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2014 Massachusetts Minutemen Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Strike Point Sports - 7/27/2014

The Massachusetts Minutemen have won a total of two games over the last two seasons but I see them at least getting to that number 2014. This team just doesn’t have the depth nor skill players that can help them move too far up the ladder but the bottom teams in the MAC will beat up on each other, causing each to settle around 2-4 wins in 2014.

2014 Indiana Hoosiers Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/25/2014

The Hoosiers were THAT close to reaching their second bowl game in the past 20 years last season, coming up just one game short of postseason eligibility. They will give it a go again this year against a schedule that is far less forgiving than last year’s slate.

2014 Purdue Boilermakers Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/25/2014

The Boilermakers are a bad football team that went just 1-11 last year. That was partially due to the fact that they were undermanned last year. But it was mostly a byproduct of a ruthless schedule placed on a team that was breaking in a new coach and learning new schemes on both sides of the ball.

2014 Maryland Terrapins Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/25/2014

Maryland joins Rutgers as the newcomers in the Big Ten. The Terps had a successful close to their stint in the ACC, going 7-6 and snapping a two-year funk. They bring a competitive team into the Big Ten. But the schedule makers did the Terps no favors, and this experienced team will have to claw its way back to bowl eligibility.

2014 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/25/2014

The Scarlet Knights move to the Big Ten this year and the expectation is that Rutgers is going to struggle with a large step up in class. However, the Scarlet Knights are a good fit for the rugged style of football Midwest teams are known to play. And this program has managed three straight bowl games and a solid 64-39 overall record the past eight seasons.

2014 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/25/2014

Notre Dame’s lucky trip to the national title game two years ago will be paying dividends for bettors for a decade. Long one of the most overrated teams in the country, the Irish will remain overvalued as the betting public buys into the storyline that this program is back among the nation’s elite.

2014 BYU Cougars Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/25/2014

The wacky Mormons are still getting used to life as an independent and were really a non-entity in the 2013 season. Sure, their win over Texas in early September caught some headlines. But losses to Virginia and Utah, as well as a blowout loss to Washington in a third-tier bowl game, really puts things into perspective for the Cougars.

2014 Navy Midshipmen Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/25/2014

Navy football is what it is. They continue to use the triple-option attack and remain one of the trickiest teams in the country to steal a win from. Outside of its annual clash with Army, Navy football is completely off the national radar and content with eight wins and a bowl game.

2014 Army Black Knights Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/25/2014

Army has been to just one bowl game in the past 15 years, a 2010 upset of SMU in the Armed Forces Bowl. But with one of the most experienced teams in the nation the Black Knights could break through for another appearance this fall.

2014 Ohio State Buckeyes Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

A 10-point loss to Michigan State in the Big Ten championship game was the only thing standing between the Buckeyes and a shot at the national title last year. Urban Meyer picked up right where Jim Tressel left off and has Ohio State positioned as a perennial title contender. And this year’s version should be in the mix once again.

2014 Michigan Wolverines Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

Michigan’s season comes down to talented quarterback Devin Gardner and how far he can carry the Wolverines. He is one of seven starters back on offense. However, the attack unit will have six freshmen or sophomores in the starting lineup and they will need to grow up in a hurry. The defense has eight starters back, including five seniors, and they will try to improve on Michigan’s No. 66 scoring rank.

2014 Wisconsin Badgers Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

It has been an average couple seasons for the Badgers, who have gone just 17-10 after going 32-8 the previous three seasons. But thanks to being on the favorable end of Big Ten realignment the Badgers can be average and still dominate their bumbling competition in the limp West.

2014 Penn State Nittany Lions Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

Former coach Bill O’Brien helped the Nittany Lions weather the immediate aftermath of the crippling Jerry Sandusky-Joe Paterno scandal. But new head coach James Franklin, formerly of Vanderbilt, is now the fourth head coach in 29 games for a program that had enjoyed the same head coach for 46 years prior to the scandal.

2014 Nebraska Cornhuskers Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

Bo Pelini loses four games every year. It’s just the way it is. No matter how good or bad his roster is, Pelini finds a way to lose/only lose four games each season. So it was an easy call for the books to post Cornhuskers’ season win total at 8.0. And it’s an even easier call for me to pass on this total and predict a ‘push’.

2014 Michigan State Spartans Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

The Spartans had an epic season in 2013, winning the Big Ten and then pulling an upset over Stanford in the Rose Bowl. That was the third time in four years that the Spartans have won double-digit games. And now prognosticators project this year’s team to the short list of contenders to make the new four-team playoff.

2014 Iowa Hawkeyes Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

It seems like Kirk Ferentz has been on the hot seat for a decade. But the Iowa head coach is entering his 16th season at the helm in Iowa City and will once again try to live up to the very modest goals the program has set for itself. Iowa has gone just 27-24 over the past four season and 59-43 over the past eight years.

2014 Minnesota Golden Gophers Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

Jerry Kill, despite all of his health issues, has done yeoman’s work with this Gophers program. He has increased his win total in three straight seasons, culminating in a rare eight-win season in 2013, and now the Golden Gophers are trying to break through into the top tier of the Big Ten.

2014 Illinois Fighting Illini Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

Given its location and recruiting base, it doesn’t make sense that Illinois is as pathetic at football as it is. But the Illini have gone just 44-77 over the last 10 years and just 6-18 in Tim Beckman’s first two seasons. Beckman strikes me as a guy that is in way over his head and I don’t expect much progress in the crucial third year of his tenure.

2014 Northwestern Wildcats Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

There is a lot going on under the surface with this Northwestern team. They are in the middle of a monumental challenge of the NCAA system and will face increased scrutiny and all kinds of off-field distraction this season. But if they can shrug that off then this Wildcats team has the potential to do some damage in the Big Ten this year.

2014 Boise State Broncos Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

Bryan Harsin can only hope that his tenure in Boise will be half as successful as that of his predecessor. Chris Petersen, who went 112-18 over the last 10 years, has taken his game to Washington. Harsin, a former offensive coordinator under Petersen, will take over. And he has a team poised to make noise in the Mountain West.

2014 Fresno State Bulldogs Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

Derek Carr finished off one of Fresno State’s all-time great careers, leading the Bulldogs to an 11-2 mark and a slot just outside the Top 25 last year. Coach Tim DeRuyter will try to carry on without his stud quarterback this season and Fresno will try to defend its Mountain West title.

2014 Nevada Wolf Pack Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

Cody Fajardo will try to brush off the injury bug and stay healthy for his senior season. Fajardo is the key for this Wolf Pack team as it looks to bounce back from its first losing season in five years and its first non-bowl season in eight years. Fajardo is one of seven offensive starters back for the Pack.

2014 San Diego State Aztecs Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

Rocky Long seems to have landed on his feet in San Diego and has guided the Aztecs to three bowl games in his three years at the helm. SDSU does have just 10 returning starters this season, including just four on defense, and this looks like a rebuilding season. But Long is a proven commodity and his team will be tough once again.

2014 Utah State Aggies Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

I was incredibly impressed with how Utah State responded last year despite losing leader Chuckie Keeton – and breaking in a new coach – last season. Keeton is one of the best quarterbacks in the country and he is set for a strong senior season under second-year coach Matt Wells.

2014 Colorado State Rams Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

The Rams will try to carry over the momentum of their stunning New Mexico Bowl upset of Washington State into this season and are hoping for their third bowl trip in the last 10 years. Jim McElwain is entering that crucial third year as the head of this program and all signs point up for Colorado State in the long term.

2014 San Jose State Spartans Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

I really hope that San Jose State fans enjoyed that incredible 11-2 season in 2012. Because it is going to be a long time before the Spartans are threatening to win double-digit games again. The Spartans tumbled to just 6-6 last season and could be even worse off in Year 2 of the Ron Caragher Era.

2014 UNLV Rebels Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

It is impossible for UNLV to add to that bowl resume because they are banned from postseason play due to poor academic standings. That has to be disappointing for the 12 returning starters back this year. The Rebels lost their quarterback, running back and four of their top five tacklers and overall the feeling around this program has to be negative.

2014 Air Force Falcons Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

Troy Calhoun’s program has taken a nose dive over the last three years, seeing their win total drop each of those seasons and bottoming out with last year’s 2-10 debacle. Service academies always have a low ceiling. But the Falcons’ is lowering like a lid on Calhoun’s coaching coffin.

2014 Hawaii Warriors Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

Norm Chow is basically a confused old man and he should not be a head coach, at any level, heading into the 2014 season. But Hawaii has been so desperate for something positive since June Jones left that they will give Chow another year to try to recapture the magic he may or may not have had over a decade ago.

2014 New Mexico Lobos Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

Bob Davie continues to try to push an extraordinarily large rock up an incredibly steep hill down in Albuquerque. Progress has been slow. But he has won seven games the past two seasons, matching its New Mexico’s seven wins from the previous four years.

2014 Wyoming Cowboys Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/22/2014

Dave Christensen couldn’t capitalize on having one of the top quarterbacks in Wyoming history, Brett Smith, and was given his walking paper. New head coach Craig Bohl will try to pick up the pieces and rebuilt a program that has only finished above .500 three times in the last decade.

2014 Alabama Crimson Tide Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/21/2014

The dirty little secret about Alabama football and its recent “dynasty” is that they play an embarrassingly easy schedule each and every season. Alabama gets by on reputation rather than actual performance. And if you don’t believe me simply look back at their schedule over the last four years.

2014 Auburn Tigers Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/21/2014

Gus Malzahn is a proven master. And his outstanding offensive system has a lot to work with again this year despite the loss of Tre Mason. Quarterback Nick Marshall and a host of skill players, along with four starters along an outstanding offensive line, are all back in the fold. The defense, though, needs to improve. Auburn’s defense finished No. 48 in scoring, No. 100 against the pass, and No. 86 overall.

2014 Florida Gators Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/21/2014

The 2013 season must’ve seemed like the nightmare that would never end for the Gators. The team was decimated by injuries and bumbled their way to a 4-8 season that culminated with a humiliating November home loss to FCS foe Georgia Southern. Florida lost its final seven games of the year and missed a bowl game for the first time in almost 30 years.

2014 Georgia Bulldogs Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/21/2014

The Georgia Bulldogs were one of the biggest disappointments in college football last year, beginning the season as a consensus Top 5 team only to find themselves unranked by season’s end. They bumbled to an 8-5 overall record that included a 24-19 bowl loss to Nebraska on New Year’s Day.

2014 South Carolina Gamecocks Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/21/2014

For all the talk about the SEC powers the past few years it is easy to overlook South Carolina as one of the best programs in the nation. They have gone 33-6 in the last three years and have finished in the Top 10 each of those seasons. In fact, only two of USC’s last 12 losses since 2009 have come against teams outside the Top 25 and this team is a machine.

2014 LSU Tigers Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/21/2014

The Tigers have gone 104-27 over the last 10 years, winning nearly 80 percent of all games and posting an obscene 44-3 mark against teams outside the SEC. Les Miles is an idiot coach savant and continues to crank out uber-athletic and highly decorated recruiting classes alongside 10-win seasons.

2014 Texas A&M Aggies Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/21/2014

If I didn’t have so much respect for Kevin Sumlin, a brilliant offensive mind and NFL-caliber headman, I would think that A&M was in trouble this year. I don’t care about the loss of Johnny Manziel as much as I do the losses of Jake Matthews and Mike Evans. But altogether those three departures will at least dent one of the Top 5 offenses in the country.

2014 Ole Miss Rebels Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/21/2014

Ole Miss is just 6-10 in the SEC over the past two years. But they have scored a host of recruiting victories over the last two offseasons and they are on the verge of seeing those signees pay major dividends. And after an 8-5 effort last year the Rebels are also on the verge of being a team that no one wants to play come October.

2014 Missouri Tigers Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/21/2014

The Tigers were one of the most underrated teams in the country last season, as indicated by their outstanding 11-3 record against the spread. Missouri went 12-2 straight up and their losses were in tight games against South Carolina and Auburn in the SEC Title Game (that game was closer than the final suggests).

2014 Tennessee Volunteers Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/21/2014

The Volunteers went 5-7 last season – the third straight year they posted that mark – and that means that they are oh so close to bowl eligibility, right? Wrong. Tennessee sucks. And even though I have a load of respect for coach Butch Jones he won’t be able to turn around this train wreck that quickly.

2014 Arkansas Razorbacks Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/21/2014

Arkansas did show signs of progress late in the season. The Razorbacks lost at Ole Miss by 10 (covering a 17-point spread), fell in a tough OT game with Mississippi State, and then gave LSU everything it could handle as a 26-point underdog, losing by just four. Arkansas has seven starters back on both sides of the ball and will be much more familiar with Bielema’s program heading into this fall.

2014 Kentucky Wildcats Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/21/2014

Kentucky won two games last year in the first season under Mark Stoops. Bumps and bruises with a new coach can be expected. And they are hoping to improve with some time in his system. Kentucky still doesn’t have a quarterback and the defense is a mess. But they do have four of their five starting linemen back and five of their top six receivers back.

2014 Mississippi State Bulldogs Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/21/2014

I don’t know that Dan Mullen gets enough credit for what a great job he’s done with Mississippi State. This team was on par with Kentucky and Vanderbilt before Mullen came along. Now they are at least respectable fodder, capable of covering a spread or two, for the top teams in the SEC.

2014 Vanderbilt Commodores Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/21/2014

Vandy only has 10 starters back and they don’t have a quarterback or returning starter at receiver. They only have four starters back on defense and the entire secondary is retooled. They are switching to a 3-4 defense and I expect things to be a bloody mess on both sides of the ball early in the season despite new coach Derek Mason’s familiarity with the roster.