I think Wake Forest will come away with a comfortable win.

Wake Forest has a strong linebacking corps and excellent wide receivers that will pressure Utah State’s secondary. Utah State returns a stud quarterback, but they need to replace four new starters on the offensive line and most of their top receiving weapons from 2018. Utah Stateĭespite being favored against Gary Andersen and Utah State as a die-hard Beaver fan I can’t help but bet against the Aggies here. I wouldn’t be surprised if Boise State won this game outright. Giving the Broncos five points this early in the season? Good luck to Florida State here, but I’m taking the Broncos. Boise State is breaking in a new quarterback and lose some production on both sides of the balls. Willie Taggart is expected to get the Seminoles on the right track, but they stumbled to five wins in his first season. Both programs are coming off somewhat of a disappointing season, but Boise State won twice as many games as FSU. Florida Stateīoise State and Florida State have never faced each other. Also Arizona is 5-16 against the spread (ATS) in their last 21 road games.

Hawaii’s defense wasn’t great last season, but they return their top-three tacklers. Their quarterback (McDonald) threw for 3,900 yards and 36 TDs despite battling injuries in 2018. They return nine starters from an offense that averaged over 30 points a game. Hawaii’s offense is the main reason to be optimistic.

For Arizona, Khalil Tate, will obviously be healthy and ready to put on a show so look for this one to be a shootout. I think Cole McDonald and Hawaii’s offense are going to be able to score against this Arizona team. The line opened with Arizona being favored at just over a touchdown (8.5 points) and has quickly ballooned too high. I’m not saying Hawaii is going to win here, but that is a lot of points to give a home team in the first game of the season. I’m going with Hawaii to cover the point-spread in ‘week 0’ of college football. *Picks in italics, odds courtesy of FanDuel. But for those that like to gamble on a weekly basis, waiting all season for one bet won’t do! Here’s my top-5 picks for the first week of college football.

This past weekend I gave my best win totals bets for 2019.

Best college football bets week 1