2018 Boston College Eagles Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/9/2018

Despite being overmatched from a talent standpoint, year-in and year-out, Boston College has remained competitive in the ACC under Steve Addazio. His old-school, punch-them-in-the-mouth brand of football is a breath of fresh air in this pass-wacky, scoring-crazed sport. And this year's Eagles team should be ready to lay some more lumber on unsuspecting foes.

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

A stunning upset loss at Arizona State last year, losing 13-7 as an 18-point favorite, kept Washington out of the Pac-12 title game and may have cost the Huskies a shot at a second straight trip to the College Football Playoff. But Chris Petersen has proven himself as one of the best college coaches in the country (129-29 career record), and he has the Huskies on the short list of national title contenders entering the 2017 season.

2018 UCLA Bruins Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/8/2018

Chip Kelly is back in college football. In a major surprise, Kelly was hired last November to take over for career loser Jim Mora. The irony of this is that if Kelly had simply waited a couple months he could have slid back in at Oregon, the school at which he built his career.

2018 Oregon Ducks Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/8/2018

Mike Bellotti took over this Oregon program in 1995. He stayed there until 2008 and in that time turned the Ducks into a national brand and a true college football powerhouse. But in the decade since Bellotti's departure, Oregon has seen an alarming amount of coaching turnover, with first-year head coach Mario Cristobal becoming the fourth head coach in Eugene in the past six years.

2018 Arizona Wildcats Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/8/2018

The tumultuous era of Rich Rodriguez is over as Arizona made a clean break this offseason after six turbulent and underachieving seasons. The Wildcats made a surprise move and grabbed Kevin Sumlin off the SEC scrap heap. And Sumlin's hiring is the type of boom-or-bust maneuver that will make this Wildcats team one of the more intriguing stories in the country.

2018 Arizona State Sun Devils Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/8/2018

I will be honest: I have no idea what the hell Arizona State is doing. I understand that they had to pull the plug on the failed Todd Graham experiment. But Herm Edwards? Seriously? Edwards has never coached at the college level before. And he wasn't all that good as an NFL coach, a position he hasn't held in a decade. In the meantime, Edwards found a niche for himself as Crotchety Old Person Yelling At People On TV While Wearing Funny Socks.

2018 Cal Golden Bears Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/8/2018

Justin Wilcox could potentially make some big moves in Year 2 at Berkeley. Wilcox was able to coax a competitive season out of a young Golden Bears team last year, squeezing out five wins and a hearty 8-4 record against the spread. But now with one of the most experienced teams in the Pac-12, the Bears could be a surprise team.

2018 Colorado Buffaloes Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/8/2018

The Buffaloes couldn't build on their dream 2016 season. After winning 10 games and earning a surprise trip to the Pac-12 title game, the Buffs came back down to earth last season. They opened the year with three straight wins before collapsing to a 2-7 mark in league play.

2018 Washington State Cougars Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/8/2018

In the eight seasons between 2007 and 2014, Washington State won a combined 26 games, an average of slightly more than three per year. Mike Leach has matched that total over the last three seasons, winning 26 games and averaging nearly nine per year.

2018 Oregon State Beavers Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/8/2018

This program is a total mess. Gary Anderson turned out to be a dreadful hire, and the Beavers have moved on to Jonathan Smith, a guy in his first head coaching job. Smith will be tasked with rebuilding a roster that is completely bereft of talent. And the fact that Oregon State's season win total is so pathetically low shows just how bad this team is right now.

2018 Ohio State Buckeyes Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/7/2018

The Urban Meyer debacle has thrown any attempt to forecast Ohio State's season into chaos. So any projection here has to be taken with a grain of salt. I'm not here to cast aspersions. Most college football coaches are terrible people. But the show will go on, with or without Meyer, and as a handicapper I need to be able to assess where this team may be heading.

2018 Michigan Wolverines Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/7/2018

It's easy to hate Jim Harbaugh. There's the hyper-intensity. The self-importance. The smack-talking. And the khakis. But count me among the minority of people that think it is absolutely ridiculous to question whether or not Harbaugh is the right guy to get things going at Michigan.

2018 Wisconsin Badgers Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/7/2018

The Wisconsin Badgers were absolutely and completely screwed out of a spot in the College Football Playoff last year. The Badgers went undefeated (12-0) in the regular season before coming up just six points short against Ohio State in the Big Ten title game. They were then passed over by Alabama, a team that didn't win its division OR its conference championship because it didn't go undefeated despite playing in a weaker conference.

2018 Michigan State Spartans Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/7/2018

Mark Dantonio heard the haters calling for his head after his disastrous 3-9 season in 2016. And he answered the bell. Boy did he ever answer the bell. Michigan State came roaring back with a 10-3 season in 2017, going 9-4 against the spread and capping it with a 42-17 Holiday Bowl thrashing of Washington State.

2018 Penn State Nittany Lions Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/7/2018

James Franklin has the Penn State powerhouse humming along. But after losing a once-in-a-generation talent at running back and his top assistant, and with unprecedented talent in the Big Ten East, Franklin's program will be pushed the to max this year as they attempt to get back to the conference title game.

2018 Iowa Hawkeyes Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/7/2018

In sports betting, particularly in college football betting, stability and consistency are gold. There is so much insanity from week-to-week and season-to-season that I love some measure of predictability. And that's why I enjoy Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa Hawkeyes.

2018 Nebraska Cornhuskers Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/7/2018

Scott Frost is expected to be nothing less than a Savior. The former Nebraska starting quarterback, Frost is back in Lincoln. And he brings with him a lightning-fast offense that helped Central Florida to an undefeated season and a self-proclaimed National Championship, while earning Frost national Coach of the Year recognition.

2018 Northwestern Wildcats Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/7/2018

Every few years or so Pat Fitzgerald's squad explodes for 10 wins seemingly out of nowhere. Last season was the year. The Wildcats were able to tiptoe through a soft schedule and turn it into a solid campaign, which ended with a bowl win over SEC foe Kentucky in the Music City Bowl.

2018 Minnesota Golden Gophers Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/7/2018

The excitement of Fleck's first season, after a phenomenal campaign at Western Michigan, fizzled pretty quickly. After opening with three straight wins, the Gophers lost at home to Maryland, were blown out at Purdue, and then blew a game against ranked Michigan State. It didn't get any better from there, and Minnesota finished 2-7 in the Big Ten and missed a bowl game for the first time since 2011.

2018 Indiana Hoosiers Season Win Total Picks and Predictions for NCAA Football
by Robert Ferringo - 8/7/2018

After decades as an afterthought in the Big Ten, Indiana is now a program that teams have to take seriously. The Hoosiers are coming off a bowl-less season after making back-to-back postseason games for the first time since 1990-91. But even in a "down" season they still wound up and took serious swings at Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State, three of the best teams in the league. This team is no longer a pushover.