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College football is less than a week away from kickoff. You’ve analyzed teams schedules, heard about new recruits and upper classmen ready to step up, now it’s time to make your final decisions on college football totals. I’ve got a few for you listed below. Come back tomorrow when I’ll have more totals for the NFL season.

Arizona State: Over 7.5 Wins -145
This already has a sharp read on the season win totals as you’d be paying fairly hefty for -145. Maybe try and find an online book or sportsbook that is offering 8. The worse that could happen there is a push. You have to like the way this team finished last season with a come from behind win against Arizona and then a blowout win over Navy in the bowl game. They return a solid group all around, including defensive tackle Will Sutton. Sutton, will hear his name called on NFL Draft Day as a first round pick, unless he has a disaster 2013 season. I don’t anticipate that happening as second year head coach, Todd Graham, has installed a fast pace aggressive style on both sides of the football. Look for Taylor Kelly to settle in more, and for the Sun Devils top tier backs in DJ Foster and Marion Grice to continue to be one of the more dynamic one-two backfields in college football. The Sun Devils have a tough four game stretch weeks three thru six against Stanford, Wisconsin, USC, and Notre Dame. I believe they’ll exceed in win three of those four, before the easy stretch of their season.

Notre Dame Under 8.5 Wins -135
Sorry that this is another one that you’ll pay the price for playing but it’s going to cash in. Notre Dame is a little bit over hyped going into this season with heavy questions surrounding the quarterback position. I’m not a believer in Tommy Reese and I believe this team will succumb to some unexpected out of nowhere losses. Remember their loss to Syracuse and South Florida as heavy favorites in years past? That may happen again this year. All it takes is one demoralizing loss for the team to come down to Earth mentally. Once that happens tough games like Arizona St, Mich St, USC, Stanford, Oklahoma, and even Pittsburgh will be adjusted by the oddsmakers. I would not expect Notre Dame to win half those games. They’ll be unranked after the tougher part of their schedule in mid-October.

USC Under 9.5 Wins -140
Three in a row that you will have to suffer from the juice to get your money’s worth. I’m sorry but USC proved a year ago that they are the must inflated team in college football right now. They continually were credited in the polls even though they kept losing. Their talent is still there, but they are struggling with scholarship losses to maintain a healthy team. With high question marks surrounding their starting quarterback in Kessler or Whittek the team may be in for a second straight year of turmoil. They have a relatively easy start to their season, but watch for a surprise hiccup against Utah St, September 21st. Much like last year when USC started 6-1, and then lost five of their last six, I think they’ll have good fortune early on and then fade as injuries and better teams come up on their schedule.

Other College Plays I Like:
Washington Under 7.5- -125
Nevada Over 6- +110
Stanford Over 9.5- Even
Louisville Under 10.5- -115
LSU Over 9 +120