College Football Predictions

Written July 22, 2009 by Jack Jones

2009 College Football Predictions The college football season is a little more than a month away and I’ve been hitting the books hard in order to get a feel for all of the schools from the major conferences. Today, I’m going to offer my list of teams that have the best chance of winning the national title with links to different predictions articles on each conference written by the InfoPlays team. Hopefully this will help fill your need for football betting information in the middle of summer, and keep you tied over until the season starts in September. If you are looking for a place to get into the action, BetUS has a $500 match bonus available for our readers!

1. Florida Gators – It’s not surprise that I’m taking the defending champions with the top spot as they have Tim Tebow returning (plus all 11 defensive starters) and a roster that is packed with talent on both sides of the ball. Of course they will have to get through a very difficult SEC, and they only have three home conference games. However, this is the most talented team that Urban Meyer has had down at Florida, and he’s already won two national titles. It seems like the last couple of years the preseason favorites in Florida and Georgia felt the pressure and faded, but that won’t happen this year as I can’t pinpoint a game I feel like Florida has a decent chance of losing. Read the 2009 SEC Football Predictions for more on their conference.

2, 3, and 4 – USC, Texas, and Oklahoma – I’m kind of taking a cop out here and grouping all three of these teams together. I’ll start with USC as Pete Carroll lost a lot of talent yet again, but as we have seen time and time again he just reloads. For once it seems like the Trojans might have the kind of schedule that won’t allow them to go undefeated as they have to go to Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Cal. The last three years this team has just missed out on the title game and if they can get in the discussion, I feel like that will sway some voters their way. The 2009 Pac-10 football predictions have more details on this team and the conference.

I’m giving the edge to Texas over Oklahoma in the Big 12. A last second close loss to Texas Tech kept this team out of the national title game, but they have 16 returning starters, one of the top quarterbacks in the game in Colt McCoy, talented receivers, and a stacked offensive line. The cupcake non-conference schedule will keep the Longhorns perfect outside of the Big 12, but the season will come down to the Red River Shootout with the Sooners.

Oklahoma is right up there with Sam Bradford back in the mix leading an offense that scored 51.1 ppg a year ago. He has a great set of running backs, but the question mark comes on the offensive line, which lost four of five starters. This team has a great defensive line and core group of linebackers, but a tougher schedule this year with BYU, Miami, Texas, Texas Tech, Kansas and Nebraska all on the road. If they get through that stretch without a scratch they deserve the title, but you have to figure a loss or two in there somewhere. Read more in the 2009 Big 12 football predictions writeup.

There you have my top four teams. I also like Alabama this year, but there is some value with the college football odds on Penn State to win the national title (even though in the 2009 Big Ten football predictions InfoPlays is taking Ohio State). The Nittany Lions have an extremely soft schedule with Ohio State being their big game and that is played in Happy Valley. Virginia Tech is probably the best team in the ACC ( 2009 ACC football predictions) but an opening game against Alabama could start this team down the wrong path right away. Lots of people are big on Ole Miss this year, but I’m in wait-and-see mode with the Rebels. Another shocker could come with Notre Dame this year, who has a talented offense and a manageable schedule.

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Buck on July 23rd, 2009 7:42 am

Buckeyes rule!

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logical thinker Reply:
August 6th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Buckeyes rule! Yes ————- in the very weak Big 11, but nowhere else.

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