College football win total odds, predictions: Fading the hype on Texas, Texas A&M and USC

The college football season starts on Saturday. Last year, Bet.NOLA.com made 6 college game win total picks and went 4-1-0 for a profit. Here are 10 of my favorite win totals for 2022 at Caesars Sportsbook.

Texas A&M is under 8.5 wins. They have a difficult schedule. The Aggies have four straight games away from home and road games at Mississippi State, Alabama and South Carolina. There's also a non-conference game with Miami, a later road trip to Auburn and home games with Ole Miss, Florida and LSU.

Missouri is a good bet for the over-5 wins. The Tigers' non-conference schedule is tough. They play Louisiana Tech, at Kansas State, Abilene Christian and New Mexico State. Their home game against Vanderbilt is likely to be a win. If they go 2-2 in their non conference games, they get six wins and an over.

Quinn Ewers is the new starting quarterback for Texas. He's a freshman. The Longhorns lost six straight games last year. They play Alabama and Oklahoma in the nonconference. Their Big 12 schedule is tough. They need to go 7-2 in Big12 play to avoid under cashing.

SMU is a 7-5 team in the American Athletic Conference. They play at Maryland and home against TCU in non-conference play. The Mustangs need to break even against an AAC schedule in which they may only be an underdog twice.

USC is underdogs at 9.5 wins. They play at Utah, UCLA and a visit from Notre Dame. They would have to win at least one of those games and run the table in the other nine to cash the bet.

Temple is favored in only two games this season. They are playing against Lafayette and Massachusetts. The Owls are 7-point underdogs at Duke. There are other games against SMU, Rutgers, Tulsa, Navy, South Florida or East Carolina.

Wake Forest is the favorite to win 7-7 this season. The team is led by returning quarterback Sam Hartman. Hartmann is out indefinitely with an undisclosed medical condition. The schedule is good for the team. Even if Wake loses a few games, they should be able to finish with 8-5.

North Texas is a pick 'em against UTEP on Saturday. The team started the season 1-6 but finished with five straight wins. North Texas has many key players back on offense and a weakened Conference USA schedule.

Ole Miss is a team that won seven of their last eight games. Matt Corral is gone and either Jaxson Dart or Luke Altmyer will take over at quarterback. Lane Kiffin has brought in a lot of transfers. The non-conference schedule is soft. Ole Miss draws Kentucky and Vanderbilt out of the SEC East.

West Virginia is underdogs at 5.5 wins. Neal Brown has had a poor record in three years in Morgantown. The team needs to go 4-5 or better in the Big 12 to hit the over.