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Here you will find a list of our best College Football bets of the day. This page will be updated several times over the weekend. All Best bets are Against the Spread or Totals Plays.

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Here you will find a list of our best College Football bets of the day for College Football Picks. This page will be updated several times over the weekend. All Best bets are Against the Spread or Totals Plays.

The second section lists two of our complimentary college football best bets matchup reports. We write these daily for most NCAA football games. These articles are more for the do-it-yourself types that want to really dig in and also have the time do the extensive research required each day.

The third section ties into the second section where our experts give advice on what to do with the information and how to spot a best bet in college football.

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Wofford Terriers vs Samford Bulldogs Prediction, 3/13/2021 FCS Pick, Tips and Odds
by Tony Sink - 3/9/2021

The Wofford Terriers are set to play the Samford Bulldogs at Seibert Stadium on Saturday, March 13, 2021. Samford opens this game as 5.5-point dogs. The O/U opens at 55.5. This matchup report includes odds, betting trends and a free pick against the spread. Read More >>

North Dakota Fighting Hawks vs Western Illinois Leathernecks Prediction, 3/13/2021 FCS Pick, Tips and Odds
by Josh Schonwald - 3/9/2021

The North Dakota Fighting Hawks are scheduled to take on the Western Illinois Leathernecks at Hanson Field on Saturday, March 13, 2021. North Dakota opens this contest as 19.5-point favorites. The O/U opens at 45.5. This matchup report includes betting lines and our pick of the day for this game. Read More >>

What Makes a Best Bet in NFL? [Updated during the season]

Doc's Sports Service is the most trusted and well-respected sports information company in the United States. Below you will find a list of 10 tips for finding a college football best bet from 10 of the top college football handicapping experts in the country. Our service is second-to-none in terms of both results and customer relations. With nearly 50 years of experience, Doc's Sports is the gold standard in the sports information industry.

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We offer our clients top college football predictions at one fair price. Our college football handicappers release a full slate of college football picks at 6 p.m. EST each Thursday throughout the season. Every one of our college football handicappers has a different style, but all have enjoyed vast success. And that includes success with their weekly college football top games and best bets, which are available for just $30 apiece.

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Here are 10 tips for finding college football best bets from our team:

DOC'S SPORTS – If you want a good system for a college football best bet, then wager against a triple-option team where the opponent is coming off a long layoff. This is especially true for bowl games. Triple-option teams work best when teams do not have much time to prepare for them. Giving a team two weeks or a month to stop it usually spells trouble for the option offense. Teams must have a winning record to make a bowl game, and thus the triple option offenses are not facing a weak defense that they can just overpower. Get $60 in free member picks - no obligation - click here

ROBERT FERRINGO - I can honestly say that every year, two or three of my biggest bets in college football are games that I decide on before the season even starts. And most of those games involve one of two situations. The first is a revenge motivation from the previous year. Revenge is a huge motivator in college football, a sport that is practically fueled by emotion because of the youth of the players. The second thing that I look for is the intersection of teams that I feel are overrated coming into the year against ones that are underrated. A perfect example is in 2016 when I hit one of my Game of the Year plays with Army (+6) over Navy. I actually predicted in JULY that this would be the year that Army would finally snap its 14-year losing streak by winning outright. Taking the points in that game was just a bonus, and the Black Knights won 21-17 in a game that was never really in doubt. Do your homework. Comb through the schedules before the season, and you will see some spots that will be begging for best bet action down the road.

ALLEN EASTMAN - College football seems like it is very unpredictable. It is not to me. When I am looking for a big play or a college football best bet, I like to look at long-term trends. I think that a lot of college football programs are fairly predictable over the long term. Some schools always play other schools tough. Some teams always struggle when playing on certain fields or in certain situations. And by following the trends, you can get a good idea about where to find value. Take my 8-Unit College Football Game of the Year in 2016, for example. I had Air Force (+8.5) over Boise State. Boise had gone just 7-15 ATS in November games the past few years and was just 1-6 ATS against teams that were over .500. That told me that they struggled late in the season against other good teams and the oddsmakers had them overvalued. Air Force, on the other hand, had gone 11-5 ATS in its last 16 against teams with a winning record, so they were playing their best against the best competition. Air Force won the game outright, 27-20! There are top games and best bets each week that feature similar trends that are always pointing toward the right side. Get $60 in free member picks - no obligation - click here

RAPHAEL ESPARZA - Betting totals in nonconference games at the start of the college football season is always a great spot to look for best bets each week. In September of 2016, Central Michigan hosted the UNLV and that total was a soft 55. That flew over the total as Central Michigan won 44-21. You can always find great value on totals with Big Ten schools playing smaller conference as well as SEC schools playing small conferences. The key to playing totals early in the season is playing them early – right when they get posted - or waiting to the last minute for the wise guys to move your number and then you can bet it on Friday night or Saturday morning. It depends on your side. But anticipating number movements in these early season college totals is an important part of making them pay out in top plays.

STRIKE POINT SPORTS - - Finding a best bet in college football varies from handicapper to handicapper. Many will try and find the 'look-ahead' or the 'let-down' spot. Others will follow a tried and true system that they have been playing for years. The conglomerate here at Strike Point Sports looks for that perfect spot when one team, led by a coach that performs well in big spots, has an extended amount of time to prepare for their opponent. An example of this is when Alabama and head coach Nick Saban have had the summer to prep for a specific matchup. This is evident when Alabama plays a ranked team the first week of the season (see Florida State this year, USC in 2016, Wisconsin in 2015, Virginia Tech in 2013, and Michigan in 2012). The Crimson Tide was favored in each one of those games and didn't bat an eyelash as they won/covered all of them. Some coaches take full advantage of having time off, and we like to bet those situations heavy. Get $60 in free member picks - no obligation - click here

JASON SHARPE - When it comes to a best bet in college football, I usually focus my attention where most others don't: on the bottom three FBS football conferences of the Sun Belt, Conference USA and the Mid-American. My past records show I've had amazing success in games played in these leagues, and the biggest reason for this has to do with placing much more of my attention where the rest of the football bettors aren't looking closely at. The key to finding a top play in these leagues centers around final scores by a team in their past few games and what that actual final score should have been when you factor in for stuff like fumbles, injuries during the game, garbage time points/yards, bad luck, etc. I will go back over every CFB game from the following week and will 're-score' the game by trying to smooth out all the unusual things that can happen. When I'm done, I will post in my notes what I think the actual final score should be. Most folks only look at who beat who and what the final score and stats say and then adjust their power ratings based on that information. When I re-score a game throughout the season, I will start to get an idea which team's final scores are 'off' compared to what I think the game should have been. I keep a list of what I call 'underrated and overrated' teams from this information, and when these two opposite teams meet up against each other, that will usually constitute a big bet for me in college football. For example, two years ago on Oct. 1 I had a 7-Unit winner on Old Dominion (-8.5) over Charlotte in a game that ODU coasted to a dominating 52-17 win. Going into that game, I had noticed that despite having lost their past two games, ODU had played both contests much closer than the actual final score and they did so having gone up against two above average opponents. They were clearly better than what the final scores said in those two games. The exact opposite was true with Charlotte, who has accumulated a ton of garbage yards in their last game, a blowout loss to Temple, making their overall team stats like a lot better than they actually were. Both teams were being looked at incorrectly going into this game, with ODU underrated and Charlotte overrated from looking just at their final scores and the computer power ratings on the Internet. Get $60 in free member picks - no obligation - click here

DOUG UPSTONE- The methodology I use for the NFL applies to college football also. I start by creating a spread based on three power ratings. They all have various components, designed to cover different aspects of the teams in a particular contest. Next, I break down the statistical advantages one team might have over another, particularly at quarterback, running the ball, stopping the run and rushing the opposing quarterback. If those show up as more one-way edges and match my power rankings, I move to the next step. That would be finding systems I have developed and look to find more evidence of a special play and specifically, I'm after ones that have a 75 percent or higher cover rate and with a minimum of 30 game outcomes and the scoring average rather easily covers the spread. Up next is reviewing situational aspects which often can be nuggets of extremely useful information. The cherry on the top is looking at line movement. If the power ratings are strong, the stats are in my favor, a system or two light up and the situation is nicely favorable on a college football conflict that is not on everyone's radar to start a week, that is what I'm looking for in a Best Bet!

ALAN HARRIS - Look for let-down and look-ahead spots: We're sure you've heard all the theories when it comes to betting college football; play against a team going from west to east, always bet an unranked team giving points, and take the points at home – all are systems that many have played throughout the years. One that we like to look at is finding teams that have a letdown spot in the current week or ones that are looking ahead to a big game in a future week. Let's face it: these are 18-21-year-old kids, and although we hear the coaches say 'one week at a time', the kids are sometimes in one ear and out the other. If there is a big rival on deck, there is almost no way a squad of more than 80 kids is going to be up for playing Directional State University that week. The same can be said for the reverse in this situation. If a school is coming off a big win, it may be tough to come with that same intensity the next week against a school that probably isn't as good as the one they just beat. We used this situation to our advantage in our Bowl Game of the Year in 2017, albeit in a strange spot. Ohio State came into the College Football Playoff as a three-point favorite, and there were many people that were already talking about them playing Alabama in the Championship Game. They were also coming into the game off a huge OT win over their rival, Michigan, in their last game of the regular season. Now, a team should never have a letdown spot in the playoff, but the Buckeyes did just that. Clemson jumped out to a 10-0 first quarter lead and never looked back, winning the game by a final score of 31-0.

VERNON CROY - - A top play for me in college football is when I see value with a powerhouse team that might be flying under the radar. My college football top play has to be on a team where I have them covering the spread by more than 10 points. I also look at smaller conferences to find mistakes in the lines as they are not normally as tight as the big conference games. Injury reports play a big role as well with all sports, and generally I want a healthy team. I study situational data, stats, trends and use my proven analytics to see if a play fits the bill as a top play. Generally, I can always find a top play every week in college football because there are so many games to handicap to exploit errors in the lines. I combine all of my methods used for the past 19 years to give myself the best chance at winning my college football top plays.

TONY GEORGE - Home/road dichotomy is a huge factor in games in terms of bumping up units for best bets in college football. There are just teams out there almost every year that cannot get it done on the road. When you have a team like that on the road and you have a home team with a zero or one-loss home record and they lay less than a TD, I will turn that game upside down and take a deep look at it from various perspectives. And if all signs point the right way, I make a big move on it. Two years ago, Ohio State played a bad road team in Nebraska and won 62-3 laying 17.5 points, and I nailed it huge. Another angle I use is the 200/200 rule. If a team is averaging 200 yards through the air and 200 yards on the ground on offense, they have been about a 60 percent win rate in the past three seasons against the spread. When teams like that play a team with a bad defense, then I can assure you a double-digit win is coming. And if the number is manageable, I will in fact raise the units on the wager and make it a top college football bet. Get $60 in free member picks - no obligation - click here

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Let's look at some interesting Monday Night Football betting angles and situations from the last seven seasons or even longer. In some cases it was interesting to see what was out there and who they would apply to for 2020 future odds.

Below are the 17 games scheduled for Monday Night Football this season, all of which will be televised nationally on ESPN.

Monday Night Football Odds

• Week 1 - Pittsburgh (-3.5, 48) at N.Y. Giants
• Week 1 - Tennessee at Denver (-2.5, 42.5)
• Week 2 - New Orleans (-4.5) at Las Vegas
• Week 3 - Kansas City at Baltimore (-2.5)
• Week 4 - Atlanta at Green Bay (-4.5)
• Week 5 - L.A. Chargers at New Orleans (-6.5)
• Week 6 - Arizona at Dallas (-7.5)
• Week 7 - Chicago at L.A. Rams (-3)
• Week 8 - Tampa Bay (-3.5) at N.Y. Giants
• Week 9 - New England (-3.5) at N.Y. Jets
• Week 10 - Minnesota at Chicago (-1)
• Week 11 - L.A. Rams at Tampa Bay (-3.5)
• Week 12 - Seattle at Philadelphia (-2.5)
• Week 13 - Buffalo at San Francisco (-5.5)
• Week 14 - Baltimore (-4.5) at Cleveland
• Week 15 - Pittsburgh (-4.5) at Cincinnati
• Week 16 - Buffalo at New England (-2)

There are tidbits bettors should keep in mind for Monday Night Football, starting with several bigger picture things.

Monday Night Football - The Big Picture!

Since realignment in 2002, 16 of 18 eventual Super Bowl winners had WON a MNF game during that season. Also, 13 of those 18 seasons saw BOTH Super Bowl participants WIN a MNF game that year.

Numbers like that aren't completely out of left field considering the NFL assures each team will get at least one prime time game. These results were further isolated down to teams that actually won their MNF game. Obviously we won't know exactly which teams qualify to be in this trend until the end of Week 16, but it is something to keep an eye on. With the full schedule out, you can further isolate if the team you are eyeing for a future bet has a good shot at winning their MNF game.

Last year, you would have headed into the playoffs with Baltimore, Kansas City, and New England as qualifiers from the AFC, and San Francisco, Green Bay, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Seattle from the NFC. That's half of the entire playoff field, but it's not exactly the worst play to start your playoff handicapping.

The list of teams that won't play on Monday are Miami, Houston, Jacksonville, Indianapolis, Washington, Detroit, and Carolina. Most of those teams are some significant long shots to begin with given they picked quite high in the draft, but omitting most of the AFC South is interesting.

In 6 of the last 7 seasons, at least one team MNF Opening Night winner has made the playoffs.

This trend hones in on that Week 1 MNF double header that has become a great tradition in the sport. It's one that's proved to be highly lucrative for the teams that are involved in those games and start off 1-0.

• Week 1 - Pittsburgh (-3.5, 48) at N.Y. Giants
• Week 1 - Tennessee at Denver (-2.5, 42.5)

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This year we've got Pittsburgh facing the New York Giants in the first half of the doubleheader. The second game pits Tennessee and Denver in the nightcap. History suggests that at least one of those two winners will use that win as a jumping off point for a postseason spot. Early 2020 future odds opening lines for those games sit at Pittsburgh -3.5 and Denver -2.5, respectively.

Will this trend continue, and if/how bettors decide to use this knowledge to potentially help their bankroll from Weeks 2 on are two big questions. Maybe a “win the division” future is in the cards for these two teams that come out on victorious?

Monday Night Divisional Games - Inside the Numbers

Of the 40 MNF games that have involved division rivals over the past seven seasons, only 8 of them have been covered by home favorites.

Off the top, there were three games that did 'push' in this category, so you could argue it's 8 out of 37 games, or 11 out of 40 where you at least got your money back. Furthermore, not all of these games had home favorites, so it's important to keep that in mind as well. In fact, those numbers push this angle down to 8 out of 21 games (with three pushes) that have seen the home favorite cover against a division rival. That's still a 56% ATS win rate for fading these teams no matter how you look at it.

2020 future odds doesn't actually bring us any divisional affairs until the Patriots/Jets game on November 9th. But the following weeks spotlights Vikings/Bears, and the final three weeks of MNF action showcase Ravens/Browns, Steelers/Bengals, and Bills/Patriots. Hard to imagine anyone but potentially the Patriots being a home favorite there, so this may not be totally applicable in 2020 future odds.

MNF games featuring NFC division rivals have seen the underdog go 16-6 ATS the past seven years

Again, not completely applicable this season as only one of those division games applies to NFC competition – Vikings/Bears – but should Chicago come out as an early favorite for that tilt, you've now got two things working against them. The home Monday Night Football favorite angle mentioned above, and now this NFC divisional underdog note as well.

• Week 10 - Minnesota at Chicago (-1)

Over the past seven years, MNF divisional games that closed with a line of -3 or less has seen the underdog go 5-0-1 ATS. All five of those ATS victories being outright victories as well.

Probably, not the best of news for Chicago Bears fans. Their team could easily end up in this dreaded range if they close as favorites for against the Vikings. Depending on how the first two thirds of the season goes for the other teams mentioned earlier with MNF division games, we could see more operate under this light as well.

MNF divisional games with 50 point totals or higher over the past seven years have seen the road team go 6-1 ATS

We'll have to wait on the 2020 future odds to settle if any of those divisional MNF matchups set up with a total in the 50's. They tend to actually be a little lower scoring as well, with the O/U record coming in at 2-5 O/U.

Non-Conference Action on Monday Night Football

Over the past seven years, MNF non-conference games with a total of 50 or more points have gone a perfect 6-0 O/U.

Might as well begin where we left off the last notion, although this way it's completely flipped. Non-conference games tend to get 'over' support because there is next to nothing in terms of built in hatred to the game. But appears as where this truly shines is in MNF games that are expected to see points. The non-conference games on the slate include Steelers/Giants in Week 1, Saints/Raiders in Week 3, Saints/Chargers in Week 5, and Bills/49ers in Week 13.

If things go according to expectations in New Orleans, some of those Saints games could see totals over 50.

Road teams in non-conference MNF games over the past seven seasons are 19-10-2 ATS, while road favorites are 5-1 ATS.

It's interesting to note that of the 5-1 ATS road favorites record among these Monday Night Football angles, the 'over' is also 5-1 as well. That does speak to a bit of lack of defensive intensity from the home side in these non-conference games, but both marks are something to keep in mind. It's likely that three of the four games that qualify in this category will likely have road favorites attached to them.

New Orleans is likely to favored in their two AFC West road games, while Pittsburgh is already a -3 road favorite over the Giants. Backing the Saints in prime time has gained some traction in the marketplace the past few years. Adding them to a favorable role like this will only fuel them likely being the majority side once kickoff(s) arrive.