As we head into the 2014 NCAA FB Week #4 and the full schedule for Saturday, Sept.20th games we will give a brief preview of the AP Top 5 teams that are No. 1 Florida State, No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 6 Texas A&M as the No. 5 Auburn played on Thursday, Sept. 18 2014.
Continue ReadingThis Thursday Sept. 18th starts the NCAA FB Week 4, with the undefeated teams of No. 5 Auburn Tigers 2-0 (1st SEC-West) playing the No. 20 Kansas State Wildcats 2-0 (1st Big 12). Auburn is favored at -9 and the game will be played at the Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 PM ET on ESPN TV.
Continue ReadingThis past week I did a review of the No. 6 ranked team thru the No. 10 ranked teams of which No.9 USC was the second of two of those teams to be upset over the weekend, with the first being No. 6 the Georgia Bulldogs. Let's take a look at what went wrong for the Trojans in their matchup with Boston College.
Continue ReadingOur last NCAA FB Preview was for the Week 3 teams that included No. 6 Georgia, No. 7 Texas A&M, No. 8 Baylor, No. 9 USC and No. 10 LSU. Texas A&M, Baylor and LSU were winners so now we will recap the losers. No.6 Georgia 1-1 (SEC) lost to No.24 South Carolina (SEC) 2-1 with a score of 38-35.
Continue ReadingThe 2014 Week 3 Friday game between the No. 8 Baylor Bears and the Buffalo Bulls had the opening line from the sportsbook favoring the Bears at -33 ½ with the O/U at 51 points. The Bears covered the spread and the game went over the 51 with the final score, Baylor 63 and Buffalo 21. Let's take a look at how the game went down.
Continue ReadingThe Penn State Nittany Lions are coming into this weekend's game with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights with a new-found sense of purpose as NCAA sanctions have been lifted. The now-bowl-eligible Lions will travel to High Points Solutions Stadium in Piscataway in the Knights' first Big Ten matchup in the school's history.
Continue ReadingNCAA FB Week # 3 is here, so let’s take a look at the teams ranked #6 thru #10. Our last article covered the Top 5 teams, taking a look at how they made out with their second games of the 2014 season. The only change in the Top 5 teams was that Oregon moved in to second while Alabama dropped from #2 to #3. The Georgia Bulldogs are No.6 at (1-0) in rating for this third week of regular season NCAA FB, with Texas A&M Aggies No.7 at 2-0, Baylor Bears are No.8 at 2-0, USC Trojans are No.9 at 2-0 and the LSU Tigers are No.10 at 2-0.
Continue ReadingWith the NCAA FB Week 2 history, let’s take a look at the Top 5 teams and how they made out with their second games of the 2014 season. Normally, the universities plan their schedules so that their first or second games are with unranked teams to give them an opportunity to see how their players have progressed through practices and any preseason games.
Continue ReadingThe long-time rivalry between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Michigan Wolverines is at risk of dying off as there are no plans to have them compete again until at least 2020. This makes this Saturday's match at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend all the more enticing to oddsmakers and college football betting fans in general as they watch what could be the end of a real era.
Continue ReadingBecause of the new NCAA Playoffs System, this year's college football experience is likely to be very different from previous seasons. From futures odds, to weekly matchups, everything has changed with the four-team playoffs.
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