these two teams are on a collision course once again.

2018 Louisville Cardinals Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/11/2018

Louisville has been somewhat of a fraud over the last three years. They have spent 18 of the past 24 weeks in the Top 25 over the past two seasons, getting all the way up to No. 3 in 2016. However, Louisville is a pathetic 1-9 against other Top 25 teams over the course of the last four years, including back-to-back bowl losses.

2018 Syracuse Orange Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/11/2018

It is just about time for Dino Babers to put up or shut up. Full disclosure, I am a Syracuse graduate. So I know my team. And I like Babers. I feel that if he is given enough time that he will bring back excitement and competitiveness to what has become one of the worst programs in the country. But if he is going to do something, he needs to do it fast.

2018 Florida State Seminoles Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/11/2018

The Seminoles lost their starting quarterback, Deondre Francois, while also losing their game against the Crimson Tide. They went on to lose a slew of other players to injury while dropping five of their first six games. And it took a three-game winning streak to close the season for FSU to barely become bowl eligible for the 36th straight year. They ended the season not in the college playoff, but in the Independence Bowl against Southern Miss.

2018 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/11/2018

Paul Johnson always does his best work when expectations are lowest. And his teams have exploded for some out-of-nowhere seasons, including an 11-win campaign and ACC title game appearance as recently as 2014. Johnson has a team bursting with experience in the trenches, and after a rare losing year - and with major questions about his job security - I look for the Jackets to bounce back in a big way.

2018 Pitt Panthers Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/11/2018

Pittsburgh had a nine-year bowl streak snapped last season when it struggled through a 5-7 campaign. Pat Narduzzi is entering his fourth year at the controls and has brought some stability to a program that has had seven coaches (including interims) in eight seasons this decade. But he will need to dig deep this season if he wants to avoid another bowl-less winter.

2018 Duke Blue Devils Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/11/2018

When people talk about the best college football coaches in the country, I'm sure a lot of names come up before people get to David Cutcliffe. But this guy might be the most underrated coach in the country, and he has done a phenomenal job building up a Duke program that had been a laughingstock prior to his arrival.

2018 North Carolina Tar Heels Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/11/2018

After winning 19 combined games in 2015 and 2016, including a trip to the ACC Championship in 2015, North Carolina fell off a cliff. The Tar Heels started 1-8 last season and failed to extend a four-year bowl streak. Now coach Larry Fedora will look for a big rebound season as he tries to step back up into the ACC's second tier.

2018 Miami Hurricanes Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/10/2018

Mark Richt has had two successful seasons in Coral Gables. That includes guiding the Hurricanes to their first double-digit win total since 2003. But I've been hearing about how the Miami dynasty is coming back for nearly 20 years, with none of the results to back it up. So excuse me if I'm still a little skeptical after one good season in South Beach.

2018 Virginia Tech Hokies Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/10/2018

After a brief lull towards the end of the Frank Beamer Era, Virginia Tech is trying desperately to cling to its spot among the ACC's elite programs. The Hokies won nine games again last season and were a loss at Miami away from making back-to-back ACC title games. However, in Justin Fuente's third season this Hokies team seems to be at a bit of a crossroads.

2018 Virginia Cavaliers Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/10/2018

Bronco Mendenhall was given nearly 18 million reasons to leave BYU and take over the Virginia program. But that doesn't mean that it was the right decision. Mendenhall was 99-43 in his career at BYU before being lured to Charlottesville. He is just 8-17 in his two years at UVA. And as I look at this year's team, I don't see a lot of reason for optimism.

2018 USC Trojans Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/9/2018

I know that people continue to wait for USC to be "back" and to once again contend for national championships. But as I look at this Trojans squad I see one of the more overrated programs in the country. So when I see a season win total posted this low, when the books just KNOW that the public is going to pound the 'over' for the Trojans, it starts setting off alarm bells and I start to hear Admiral Ackbar's voice in my ear yelling, "It's a trap!"

2018 Stanford Cardinal Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/9/2018

Stanford had a roller coaster season in 2017. They started by getting crushed at USC in Week 2 and then losing a stunner at San Diego State the following week to open 1-2. But David Shaw righted the ship, and Utah won eight of its next nine, including a crucial home upset over Washington in November. Stanford capped the regular season with another Top 10 upset by thrashing Notre Dame 38-20.

2018 Utah Utes Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/9/2018

If you are looking for an X-factor in the Pac-12 this season then you should cast your gaze to Salt Lake City. Kyle Whittingham has a squad full of 23-year-olds that are lurking as a potential spoiler for a lot of the big-name players in the conference. And anyone that's not careful will get smacked by this rugged, veteran squad.

2018 NC State Wolfpack Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/9/2018

I know that N.C. State won't ever be anything better than a second-tier football program. But that's been good enough over the last four years as the Wolfpack have posted four straight winning seasons and gone four straight bowl games (winning three). So maybe Dave Doeren does know what he's doing?

2018 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/9/2018

After slogging through back-to-back three-win seasons during a rebuild, Dave Clawson has gotten this Wake Forest program going. The Demon Deacons won seven games in 2016 and eight last year. And with 14 starters back and a favorable home schedule, the Deacons are hoping to do more than take up space in this year's ACC race.