User’s Guide: Betting On College Football Using Unabated

Betting college football, like college basketball, runs on those two magic words: surface area.

With more than 250 FBS and FCS college football teams programs, it’s a significant amount of information for books to properly track and defend. And when there’s a wide surface area that’s lightly defended, that means tons of opportunities for bettors.  

The information game is crucial in betting college football. We offer a wide-ranging news aggregation service so the fleet-fingered can leverage that information. 

Here are the tools and resources we offer to help college football bettors stay a step ahead of the competition.

But first, if you’re just starting out with Unabated, we recommend you get your hands on our beginner’s guide and then move on to our advanced guide. If you’re a Props+ member, there’s a guide for you, or take a peek at what Premium members can do with their guide. And if you want to see everything, you can always sign up for a free one-on-one demo.

Tools and Resources

• Your most frequent touchpoint will naturally be the CFB Odds Screen. It’s where you’ll get live, real-time spreads, totals and prices; view line histories for both pregame and live lines; see what alt lines or partial game lines are available; and more. 
• For college football prop players, we have a CFB Prop Odds Screen to compare lines along with the in-line simulator to put your projections to work.. 
• And if you’re in the weeds on prop alt lines or other down-the-menu functions, you’ll get a ton of use out of the standalone Prop Simulator.
• One of the most unique value propositions we offer is our Unabated College Football news product. We have a team of people scouring college football media to bring you the latest information as it breaks. Keep an eye on the news page for the full firehose of information. We also have a slide-out menu on the Odds Screen so you don’t have to toggle between tabs. When you see a newspaper icon next to a team name on the screen, click on that to pull up a feed of information about the program and how player injuries and moves may affect the outcome of the game.
• Player prop projections are the cornerstone of the prop betting process. The Unabated College Football team puts together player prop projections every week. Those are available to Premium and Concierge members. The latter group getting the release about an hour before the former. Concierge members can follow the Discord’s alerts channel to be notified when prop projections are coming out.  
• For the die-hards, the Unabated CFB team has its own CFB Alpha Chat in our community Discord. Pick up additional tidbits, rumors and more; or just ask the team all your college football questions directly.
• The Massey-Peabody Ratings, created by Cade Massey and Rufus Peabody, are available to Premium members. These power ratings can help you when you’re putting together individual plays, or in full season simulations.
• Speaking of, the brand-new College Football Futures Simulator is an incredibly powerful tool to help you when you’re betting college football win totals, championship and conference futures, make-the-playoff props and more, all season long. Building off of existing work from Peabody and Massey, the tool runs a Monte Carlo simulation based off your projections. It even models the way the playoff committee selects its contenders.
• We’ve got you covered if you play DFS pick’em, too. The DFS Entry Builder will help you put together combinations of slips that have the biggest edges.

CFB Betting Strategy

• There’s a lot to track in college football. Even experienced modelers can have a tough time generating sharp numbers week after week. Here are some other ways to get an edge at college football without breaking your back trying to beat full-game sides and totals.
• Some states govern betting on college sports more tightly than others. We’re always updating this guide to what’s allowed in which states when it comes to betting local teams, player props and more.
• Go deeper with the CFB Futures Simulator to get a feel for how it works. Peabody explains some of the thinking behind the tool, including how the selection committee model works.
• Every Friday afternoon during the season, Chris Kay of the Unabated CFB and Thomas Viola go live on YouTube. They take a spin through the player prop menu and discuss their college football prop betting process. Check out our Unabated Live YouTube channel to see when the next stream is scheduled.
• Rules changes are frequent at the college level. Here’s how to approach a season that operates under a new environment.