2019 Colorado Buffaloes College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/21/2019

Outspent and overmatched in this conference, Colorado is only going to be able to compete at the top of the Pac-12 once every blue moon. And with new head coach Mel Tucker taking over, I think it is going to be a long time before we see the Buffaloes near the top of the standings.

2019 Ohio State Buckeyes College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/20/2019

Day is taking over a powerhouse Ohio State program that has lost just 19 times in the past decade. He takes over for retired Urban Meyer, the second Hall of Fame coach to be ousted from Ohio State under a swirl of controversy in the last 10 years. The goal for the Buckeyes is nothing short of a National Championship, with their last coming in 2014. And despite the apparent bias against Big Ten teams, the Buckeyes are perennial contenders for the College Football Playoff.

2019 Michigan Wolverines College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/20/2019

I understand all the hate thrown Jim Harbaugh's way. I really do. He's not all that likeable of a guy. But that said, I am still rooting for Michigan to finally break through under their ballyhooed head coach. And this could be the year. Michigan doesn't exactly come into this season with a load of momentum. They won 10 in a row at one point last season.

2019 Penn State Nittany Lions College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/20/2019

James Franklin is an excellent coach. He's one of the best in the country. And he just keeps the Penn State machine humming. The Nittany Lions have gone 31-9 straight up and 26-14 against the spread over the course of the past three seasons. Those numbers are better than Big Ten rivals like Michigan, Michigan State and Wisconsin and also far better than more highly-touted national programs like Texas, USC and Florida.

2019 Michigan State Spartans College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/20/2019

The Spartans won the Big Ten championship in 2015. Since then they have vacillated between very good and very bad. They got humiliated in the 2015 playoff against Alabama and then threw up on themselves in a 3-9 season in 2016. They rebounded with 10 wins (including two wins over Top 10 squads) in 2017 before slogging through a perfectly mediocre 7-6 season last year.

2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/20/2019

P.J. Fleck is still rowing. The cocksure young coach is now entering his third year at the helm in Minnesota, and it is time to see some dividends. The Gophers won seven games last year, including a regular-season finale upset at Wisconsin and then a bowl blowout of Georgia Tech. They are looking to build off that momentum into this season.

2019 Maryland Terrapins College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/20/2019

It was a bizarre season for Maryland last year. They had to endure the tragic death of lineman Jordan McNair and then the ensuing controversy surrounding former coach D.J. Durkin. Maryland opened the year with a weird upset win over Texas and, at 5-3 in October, looked poised for a surprise bowl bid to cap an emotional campaign.

2019 Florida Gators College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

Dan Mullen is one of the best coaches in the SEC and has made an instant impact in his first season in Gainesville. Mullen was able to steer the Gators to 10 wins, including a dominating bowl performance against Michigan, and Florida finished last season in the Top 10 after starting the season outside of the Top 25.

2019 Nebraska Cornhuskers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

The Cornhuskers underwent a massive structural change last season, shifting to Frost's up-tempo spread style. Naturally, it took some time for the system to take hold. But Nebraska closed the season with four wins in its final six games and two close losses at Ohio State (by five) and at Iowa (by three). The Huskers covered the spread in seven of their final eight games, with the lone failure coming against Bethune-Cookman as a 47-point favorite (they won by 36).

2019 Auburn Tigers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

This season feels like The Alamo for Gus Malzahn. The Tigers coach won a National Championship with the Tigers as a coordinator in 2010 and came seconds away from another national title in 2013. However, 2018 was Auburn's fourth middling season in five years, and now Malzahn is on the ropes.

2019 Wisconsin Badgers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

Wisconsin just continues to plug along as one of the best college football programs in the country. They have averaged 10 wins (to just three losses) over the course of the past 10 years and, once again, enter the fall as an afterthought even in their own backyard despite making it to the Big Ten title game three times in the past 10 years.

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

Pat Fitzgerald just continues to produce as one of the best head coaches in the country. Northwestern is coming off a season in which they won the Big Ten West, went to the league title game, and scored a bowl upset over Utah. Northwestern has won 19 games the past two seasons and has rung up four straight winning years.

2019 Iowa Hawkeyes College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

Kirk Ferentz loves the grind, and the Hawkeyes just kind of are what they are. Much like Oklahoma State is the perfect representation of everything - good and bad - about the Big 12, Iowa is kind of the quintessential Big Ten team. They thump. They slog. They fight. They don't care about the aesthetics of a win. They just care about getting a win.

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

After a two-year bowl ban, the Rebels are finally eligible for the postseason. Matt Luke has done an admirable job with the Rebels while they transition from the Hugh Freeze mess. And now he's trying to rebuild the talent and momentum that they the Rebels enjoyed under Freeze.

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.