Friday Night College Football total selection: Best Bet for Sept. 22

Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer.

Here is our best bet for Friday, Sept. 22:

TOP PLAY

The play: NCAAF, NC State-Virginia Over 47.5

The odds/bet: -110 ($33 to win $30)

The book: Caesars Sportsbook

Time/TV: 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Our take: The Virginia Cavaliers have fallen on hard times recently and things won't get any easier Friday night when they host NC State as 9-point underdogs. Instead of betting on the spread though, I prefer to look at the total. 

The Cavaliers enter Thursday's matchup allowing a whopping 42.3 points per game. In Virginia's three losses this season, it has given up 49, 36 and 42 points with all three contests going over the total. 

To make matters worse, former Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong returns to face his old team. Armstrong is coming off his best performance of the season last week versus VMI and his familiarity with Virginia's defensive scheme should help him stay hot in this matchup. 

Virginia doesn't score much but they won't need to for the over to hit. If the Cavs can put up 13-17 points, NC State's offense will take care of the rest. 

Thursday's best bet: New York Giants +10.5 at San Francisco 49ers (LOST)

 If a line or odds are minus, it considers the juice one must lay to place the bet. Ex: Team A is -160 on the money line, one would have to bet $160 to win $100 (or $16 to win $10). OR Team B is a 5-point favorite at -110, one would have to bet $110 to win $100 (or $11 to win $10.)

Conversely, on positive lines, if Team C is +140 on the money line, $100 would bring in $140 (or $10 to win $14).