College Football Picks, Predictions and Previews

The next generation of NFL talent cuts its teeth in the intensely competitive world of college football, where historic, prestigious programs like Alabama, Georgia and Michigan do battle every week over the fall and winter to be crowned NCAAF champion, cheered on by hundreds of thousands in the stands and million watching on TV.

Free NCAAF Picks and Predictions Each and Every Week

Betting on college football is a huge money-spinner and has grown exponentially in the past six years since the landmark PASPA ruling in the Supreme Court, freeing states to set their own sports betting laws. With more than 130 teams participating week on week, however, it can be a minefield for the rookie bettor, not to mention hugely unpredictable.

StatSalt's aim is to take some of the guesswork out of wagering on NCAAF. On the StatSalt you will find a free pick and prediction for EVERY college football game that takes place from August through January, including wildly popular bowl games and the newly expanded College Football Playoff series. With StatSalt you will find advice on a variety of different bets and clear analysis on each team and matchup before they take to the field, giving you the best possible chance of laying a successful wager on the game of your choice.

Use StatSalt’s College Football Predictions To Help You Make Wagers

All of StatSalt's college football tipsters are experts in the sport, and watch hundreds of NCAAF games every year. This gives them unrivaled knowledge in their chosen field, allowing tipsters to make the best-informed choices possible and pass on that benefit to our readers. We also look beyond results, analyzing coach changes, weather conditions and the many small factors that can give a team the edge in their next game. For those reasons and many more, StatSalt NCAAF is one of the best places out there to check prior to making your next college football bet.

How Our Analysts Make Their NCAAF Expert Picks

Fans of college football betting now have access to huge amounts of data around the top teams and games. But with all that information, working your way through the numbers can feel daunting. Ultimately, those numbers can aid your betting picks, and can make a huge difference towards the accuracy of your wagers. The key is knowing how to use the data most effectively. At StatSalt, our analysts can help you drown out the noise and make the best picks. We pore over the available stats and trends ahead of each game, looking at how the teams match up on the field. StatSalt writers also have access to the latest technology, including Artificial Intelligence tools, to project the outcome of an upcoming matchup as accurately as possible. Using these different strands of information we build a betting model that informs every pick we make on college football – but the final call is ours, and all our selections come from human writers using their own judgment and experience.

What Types of College Football Picks Can I Find on StatSalt?

When it comes to top Division I college football games, StatSalt concentrates on two primary betting markets. These are straight side picks, and totals.

When we pick sides, we are simply choosing who we believe will cover the spread in any given matchup. For example, if we are backing Georgia to cover at -3.5 against Alabama, we believe that the Bulldogs are strong enough to beat their arch-rival by more than 3.5 points at full time. Conversely, if we like Alabama at +3.5, we are backing the Crimson Tide to finish closer than 3.5 points behind Georgia by the end or win the game outright.

Total bets differ slightly as they hang more on the scoring potential of both teams. Before the game oddsmakers will set a price on how many points will be scored by the end of the game, and bettors must decide whether the real total will be more or less than that number. Again, to take the example of Georgia vs Alabama, if the over/under is set at 48.5, an over bet will cash in if there are more than 48.5 points scored by the two teams, and an under bet if 48 or fewer are scored.