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Created: Wednesday, 24 August 2016 18:03
The end of August is near which means that the start of the college football season is right around the corner. The first full week of the NCAA college season will start on Thursday, September 1, 2016 with 16 games to enjoy.
Of course, we are by no means downplaying the first game of the season which will take place this Friday in Sydney, Australia where the California Golden Bears will go head-to-head against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors at 10pm ET. It is just that this game will just be a warm up to wet our appetite until the heavy game day arrives.
The online sportsbooks, the football fans and the football betting fans have been waiting for several months for this moment so we thought that some early College football predictions we in order to keep the momentum going!
Read more: College Football Week 1 Early Predictions
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Created: Thursday, 08 October 2015 16:43
There are only two matchups this weekend featuring two teams ranked in the Top 25 – one in the Big Ten and the other out West in the Pac 12. Last weekend saw a number of key big upsets with four Top Ten teams all losing outright. Those results have shook up the rankings, as well as the public perception of many high profile teams.
The first such matchup by the online sportsbook has unbeaten Northwestern taking on 4-1 Michigan at the Big House. The Wildcats have climbed to #13 in the rankings, and Big Ten powers Ohio State and Michigan State not on their schedule this year, this sets up as one of the biggest games of the season for Northwestern.
Wildcats crushed Minnesota 27-0 last week as a small 3-point home favorite. Most preferred sportsbooks still don’t give NW credit, however, as Michigan is a huge 8-point home favorite. That line would suggest Michigan would be favored even if this game took place at Northwestern. The Wolverines also had a great game last week, beating Maryland 28-0 for their second straight shutout.
Read more: College Football Betting – Week 6 Marquee Matchups