College Football Handicapping Articles

NCAA Football Predictions: Week 10 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 10/28/2014

The new college football playoff committee's Top 25 will be released on Tuesday evening to great fanfare. Just think how angry most of the country will be if the SEC has three of the coveted Top-4 spots. It's quite possible. I think Mississippi State and Florida State are locks to be two of the Top 4 as they are the only Power 5 teams to remain unbeaten. After that your guess is as good as mine. I think it's safe to say that there will be one other SEC team at least in the Top 4, either Alabama, Auburn or Ole Miss.

NCAA Football Betting: Fading the Top 25 Weekly Free Picks
by Aaron Smith - 10/28/2014

For the fourth straight week, the Fading the Top 25 Selections were profitable last week. We continue to try to dig out of the hole created early in the year. Ole Miss was our lone loser last week. We cashed in on Tennessee plus the points as well as Syracuse plus the points. As a whole, the Top 25 went 9-11 ATS last week. Looking at this week’s schedule, there are quite a few Top 25 teams with a bye week. Still, there are a lot of high-quality Top 25 matchups on the slate.

Free College Football Pick for Thursday: Florida State vs. Louisville
by CarbonSports - 10/27/2014

Both of these teams in the ACC had last week off to watch things unfold, they are both back on the field to get things going this week. Florida State still hasn't lost a game since 2012, but they haven't looked impressive at all this season. The Seminoles are 7-0 SU but only 1-6 ATS this year and odds makers and bettors are taking notice. With all the potential sanctions swirling around QB Jameis Winston and some top-tier talent gone, Florida State isn't the dominant force they were a season ago and many believe they are extremely lucky to be entering this week with their #2 ranking. Should we be fading Florida State again this week against a new conference rival?

NCAA Football Picks and American Athletic Conference Week 9 Betting Report
by Dave Schwab - 10/22/2014

After coming up on the wrong end of my last three weekly picks for the AAC, I got back to my winning ways with the correct call in Cincinnati’s 41-3 dismantling of SMU as 14-point road favorite this past Saturday. I am now 4-4 on the year, but still in the red $170 with my unit plays using Doc’s Sports Unit Betting System.

Free College Football Pick for Thursday: Miami vs. Virginia Tech
by CarbonSports - 10/22/2014

Florida State might be running away with the ACC right now at 7-0 SU, but that's only in the Atlantic Division and they'll still have to get by the winner of the Coastal Division in the ACC title game to earn one of those four playoff berths. Miami and Virginia Tech are in the hunt in the Coastal right now with the loser of this week's game likely eliminated, so it is a big game for both programs.

College Football Mid-Major Betting Report: Akron Zips Week 9
by Aaron Smith - 10/22/2014

Week 9 of the college football mid-major betting report is here. This is the fourth year Doc’s Sports has offered this report. The goal of this weekly article is to try to show bettors that specialization is a profitable betting strategy. It’s a strategy many of the top bettors in the world use. There are 128 FBS level teams in college football, so specialization is even more relevant in this sport than just about anywhere else.

Free College Football Pick for Saturday: Ole Miss vs. LSU
by CarbonSports - 10/22/2014

The SEC is getting a lot of love these days with the two schools from Mississippi ranking #1 and #3 currently while Alabama (#4), Auburn (#5) and Georgia (#9) are other schools from the conference in the top-10. LSU is ranked as well at #24 with a 6-2 SU mark and they would love to boost their own rating with an upset win over Ole Miss this weekend.

NCAA Football Betting: Fading the Top 25 Weekly Free Picks
by Aaron Smith - 10/21/2014

Week 8 was a much better one for Top 25 teams. Teams in the AP Top 25 went 14-7 against the spread last week. The Fade the Top 25 Selections fared much better than you would expect by going 3-1 last week. Kansas State won outright, so that was a really strong pick. Boston College kept it close in a loss to Clemson to cover the number. Alabama rolled to a massive victory over an extremely overrated Texas A&M team.

NCAA Football Predictions: Week 9 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 10/20/2014

How ridiculous is the SEC West? In Monday's Associated Press poll that division has four teams in the Top 5. That's just silly and a first for any conference to hold down 80 percent of the Top 5. Mississippi State, which was off last week, remains at No. 1, with Ole Miss at No. 3, Alabama jumping three spots to No. 4 and Auburn moving up a spot to No. 5. I'm not sure Notre Dame deserved to drop from No. 5 to No. 7 after that thrilling loss at Florida State on Saturday.

College Football Mid-Major Betting Report: Akron Zips Week 8
by Aaron Smith - 10/15/2014

Week 8 of the college football mid-major betting report is here. This is the fourth year Doc’s Sports has offered this report. The goal of this weekly article is to try to show bettors that specialization is a profitable betting strategy. It’s a strategy many of the best bettors in the world use. There are 128 FBS level teams in college football, so specialization is even more relevant in this sport than many others.

NCAA Football Betting: Fading the Top 25 Weekly Free Picks
by Aaron Smith - 10/15/2014

Week 7 brought some more really bad results for the Top 25, and that’s good news for this experiment. The Top 25 as a whole did horribly against the number as you will see at the bottom of this report. In addition, our Week 7 selections went 3-1. USC won by two, so they will be counted as a loss on the picks record, but the Trojans actually covered the spread for late bettors since late money came in on Arizona.

Handicapping the Remaining Unbeatens in College Football
by Trevor Whenham - 10/14/2014

Through seven weeks of the college football season there are just six teams that have yet to suffer a loss. By this time next week we are going to be down to no more than five because Notre Dame and Florida State meet. If the two surprise schools from Mississippi make it through 11 games without a loss — which is far from a certainty in both cases — then one will lose their season-ending showdown that could cause the entire state to implode.

NCAA Football Predictions: Week 8 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 10/13/2014

Pretty solid Week 7 on my college football early-week picks. That Central Florida -3.5 line was one of my favorites of the year at home against BYU. The Knights saved me some embarrassment by winning by a touchdown in overtime. I think Penn State (+1) would have beaten Michigan if not for an absolutely horrible offside call after the Lions recovered a late onside kick.

Free College Football Pick for Thursday: Utah vs. Oregon State
by CarbonSports - 10/13/2014

Both of these Pac-12 teams had last weekend off to rest up after victories and prepare for this game. With identical 4-1 SU records, Utah and Oregon State have a shot at claiming their respective divisions in the Pac-12 but that run would likely end for the losers of Thursday's game.

College Football Mid-Major Betting Report: Akron Zips Week 7
by Aaron Smith - 10/8/2014

It’s time for Week 7 of the college football mid-major betting report. This is the fourth year Doc’s Sports has offered this report. The goal of this weekly article is to try to show bettors that specialization is a profitable betting strategy. It’s a strategy many of the best bettors in the world use. Since there are so many teams in college football, specialization is particularly relevant in this area.

NCAA Football Picks and American Athletic Conference Week 7 Betting Report
by Dave Schwab - 10/8/2014

East Carolina rolled to a 45-24 victory over SMU this past Saturday to remain the top team in the AAC in its inaugural season in the conference, but it could not cover the huge 41-point spread as my pick of the week. This evened my mark on the year to 3-3 in my top plays for the AAC, but I am confident that I will poke my head back above .500 with this week’s top play.

NCAA Football Betting: Fading the Top 25 Weekly Free Picks
by Aaron Smith - 10/7/2014

Week 6 was the wildest weekend of college football in a very long time. I can’t remember another week that saw so many upsets and exciting finishes. The schedule was loaded with great games, and those games didn’t disappoint at all. Four of the top six teams in the nation lost last week. There were 11 losers inside the Top 25 last weekend. Many of those losses occurred in the final seconds of the game.

Free College Football Pick for Friday: Washington State vs. Stanford
by CarbonSports - 10/7/2014

Friday night we've got a pair of Pac-12 North rivals that are coming off a SU loss as favorites this past week. Stanford lost 17-14 @ Notre Dame on a 4th and 11 touchdown pass after they only decided to rush three guys (gave ND QB plenty of time) and a coverage mix-up left an Irish receiver wide open in the end zone.

NCAA Football Predictions: Week 7 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 10/6/2014

Has there ever been a college football week like we just saw? I don't think so as it was utter chaos with five of the Top 8 in the Associated Press poll falling. This is why it's smart that the College Football Committee won't release its first Top 25 until Oct. 28. We need to see how things shake out for a while longer first. Speaking of the playoff, now there is zero wiggle room for powerhouses like Oregon (lost at home to Arizona on Thursday), Texas A&M (blasted at Mississippi State), Alabama (lost at Ole Miss), Oklahoma (lost at TCU) and UCLA (lost at home to Utah).

NCAA Football Picks and American Athletic Conference Week 6 Betting Report
by Dave Schwab - 10/1/2014

Cincinnati’s 50-28 loss to Ohio State as a 15.5-point road underdog this past Saturday dropped my record to 3-2 in my top weekly picks in the AAC, but I am already hard at work uncovering another solid play for this week’s games. The top team in the conference this season, East Carolina, is back in action and poised to possibly fit the bill.