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.

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.