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October 28th, 2012 By Andrew Ryan

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Our staff has developed college football power ratings with up to date rankings and how we as handicappers see these teams. We will list our NCAA football team rankings on a week by week basis and as much as possible. You can check this page for up to date NCAA football power ratings from Cappersinfo Sports Handicapping. Thanks for visiting and don't forget to check out all the free sports picks in the forums and free picks monitor, other sports betting information, and college football predictions for sports handicappers!

Cappersinfo Current NCAA Football Power Rankings
(Rankings through Week 9)

1: Alabama Crimson Tide (8-0) – Alabama probably can afford to lose this week’s game against LSU and still be in the National Championship picture, and the truth of the matter is that it might make for the easier path for the second straight year. This way, there wouldn’t be a game against a stingy Georgia team waiting in the SEC Championship Game, and 11-1 is likely good enough to get the job done. Still, this is the best team in the nation, and in our eyes, it isn’t even disputable.

2: Oregon Ducks (8-0) – The Ducks still have some tough games over the course of the rest of this season, but their offense is just crazy once again. QB Marcus Mariota is getting the ball up and down the field with ease, though we know that this is a club that often goes into the tank when it gets ahead by a large margin. Defensively, the Ducks are underrated, but they are going to have to beat a big boy out of the SEC in all likelihood to go to win the BCS National Championship, something that has gone poorly over the course of the last two seasons.

3: Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-0) – We just love this Notre Dame defense. The truth of the matter is that the Golden Domers are just four wins away from almost certainly playing for the BCS National Championship, and that is a remarkable accomplishment for a team that was ready to burn Head Coach Brian Kelly at the stake early this year. However, eight wins cures all problems, and Kelly is on his way to the BCS this year barring a horrifying string of luck that probably includes not just two, but likely three losses.

4: Ohio State Buckeyes (9-0) – The Buckeyes don’t get any respect, but they are likely going to finish out the year at 12-0, a perfect campaign under first year Head Coach Urban Meyer. QB Braxton Miller still could be a Heisman Trophy finalist, though we don’t see him winning the award in a year in which his team is ineligible. If the defense improves for the Buckeyes down the line, they’ll be National Championship contenders quickly under Meyer’s direction.

5: Kansas State Wildcats (8-0) – All the Wildcats do is win, and there’s something to really be said about that. However, they just don’t feel like a team that is going to finish the year 12-0. Winning these last four games might get the job done and send the Cats to the National Championship Game, but there is a big time X put on their backs right now, just as was the case last year for Oklahoma State in its quest for glory. QB Collin Klein is the Heisman favorite right now, and for good reason, as he is surviving some of the biggest tests in the country. All of the toughest tasks are now said and done, but that doesn’t mean that the national title awaits.

6: LSU Tigers (7-1) – The Bayou Bengals have their chance to get back in the National Championship chase, and Saturday’s game against Alabama really is for all the marbles as we see it. Either the Tigers are going to be in the BCS Championship hunt with a win and take control of the SEC West, or they may as well punch their ticket to the Cotton Bowl. They could still slip into the BCS as an at large at 10-2, but it doesn’t really seem all that likely, especially with Florida, Georgia, or maybe even potentially South Carolina slipping in there instead. This is the biggest game in the young career of QB Zach Mettenberger.

7: Florida State Seminoles (8-1) – Florida State lost the game that it could lose on the road against NC State, and now, it is going to pay the price of likely finishing out the year at either 11-2 or 12-1 and totally out of the BCS National Championship discussions. The computers hate the Noles, and for good reason, as their schedule has been awfully weak from the start. There really isn’t anything left to stop them, save for a roadie at Virginia Tech and the home game against Florida at the end of the year, but in the end, we still think that this is one of the best 10 teams in America.

8: Georgia Bulldogs (7-1) – Winning the Florida/Georgia game was a big one for the Bulldogs, as they took a massive step back in the chase for the BCS National Championship. The truth of the matter is that they might only need one of the three of Oregon, Notre Dame, and Kansas State to lose to get back in control of their own destiny, but of course, there is that tiny little SEC Championship Game, likely against Alabama waiting in the wings.

9: Louisville Cardinals (8-0) – There’s just no respect here for the Cardinals, who have a great young team that is taking a lot of steps in the right direction this year. QB Teddy Bridgewater is just a sophomore, and if he and Head Coach Charlie Strong can stay on the same page over the course of the next couple of years, this might ultimately be a team that can contend for the National Championship at some point. The shame though, is that even finishing at 12-0 would likely leave the Cards in the Orange Bowl at best in a BCS game against the ACC winner, one which won’t prove anything for the national standing of the program, win or lose.

10: Florida Gators (7-1) – Florida’s defense might be second to none in the nation, but its offense has been horrendous all year long. When the ‘D’ failed at times in the game against Georgia, the offense just didn’t have the answers to make up for it. The Gators aren’t out of the National Championship picture yet, but they have to go 11-1 and probably hope that Georgia loses to a team that it has no business losing to. QB Jeff Driskel has to improve, because right now, he isn’t a quarterback that is leading a team to a championship, or perhaps even a BCS bowl game.

11: Clemson Tigers (7-1) – The one loss for Clemson was a bad one against Florida State, and it dropped it just far too far out of the BCS National Championship picture. The truth of the matter is that there is a long gap from here down to the next team in line in our eyes, and the game against South Carolina late in the year will likely determine whether either one is going to be in at large consideration for the BCS or not. The Tigers are just hoping that Florida State gets tripped by someone else in the ACC to get back to the conference title game and to put those BCS chances back in their own hands again.

12: South Carolina Gamecocks (7-2) – RB Marcus Lattimore is lost for the season, and perhaps for his whole career at this point after suffering a gruesome leg injury that literally looked like it just decimated his entire leg. Still, the Old Ball Coach knows that he has a team that is every bit as good as its Top 15 rating suggests, but what we found out against Florida and LSU is that this isn’t a team that is ready to contend for the SEC title again.

13: Oklahoma Sooners (5-2) – The Sooners have now lost two games at home, and their loss to Notre Dame came in truly stunning fashion. Now, there really is nothing left for Oklahoma to do but hope that it can sneak into the back of the BCS, and that is going to take another five wins without a shadow of a doubt to happen. It just isn’t all that likely when push comes to shove, but we still think that this is a tremendously talented team.

14: Oregon State Beavers (6-1) – Oregon State proved that it was a sham last week against Washington, and we can’t wait to see what Oregon is going to do to this team in the Civil War in a few weeks. The Beavers will likely coast to around a 9-3 finish to the year, and that won’t be good enough to get into the BCS, so it will be off to the Holiday Bowl or something of the sorts. Still, it has been a great year for Head Coach Mike Riley, who was once on a very, very hot seat at the outset of this season.

15: Texas A&M Aggies (6-2) – Get used to hearing the name QB Johnny Manziel. Johnny Football, as he is already known in the Lone Star State, has his Aggies moving up and down the field this year, and this is going to be a man that ultimately really goes on to greatness when push comes to shove. A&M isn’t quite there yet in the SEC, but finishing with nine wins would be nothing to be ashamed of when push comes to shove.

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16: USC Trojans (6-2) – USC has one of the most talented teams in America, but on the road, every team has given it the best that it could ask for. As a result, the Trojans have lost both at Stanford and at Arizona, and their chances at the BCS are awfully thin at the moment, especially with at least one game coming against Orgeon here in the near future. QB Matt Barkley might still be the top pick in the NFL Draft next year, but he isn’t going to be accomplishing all of the goals that he set out for this season.

17: Mississippi State Bulldogs (7-1) – We’ll see here in the next few weeks whether Mississippi State is legit or not, but in all likelihood, this is a team is due for its fall from grace. Give Head Coach Dan Mullen some credit for building a team that has a whole mess load of talent, but in the end, that talent just isn’t good enough to beat the best that the SEC West has to offer.

18: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (7-1) – This is the best mid major team in the country in our eyes, and we think that La Tech should get a shot at one of the big boys this year in the BCS. It isn’t likely to happen, especially knowing that Boise State probably isn’t going to end up losing a game again for the rest of the year, but this is one of the most fun teams in the nation to watch. Take the whole media guide and throw it out for the Dogs. They’re rewriting every single record in the book this year under the direction of Head Coach Sonny Dykes, who is probably going to be on to bigger and better next year.

19: Stanford Cardinal (6-2) – We’re probably a bit rough on Stanford, knowing that one of its losses came to Notre Dame, but still, this is a club that we really just don’t think all that much of. The Cardinal don’t have a quarterback (apologies to QB Josh Nunes), and their defense has let them down too many times on the campaign. They’ll be a nice bowl team out of the Pac-12, but certainly not a BCS team, even if they win out in our eyes.

20: West Virginia Mountaineers (5-2) – West Virginia could still ultimately be a team that gets back in the BCS discussion if it can go on a run. There are enough games left to come flying through the rankings, and we think that a BCS bowl would love to bring QB Geno Smith and this high flying offense to its game. However, back to back losses, and bad ones at that to Texas Tech and Kansas State had provided a harsh reminder that this isn’t a team that is ready for the big time yet, though we know that the Mountaineers can still turn this around when push comes to shove.

21: Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-2) – Why? Because somebody has to be represented here from the Big Ten, right? Ohio State doesn’t totally count because it isn’t going to be in a bowl game this year, and the Cornhuskers are the heavy favorites now to go to the Rose Bowl. They really just need to stay on the horse for the rest of the campaign and not fall off, and if that turns out to be the case, Head Coach Bo Pelini will finally be validated and will be bringing his school a ton of money for getting to one of the biggest bowl games of the year.

22: Boise State Broncos (7-1) – Boise State has rolled off seven straight wins, but those seven straight wins have basically come against seven straight nobodies. If not for the fact that this club was Boise State, it probably wouldn’t be ranked in the Top 25, let alone having a real chance to make it to the BCS this year. Win out, and the Broncos are likely going back, but this time, they are going to get slaughtered by a team that is significantly more deserving when push comes to shove.

23: Texas Longhorns (6-2) – The two losses to Oklahoma and West Virginia aren’t good for Texas, but at least the Longhorns got back on the boat last week and could at least think about hanging around in the BCS chase and the Big XII title hunt. Head Coach Mack Brown knows that he is going to need to beat Kansas State to save his job, though we doubt that he will actually be fired. Expect to see this one look a lot like it did for Bobby Bowden when he was more or less asked to leave Florida State.

24: Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-2) – Head Coach Tommy Tuberville knows that he really needed to put together a good season this year, and a good season he has put together. The Red Raiders will be down on the Big XII bowl ladder, but at least they are in the discussion. Look for them to retain Tuberville, especially after the work that he has done with QB Seth Doege this year, making him a prototypical Texas Tech quarterback with a high completion percentage and a great TD/INT ratio.

25: Toledo Rockets (7-1) – The Rockets aren’t ranked in the Top 25 in either the AP Poll or the USA Today, but we think that they deserve some love. Remember that their only loss of the year came to Arizona, and that came in overtime. Now, they could be on their way to the MAC Championship this year, and that should have at least kept them in the BCS discussions if not for the successes that Louisiana Tech and Boise State have had this year.

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October 6th, 2012 By Andrew Ryan

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College Football Upset Pick #1: Vanderbilt Commodores (+230 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Missouri Tigers, Saturday, 7:00 ET: This is going to be a definite undercard game in the SEC this week, and certainly isn’t an important one by the standards of what South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida will be doing. This is going to be a battle of the James Franklin’s, though. Vandy’s coach Franklin is just better than Missouri’s QB Franklin when push comes to shove. This is a winnable game for a Vanderbilt team that is a lot better than a horrid loss Between the Hedges suggested two weeks ago. Missouri is going to find out that taking on the Commodores at home isn’t the easiest task in the world, though historically, it has been one of the easier tasks for SEC teams… which isn’t saying much. Welcome to the SEC, Mizzou.

College Football Upset Pick #2: New Mexico State Aggies (+290 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Idaho Vandals, Saturday, 5:00 ET: We won’t waste your time reading about this game. Here’s the bottom line: The Vandals stink. They’re really, really bad, and the Kibbie Dome hasn’t exactly been a place where many fans have been happy over the course of the last several seasons. Don’t get us wrong. New Mexico State is terrible. In fact, it is downright atrocious as well. But this game clearly could go either way when push comes to shove.

College Football Upset Pick #3: Arizona Wildcats (+290 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Stanford Cardinal, Saturday, 3:00 ET: We have already spoken as to why we like Arizona in this game, and we are doubling down here on it as an upset pick to boot. Stanford doesn’t have an offense that can keep up with that of the Wildcats if the latter really figures out how to keep the offense rolling. QB Josh Nunes might draw the ire of his hometown crowd in the end, and that could make for a long day down on The Farm.

College Football Upset Pick #4: Marshall Thundering Herd (+155 at Wager Web Sportsbook) vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Saturday, 3:30 ET: Marshall knows that this is a team that it is going to have to beat at some point in all likelihood to win Conference USA this year. The Thundering Herd are in the East, and they have a chance to make a real statement to the Golden Hurricane, who figure to be the favorites to win the conference this year. This could be a nice spot for QB Rakeem Cato to prove that he is one of the best quarterbacks that you have never heard of in the country.

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September 28th, 2012 By Andrew Ryan

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College Football Upset Pick #1: Minnesota Golden Gophers (+250 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Iowa Hawkeyes, Saturday, 12:00 ET: There is a point that confidence has to be running rampant over the course of your team, and Minnesota might just be at that very point. The Gophers have four straight wins to start their season, and they are starting off their Big Ten schedule with a shot against one of the worst teams they are going to play for the rest of the year. Both of these teams really need this game, but Minnesota is the club that we are going to back. The Hawkeyes just have to be shell shocked after getting beaten by Central Michigan last week, and that might holdover into another defeat at Kinnick Stadium.

College Football Upset Pick #2: Marshall Thundering Herd (+550 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Purdue Boilermakers, Saturday, 3:15 ET: Purdue is one of our favorite teams to back in the Big Ten this year, but the way that the MAC has played against the Big Ten, we definitely aren’t ones to count out the idea of an upset in this game. QB Rakeem Cato is the real deal, and he can put points on the board against the Boilers for sure. Yes, Purdue comes into this one off of a bye week, but it is a vintage look ahead game to the Michigan Wolverines coming to town next week. Definitely a good spot for upset alert on Saturday.

College Football Upset Pick #3: Arkansas Razorbacks (+380 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Texas A&M Aggies, Saturday, 12:20 ET: Has everyone forgotten the fact that just three weeks ago, these Razorbacks were one of the Top 10 teams in the entire country? Head Coach John L. Smith is a train wreck, and so is this Alabama team, but the Aggies haven’t shown us anything against anyone quite yet. There has to be at least a puncher’s chance for the Hogs to come into College Station and pull off the upset, especially knowing that this is one of the bigger rivalries from the old conference alignment that has come together once again in the SEC.

College Football Upset Pick #4: Tennessee Volunteers (+425 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Georgia Bulldogs, Saturday, 3:30 ET: We aren’t counting the Volunteers out of this game, and we think that they have a legitimate chance to pull off what would be an historic upset in this rivalry. Georgia is looking ahead for sure to South Carolina, just as Tennessee was looking ahead to Georgia this week. It’s just a bad spot for QB Aaron Murray and the gang. Sure, more often than not, the Dawgs are going to put this one away without all that much of a hassle, but we know that this Tennessee team is going to be playing as if its life depended upon it. This could be one of the best games of the day, and we want our money where the big bucks might ultimately be hiding.

College Football Upset Pick #5: NC State Wolfpack (+110 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Miami Hurricanes, Saturday, 12:00 ET: We said this last week when La Tech went into Champaign to take on the Illini. Isn’t the wrong team favored in this game? The Wolfpack have won all three of their games since losing to Tennessee at the Georgia Dome to start off the year, and they have looked pretty darn good in doing so. Miami is an enigma, and we think that it is going to really struggle in the ACC this year. This just doesn’t feel like a game in which the Hurricanes are even remotely as talented as the Wolfpack, but because both of these teams are sporting 3-1 records, the oddsmakers just plopped down a line that basically favors the home team by the HFA. We just don’t buy it. NC State is the better team and will show it with a blowout of a win on Saturday.

College Football Upset Pick #6: Toledo Rockets (+110 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Western Michigan Broncos, Saturday, 7:00 ET: QB Alex Carder isn’t likely to play this week for the Broncos, and that takes away just a huge chunk of their offense. Toledo has an ‘O’ that can run up and down the field, and though its defense absolutely stinks, Western Michigan is going to have to take advantage. We’re not all that sure that the Rockets wouldn’t win this game even if Carder were in there, but we have no doubt that they’re winning it at least half the time with Carder out.

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September 22nd, 2012 By Andrew Ryan

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College Football Upset Pick #1: Rutgers Scarlet Knights (+310 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Arkansas Razorbacks, Saturday, 7:00 ET: Are the Hogs finished? We think that the question is definitely worth asking at this point. They have lost back to back games, and they were just called out by their quarterback, QB Tyler Wilson for “giving up” against the Crimson Tide. Rutgers went on the road last week and took out USF, and now, it has had a long week to prepare for coming on the road to Fayetteville for this one. This is one of those games that could go either way. The Scarlet Knights could come out, frustrate the Arkansas offense, and ultimately run away with the game in the end, or Arkansas could come out, take a 21-0 lead in the first quarter and never look back. We’ll take our chances that it is the former at least one out of four times.

College Football Upset Pick #2: Oregon State Beavers (+250 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ UCLA Bruins, Saturday, 3:30 ET: This is probably going to be the direction which we go for quite some time, as we think that the Bruins are overrated at this point. QB Brett Hundley could be hurting with an ankle sprain, and the Beavers are well rested, having played just one game in the first three weeks of the year. QB Sean Mannion could be the better of the two signal callers, and Oregon State could have the better of these two defenses. Just looking at the line movement in this one suggests that the Beavers are the right side, and we’ll take our chances that they can go into the Rose Bowl and win this game. There are just too many “could be”s for us to want to back the Bruins in any way, shape, or form.

College Football Upset Pick #3: Michigan Wolverines (+195 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Saturday, 7:30 ET: At some point, the Fighting Irish are going to come back to earth and revert to the 9-3 team that we still believe that they are. QB Denard Robinson is the better of these two quarterbacks, and Michigan has the better of the two defenses. Sure, the Golden Domers have home field advantage, but they also have a bad history here against Big Blue, namely in the form of three straight losses by exactly four points. Had that Michigan/Alabama game never happened, Michigan might have been favored in this one. Big Blue, in our opinion, should win this game half the time.

College Football Upset Pick #4: Akron Zips (+10000 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Tennessee Volunteers, Saturday, 7:30 ET: Eh, 100 to 1? Why not. It’s worth a stab on the Zips in our eyes for a quarter of a unit. Tennessee could come into this game with no fire whatsoever, and if that turns out to be the case, a very hungry Akron side could at least conceivably be able to put enough points on the board to give the Volunteers fits, especially the way that they were mauled last week by the Gators.

College Football Upset Pick #5: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (+125 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Illinois Fighting Illini, Saturday, 8:00 ET: And the next game in the long line of games that shouldn’t be referred to as upsets… A very good Louisiana Tech team goes on the road to Champaign to take on the Illini, who we still contend are one of the worst teams in the bottom of a Big Ten conference that has a lot of garbage in it. This is just a bad line, and the world is going to find out just how good the Bulldogs are when they come to town and beat the snot out of the Illini. We expect a double digit victory for the visitors.

College Football Upset Pick #6: Utah Utes (+200 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Arizona State Sun Devils, Saturday, 10:00 ET: We were impressed last week with the way that the Sun Devils competed with Missouri, but in the end, it might not have been all that great of a game. The ‘Zou might not be a bowl team this year, and it didn’t have QB James Franklin in the fold either. QB Jon Hays has the Utes moving right now, and fresh off of their upset of BYU last week, we think that they can get the job done on the road in the desert as well.

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September 15th, 2012 By Andrew Ryan

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College Football Upset Pick #1: Utah Utes (+152 at Wager Web Sportsbook) vs. BYU Cougars, Saturday, 10:00 ET: The Holy War is always a battle, and this year should be no exception. RB John White IV has had a great career against his arch rivals, and we just aren’t so sure that the Cougs are going to be able to stop him even though QB Jordan Wynn’s days of quarterbacking the Utes is said and done with. BYU knows that this is an important game, but it might be caught looking ahead to its trip to the Smurf Turf next week to battle with Boise State. If that’s the case, that would be bad, bad news for the boys from Provo, and we think off of the bad game last week against Utah State, Utah is going to look to come back home and beat up its other rival. This game just reeks of an upset.

College Football Upset Pick #2: North Carolina Tar Heels (+145 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Louisville Cardinals, Saturday, 3:30 ET: Here’s what we have to say about this one: Louisville is a good team from the Big East. North Carolina is a decent team from the ACC. When you consider those two things, the choice really is easy. The Big East is just miles and miles away from the rest of the major college conferences at this point, and it is going to show on Saturday. North Carolina has the talent of a Top 25 team, and though we know that the Cardinals are legitimately a Top 25 squad right now, that doesn’t mean that that should stay that way. They aren’t going to have the more talented team on the field at Papa John’s Stadium, and we think that the oddsmakers know it.

College Football Upset Pick #3: Virginia Cavaliers (+325 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Saturday, 3:30 ET: This is just way, way too many points for the Yellow Jackets to be laying in this game. Last year, it wasn’t a fluke that the Cavaliers were just a game away from going to the ACC Championship Game. This team won on the road at Florida State, and it was able to contain the Ramblin’ Wreck, holding it to just 21 points in a mid-October clash. UVA is taking a bad rap due to the fact that it barely beat (and shouldn’t have beaten) Penn State last week, but it just isn’t justified to us. The Cavvies are the better of these two teams as we see it.

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September 8th, 2012 By Andrew Ryan

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College Football Upset Pick #1: Pittsburgh Panthers (+190 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Cincinnati Bearcats, Thursday, 8:00 ET: A typical overreaction by the oddsmakers and the betting public. The Panthers know what they are doing this year, but they really came out flat against a Youngstown State team that really might be able to compete in the Big East with a year or two of preparation and some better facilities. Cincinnati didn’t get a chance to play last week, and that might come back to really hurt the team as well. When you parlay overreaction with a lack of preparation, you’ve got the makings for a bona fide upset, and that’s exactly what we expect to see happen on Thursday night.

College Football Upset Pick #2: Miami Hurricanes (+230 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Kansas State Wildcats, Saturday, 12:00 ET: This could be a very tricky game for the Wildcats on Saturday. They were able to go into South Beach and win this fixture last year, but we just aren’t all that sure that they are going to be able to do it again. Miami looked awfully impressive after falling behind 14-0 to Boston College on the road last week, and QB Stephen Morris might finally really be rounding into the form of a bona fide starting quarterback at this type of level. The athletes that are on the field are just better from “The U” than they are here in Manhattan, and we think that that is going to shine on the field on Saturday in the form of a college football upset.

College Football Upset Pick #3: Purdue Boilermakers (+440 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Saturday, 3:30 ET: When will the oddsmakers learn that Notre Dame just isn’t all that good? That’s really the bottom line. The Irish are nothing special, and running up the score last week against Navy in Dublin just didn’t do it for us. This was a long trip back to South Bend, and it clearly is going to make for a short week of practice and adjustment. We’ll talk more as to why we like Purdue in our full preview for the game, but this is clearly a side that we want to back for the upset, if nothing else than the fact that the Irish are just severely overrated.

College Football Upset Pick #4: Northwestern Wildcats (+145 at Wager Web Sportsbook) vs. Vanderbilt Commodores, Saturday, 8:00 ET: Ryan Field is going to be rocking for sure on Saturday for a Northwestern team that really has some potential this year. QB Kain Kolter showed last week that he can do it all, even make up for a defense that just quite honestly, flat out stunk against Syracuse. Vanderbilt’s offense won’t be able to make the same sort of headway here in Evanston as QB Ryan Nassib and the Orange were able to do at the Carrier Dome. We are truly puzzled as to why Vandy, save for the fact that it is out of the SEC, is favored in this game by a field goal. This is a heck of a lot more of a pick ‘em game in our eyes than anything else.

College Football Upset Pick #5: Arizona Wildcats (+310 at Wager Web Sportsbook) vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys, Saturday, 10:30 ET: This is just a classic case of overreaction once again. Arizona might have only beaten Toledo last week in overtime by a TD and put up 17 points, but it had 600 yards in regulation and was always the dominant side. Okie State’s win against Savannah State might have gotten headlines for the fact that it came by 84 points, but that really didn’t mean much to us. QB Matt Scott might be the better quarterback in this game, and when you give us the combination of the better quarterback and home field advantage against a team that was in the BCS last year that isn’t nearly as good as it was a campaign ago, we’ll take a shot at the upset.

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August 31st, 2012 By Andrew Ryan

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Here at Cappers Info, we are taking a weekly look at the teams that could be ones ripe to pull off some major upsets! Check out the potentially ugly dogs that could come up and bite you in the butt in you aren’t careful for the Week 1 of college football betting action!

Year To Date Record: 0-0 (+$0)

College Football Upset Pick #1: Vanderbilt Commodores (+220 at Wager Web Sportsbook) vs. South Carolina Gamecocks, Thursday, 7:00 ET: Could the 2012 college football season really end in a big time upset? We think that that very well could be the case, as the Commodores are a good enough team to make it to a bowl game this year. The Gamecocks aren’t a Top 10 team in the land in our eyes, as they have a new defensive scheme, a running back that hasn’t played a game in 10 months, and a quarterback that is dealing with a bad back. Don’t be shocked if the Commodores stake a claim to a Top 25 bid this week right away with an upset of South Carolina.

College Football Upset Pick #2: NC State Wolfpack (+145 at Wager Web Sportsbook) vs. Tennessee Volunteers, Friday, 7:30 ET: Is the wrong team favored in this game? We tend to think so. QB Mike Glennon is the real deal this year, and he is going to be one of the better quarterbacks that the ACC has to offer. Tennessee has had all sorts of problems off the field, and it just can’t have all that much confidence that it has an offense that can score with NC State. In fact, we think that this game is going to be a bit of a one-sided romp, and it is going to be the underdog that is providing the foot, not the butt that is being kicked.

College Football Upset Pick #3: Western Michigan Broncos (+300 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Illinois Fighting Illini, Saturday, 12:00 ET: There is a lot of talk about the idea of Ohio upsetting Penn State on Saturday, but we think that Western Michigan has every bit of a chance to take down Illinois. The Illini are in the midst of a lot of changes, and it is unknown how they are going to adapt. QB Alex Carder is experienced, and he knows what it takes to be able to win some of these big time games. The Broncos might be as good as any team in the MAC West this year, and that might make them good enough to be able to come into Champaign and pull off the upset of a stunned Illinois side that might be limping towards a 4-8 campaign.

College Football Upset Pick #4: Michigan Wolverines (+425 at Wager Web Sportsbook) vs. Alabama Crimson Tide, Saturday, 8:00 ET: Why not, right? The national media has done a great job building this game up, and though everyone at least wants to make it seem like this game is going to be close, in the end, there are nothing but college football predictions about Alabama winning a close game. Michigan is 20-5 SU all-time against the SEC, and though I know that a lot of that is totally irrelevant, we don’t think that this is a game that is an automatic loss for Big Blue. QB Denard Robinson might prove to be the real deal in the end, and if he is, he can exploit what might be a very inexperienced defense that lost a ton of players to the NFL last year.

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August 30th, 2012 By Andrew Ryan
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The 2012 College Football season is about set to get underway, and here at Cappers Info, we are getting things started by making our 2012 Heisman Trophy picks. Be sure to keep this page bookmarked, because we are going to be keeping our Heisman Trophy picks up to date periodically throughout the season to see which players are the best in the country!

Heisman Trophy Pick No. 1: Matt Barkley, USC Trojans (+300 at Wager Web Sportsbook): This is simple. Barkley is the best player on the best team in the country right now. Neither Alabama nor LSU seems to have a legitimate Heisman candidate this year, at least off the bat, and we aren’t sold that QB Landry Jones of the Oklahoma Sooners is capable either. Barkley could seriously have a 5,000-yard season when it is said and done with, because Head Coach Lane Kiffin is going to let him rocket the football all over the field game in and game out. The defenses in the Pac-12 just aren’t going to be able to stop him. Barkley is the clear favorite right off the bat to beat the odds to win the Heisman Trophy for good reason.

Heisman Trophy Pick No. 2: Denard Robinson, Michigan Wolverines (+1000 at Wager Web Sportsbook): If you’re going to ultimately back Robinson, this is probably the time to do it, because there is nothing to lose and everything to gain. If the Wolverines are able to beat the Crimson Tide this weekend, Robinson immediately becomes the favorite to win the Heisman. If Michigan loses, it was supposed to lose, and as long as Robinson doesn’t totally embarass himself, he still should be fine. Even if he did make a fool out of himself and turn the ball over seven times or something absurd like that, the opportunities are still going to be there for Robinson to atone for his mistakes and get the job done against the big time teams in the Big Ten.

Heisman Trophy Pick No. 3: Geno Smith, West Virginia Mountaineers (+1200 at Wager Web Sportsbook): Smith has one of the biggest arms in the country, and he definitely isn’t afraid to use it. West Virginia is going to throw the ball and throw it all over the place this year, and Smith will be a natural in the Big XII, where quarterbacks like the aforementioned Jones and the departed Brandon Weeden, Colt McCoy, and the likes have been. Throwing for 40 TDs and 4,000 yards seems to be about the expectation in Morgantown for the first year in the Big XII for West Virginia, and that would make Smith a finalist for the Heisman Trophy in our eyes.

Heisman Trophy Pick No. 4: EJ Manuel, Florida State Seminoles (+2800 at Wager Web Sportsbook): At 28 to 1, Manuel is at least worth a sniff at this point. He isn’t going to put up the gaudy stats that the other guys on this list will, but he is still the quarterback for a team that has a legitimate chance to run the table this year. Manuel does it with his arm and his legs, and he has a lot of things going for him. Unlike Barkley, he plays on the East Coast and voters will get a chance to see all of his games. Unlike Smith and Robinson, Manuel runs more of a pro style offense. And unlike all three guys, Manuel might have the best defense in the country working on his side. That’s a lot to say, knowing that there are a lot of great defenses out there, but Head Coach Jimbo Fisher has built a deep defense that has a lot of talent and depth, and if this unit starts to really get it going, it could make Manuel look like a heck of a player.

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August 29th, 2012 By Jack Wilshire

The Football Tipster is set to make his debut here at Cappers Info, and he is going to be making a daily sports pick each and every day and tracking here on our blog. As always when you read hot sports tips from the Tipster, you’re going to get a bunch of trends and other notes that you might not get elsewhere. We’ll start right away with the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Vanderbilt Commodores on Thursday, August 30th.

#9 South Carolina Gamecocks (0-0, 0-0 ATS) -6.5
Vanderbilt Commodores (0-0, 0-0 ATS) +6.5
Over/Under 45.5

South Carolina is going to be in for quite the challenge in this game. The Gamecocks are going to be against a Vanderbilt team that is 6-2 ATS in its last eight games overall and is 4-1 ATS in its last five games in the SEC. To make matters even worse for the Gamecocks, the ‘Dores have covered seven of their last eight here at Vanderbilt Stadium.

QB Connor Shaw has been battling back problems, and we also have to remember that this is going to be the first game back in the lineup for RB Marcus Lattimore since getting injured in the middle of last season. The Gamecocks have also scored just 21, 21, 14, 17, and 6 over the course of the last five games in this series, and that isn’t going to cut it for covering a college football point spread like this on the road.

In the end, the choice here is easy. Vanderbilt is one of the most underrated teams in the SEC this year, and though it might be the 10th or 11th best team in the conference, it could still be a bowl team. South Carolina is overrated as one of the Top 10 teams in the country, and I think that it could be on upset alert.

South Carolina @ Vanderbilt Tips: Vanderbilt +6.5

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December 2nd, 2011 By Andrew Ryan

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Here at Cappers Info, we are taking a weekly look at the teams that could be ones ripe to pull off some major upsets! Check out the potentially ugly dogs that could come up and bite you in the butt in you aren’t careful for the Week 14 of college football betting action!

Year To Date Record: 81-81 ATS
Upset Record: 20-34 +$765

Underdog Pick #1: Connecticut Huskies (+310 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Cincinnati Bearcats, Saturday, 12:00 ET: The Big East has been so unpredictable this year it’s not even funny, but we do think that we are in store for an upset on Saturday. The Bearcats went from the toast of the town in this conference and looking like runaway champs to being mathematically out of it in just a few weeks. QB Zach Collaros is done for the season, and the end result hasn’t been pretty. The Cats can take a share of the Big East title with a victory, but it won’t be enough to get to the Orange Bowl. That right will either belong to West Virginia (with a UC win) or Louisville (with a UC loss). At least the Bearcats know that they are going to be bowling at the end of this year. Connecticut needs to pull off the upset in this game to join the ranks of the teams going to the second season. South Florida already blew its chance at going bowling, but now, we think that the defending Big East champs are going to find their way to a bowl game by taking down the Cats in a generally meaningless game for the hosts.

Underdog Pick #2: Syracuse Orange (+310 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Pittsburgh Panthers, Saturday 12:00 ET: Oh, crazy Big East… Here we go with you again. This game makes even less sense. Pittsburgh has played reasonable ball of late, including nearly beating West Virginia on the road in the Backyard Brawl a week ago. However, the Panthers are just out of running backs, and for a team that can’t pass block and has a quarterback in Tino Sunseri that holds the ball far too long while he is standing in the pocket, that’s pretty darn bad news. The Orange are historically a terrible road outfit, and this year really hasn’t been any different, but what we have learned about this team is that it plays some hardnosed football and isn’t going to lie down. The winner of this one is bowl eligible, while the loser will be home for the holidays. Don’t be surprised if the Cuse turn out to be the lucky one heading to the Pinstripe Bowl for the second straight year.

Underdog Pick #3: Florida Atlantic Owls (+260 at Wager Web Sportsbook) vs. Louisiana Monroe Warhawks, Saturday, 4:00 ET: The Owls are going to be playing one final game for Head Coach Howard Schnellenberger. He won last week for the first time all season long, and we were riding the backs of FAU in that game. Louisiana Monroe isn’t a great team either, just like the UAB Blazers, and we are wondering why it is being asked to lay more than a touchdown in an emotional game for the hosts. The Owls had their best offensive game of the season last week against the Blazers, and we think that they will be able to come up with just enough to be able to pull off the win that will send one of the best coaches in the history of college football out in style.

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November 25th, 2011 By Andrew Ryan

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Here at Cappers Info, we are taking a weekly look at the teams that could be ones ripe to pull off some major upsets! Check out the potentially ugly dogs that could come up and bite you in the butt in you aren’t careful for the Week 13 of college football betting action!

Year To Date Record: 74-74 ATS
Upset Record: 19-31 +$985

Underdog Pick #1: UTEP Miners (+330 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Central Florida Knights, Friday, 7:00 ET: The one Friday upset that we have on tap is in a game that just doesn’t make all that much sense to us. UTEP has been a much better team this year than anyone really prognosticated. Sure, the Miners barely survived games against Stony Brook and New Mexico State at the outset of the year, but they also blew away Tulane, comfortably coasted past Colorado State, knocked off an East Carolina team that still has a shot to go to a bowl game, and really stayed competitive against teams like Houston, Southern Miss, and SMU. Last week’s blowout loss against Tulsa at home came without QB Nick Lamaison under center. Lamaison is back, and the Miners need this game to be able to go to a bowl. UCF just continues to shoot itself in the foot time after time, and that just isn’t going to cut it. The Knights have to be disappointed that they aren’t going to a bowl game for sure now after winning Conference USA and the Liberty Bowl last year. UCF has only beaten one team by more than 10 since September 10th, that being Memphis 41-0. UTEP has a real shot to come down to the Sunshine State and gain bowl eligibility.

Underdog Pick #2: Northwestern Wildcats (+200 at Wager Web Sportsbook) vs. Michigan State Spartans, Saturday 12:00 ET: We’ve been on the Wildcats all year long for upsets, and that isn’t changing this week either. The Spartans have absolutely zilch to play for in this game, and we tend to think that it is going to show. Northwestern’s offense has been rolling up and down the field over the course of these last few weeks against some of the best that the Big Ten has to offer. Now, the Cats can take down one of the teams that is going to be in the league title game and improve their bowl positioning dramatically in the process. This line has been coming down all week long for a reason.

Underdog Pick #3: Louisiana Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns (+425 at Wager Web Sportsbook) @ Arizona Wildcats, Saturday, 4:00 ET: This atrocious season for Arizona is finally going to come to a close, and we tend to think that it is going to show on Saturday night. The Cajuns are flying high right now, knowing that they are going to a bowl game when this one is said and done, and they have to feel like they are playing on house money this week. ULL doesn’t have a win quite like this on the slate, but it has played better against some of the big boys on its schedule this year than Arizona has. Don’t be overly surprised, on the eve of the New Orleans Bowl, if the Ragin’ Cajuns come out to the desert and finish off this regular season on a high note.

Underdog Pick #4: Florida Atlantic Owls (+180 at Wager Web Sportsbook) vs. UAB Blazers, Saturday, 4:00 ET: Let’s get one thing settled about this game right away. These two teams stink. And they stink worse than your average skunk. To say that we think anything can happen in this one is an understatement. This is the second to last game in the illustrious coaching career of Head Coach Howard Schnellenberger, and he is going to want to love to go out with at least one win in his final campaign. FAU really hasn’t even challenged in the majority of its games this year, scoring seven points or fewer five times in 10 tries. However, UAB has one of the worst defenses in America. You’re seeing an odd looking line this week due to the fact that the last impression that we have of the Blazers is pulling the upset off at home against Southern Miss to knock the Golden Eagles out of the BCS picture. Don’t be fooled, though. There’s a reason that this team was beaten by 45 by Marshall. The upset could be in the cards in this one.

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November 17th, 2011 By Andrew Ryan
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There are only three weeks left for the voters to make their Heisman Trophy picks, and here at Cappers Info, we are taking another look at the handful of players that reasonably still have a shot at beating the Heisman Trophy odds.

Heisman Trophy Pick No. 1: Brandon Weeden, Oklahoma State Cowboys (+260 at Wager Web Sportsbook): Here’s the thing about Weeden. It’s true that he isn’t going to have 13 games with which to build his case over to win this award, but he is going to have a showcase game on the final day of the regular season, December 5th against the Oklahoma Sooners. With both Luck and Richardson likely not playing for their conference titles, they won’t get a chance to make a lasting impression. The schedule left for both Stanford and Alabama isn’t impressive to say the least, while a win in Bedlam with some impressive numbers against a solid Oklahoma defense would probably put Weeden over the top. Throw out Keenum, and Weeden has the best passing numbers in the nation with 3,635 passing yards and 31 TDs, and unlike Keenum, he is doing it against a schedule that is incredibly tough.

Heisman Trophy Pick No. 2: Case Keenum, Houston Cougars (+1400 at Wager Web Sportsbook): It’s going to take a lot to happen for Keenum to win this award, but just being a finalist should make these Heisman Trophy odds more than worthwhile. It’s really hard to ignore 37 TD passes and 3,951 passing yards, even if Keenum is playing in the defensively challenged Conference USA. Still, Keenum is going to finish up his career with probably right around 19,000 passing yards and around 155 touchdown passes, and he is three wins away from getting his team to the BCS. It’s going to take Weeden falling in Bedlam and Richardson doing nothing particularly memorable over these last three weeks for Keenum to really have a shot at winning the award, but we could see it happening.

Heisman Trophy Pick No. 3: Trent Richardson, Alabama Crimson Tide (+400 at Wager Web Sportsbook): Richardson could rue the day that RB Eddie Lacy poached two TDs from him against the Mississippi State Bulldogs last week. Anyone who watched the LSU/Alabama game knows just how good Richardson really is, though, as he was really the only person that was able to drive the ball against the Bayou Bengals. Richardson has 19 TDs this year in total, and he has 1,523 yards in total offense. Not bad for basically sitting out of 1.5 games because the Tide were so far ahead this year, and it’ll probably be basically two full games this week after halftime against Georgia Southern. If LSU loses to Arkansas next week, the door could swing open for the Tide to roll into the SEC Championship Game, and if that’s the case, Richardson will indeed have his one last shot against either Georgia or South Carolina to prove that he is worthy of the Heisman.

Heisman Trophy Pick No. 4: Andrew Luck (-140 at Wager Web Sportsbook): You’ll notice that we have made Luck our fourth of the reasonable four choices on the Heisman board right now. The only thing that is keeping Luck atop the charts right now is the fact that he had all of the preseason hype as the best player in the nation. Don’t get us wrong, Luck hasn’t done anything to damn him as being the top pick in the NFL Draft. After all the Stanford quarterback has thrown for 2,695 yards and 29 TDs against just seven picks. However, he’s only ranked No. 20 in the nation in passing yards, he’s not in the Top 10 in passing touchdowns, and when push came to shove, his team lost its biggest game of the year at home by 23 points thanks to two of his interceptions. We just don’t buy into the fact that Luck is truly deserving of the Heisman Trophy odds, and we think that it is ridiculous that he is the favorite, let alone the odds on favorite.

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