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College Football Futures: Favorite Team Over/Under Win Total Bets (2019)

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We’ll move over to college and look at our team’s top over/under win total bets ahead of the 2019 college football season.

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Indiana Under 6.0 (+112)
The craziest thing about this line is that the better odds are actually on the under at +112, with some books having the number as high as +125. So there’s a good chance this line will actually go up half a game to 6.5, which if it does, the under is the easiest bet of the season. Keep in mind the last time Indiana won seven games in a season was 2007. Let’s look at the schedule. Non-conference, the Hoosiers see Ball State, UCONN, and Eastern Illinois. The Hoosiers should win all of those games, but could easily slip up once and go 2-1. But let’s say they do go 3-0. Can we find them three more wins? They get a home game against Rutgers which will likely be their fourth win, but then things get hairy. Their schedule sees them taking on five teams ranked in the AP Preseason Top 25 in Ohio State, Michigan State, Michigan, Nebraska, and Penn State. That’s five losses. That leaves three games to achieve two wins, and two of those games are on the road, while the home game is their toughest contest, against Northwestern, who was 30th in votes for the AP Preseason Top 25 poll. Their two road games are against Maryland and Purdue. In all likelihood, they split those games, but even if they somehow manage to win both games they get to six wins, which would be a push. How they get to seven, I have no idea, and I think I’m being incredibly generous already.
– Philip Wood (@Phil_Wood_Jr)

This is an easy pick for me. Indiana has won six games or less in 11 straight seasons and in 24 of their last 25 seasons. There’s a good chance that the Hoosiers will win all three games in nonconference play for the third year in a row … but how are they going to get three more wins? They will likely be underdogs in each of their five road games, and their four other games are against Ohio State, Rutgers, Northwestern, and Michigan. Even in the likely event that they beat Rutgers, they would still need to pull out two wins in order to just push at six. If the Hoosiers somehow have five (or six) wins when they play at Purdue in their final game, just put a little down on the Purdue moneyline as a hedge. At the price of +112, I’ll take the under any day.
– Elisha Twerski (@ElishaTwerski)

Iowa State Over 8 (+105)
Heading into the 2019 College Football season there is so much to like about the Cyclones. They were able to retain Matt Campbell despite other programs circling Aimes. They also have another year of Brock Purdy who was a revelation going 7-1 in his 8 starts. Their schedule is tough but not unmanageable. They get Iowa at home sandwiched with cupcakes. Facing Oklahoma and Texas in back-to-back weeks is less than ideal but getting the Longhorns at home is a plus. Even if you want to give Iowa State a loss against OU and Texas, they win double-digit games. Want throw in another loss to Iowa or at Baylor? They still win nine games and go over on their total. For the record, I think they can win all those games and that they will be your Big 12 champions. Take the over and thank me later.
– Kyle Robert (@Notoriouskro)

Notre Dame Under 9.5 (-129)
The Fighting Irish went 12-0 in the regular season last year and earned their first berth in the college football playoffs. While many people may be riding high on them given this success, their schedule in 2019 is absolutely daunting. I am confidently declaring that Notre Dame will lose their two games at Georgia and at Michigan. Therefore, to lose an under bet of 9.5 wins, the Fighting Irish would have to win all their remaining games to finish 10-2. There are a lot of potential games where they could slip up, including at Stanford to end the year. USC and their new look “air raid” offense will pose issues for Notre Dame’s secondary, and Virginia and Virginia Tech look to be contenders in the ACC Coastal division. Notre Dame lost their top running back, top receiver, and best tight end. In addition, their defense is going to miss leading tackler Te’von Coney along with three other key starters. Making things even tougher for Notre Dame is a bit of a scheduling quirk. Four of their last five opponents have a bye week the week before they play the Irish. That will be tough to overcome as rest matters a lot late in the season. Take the under 9.5 wins for Notre Dame, as 9-3 looks like the best they will achieve.
– Mike Spector (@MikeSpector01)

Ohio Over 7.5 (-142)
It’s often said and even more often correct that to win in the college game you need a strong quarterback and head coach. When it comes to the MAC, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better combo entering this 2019 season than Ohio. Head coach Frank Solich returns for his 15th season and quaterback Nathan Rourke returns for his senior season after leading this offense to a school record 40.1 PPG last year. After struggling out of the gates last season, the Bobcats’ defense allowed just 18.6 PPG over their final nine games and return six of those starters in 2019. The last thing I look to for this win total analysis is their strength of schedule this season which ranks No. 117 out of 130 FBS teams. Not only do they get MAC West foes Northern Illinois and Western Michigan at home, but a non-conference schedule that includes Rhode Island and LA Lafayette early in the season. If they can just split their back-to-back road games at Pittsburgh and Marshall to go into conference play with three wins, they’ll need to win just five of their final eight to cash.
– TJ Perun (@JohnnyCovers)

Nebraska Under 8.5 (EVEN)
Nebraska’s schedule is favorable, but is this team really going to add five wins from last season? Sure, improvement is likely with another year of Adrian Martinez and a defense that can’t get worse. However, the Cornhuskers can only lose three games to hit the over. They get Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Iowa at home while having to travel to Minnesota and Purdue. They have to win two of those games and sweep the rest. After losing at home to Colorado last year, I’m not sure the Huskers are a guarantee to win at Colorado at higher elevation. They’ll be better, but winning nine games is a stretch and something I feel great about at EVEN odds.
– Adam Zdroik (@RotoZdroik)

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