College Football Picks

Many NCAA football bettors are writing off the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors in their Week 1 game vs. the Stanford Cardinal. Their +4 point spread suggests that bookies think they have a legit shot of winning this game straight up. Read Loot’s full game preview and get his Stan/Haw prediction ATS here!

The sixth ranked USC Trojans are going to crush the Nevada Wolf Pack on September 2nd. The question is “who will cover the spread.” Read Loot’s game preview and get his Nev/USC betting pick here!

The much-improved Oregon State Beavers take on the San Jose State Spartans on 9/3/23 at CEFCU Stadium as heavy -17 road favorites. With the number seventeen being a key number (common final score margin) in college football, how should we be betting this game? Read Loot’s preview and get his OSU/SJSU pick here!

Week 1 college football’s primetime matchup happens at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida when the LSU Tigers play the Florida State Seminoles as short -2.5 favorites. The bookies have posted an over/under of 57.5. With it being this early and defenses having the advantage over offenses, is this too high of an over/under? Get Jay’s Louisiana St./Florida St. pick here!

The Clemson Tigers and Duke Blue Devils kick their 2023 NCAA football season’s off with a clash at Wallace Wade Stadium in which oddsmakers have listed the Tigers as -13 road favorites. Get Loot’s Clem/Duke point spread prediction here!

These two have played twice, with Army winning at home by 30 in 2020 and 24 in 2023. The venue is switched, so do we get a more competitive game this time around and an ULM cover? Get our capper’s thoughts and top play.

The Toledo Rockets and Illinois Fighting Illini meetup in Week 1 in a MAC vs. Big Ten matchup in which the sportsbooks are listing the Rockets as sneaky +9.5 road underdog, implying the house likes the underdog to cover vs. the bigger school in the more competitive conference. Get our Tol/Ill betting prediction before placing your bet!

The MAC is getting quite a bit of respect in Week 1 as most of the conference’s games are versus bigger schools with fairly tight point spreads (in comparison to years past). The Akron Zips come into this one as +10.5 underdogs vs. the Temple Owls. Which team covers the spread or is the O/U the way to go? Get our Akr/TU pick here!

A couple less known Big Ten teams get together in NCAA Week 1 football when the Northwestern Wildcats visit the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, where oddsmakers have installed the home team as -7 favorites and a low over/under of 40. Read Loot’s full game preview and see how he’s betting the NW/Rut game here!

One of Week 1’s best betting opportunities comes from the West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Penn State Nittany Lions game, where the bookies have Penn. St. listed as -20.5 home favorites. Read Loot’s full game preview and get his WVU/PSU point spread prediction here!

How will the Ohio State Buckeyes fare without C.J. Stroud? Probably pretty well, as the AP Top 25 has OSU ranked third to open the season. Oddsmakers have labeled the Week 1 Ohio St/Indiana game with a tight point spread of -28 in favor of Ryan Day and Co. Get Loot’s OSU/Ind pick here!

With SEC giant Tennessee opening the 2023 college football season as the 12th ranked team and the Sagarin Rankings showing the Virginia Cavaliers being ranked 88th, we’ve got a bug meets windshield situation in Nashville in Week 1. Get Loot’s UVA/Ten betting prediction here!

The Michigan Wolverines kick their 2023 NCAA football season off with a creampuff matchup against the East Carolina Pirates on September 2nd. Oddsmakers aren’t making it easy for bettors though, as the point spread on this one was Michigan -34.5 at time of print. Get Loot’s take and his ECU/Mich pick here!

Most schools start out with a creampuff or two as a tune-up to get their timing right. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are no different as they’ll kickoff their 2023 season with a game versus the Navy Midshipmen as -20 favorites. Get Mike’s Navy/ND point spread prediction before placing your bets!

The Louisville Cardinals and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets meetup Friday night in the ESPN prime time slot where the bookies have the visiting Cardinals listed as -7.5 favorites. Read Loot’s preview and get his Lou/GT prediction here!

The Central Michigan Chippewas and Michigan State Spartans meet up for college football’s version of Week 1 “Friday Night Lights” in which oddsmakers are favoring Sparty as -14 home favorites. Get our CMU/MSU prediction ATS here!