{"id":301,"date":"2008-08-14T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T00:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capperspicks.wordpress.com\/?p=388"},"modified":"2023-02-07T06:25:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:25:10","slug":"pre-season-college-football-sportsbookcom-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/extras\/pre-season-college-football-sportsbookcom-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Season College Football Sportsbook.com Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pre-Season NCAA Football Preview<\/h2>\n<p>The preseason college football magazines are a great way to identify underrated and overrated teams for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why the <strong>Sportsbook.com<\/strong> research team accumulated all the pre-season publications and compared it to the current odds for the six major conferences.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Affiliate Code Do NOT Modify--><!-- End affiliate Code--><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what we found out.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nACC &#8211; Atlantic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Clemson (8:5)<br \/>\n2) Wake Forest (8:1)<br \/>\n3) Florida State (4:1)<br \/>\n4) Boston College (25:1)<br \/>\n5) Maryland (30:1)<br \/>\n6) NC State (30:1)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ACC &#8211; Coastal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Virginia Tech (3:1)<br \/>\n2) North Carolina (8:1)<br \/>\n3) Miami-Fl (6:1)<br \/>\n4) Georgia Tech (30:1)<br \/>\n5) Virginia (50:1)<br \/>\n6) Duke (100:1)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magazine Analysis:<\/strong> Wake Forest has nine starters back on defense plus quarterback Riley Skinner, but they are not being given a lot of respect at 8:1. Conversely, Florida State\u2019s odds at 4:1 seem to be based more on reputation. The magazines also like North Carolina a little more than Miami.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Big East<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) West Virginia (10:11)<br \/>\n2) South Florida (5:2)<br \/>\n3) Pittsburgh (4:1)<br \/>\n4) Connecticut (10:1)<br \/>\n5) Rutgers (5:1)<br \/>\n6) Cincinnati (8:1)<br \/>\n7) Louisville (15:1)<br \/>\n8) Syracuse (50:1)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magazine Analysis:<\/strong> Connecticut brings back 17 starters on offense and defense from a team that went 9-4 and 5-2 in the Big East last year. Their schedule is tougher but they still look like a terrific value at 10:1 odds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Big 12 North<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Missouri (5:2)<br \/>\n2) Kansas (12:1)<br \/>\n3) Colorado (25:1)<br \/>\n4) Nebraska (12:1)<br \/>\n5) Kansas State (75:1)<br \/>\n6) Iowa State (100:1)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Big 12 South<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Oklahoma (6:5)<br \/>\n2) Texas (7:2)<br \/>\n3) Texas Tech (8:1)<br \/>\n4) Oklahoma State (40:1)<br \/>\n5) Texas A&amp;M (40:1)<br \/>\n6) Baylor (100:1)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magazine Analysis:<\/strong> Colorado has a lot of value at 25:1 odds, especially if their young team starts to jell quickly. Nebraska is overvalued at 12:1, possibly due to the Cornhuskers fantastic legacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Big Ten<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Ohio State (1:3)<br \/>\n2) Wisconsin (3:1)<br \/>\n3) Illinois (5:1)<br \/>\n4) Penn State (5:1)<br \/>\n5) Michigan (11:2)<br \/>\n6) Michigan State (12:1)<br \/>\n7) Iowa (10:1)<br \/>\n8) Purdue (12:1)<br \/>\n9) Northwestern (25:1)<br \/>\n10) Indiana (30:1)<br \/>\n11) Minnesota (50:1)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magazine Analysis: <\/strong>The Big Ten odds are holding pretty true to form, but Michigan State at 12:1 is a team to keep an eye on. They get Wisconsin and Ohio State at home, and don\u2019t have to play Illinois.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pac-10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) USC (2:7)<br \/>\n2) Arizona State (3:1)<br \/>\n3) Oregon (7:1)<br \/>\n4) California (8:1)<br \/>\n5) UCLA (8:1)<br \/>\n6) Arizona (20:1)<br \/>\n7) Oregon State (30:1)<br \/>\n8) Washington (15:1)<br \/>\n9) Stanford (30:1)<br \/>\n10) Washington State (40:1)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magazine Analysis: <\/strong>The magazines are not as high on the chances of Washington and Coach Ty Willingham. The Huskies went just 2-7 in the conference last year, and while they should be improved on both sides of the ball, it doesn\u2019t justify the 15:1 odds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEC East<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Georgia (5:2)<br \/>\n2) Florida (7:4)<br \/>\n3) Tennessee (8:1)<br \/>\n4) So. Carolina (30:1)<br \/>\n5) Kentucky (50:1)<br \/>\n6) Vanderbilt (50:1)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEC West<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) LSU (4:1)<br \/>\n2) Auburn (4:1)<br \/>\n3) Alabama (12:1)<br \/>\n4) Mississippi State (50:1)<br \/>\n5) Arkansas (50:1)<br \/>\n6) Mississippi (40:1)<br \/>\nMagazine Analysis:<\/strong> The odds for LSU and Auburn are the same at 4:1, but the magazines feel that the defending champs (LSU) are the better team at this juncture. Ole Miss is 40:1 but their magazine rankings come out behind Mississippi State and Arkansas.<\/p>\n<h3>Bet on College football at Sportsbook.com <\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-Season NCAA Football Preview The preseason college football magazines are a great way to identify underrated and overrated teams for the upcoming season. That\u2019s why the Sportsbook.com research team accumulated all the pre-season publications and compared it to the current odds for the six major conferences. 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