The 2024 college football season is now only a bit more than a month away with the first game of the season featuring Florida State against Georgia Tech from Dublin, Ireland on Aug. 24.
Here is an over/under wins total pick for one big-name team this season from the ACC, Big Ten and SEC.
Miami Hurricanes Over/Under Win Totals 9
The Hurricanes have largely disappointed under third-year coach and former UM offensive lineman Mario Cristobal.
He has recruited well but made some really curious in-game choices.
The Canes finished 5-7 in his first season and improved to 7-6 last year but the Hurricanes probably should have won at least eight games if not nine.
For example, Miami somehow lost 23-20 at home to Georgia Tech when all the Canes needed to do late in the fourth quarter with less than a minute remaining.
Instead, Miami called a running play that led to a fumble and Georgia Tech recovering.
Haynes King threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Christian Leary with two seconds remaining for the stunning win.
Said Georgia Tech coach Brent Key: “We kind of thought they were taking a knee.”
Cristobal welcomes another really good recruiting class and also two of the top transfers of the offseason in former Washington State QB Cam Ward and former Oregon State running back Damien Martinez.
Last season for the Beavers, Martinez rushed for 1,185 yards and nine TDs as a sophomore.
Miami averaged 173 rushing yards on the ground per game last year — good for 45th in the country. But the Canes had only two runs of 40 yards or more.
Last season, Martinez had four such runs by himself. Ward originally declared for the NFL Draft but changed his mind.
In the past two seasons at Wazzu, Ward threw for nearly 7,000 yards and 48 touchdowns.
NCAAF Pick: Over 9 wins |
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Ohio State Buckeyes Over/Under Win Totals 10.5
Despite an incredible amount of success at Ohio State, Coach Ryan Day might be fired after this year if the Buckeyes lose yet again to Michigan.
I don’t believe that happens, though, as the defending national champion Wolverines lost a lot of talent to the NFL plus head coach Jim Harbaugh.
Plus, this year’s game is in Columbus.
The Buckeyes finished 11-1 last regular season with that only loss at Michigan. Then OSU slept through a 14-3 loss to Missouri in the Cotton Bowl.
All-American receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. is gone but OSU got a huge break when fellow star WR Emeka Egbuka said he could come back.
He had 41 catches for 515 yards and four touchdowns last season despite battling injuries.
His return will give new quarterback Will Howard a trusted option outside as Howard adjusts to the Buckeyes after transferring from Kansas State.
Howard is much more of a dual-threat than his predecessor, Kyle McCord, with nearly 3,000 yards of total offense and 30 touchdowns accounted for in 2023.
The Big Ten’s leading rusher (TreVeyon Henderson) also returns along with four starting offensive linemen. Day also lured star RB Quinshon Judkins from Ole Miss and safety Caleb Downs from Alabama in the portal.
Yet his best move could have been getting UCLA head coach Chip Kelly to take a step down from that job to be OSU’s offensive coordinator.
The only two games I think Ohio State has a shot of losing are at Penn State and at Oregon and I don’t believe it will lose both. Maybe not either.
NCAAF Pick: Over 10.5 wins |
Texas Longhorns Over/Under Win Totals 10.5
The Longhorns are set for their first season in the SEC and have one of the nation’s top returning quarterbacks and a leading Heisman candidate in Quinn Ewers – and if he struggles, UT has an even more-hyped prospect behind him in Arch Manning, who for some reason didn’t transfer out when Ewers decided to return to Austin.
His passing yards were the fifth-most in a season in UT history and completions ranked sixth.
Even before Texas entered the conference, Coach Steve Sarkisian sought to build a team that could compete with the best of the SEC.
This past season, Sarkisian was named a finalist for the Bear Bryant.
George Munger and Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Awards after leading the Longhorns to their first Big 12 Championship.
NCAAF Pick: Under 10.5 wins |
NCAAF Week 1 Schedule
- SMU at Nevada
- Montana State at New Mexico
- Delaware State at Hawaii
- Week 1: Thursday, Aug. 29 to Sunday, Sept. 1
- North Carolina at Minnesota
- Clemson vs. Georgia
- Miami (FL) at Florida
- Notre Dame at Texas A&M
- Penn State at West Virginia
- Georgia State at Georgia Tech
- North Dakota State at Colorado
- South Dakota State at Oklahoma State
- LSU vs. Southern California
- North Carolina Central vs. Alabama State
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