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The second big weekend of spring games features three early favorites to win the College Football Playoff National Championship. Georgia, the reigning champion in college football, takes the field in the afternoon, along with big hitters like Alabama, Ohio State and Miami. As we get set for the loaded slate this weekend, Chip Patterson broke down…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Cornerback Jakon Robinson stopped SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai on a 2-point conversion try with eight seconds left in the game, and BYU beat the Mustangs 24-23 Saturday night in the New Mexico Bowl. "I'd go for it again a heartbeat," SMU coach Rhett Lashlee said of the decision. "I trust these guys and I wanted to give…

Who's ready for bowl season? The most wonderful time of the entire college football season has finally arrived with some New Mexico Bowl action taking place in the heart of Albuquerque as the SMU Mustangs of the AAC Conference take on the BYU Cougars. Let's take an exclusive look at our college football odds series where our SMU-BYU prediction and…

SMU, which gave up 40 or more points four times and more than 6 yards a play, is just happy to be playing in a bowl as its last two scheduled postseason appearances were wiped out by COVID-19. This is BYU's last hurrah as an independent as it heads off to the greener pastures of the Big 12. Saturday, Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m. ET at University Stadium in…

Between now and the start of college football season on Sept. 1, we'll preview every conference in the Football Bowl Subdivision with an emphasis on futures odds. Each preview will include a look at favorites, long shots and a pick as well as the full list of odds for the conference. (If you're just getting started with sports betting and want to…

The SMU Mustangs will travel to New Orleans to take on the Tulane Green Wave in a Thursday night college football matchup at Yulman Stadium. Let's continue our college football odds series and make our SMU-Tulane prediction and pick. SMU has reached bowl eligibility with a 6-4 record, including a 4-2 conference record. SMU has been hot of late and…

There's been a tremendous amount of success from a handful of first-year coaches, but others have suffered bumps. This serves as an updated stock watch for first-year head coaches as we head toward the final stretch of the season. Pac-12 Kalen DeBoer, Washington The Huskies (8-2) have been rolling pretty much the entire season. They started 2022…

The 2021 college football bowl season features 42 bowl games. Some may say that's too many, but it's hard to complain about football when we know the barren wasteland known as the "offseason" is right around the corner. That being said, it is the holiday season, and that means it could be a little harder to get in front of a TV with an assortment…

The Navy Midshipmen will travel to Dallas to take on the SMU Mustangs in an American Athletic Conference football matchup on Friday night. With that said, it's a good time to check out our college football odds series, which includes a Navy-SMU prediction and pick, laid out below. Navy has gone 2-3 to open their season, both wins coming against…

The SMU Mustangs and UCF Knights will square off in a Wednesday night American Athletic Conference college football matchup in Orlando. With that said, it's a good time to check out our college football odds series, which includes an SMU-UCF prediction and pick, laid out below. SMU opens up conference play with a 2-2 record under first-year Rhett…

At 4-4, Memphis football enters November with worries if it'll reach six wins to become bowl eligible for the ninth consecutive season. With four games left, the Tigers need two wins to get there. The good news is one of the games, North Alabama, is an FCS opponent where the Tigers will be heavy favorites. The bad news is the schedule resumes with…

The college football season starts Saturday, and by Labor Day, every team in the country will have played its opener. That means you're running out of time to bet on season-long win totals - but not out of time yet. We're here for you. Over the course of the past seven weeks, we've previewed every FBS conference in the country, complete with odds…

It's that time of year again. As we near Thanksgiving, the college football season is working its way towards the postseason. It's time to start projecting how the bowl season is going to shake out. Obviously, this continues to be a moving target, but that's half the fun. This is the second year of the new bowl contract cycle, which has many of the…

The college football regular season will be halfway over when this week is complete. Week 14 is reserved for conference title games and Week 15 belongs to Army vs. Navy. The season is flying by and hopefully you've gotten a lot of good nuggets from us here at VSiN. We have some good ones to share this week, including some intriguing situational…

Never before has a team moved from the back of the rafters to center stage as quickly and as dramatically as these Kansas Jayhawks. On Saturday, College GameDay heads on the road for the 433rd time, to its 79th college campus, and its first to Kansas. KU was beaten by schools such as Amherst College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Williams…

Photo by George Walker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images. Pictured: Southern Methodist Mustangs head coach Rhett Lashlee *Odds as of Wednesday morning Wednesday's SMU vs. UCF college football matchup was originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 1, but was pushed back to Sunday due to Hurricane Ian. SMU vs. UCF was moved again, as the damage from…

One of the beautiful things about college football is the parody and chaos that we see each and every week. There are, after all, 22 moving parts on the field every time that the ball is snapped, and just one player out of place can change the course of a game, hell even a season, in just one play. While watching football and understanding the…

The offseason coaching carousel was a wild one, with several big-name programs making changes. As a result, there are 29 head coaches making their debuts during the 2022 season. Fourteen of the new faces are coaching in the Power Five, too. After three weeks, let's check in on how each is doing. No, we're not hitting the panic button on anyone…

After transferring to South Carolina, former Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler seeks a second chance. However, the Gamecocks could get more than they are bargaining for in Week 1 when they host Georgia State. This and more can be found in this week's edition of "Disaster Watch", highlighting the top upset picks for this week's college football…

Afull slate of college football games during Week 1 offers plenty of value in the Over/Undermarket. College football is officially back, asthere will be more games on Thursday night than there were in all of Week 0.With so many games slated for this weekend, it can be a bit overwhelming tryingto find the right bets to make. Week 1 Over/Unders are…

Maryland football has coasted past its first two opponents - Buffalo and Charlotte - to a 2-0 record. But now, the first real test of the season stands in front of the Terps: SMU. "Excited about the opportunity here in'The Shell,' 7:30 at night," head coach Mike Locksley said. "Really hope that our fans and our community show up for the players,…

It's one thing to develop a computerized power-ranking system that factors in rushing yards per game, strength of schedule and average margin of victory. But since the nation's oddsmakers haven't yet created a program that can read minds, setting point spreads for a slew of college bowl games is an exercise akin to palm reading. There's been…

Check out FanDuel's 2022 college football over under win total odds, including the Miami over under win total prediction, part of our college football odds series. Mama called. When a coach has a strong, close relationship with a school - either as an alumnus (in most cases) or through family ties or a powerful bond with the community - it's hard…

There's plenty of Big Ten football on the way, but how to know if the Wyoming Cowboys are a good Mountain West team or just an also-ran that beats Illinois? If Washington State beats Wisconsin, should we point and laugh or nod and say "Well, the Coogs are supposed to be better this year"? That's where Beyond the Empire comes in. We reached out to…