2015 Purdue Boilermakers Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/17/2015

I came up short with my prediction for Purdue last year as I thought they would get to four wins and go 'over'. A one-point loss at Minnesota and a touchdown defeat at Indiana in the season finale prevented that from coming to fruition. I don't think they'll get that close again this year.

2015 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/17/2015

I predicted last year that Rutgers would easily surpass their modest expectations in their first trip through the Big Ten. The Scarlet Knights have been a quietly solid program for a decade now. They recruit tough, hard-nosed, physical kids to come to Jersey, so they will have no problem banging heads in this league. However, this would've been a rebuilding year no matter what conference they were in, and the Knights should struggle in 2015.

2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

A 7-1 start to the 2014 season meant the Irish had gone 28-6 under Brian Kelly since the start of the 2012 season. But then the train came off the tracks with the Irish losing four straight games to close the regular season. The Irish salvaged some pride with a bowl win over LSU. But the season evoked a lot of mixed emotions for Irish backers, with them falling short of their 7.5 season win total mark.

2015 BYU Cougars Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

I correctly predicted that BYU would stay 'under' their season win total last year, winning just eight games against an 8.5 total. They were impressively streaky last season, sandwiching a four-game losing streak between a pair of four-game winning streaks that included upset wins at Texas and Cal. The season ended with an OT bowl loss against upstart Memphis.

2015 Army Black Knights Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

I felt that Army blew a golden opportunity for a bowl-eligible season in 2014, sliding to just four wins despite an extremely experienced squad. Losses to bad teams like Wake Forest (by 3), Yale (in overtime), and Kent State (by 22) really sabotaged what could've been an excellent year.

2015 Cincinnati Bearcats Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

I was on the Cincinnati bandwagon last year, predicting at least eight wins and an easy 'over' against the season win total. They did me one better, taking nine victories into their bowl game against Virginia Tech. Now I think they can do it again, and I'm not in a hurry to bet against a school that has been one of the most undervalued groups in the country over the past decade.

2015 Central Florida Knights Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

I expected a much bigger hangover for the Golden Knights last year after their dream 2013 run (12-1 with an upset BCS Bowl win). However, UCF overcame the loss of Blake Bortles and shook off a brutal last-second loss in Ireland in the opener against Penn State to tally nine wins and post another solid year.

2015 South Florida Bulls Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

The fact that South Florida, as recently as 2008, was a legit Top 10 team in the country now seems like some strange fever dream. The forgotten stepchild of Florida football has gone a combined 9-27 over the last three seasons, and they don't seem like they are close to a breakthrough in Willie Taggart's crucial third season in Tampa.

2015 East Carolina Pirates Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

Ruffin McNeill's Pirates got off to a blistering start to 2014, winning six of their first seven games and scoring back-to-back upsets of Virginia Tech - in Blacksburg! - and North Carolina. They posted a respectable 5-3 showing in their first season in the American Athletic (stepping up from Conference USA), and they played Florida tough in a bowl loss last December.

2015 Memphis Tigers Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

Memphis walked through the AAC last year, winning its seven league games by an average of 23 points. They leaned on a defense in the Top 20 in both scoring and rush defense. But they lost eight starters from that group, with several players going in the NFL draft, and the offense will be charged with leading the way this year. Quarterback Paxton Lynch leads eight returning starters and a lot of speed from the No. 21 scoring attack last year.

2015 Houston Cougars Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

Tony Levine had coaxed back-to-back eight-win seasons out of the Cougars. But it wasn't enough to save his job as Levine was axed to make room for former Ohio State offensive coordinator Tom Herman. Herman, fresh off a national title with the Buckeyes, inherits a team with just 11 returning starters and will be installing new systems on both sides of the ball.

2015 Temple Owls Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

The ink is barely dry on coach Matt Rhule's four-year extension, and now the up-and-coming coach can focus solely on vaulting the Owls to the top of the AAC this year. Temple has 17 starters back - including 10 returning starters from the nation's No. 4 scoring defense - and the Owls enter this season brimming with confidence.

2015 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

Former Baylor offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery will try to rebuild what was once of the top mid-major programs in the country as the new Golden Hurricane coach. The offensive guru inherits a team with a bevy of playmakers on that side of the ball, and Tulsa should fit right in with the defense-optional AAC squads.

2015 Tulane Green Wave Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

I predicted a 2-10 flop for the Green Wave last year and was pretty close as Tulane went just 3-9 and were one of the best teams to bet against in college football (4-8 against the spread). The Green Wavy have the potential to be better this year, but I'm still not buying into this group of overachievers.

2015 UConn Huskies Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

Huskies fans have to be wondering just where the bottom is for this program. Their 2011 Fiesta Bowl appearance must seem like a lifetime ago, and the Huskies have seen their win total drop or stay the same for seven straight years. Bob Diaco inherited a 3-9 nightmare heading into last season…and turned in an even worse 2-10 showing despite playing in a watered-down conference.

2015 SMU Mustangs Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

There's nowhere to go but up for the Mustangs after the 2014 season went completely off the rails. Their coach quit during the season, and the Mustangs were so overmatched they were outscored by an average of 30 points per game. Of course, that season average was lower than their comical opening month in which they were outscored 202-12 in their first four games.

2015 Navy Midshipmen Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2015

Ken Niumatalolo continues to do yeoman's work in Annapolis, and Navy remains a solid and viable college football program. But after more than a century as an independent, the Middies have finally joined a conference and they will be fighting for a league title. Unfortunately, this is one of Niumatalolo's more undermanned squads. He does have one major weapon: quarterback Keenan Reynolds, one of the top signal callers in Navy history.

2015 Tennessee Volunteers Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/15/2015

Tennessee has 17 starters back, and one of the five that left, quarterback Justin Worley, could be addition by subtraction. It was not a coincidence that Tennessee really took off last year after inserting Josh Dobbs as the starting quarterback. He is back, along with nine other dudes, and the Vols should be a lot more potent this year. They averaged 37 points per game with Dobbs under center.

2015 Mississippi State Bulldogs Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/15/2015

All-American candidate Dak Prescott is back for the Bulldogs, giving them a chance in one of the deepest and most difficult divisions in college football. But after a breakout 2014 season for Mississippi State - their 10 wins and Orange Bowl berth made school history - I think they simply lost too much talent to be expected to be a major player in the West this year.

2015 South Carolina Gamecocks Season Win Total Picks and NCAA Football Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/15/2015

The Gamecocks must replace eight starters on an offense that averaged 32.6 points per game. They haven't committed to a starting quarterback, and just two of their receivers have ever caught a pass in a USC uniform. The offensive line is also a mess, and this group is nearly impossible to handicap until we see them live.