2021 Big Ten win totals, odds, picks: Predictions for each team as Ohio State, Wisconsin face big numbers

It’s that time of the year. The sun is shining in the sky longer, the air feels thicker and I’m walking face-first into spiderwebs nearly every time I take the garbage out. That’s right, it’s summer, and the best thing about summer is that it’s the last season we need to get through before fall — the season during which there’s college football.

Summer also means win totals for the upcoming season have been posted, and even if we’re a couple of months away from the season starting, that doesn’t mean it’s too early to start betting on what will happen. Win totals are a great way to prove to yourself just how right or wrong you are about the upcoming year, as they set the foundation of what expectations are for each school.

So who is going to exceed them? Who will come up short? Let’s figure it all

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2021 SEC win totals, odds, picks: Predictions for every team with major expectations for Alabama, Georgia

Here we are, ready to welcome in a normal college football season. Well, hopefully. The 2020 season made it nearly impossible to pick win totals for teams around the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty over which games would be played. Now that we are in 2021, though, things are all systems go toward a standard, 12-game regular season. That means it’s time for some wagering. 

Betting odds have been released highlighting the win totals for every FBS team, and SEC teams are scattered all over the board in terms of what the oddsmakers expect. Check out the breakdown of the likely wins, losses and final record below for each team in the SEC in the 2021 season with odds provided via William Hill Sportsbook unless otherwise noted. 

Over/under 11.5 wins

  • Wins: vs. Miami, Mercer, at Florida, Southern Miss, Ole Miss, at Texas A&M, at Mississippi
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2021 Big 12 win totals, odds, picks: Predictions for each team with big lines for Oklahoma, Iowa State

As the college football offseason rolls through June with media days just on the horizon next month, storylines are beginning to form as the 2021 regular season approaches. Which teams are playoff favorites? Which team will come out of nowhere? Which team will be overrated? With updated win totals and betting odds making their way to the universe, we’re getting a better understanding of the landscape. 

This week, starting with the Big 12, we’ll be going game by game to give our takes on every team’s outlook. Unlike win total picks, these predictions require choosing a winner and holding the result across team breakdowns. We’ve not only predicted how many games each team will win, but also where those wins are going to come and what games on the schedule could end up changing the fortunes of the entire conference. Taken into consideration are historical trends, general conference power rankings

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Staff picks: Best futures odds providing good value ahead of 2021 college football season

This week, we rolled out our Power Five conference title odds and shared some of our favorite, and least favorite, bets. With our betting theme continuing into today, our college football team is sharing our favorite futures bets as we inch ever closer to the start of the 2021 season. 

These bets can range from national title and conference championship winners to Heisman Trophy recipients. The only real rule is that you actually have make decent money on the bet itself. So, sorry, no odds-on favorites will be listed here. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the futures to consider for the upcoming season. 

Odds from William Hill Sportsbook

Tom Fornelli: Georgia (+800) to win the national championship

I want to get this before the market adjusts. Georgia was already a strong value considering the talent it has on the roster, but this week alone,

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