Now we’ll take a look at the top three season win total under bets. These are teams that I have a pessimistic outlook on for the 2019 season for a variety of different reasons.
Variance is high within a one-game sample size during the season. With 12 or 13 regular season data points, variance is limited a little bit with props and futures.
Throughout the year, we’ll do the best we can to set you up for success with all sorts of analysis. In particular, this weekly article will focus on the situational spots that could level the playing field or give the favorite a bigger edge.
Well, here we go, boys and girls. The 2019 college football season kicks off on Saturday August 24 with two games and then things really get going the following Thursday.
A comprehensive look at the opening college football betting odds on a weekly basis, with analysis on the initial line movement and a forecast on where the spreads and totals are likely to move.
Teams ranked in the opening top 25 are eliminated from consideration, as are teams with season win totals of seven or more. That definitely dwindles the field but at the same time also ensures we'll have plenty of value if used properly.
Welcome to August, the month in which the hype that builds for an onrushing football season reaches a crescendo. Optimism abounds and reality is but a myth that will be confirmed or busted at a later date.
A few years ago, the Big Ten West wasn’t any fun. Wisconsin was just assumed the winner of a weak division with very little intrigue. That is no longer the case.
As usual, the conference race is seen as pretty wide open with half the teams having odds of 10-1 or less. Florida Atlantic is a slight favorite over North Texas, but Marshall, Florida International, Southern Miss, UAB, and Louisiana Tech aren’t far behind.
The SEC East is the little brother to the big bad SEC West. But let’s be clear, this little brother had three 10-win teams last season compared to the West’s two teams.
Barring an injury to Trevor Lawrence, Clemson should have no trouble winning the ACC Atlantic once again, and a conference loss of any sort would be surprising.
Six of the seven teams in the division have claimed the Coastal crown and made it to the ACC Championship Game, and the one team that has yet to do it is the media favorite to win the division this year.
Determining who will represent the division in the Pac-12 title game isn’t our goal here, however, for season win totals are posted and there are bets to be made.
The SEC West…some believe it is the best division in all of college football and why not? Despite how much talent is spread out between the 7 schools, this is still Alabama’s division to lose…again.
Business as usual looks to be the theme in the Mountain West Conference. At least that’s what the odds are saying. The reality is that there are a lot more questions than answers for just about every team in this conference this season.
Aside from the “Big Four” in the East, the rest of the division is in another tier if you will, with Indiana, Maryland, and Rutgers being programs to which a bowl appearance is considered a successful season.
The MAC has two divisions, and the MAC West is clearly the stronger side of this conference. Several teams are capable of winning the MAC West. In the MAC East, Ohio is the clear favorite.
There are some decent odds on a few good teams and you can probably make a case for the top five or six teams in Conference USA, so if you have a strong opinion you can get yourself a nice price.
There are still several punching bags in the conference for the top teams to take turns beating up, but there is a chance that the top comes down and the bottom comes up and chaos gets created in Sun Belt.
The West is definitely wide-open with six teams at +550 or less to win the division, but each of them are +1050 or greater to win the conference.
Iowa State has become a bit of a trendy pick to win the Big 12, but at +800 there really isn't a whole lot of value on the Cyclones and Texas is the clear-cut No. 2 team in the betting odds.
