College Football Odds, NCAAF Lines & Spreads
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How to read College Football Odds
The college football odds in the tables above allow you to compare which sportsbooks are offering the best college football betting odds today.
If you are learning how to bet on football, the most important first step is learning how to read college football odds. In sports betting, a moneyline bet involves you picking a team to win the game outright. Moneyline odds at your favorite online sportsbook will look something like this:
- Auburn Tigers -200
- Alabama Crimson Tide +170
In this scenario, Auburn is the favorite and Alabama is the underdog. Faves are always shown with the minus sign (-) and dogs with the plus sign (+).
If you were going to bet $100 on the Tigers, you’d get a profit of $50. Conversely, if you were going to gamble $100 on the Crimson Tide, you’d get a $170 profit. To see how much you’d win based on the college football odds and amount bet, check out our Odds Calculator.
What does -110 Mean?
A -110 line is a magic number in the betting world. For sportsbooks, it represents the line they need to make money. See more on our page about what -110 means.
What Does -1.5 Mean?
This is the point spread. Negative values such as -1.5 indicate that team is favored by 1.5 points. Positive values like +1.5 indicate that team is the underdog by 1.5 points.
How Are College Football Odds Calculated?
Sportsbooks review a number of variables to come up with NCAAF odds including coaching, weather, offensive and defensive strength, QB and home-field advantage.
Popular Types of College Football Betting
There are multiple ways to bet using college football odds, from straight-up moneyline betting to betting on the point spread, the totalsand so much more.
Moneyline Bets
With moneyline bets, you’re wagering on what side wins. For moneyline college football odds, negative and positive values are attached to favorites (-180) and underdogs (+160).
Example: If you want to bet a -180 favorite, you need to risk $180 to win $100 (or for smaller-stakes players, $18 to win $10). When betting on the underdog at +160, you would bet $100 to win $160 (if the underdog wins).
Points Spread
Betting on a college football point spread means the favorite must win by the line to cover the spread. For example, if a team is -3.5 at +120 and you wagered $100, that means you would profit $120 if the team wins by four points or more. On the other side, if a team is +3.5 at -135 and you wagered $135, you win $100 if they win the game or only lose by three or fewer points.
OVER/UNDER (Total) Bets
Totals, also known as OVER/UNDER betting, are wagers on the total points scored by both teams combined. If the total is 60.5, you need 60 points or less to win an UNDER bet and 61 points or more to win OVER.
College football totals are not available on every game and they are sometimes posted later in the week than NFL totals. Keep tabs on the college football odds menu to see which books post these college football betting lines first.
Parlay Bets
A parlay bet is a sports bet that combines multiple straight bet wagers on one ticket. Usually, you would pool straight-up bets with spreads and totals. However, you can have multiple versions of the same bet as long as it’s on different games. Some sportsbooks now offer same-game parlays where you can combine multiple bets from the same game.
Player Awards (MVP)
The Heisman Trophy is the most well-known college award out there and you can place a bet on who will win the College Football MVP throughout the year. See our Heisman Trophy odds page for updated odds.
Player Props
College football player props are much like NFL player props. They can range from yardage totals to the number of touchdowns scored, field goals kicked, etc. A player prop bet is simply a "proposition" wager written by bookmakers related to a player's performance.
Live Odds Betting
Live betting lets you bet while the game is unfolding. This is a popular way to bet, giving you the chance to take advantage of live college football odds while you’re watching everything from the National Championship Game to any regular-season game. You can read more about live betting on our “How Does Live Betting Work?” page.
Futures Odds
Futures bets are, as the name suggests, wagers on future events. These bets focus on major events in college football, like National Championship odds, Heisman odds and the number of wins a team might get.
Stay up-to-date on the college football latest lines and National Championship odds and learn how to bet on college football games with our betting guide and our betting trends.
Understanding Live Movement
The more lopsided the betting action is in one direction, the more sportsbooks stand to win or lose depending on the final result. For this reason, sportsbooks will often move lines. To understand this further, check out this page on "Why the Line Moves."
Plus and Minus Odds
Most sports odds are presented in the same way. The favorite is represented by the minus sign (-), while the underdog is represented by the plus sign (+). You’ll also notice that odds are usually based on a bettor wagering $100.
A -150 line means a bettor needs to risk $150 to win $100 while a +150 line means a bettor would win $150 on a $100 bet.
True Odds vs Implied Odds
True odds are the chances you've given for a specific outcome after all your research and handicapping. The implied odds are a team’s chances of winning represented by a percentage and based on the odds set by the sportsbook.
You can calculate the implied odds for any bet using our college football odds calculator.
How Do I Handicap College Football Games?
We do all the hard work by laying out all offensive and defensive stats that include helpful breakdowns of rushing, passing, scoring and more team statistics. Combining our team reports, stats pages, power rankings, general trends, and your gut instincts, we offer all the resources a college football bettor needs for success. Check out all our college football has to offer in the guides below.
College Football Betting Tools
Biggest College Football Betting Events
If you’re betting on college football, you need to jot down these events in your calendar.
Season Openers
There’s no feeling quite like getting the year getting off and running with the season opener. You’ve done your research in the offseason and you know if a team is supposed to be good or downright awful. It’s a great time to catch the sportsbooks napping and squeeze out some incredible value.
Bowl Season
Bowl season is a full month of postseason football. Just like the March Madness tournament, bowl season sees its share of big upsets. And big upsets mean big payouts.
College Football Playoffs
Four teams enter, and only one leaves with a championship. This is going to change for the 2024-25 season when the field is tripled to have a 12-team field!
College Football National Championship
It's the big game on the college football schedule. The buildup of the entire season is for this one game. The current team favored to win in our National Championship odds is the Georgia Bulldogs at +225 odds. The Dawgs would earn a legendary three-peat if they hoisted the trophy again this season.
Biggest Team Rivalries
New to college football? Here are some key rivalries that you’ll definitely want to watch because there are guaranteed to be fireworks.
Michigan Wolverines And Ohio State Buckeyes
This Big Ten matchup is dubbed: "The Game." The yearly matchups has been going on since 1918. The Wolverines hold the series lead at 60-51-6 and have won the last two after Ohio State dominated from 2012 through 2019.
Auburn Tigers vs Alabama Crimson Tide
Better known as the Iron Bowl, this is a meeting of two the top programs in the SEC -- and in the nation. Bama has owned this "bowl" game with an all-time 49-37-1 record and seven wins in the last 10 years.
Army Black Knights vs Navy Midshipmen
The two biggest wings of the American Armed Forces battle it out for football glory and major bragging rights every season.
Oklahoma Sooners vs Texas Longhorns
You know a rivalry is a big deal when it has its own name. Oklahoma vs Texas, or the Red River Rivalry, dates back to 1900. Texas leads the series with a 63-50-5 record. The Longhorns won in 2022 for the first time in five years.
USC Trojans vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish
The battle of East vs West; not officially, but that's how it feels. This rivalry has its own trophy, called the Jeweled Shillelagh. It has its own backstory that you absolutely need to learn.
Georgia Bulldogs vs Florida Gators
The Southeastern Conference rivals have met 100 or 101 times -- it depends on who you ask. You know it's a rivalry when they can't even agree on how many times they've played!
Profit & Payout
New to sports betting? Learn about some of these key sports betting terms.
Profit
Your profit is the money earned over a period of time. That can be over a single bet or over a period of betting.
Expected Winnings
This is the amount you can expect to win on a specific bet. Let’s say you’re risking $100 on Auburn to win on the moneyline at -150. Your expected winnings would be $67. You can calculate your expected winnings using our odds calculator.
Expected Payout
An expected payout is your stake along with the expected winnings. Going back to that $100 bet on the Auburn Tigers, the expected payout is that $67 of winnings, plus your $100 stake for a $167 expected payout.
Bet Slip
The bet slip is the piece of paper (physical or digital) you receive displaying your bet with your favorite sportsbook.
Bonuses and Promotions
Depending on your sportsbook, you can get various bonuses and promotions. Here’s a list of some of the most common bonuses and promotions.
Free Bets
Exactly as the name suggests, free bets are gifted upon sign-up and allow you to make a bet using the sportsbook’s money -- and if you win, you keep the profits. Check with your sportsbook because certain restrictions apply to cashing out free bet earnings.
Risk-Free Bet
With a risk-free bet, bettors can make a wager without the fear of losing their stake. Again, you’ll want to familiarize yourself with your sportsbook’s rules around risk-free betting because it’s not always as straightforward as it sounds. Some sportsbooks will return your wager in credits.
Deposit Match
This is perhaps the most common promotion. When you make a deposit with a sportsbook, they’ll match it up to a certain amount. Check with your sportsbook to see how much they’ll match.
Where To Bet On Sports
Looking to find a sportsbook? We’ve got you covered. Check out our sportsbook review page to learn how to evaluate every sportsbook.
Sports Betting Apps
We can’t tell you which of the sites we list above has the best app because the best betting app simply boil down to personal preference. What we can tell you is what to look for in a legal sports betting app to help you make an informed decision. Read up on what to look out for here.
