The College Football Experience (Ep. 1163)

The Week 1 college football slate includes 19 games with Big Ten teams involved. Among them is the Alabama Crimson Tide squaring off against the Michigan Wolverines. Time: 8:00 PM ET Date: Thursday, August 31 Spread: Minnesota (-7.5) Total: 43 Moneyline: Golden Gophers -298, Cornhuskers+240 Prediction: Minnesota 31, Nebraska 14 Time: 7:00 PM…

Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is an analyst at VegasInsider.com. He provides the Review-Journal with college football tech notes and trends. Follow @VegasInsider on X. Vanderbilt (-4, 59 ½) at UNLV: The Commodores are 0-3 against the spread in 2023 and 4-10 in their last 14 games that were on the betting board. The Rebels have covered seven…

Sometimes we like to pick a handful of underdogs to make those parlay numbers look sexy, but other times you just have to roll with the favorites. Our college football picks do just that as we bank on three faves to get the job done Saturday. Sometimes, bettors who are interested in parlays focus too much on underdogs who can return long odds. But…

We're already betting on 2024 College football championship futures, are you? The college football season is always full of excitement and anticipation as teams compete for the national championship. As the 2023-2024 season approaches, fans and bettors alike are already looking ahead to the potential outcomes and the teams that could come out on…

The 2022 college football season is sadly behind us, as Georgia repeated as national champions by clobbering TCU 65-7 on Monday night. Now that another season has ended, let's evaluate the year as a whole by looking at how each college football conference did in 2022. To gauge how each conference performed this season, we'll take a look at a…

Happy New Year! It's time for the first bowl games of 2023 and the final non-championship bowls of the postseason. Eight teams play on Monday, including two conference champions and one team playing for its late head coach. The day starts off with a matchup between 8-4 teams in the ReliaQuest bowl from Tampa. The No. 22 Mississippi State Bulldogs,…

Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is editor of The Gold Sheet (Goldsheet.com). He provides the Review-Journal with college football tech notes and trends. Follow @thegoldsheet on Twitter. Thursday Minnesota (-10, 42½) vs. Syracuse: The Golden Gophers won and covered their last three bowls. Minnesota is 6-1-1 against the spread in its past eight…

The college football world is making a drastic change at the beginning of the 2024 season. A 12-team College Football Playoff has been agreed upon by the Board of Managers and directors of bowl games across the country. While there's still time to cherish the critical four-team playoff, it's interesting to see how the expanded postseason would have…

Bahamas (Dec. 16): Miami-Ohio (6-6) vs. UAB (6-6) Cure (Dec. 16): Buffalo (5-6) vs. Rice (5-7) Frisco (Dec. 17): UNLV (5-7) vs. Southern Miss (6-6) LendingTree (Dec. 17): Troy (10-2) vs. Utah State (6-6) New Mexico (Dec. 17): Fresno State (8-4) vs. North Texas (7-5) Myrtle Beach (Dec. 19): Georgia Southern (6-6) vs. Air Force (9-3) Boca Raton (Dec.…

As the dust settles around the latest slate of games on Saturday, let's look ahead to the next AP top 25 college football rankings The regular season is over and now the 2022 football season moves to Championship Saturday to sort out the conference titles before moving onto College Football Playoff Selection Sunday Note: this isn't our ranking of…

As the dust settles around the latest slate of games on Saturday, let's look ahead to the next AP top 25 college football rankings Note: this isn't our ranking of the best teams, but our prediction for how top 25 voters will slot them in the official poll 25. UTSA (8-2). With a dominant 51-7 win over Louisiana Tech, the Roadrunners are now a…

The year was 2007 and Alabama was still looking more like a college football has-been than a program on the cusp of a dynasty. Nick Saban's first regular season as the coach of the Crimson Tide ended with a four-game losing streak that included a loss to Louisiana-Monroe. That was the last time Alabama lost consecutive games in a regular…

Who will make the College Football Playoff in 2022? While the 2022-'23 CFB Playoff is months away with the entire regular season ahead, we'll be providing updates on the road to the CFP Semifinal and National Championship Game throughout the 2022 season. As part of our early 2022 season forecast, we're looking ahead to the 2023 CFB Playoffs. Below…

November is officially here, which means it is time to predict the first 2022-23 College Football Playoff Rankings. The CFP committee will announce its first top 25 Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET, so fans will have the first picture of who has a chance of making it to the College Football Playoff. The 2022 regular season has been full of surprises. Teams…

Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett (13) scrambles as he looks for a receiver against Florida during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, in Jacksonville, Fla. Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022 | 2 a.m. An SEC matchup that regularly drew "Game of the Year" billings over the last decade is passing the torch to a different…

While the big boys at the top of college football continued their path to the College Football Playoff, some moves beyond the top four teams have made some significant changes to our 2022 college football New Year's Six bowl projections. Furthermore, the usual college football chaos has caused a ripple effect across projections for all 43 bowl…

After all the dust has settled from Week 9, the debate for the top spots in the newest college football rankings has only become more intriguing. Plus, with seven ranked teams taking losses Saturday, there are plenty of spots up for grabs and the potential for big risers from outside the top 25 as voters struggle with difficult decisions near the…

Illinois ATS: 5-2 Nebraska ATS: 2-5 Over/under: 50.5 Moneyline: ILL -333, NEB+220 FPI pick: Illinois 68.3% No. 17 Illinois: The new favorites in the curious Big Ten West title race this season, the Illini are running behind one of college football's most productive and consistent backfields, a shade under 200 yards per game, and lead back Chase…

Ohio State ATS: 4-2-1 Penn State ATS: 4-3 Over/under: 61 Moneyline: OSU -752, PSU+450 FPI pick: Ohio State 79.6% No. 2 Ohio State: One of college football's most productive offensive attacks, loaded with NFL-ready talent at the skill positions, Ohio State is the Big Ten's best bet to make the College Football Playoff. But its playoff credentials…

All times Eastern and game lines are courtesy of SI Sportsbook No. 2 Ohio State at No. 13 Penn State Point spread: Ohio State -15 FPI pick: Ohio State 79.6% Notre Dame at No. 16 Syracuse Point spread: Syracuse -2.5 FPI pick: Syracuse 60.7% Florida vs. No. 1 Georgia Point spread: Georgia -22.5 FPI pick: Georgia 92.8% No. 8 Oregon at California Point…

Two old Big Ten West rivals face off this weekend as Wisconsin hosts Purdue in college football's Week 8 action on Saturday. Purdue comes in sitting in second place behind surprise contender Illinois at 5-2 overall and 3-1 in conference play with a chance to build momentum ahead of its own game against the Illini later this season. Wisconsin is 1-3…

For a few ranked teams, the first month of the season was all about home sweet home. No. 4 Michigan (4-0), No. 9 Oklahoma State (3-0) and No. 15 Washington (4-0) will play their first road games of the season this weekend. The Cowboys have a big one in the Big 12 against No. 16 Baylor. The Wolverines and Huskies face unranked but potentially…

The College Football Experience ( @TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network releases the first Dantabase Top 25 rankings of the 2022 college football season. Pick Dundee aka ( @TheColbyD) breaks down his top 25 teams from 25th to 1st.

The College Football Playoff selection committee will meet early next week to unveil the debut Top 25 rankings of the 2022 season. Barring any extraordinary upsets before the crew convenes in Grapevine, Texas, the inaugural rankings will be topped by Georgia and Ohio State, followed by some combination of Clemson, Michigan and Tennessee, should the…

Who will win the NCAA men's basketball tournament? The bracket for March Madness won't be unveiled until Sunday, March 17 at 4 p.m. MST on CBS, but that hasn't stopped odds for the winner of the NCAA Final Four from being released by FanDuel Sportsbook. In those odds, defending national champion UConn is the favorite to win the men's basketball…