Football is the most popular sport during fall and winter at legal sportsbooks all over the US. In addition to the NFL, college football is a primary source of excitement for most Americans. The average college football team plays a 12-game regular season and is eligible to play in a bowl game if they perform well enough.

Between games, there are plenty of odds movements in NCAA football betting. Since there’s a lot of hype about college football in most states, you can expect a flurry of betting activity. The College Football Playoff is one of the most significant betting events of the year. Hence, rules and regulations ensure its success in a legal framework.

Keep reading to discover NCAAF Betting Rules and Regulations.

Prop Betting

One of the most popular and exciting bets available to devoted college sports bettors is the college football prop bet, also known as proposition betting. With college football prop bets, you can wager on various aspects of each NCAA football game.

College football prop bets let you wager on exciting and particular aspects of the game in addition to the game’s outcome. These consist of the following:

  • Winning on the coin toss.
  • The first team to receive a penalty.
  • Total passes by the team’s quarterback.
  • The first team to score.

Game Props Rules

Game prop bets can only be placed as a single wager. Unless otherwise stated, the final score includes overtime. Abandoning a game means the bets will not be graded unless the outcome of the proposition is already known. According to NFL statistics, grading of props and cross-sport props happens on the day of the competition.

Bets are graded as Under if there isn’t a field goal in the game. The team passing distances are graded according to NFL Team Stats and appear as NET yards. Punt returns are included in the wager if a touchdown is scored on a fourth down.

 

Player Props Rules

Unless specified, quarterbacks must start the game, and all regular players participate for wagers to be valid where the Push Rules govern player pairings. Players must also participate in the season’s first game for season-long prop bets to have action. Any other position must be in the game for wagers to have action. However, quarterbacks must start the first game.

Whether or not the teams achieve the prop total, the game must last 55 minutes for bets to be active on props involving statistical computations for a single game. Additionally, unless otherwise specified, overtime will count toward player props.

The First Rush Attempt or Reception is graded according to the play-by-play. All bets are payable to the player who scores the game’s first touchdown. Before the game starts, wagers still stand if any player or players are listed as inactive.

For grading purposes, “Under” wins if the specified player doesn’t record a completion, reception, or rush.

Spread Betting

The spread bet is the second most popular and easy type of NCAAF betting. It’s also known as “betting the spread.” Here, you predict your favorite team’s winning margin. If you predict that your NCAA football team will win by a score of two, you can only win the bet if the final goal difference is two or more.

Therefore, the difference between the two teams’ expected variance represents the spread. Bookmakers strive to set a spread to get equal action on both sides of a game. Thus, the spread shows how many points the favorite team is predicted to win and how many points the underdog team will lose.

College football bettors would always back the favorite and put the bookmaker out of business in less than a season if there was no spread.

 

Moneyline Bets

Moneyline wagers are probably the best if you’re new to betting on college football. The rule is simple: you only need to stake money on the team you think will win. Although it may seem straightforward, these are very different from spread bets. Instead of 50/50 wagers, you can choose from various payout odds for each team.

Though the return on Moneyline bets is lower for teams that must win a game, they pose less risk. The underdogs (predicted to lose) have higher returns but are riskier.

Conclusion

College football betting is famous in sportsbooks and ranks just behind the NFL. Many new bettors across the United States are eager to learn the rules and how to wager. Even though it’s allowed by law, it also depends on the state in which you live.

Since the Supreme Court rejected PASPA in 2018, states all over the nation have been working hard to legalize sports betting. Because of this, college football betting is more exciting and popular than ever.