College football 2022 Week 1 upset, lock, bad bet, and strangest thing

College football 2022 kicked off last week with a slate of Week 0 games.

The college football season is about to begin. It's been the most out-of-pocket offseason for fans. The official kickoff of the season also means betting. On a weekly basis, I'll provide you with what I see as some locks, some bets to stay away from, and some weirdest things we saw happen in terms of odds and prop bets during the previous week.

Rutgers is 9-4 in season openers under head coach Greg Schiano. Boston College is favored by 7 points. Phil Jurkovec is the starting quarterback for his final season of eligibility. Rutgers should be much-improved against the pass this year. The defense should hold Boston college to less than 21 points, which is probably the magic number for Rutgers to come away with the win.

Greg Sciano's team will beat Chestnut Hill. The first big week of the college football season also provides us with some expected blowouts.

Cincinnati Bearcats lost their starting quarterback Desmond Ridder. Arkansas Razorbacks lost him last year. Ben Bryant or Evan Prater will start at quarterback for the Bearcat this week. Sam Pittman will play old-school SEC football and the Razorback will win the game.   The Razorbs will pull away late if they avoid costly mistakes.

Arkansas is playing a home game. Arkansas is going to win by two scores.

North Carolina Tar Heels are coming off a 56-24 win over FCS cupcake FAMU. Appalachian State is looking to return to the Sun Belt Championship Game and stake their claim to a Group of Five playoff spot. The Mountaineers are a team that is worth one point.

App State beats a Power-5 team with a game-winning field goal.

Vanderbilt beat Hawai’i 63-0 in the opening game of the college football season.

Vanderbilt could be a surprise winner in 2022. FanSided provides college football news, analysis and opinion.