College Football Betting

Betting College Football: A Purist’s Play

College Football Initial Indicators

Conference College Football Betting

Non Conference College Football Betting

Post Season College Football Betting

College Football Betting Starts with Coaches

The Art of Finding the Rebound

Warning Signs of Trouble

Plenty of Cash forgone on False Conclusions

College Football Conferences

With college football we know that point spreads are what we usually see. With a point spread bet, the weaker team will have points added to their score and the team expected to win will have the same number of points subtracted from their score. These points (or odds) are known as the point spread, and are often referred to as the football betting line. The point spread makes it so a team like Ball State can compete with a Miami of Florida when it comes to betting. The goal for the oddsmaker is to make Ball State attractive enough with the points to be worth taking. Technically, the oddsmaker wants to make both teams equally attractive in terms of betting, but that rarely happens.

Point spreads move up and down all week long in college football. If bettors are taking one particular side in a game, then sportsbooks will move the line in favor of that team. That makes the opposite side more attractive to bettors, and it also makes the popular side less attractive. For example, if Miami of Florida was laying 35 points to Ball State and everyone was in love with the Hurricanes, the line might move up to -37. If people still wanted to bet on Miami they would now have to lay 37 points instead of 35, making the bet less attractive. The extra points may also entice people to take a look at Baylor, which is exactly what the sportsbook wants. They want equal action on both sides.

College football has a lot more games during the regular season than the NFL and it can be more difficult for sportsbooks to get a line that attracts bettors to both sides of a game. Limits in college football are often lower than what you will find in the NFL for this exact reason. For example, instead of $10,000 or more on a game in the NFL, you might only be able to get half that amount or less in college football. Sportsbooks have varying limits depending upon the sports, but the college football limits are almost always lower than the NFL.

College football betting definitely takes a back seat to NFL betting, but it doesn't take a back seat to much else. Football bettors around the world get excited every Saturday during the college football season, and for good reason. There is nothing better than having action on college football all day long.