College Football Betting Guide

There are many handicappers that use many different tools when it comes to picking football games. Sports betting isn’t an exact science, and football betting is as difficult as any sport around – mainly because of it’s popularity amongst sports bettors.

I’ve heard many people say that you always want to be against the Top 25, because the sportsbooks believe the public will almost always be on the side of the ranked team. I’ve heard that you should always be the underdog if they are playing at home. I’ve even heard specific rules like, always take the lesser ranked team if they are favored. Some I like, some I don’t, but the bottom line is, good teams and bad teams can win against the spread.

I like good teams that stumble out of the gates. If you remember back to last year, Virginia Tech was the perfect example of this. They lost their opener to Boise State, then lost their 2nd game in embarrassing fashion. After that, the kicked butt. Nobody talked about them until late, but by season’s end, their 0-2 start made Hokie loyalists money, as they finished 10-3 against the spread.

They weren’t the only money maker in college football. Here are some of the teams that fared well against the spread last season: North Carolina State (9-3), Ohio State (10-2-1), Illinois (8-4), Oklahoma State (10-3), Central Florida (10-3), Tulsa (8-4), Northern Illinois (10-2-1), Boise State (9-4), Stanford (8-3-1), Auburn (9-3-1), Washington State (8-3), Arkansas (9-3), Hawaii (10-3).

Not all of those are great teams and not all of them are losers – don’t be tricked, there’s great value in winners and losers alike!

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