College football odds: Miami, Penn State among best win total bets to make ahead of 2021 season

With the college football season kicking off in less than two weeks, it’s past time to start thinking about some wagering options for the 2021 campaign. While hammering the over on the season win total for your alma mater is one approach, it might not be the most financially savvy strategy for those actually looking to turn a profit.

To help fans identify some of the best win total bets in college football, the folks at SportsLine came up with recommendations based on thousands of regular season simulations. Letting the computers guide your money is a better option than relying on blind intuition and hatred of your school’s rivals.

So what are some of the best season win total bets in college football? The picks below take us all over the country, including into Group of Five territory and away from some of the more polarizing plays involving the sport’s

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Western Michigan vs. Michigan Week 1 university football odds: Cade McNamara beats out JJ McCarthy as commencing quarterback for Wolverines

August 17, 2021 - by Ludivina Leveto

Again in February on the eve of the College of Michigan opening spring soccer observe, SportsLine posted odds on which quarterback would be Jim Harbaugh’s Week 1 starter. Junior Cade McNamara was the -300 favored with really touted freshman recruit JJ McCarthy at +220. A good deal of UM supporters disagreed with these odds, but Harbaugh has in truth named McNamara his man for the season opener on Sept. 4 vs. Mid-American Convention opponent Western Michigan. Michigan is a 17-point property beloved at Caesars Sportsbook.

Joe Milton was the most important starter for Michigan last year when Harbaugh’s crew was a massively disappointing 2-4, owning its last a few video games canceled thanks to COVID. Milton may have misplaced the occupation no matter but it proved not to matter as he transferred to Tennessee. McNamara noticed motion in 4 games last yr and started out what would demonstrate to be

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Alabama, Clemson have the greatest CFP odds once again in ’21

August 16, 2021 - by Ludivina Leveto

Alabama defensive back DeMarcco Hellams celebrates after Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book is tackled during the Crimson Tide's CFP semifinal win in Arlington on Jan. 1. The Tide are the betting favorites to defend their national championship.

Who Las Vegas thinks are the six likeliest contenders to gain this year’s countrywide championship, dependent on consensus odds (in parentheses):

Alabama (2½-1)

Nick Saban has seven countrywide championships and 6 losses in the past 6 decades. He just signed a agreement extension by means of 2028. So offer with it, Bama haters. Subsequent up: Building his next batch of superstars and resurrecting the tarnished coaching job of new offensive coordinator Monthly bill O’Brien, following acquiring done the exact same for Lane Kiffin, Steve Sarkisian, Mike Stoops, Mike Locksley, Butch Jones, et al.

Clemson (4½-1)

Now receiving weary of these names? Very well, Bama, Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma have gobbled up 20 of 28 playoff places because the CFP began — a half-dozen for the Tigers. The 6-time defending ACC champs are on a 79-7 run beneath Dabo Swinney. The offense will reload though the protection rallies all-around fiery

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2021 Heisman Trophy odds, picks, predictions: Top college football expert fading D.J. Uiagalelei in best bets

August 15, 2021 - by Ludivina Leveto

Quarterbacks from three of last season’s national semifinalists, as well as Oklahoma’s Spencer Rattler, have the best odds to win the 2021 Heisman Trophy, according to Caesars Sportsbook. Rattler has the best odds at 11-2, followed by Clemson’s D.J. Uiagalelei (7-1), Alabama’s Bryce Young (9-1) and Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud (10-1). Rattler started last season, while Uiagalelei saw action in nine games, including when regular starter Trevor Lawrence was sidelined due to COVID-19. Young was Mac Jones’ main backup and Stroud was behind Justin Fields. Young saw action in seven games, while Stroud appeared in three.

Other favorites in the 2021 Heisman Trophy odds include quarterbacks J.T. Daniels (12-1) of Georgia, Sam Howell (15-1) of North Carolina and D’Eriq King (18-1) of Miami. Among non-quarterbacks, Texas running back Bijan Robinson (25-1) and Iowa State running back Breece Hall (40-1) are some of the top 2021 Heisman Trophy contenders. Before making

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How to bet on the Colorado Buffaloes

August 14, 2021 - by Ludivina Leveto

Karl Dorrell could not have asked for a improved start off in his 1st year as head mentor at Colorado.

The Buffaloes astonished anyone by setting up the period with two upset victories from UCLA and at Stanford. They carried the momentum to a 4- get started just before losing to Utah. Their season ended at the Alamo Bowl where by they have been handily defeated 55-23 by Texas. The time didn’t start off how any individual predicted, and it didn’t end the way any individual wanted. It really is tough to imagine possessing 6 video games feeling like two seasons, but there was a stark contrast among the initially four and the previous two games.

Which Colorado team need to we anticipate to see in 2021?

It’s a really hard concern to solution for the reason that there is a thing to be reported about Dorrell’s skill to get

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Odds for Top College Football Teams to Pull off Undefeated 2021 Seasons | Bleacher Report

August 13, 2021 - by Ludivina Leveto

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Alabama’s Bryce YoungAlika Jenner/Getty Images

Earlier this week, we were given the first official Top 25 rankings of the 2021 college football season, courtesy of the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Every team currently has a zero in the loss column, but for each of the teams ranked in the Top 10, what are the odds of finishing the regular season with that zero still intact?

Please note the emphasis on “regular season” there. We’re not talking about undefeated national champions, but rather teams who enter their conference championship—or, in Notre Dame’s case, bowl season—with a perfect 12-0 record.

Each of these teams should be quite good this season, but with varying strengths and weaknesses and extremely unequal schedules, our undefeated odds are all over place, ranging from 250-to-1 to darn near even.

Teams are presented in ascending order of their coaches

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