College Football Handicapping Articles

Free College Football Picks: Alabama at LSU Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 10/31/2016

Each week I pick three college football games to write about. Looking at this week's slate of games, which wasn't nearly as interesting as some weeks are, this game got included by reflex. It's Alabama and LSU, so it matters because it always matters. My first reaction after thinking about it for a second, though, was that maybe I shouldn't bother with the game. After all, LSU has lost twice, has had as many head coaches as losses this year, and clearly has some issues.

NCAA Football Betting Odds: Week 9 Line Movements & Last-Minute News
by Alan Matthews - 10/28/2016

I think the University of Washington is a legitimate National Championship contender for the first time in a long while, but we should find out for sure if that's true Saturday when the No. 4 Huskies visit No. 17 Utah in a potential Pac-12 Championship Game preview. ESPN GameDay is in Salt Lake City for the showdown.

Weekly Big Ten Betting Report: Expert Predictions and Analysis
by Chris Vasile - 10/27/2016

Week 8 of college football wrapped up this past Saturday, and it was one of the craziest weeks we've seen so far this year. Thursday's tilt between BYU/Boise State was solid football mixed in with a crazy finish. Friday's Oregon/California game saw the two teams combine for 101 points and 1,086 yards of offense in a double-overtime thriller. And lastly, Texas Tech put up 59 points at home and still lost by seven to Oklahoma. I didn't think losing a game was possible if you put up that many points.

Free NCAA Football Predictions: Clemson at Florida State Odds and Expert Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 10/26/2016

This game has been circled on the calendar of most college football fans since well before the season started. Ever since the end of last year, really. Well, I hope that you circled it in pencil because it's not the game it was supposed to be. Not even close.

NCAA Football Mid-Major Free Betting Picks: Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Week 9 Predictions
by Aaron Smith - 10/26/2016

Week 9 of the college football mid-major betting report is here. What a difference a week makes! MTSU was beaten in double overtime by rival Western Kentucky two weeks ago. How did they respond? They went to Missouri and won outright. The money poured in on Missouri as bettors figured the SEC would take care of business. Missouri closed as a 9.5-point favorite. MTSU pulled off the big upset.

NCAA Football Betting: Fading the Top 25 Weekly Free Picks - Week 9
by Aaron Smith - 10/26/2016

The Fading the Top 25 Weekly Free Picks article for Week 9 is ready to go. Ohio State probably shouldn't have gotten out of Wisconsin with a win, but they did. The Buckeyes shouldn't have lost to Penn State based on all the statistics, but they did. Penn State's win in the raucous environment on Saturday night boosted them into the Top 25. Michigan now has the No. 2 spot behind Alabama, who continues to roll on a weekly basis.

Expert College Football Predictions: Nebraska at Wisconsin Odds and Picks
by Trevor Whenham - 10/25/2016

It's practically November, and I am writing about Nebraska. And not because they are playing a good team that is going to crush them. And not because of some sort of scandal or humiliation. No sir, I am writing about Nebraska because they are unbeaten, ranked well within the Top 10, and looking solid. The hiring of Mike Riley was greeted with some deserved skepticism a year and a half ago - both in Lincoln and nationally - but he is doing the coaching job of his long and distinguished career so far this season.

Free College Football Picks: Washington at Utah Odds and Expert Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 10/25/2016

The stakes for this game meet the most optimistic expectations of both fanbases. Both squads are tied for the lead in their division, and the possibility of a rematch in the conference championship game exists. There is more than that on the line, though - much more. Washington is now ranked in the top four of the country and now likely controls their own fate for the playoff.

NCAA Football Predictions: Week 9 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 10/24/2016

With former No. 2 Ohio State's surprising loss at Penn State on Saturday night, the Buckeyes' first-ever true road loss under Coach Urban Meyer (that's amazing), and No. 6 Texas A&M's defeat at Alabama, there are now seven unbeaten Power 5 teams left in the country.

NCAA Football Betting Odds: Week 8 Line Movements & Last-Minute News
by Alan Matthews - 10/21/2016

Now that we are in Week 8 of the college football season, it's a good time to look at some updated Heisman odds because most consider this the start of the second half of the season with almost every team having played at least six of its 12-game regular-season schedule.

Weekly Big Ten Betting Report: Expert Predictions and Analysis
by Chris Vasile - 10/20/2016

As Week 7 of college football wrapped up this past Sunday, the Big Ten wrapped up four weeks of conference play. There were several things we already knew and expected in the Big Ten, and then there are some things that most of us just found out this past weekend. For example, we knew which teams were going to be bad -- Rutgers, Purdue and Illinois. We knew which teams were going to be good - Michigan and Ohio State.

NCAA Football Mid-Major Free Betting Picks: Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Week 8 Predictions
by Aaron Smith - 10/19/2016

After a bye week, the college football mid-major betting report is back and the focus is once again on the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders. They are a team that some have picked to rise toward the top of Conference USA this year. Last weekend's loss couldn't have been more heartbreaking for the Blue Raiders, so now it is time to see how the team can respond.

Free NCAA Football Picks: Texas A&M at Alabama Odds and Expert Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 10/18/2016

Remember early in the season when Nick Saban was bickering openly with Lane Kiffin, he seemed to really be missing Kirby Smart on defense, youth and inexperience were more of a factor than ever for the program, and it seemed logical to wonder if this team was even remotely close to what they were last year when they won it all? Yeah, ignore all that. This team isn't as good as they were during last year's championship season. At this stage they are better.

Expert College Football Predictions: Memphis at Navy Betting Odds and Picks
by Trevor Whenham - 10/18/2016

I've been doing three of these game previews a week for a lot of years now. In that time I may have done Navy once or twice - perhaps against Notre Dame or Army, though I don't specifically remember. I have absolutely never done a regular-season Memphis game, and I didn't expect that my first would be in the post Paxton Lynch era.

Free College Football Picks: Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan Odds and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 10/18/2016

Each week I pick out the three highest-profile games on the college football schedule to preview. It's almost always the elite of the elite - the cream of the SEC, Big Ten or ACC figure in very prominently. It almost never involves a MAC team, and it is pretty incomprehensible to even consider that we would look at a MAC conference game. Through a combination, though, of a weak schedule and, more importantly, two very deserving teams, the MAC is exactly where we are.

NCAA Football Betting: Fading the Top 25 Weekly Free Picks - Week 8
by Aaron Smith - 10/18/2016

Week 7 is in the rear view mirror. There were a bunch of very close games in college football last weekend. Ohio State was a little fortunate to get out of Wisconsin with a win over the Badgers. Clemson was extremely fortunate to pull out the victory at home over NC State. The Top 25 as whole went 8-11 against the spread last week.

College Football Betting and Handicapping: Best ATS Teams Against the Point Spread
by Victor Ryan - 10/18/2016

The college football season has passed the midway point, making this a good time to check in on which teams have excelled against the spread and those that have struggled. Through Week 7, there remains just one team in FBS with an undefeated record against the spread: Colorado. In coach Mike MacIntyre's fourth season in Boulder, the resurgent Buffaloes have gone 5-2 straight up and a perfect 7-0 against the number. They are coming off a 40-16 shellacking of Arizona State as an 11-point favorite last Saturday.

NCAA Football Predictions: Week 8 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 10/17/2016

The biggest thing in college football this week might not happen on the field but at an airport hotel in Dallas. That's because the Big 12 presidents are meeting there Monday and are expected to decide whether to expand the conference as early as next year. For months, it seemed like the conference would go to 12 teams, adding Houston and either BYU or Cincinnati.

NCAA Football Betting Odds: Week 7 Line Movements & Last-Minute News
by Alan Matthews - 10/14/2016

In Monday's Opening Line Report story, I led with the quandary that the SEC was in while trying to reschedule last week's Hurricane Matthew-postponed LSU at Florida matchup. Nov. 19 always looked like the date it would be played, but LSU athletic director Joe Alleva basically drew a line in the sand to the SEC leadership and said there was no way that his school was giving up a home game that day for financial reasons.

Weekly Big Ten Betting Report: Expert Predictions and Analysis
by Chris Vasile - 10/13/2016

Week 6 in the Big Ten went almost exactly as expected. The only shocker was how many points Michigan was able to put up -- I think they just scored another touchdown. I told you very emphatically that Michigan State would lose at home to BYU, and I couldn't have been more correct. I also told you that Maryland was the "Reverse Trap-Line Game of the Week", but I read that game wrong. They were the second biggest "no-show", with Rutgers taking the unfortunate honor.