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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.

Arizona vs Hawaii NCAA Football Picks & Predictions 8/24/2019
by Tony Sink - 8/20/2019

The Arizona Wildcats play the Hawaii Warriors at Aloha Stadium (10:30 PM EST). The starting quarterbacks are Khalil Tate for the Wildcats and Cole McDonald for the Warriors. This matchup report includes odds, betting trends and a free pick against the spread.

Miami vs Florida Expert NCAA Football Picks 8/24/2019
by Guy Bruhn - 8/20/2019

The Miami Hurricanes take on the Florida Gators at Camping World Stadium (7:00 PM EST). The starting quarterbacks are Jarren Williams for the Hurricanes and Feleipe Franks for the Gators. This report includes betting odds and our expert college football picks for todays game.

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.

2019 Vanderbilt Commodores College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

I have nothing but respect for this Vanderbilt football program. Vanderbilt is one of the best academic schools in the southeast. And with an enrollment of just under 7,000, this is one of the smallest schools (No. 122) in the FBS. Derek Mason is doing a hell of job, and the Commodores are coming of their fifth bowl appearance in eight years despite playing in the nation's premier football conference.

2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

Chris Ash, a former hot assistant coach coming out of Ohio State, is entering his fourth season at Rutgers. It is time to put up or shut up. The Scarlet Knights are a complete pushover in the Big Ten, and they have been one of the worst programs in the country. Ash has gone just 7-29 straight up in three years and enters this fall on an 11-game losing streak.

2019 Georgia Bulldogs College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/19/2019

There are a lot of hurdles a team must overcome to win a National Championship. They have to handle their nonconference portion of the schedule. They have to take care of their road slate in league play. They have to win their rivalry game. Then they have to take care of business in the conference title game.

2019 Clemson Tigers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/17/2019

The reigning National Champions have reached Alabama status. That is to say that you only bet on the Tigers, you don't ever waste your time betting against them. And Clemson earned this level of betting respect the hard way. Namely, by demolishing Notre Dame and Alabama last January to improve their record to 4-1 against the spread the last three seasons in College Football Playoff games.

2019 Alabama Crimson Tide College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

The most impressive thing about Nick Saban's dynasty is that Alabama has actually been better than expected. (Or you could argue, like I would, that the rest of the SEC has actually been much, much worse than expected.) The Crimson Tide have had only one losing season against the spread over the last four years. Think about that. Despite the fact that every sportsbook in the country jacks up the numbers on this team, they still cover the spread 58 percent of the time (34-25 ATS).

2019 LSU Tigers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

I will admit that I may have underestimated Ed Orgeron. The marble-mouthed, Bayou-bred head coach of the LSU Tigers exceeded expectations last year. LSU opened the year on the fringe of the Top 25 and closed out the year in the Top 10, winning 10 games and the Fiesta Bowl in the process.

2019 Virginia Tech Hokies College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

Last year Virginia Tech had its first losing season since 1992. They were able to keep their bowl streak alive at 26 years - thanks to a bunch of ugly wins over bad teams - but the below .500 season started to raise some red flags over coach Justin Fuente and this program.

2019 Missouri Tigers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

Right now the biggest storyline surrounding the Missouri football program is the potential for a bowl ban at the end of this season. I'm not going to go too far into the weeds on this one, but pretty much everyone and anyone that has anything to do with college football thinks it is an absolute joke that the Tigers would get hit with a postseason penalty for their minor infractions.

2019 Florida State Seminoles College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

Florida State's 2013 national title and 2014 national semifinal appearances seem like a long time ago. The Seminoles have seen their record stay the same or worsen each of the last five years. And over the last two seasons, they have been massive underachievers, going from No. 2 in the preseason to unranked in 2017 and then seeing their 37-year bowl streak snapped thanks to last season's 5-7 debacle.

2019 Texas A&M Aggies College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

Texas A&M is a sexy sleeper pick heading into the 2019 season. That's what happens when you have a national title-winning coach like Jimbo Fisher at the helm leading a roster full of highly-touted recruits. The Aggies enter the 2019 season No. 11 in the country, and the expectation is that they will compete with Alabama and LSU in the SEC.

2019 South Carolina Gamecocks College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

It is tough to find a sleeper in the SEC. All of the programs in this league are massively overrated - even the good ones - and they all enter each season with inflated expectations. However, if you are looking for an underrated squad that could wreak some havoc for the top teams in the conference, I would look no further than the Gamecocks.

2019 Tennessee Volunteers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

It seems like every August I am reading stories about how this is the year that Tennessee is poised to burst back through into the top tier of the SEC. And it never happens. So, when I sit and read preseason articles propping up this year's team, I take them all with a grain of salt the size of the Rock of Gibraltar.

2019 Syracuse Orange College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/16/2019

Syracuse has been so bad for so long that it is easy for college football fans to forget what a legacy program the Orange have. Prior to last season, it had been over 15 years since Syracuse had been relevant on a national stage. But prior to that, the Orange had been right there with Penn State as the most dominant programs in the entire northeastern portion of the country.

2019 Miami Hurricanes College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/14/2019

Miami has been one of the most overrated and overhyped programs in the country for the better part of the last decade. And despite having one of the strangest offseasons in college football this year, they are still one of the favorites in the ACC entering the season.

2019 Virginia Cavaliers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/14/2019

Rebuilding is the very clear theme of this year in the ACC. No fewer than seven teams are in the first or second year of major overhauls, including new coaches, new schemes and a whole bunch of new players. That level of turnover and uncertainty has created an opportunity for Virginia, which is in the fourth season of the Bronco Mendenhall regime. This is kind of a put-up-or-shut-up season for the Cavaliers, who have increased their win total each of the past two seasons under Mendenhall.

2019 NC State Wolfpack College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/14/2019

We'll find out just how much Ryan Finley meant to this program now that the Wolfpack's star quarterback has moved on to the NFL. Finley guided the Wolfpack to an 18-8 straight up record the last two seasons, including a 9-4 mark last year when he was one of just nine returning starters on one of the ACC's youngest rosters.

2019 Louisville Cardinals College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/14/2019

If anything positive can come out of last year's Louisville disaster, it could be that maybe now no one will ever hire human dumpster fire Bobby Petrino ever again. Petrino drove this team completely off the rails in his second stint in the Bluegrass State. In 2016 and 2017 the Cardinals spent time in the Top 20. But after losing Lamar Jackson, the team went right over a cliff, and Petrino couldn't do anything to help them out.

2019 North Carolina Tar Heels College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/14/2019

Mack is back. Mack Brown is back in college football after a six-year hiatus. He will begin his 30th season as a head coach while taking over a North Carolina team program that has fallen off a cliff the past two years. In 2015, just four short seasons ago, North Carolina was 11-1, No. 8 in the country, and trading blows with Clemson in the ACC Title Game.

2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/14/2019

With an enrollment of just 5,100 students, it is nearly impossible for Wake Forest to be competitive in college football. Somehow, Dave Clawson has kept them competitive during his five seasons in Winston-Salem, dragging the Demon Deacons to three straight bowl games following a four-year drought.

2019 Boston College Golden Eagles College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/14/2019

At this point we should just pencil the Eagles in at 7-6 and call it a day, right? Steve Addazio has gotten Boston College to seven wins five times in the last six years. Last season they had a chance to break through to that eight-win plateau but had to watch as their First Responder Bowl matchup with Boise State was unceremoniously cancelled.

2019 Pitt Panthers College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/14/2019

Last year's Pitt Panthers were left for dead after a 45-13 drubbing at Central Florida left them at 2-3. However, Pat Narduzzi waved his magic wand and the Panthers won five of the next six games, securing the school's first ever ACC Atlantic title and a slot in the conference championship.

2019 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/14/2019

I feel bad for Paul Johnson, even though I shouldn't. The man had a severely contentious relationship with local and national media and, frankly, was always kind of a jerk. But Johnson could coach. Boy could he coach. Georgia Tech fans finally got tired of Johnson's triple-option and erratic results. Johnson had seven winning seasons in the last 10 years - including a pair of 11-win seasons.

2019 Duke Blue Devils College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/14/2019

Somehow, David Cutcliffe continues to do more with less, coaxing five of six winning years out of the boys in Durham. This will be one of Cutcliffe's most difficult challenges yet, though, as the Blue Devils undergo a clear retooling this season. Duke has to replace 85 percent of its passing yards and 80 percent of its receiving from last year.

2019 Oklahoma Sooners College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/12/2019

This year is all about mental hurdles for the Sooners. Can they win their third straight Big 12 championship? Can Oklahoma get over the hump and win a bowl game after losing four of their last five? Can the Sooners finally beat an SEC team in the College Football Playoff after losing to Georgia and Alabama the last two years? Can Lincoln Riley, now in his third year at the helm and working with more of his own players after taking over Bob Stoops recruits, put his stamp on this program?

2019 Oklahoma State Cowboys College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/12/2019

Oklahoma State is kind of the prototypical Big 12 team. They can score 50 points or allow 50 points on any given Saturday and are capable of beating or losing to any team in the country in any given week. They are every stereotype that every SEC and ACC fan uses to rag on this high-scoring league, wrapped in one erratic program.

2019 Texas Longhorns College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/12/2019

Last year Texas won 10 games for the first time in nearly a decade, and now the assumption is that they are somehow "back" to being a national powerhouse. However, I think we should pump the brakes a bit on the Longhorns. I know there are a lot of people that want the Longhorns to be "back". But I don't think they are quite there yet.

2019 Iowa State Cyclones College Football Odds and Expert Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/12/2019

I'm still getting used to the fact that Iowa State is good at football and an actual player in the Big 12. For the better part of the last two decades, this team has been somewhere between cannon fodder and a complete afterthought. But Matt Campbell is doing excellent work in Ames and has guided this group to back-to-back 8-5 seasons.