I know many of you like myself, prefer the college game (both football and basketball) to the professional leagues. Even though the first college football game doesn't kick off until August 26th (143 days away), the college football off-season betting calendar has already started with the Golden Nugget releasing some Week 1 CFB lines a long with most sports books having futures available.
As for me, I've already released several early picks including my first MAX bet, early Top 10, a long-shot CFB future pick, 5 Most Improved teams and so much more.
Just so you know when to pop back here to Pregame for all your CFB coverage, here is an off-season calendar with important dates and releases.
April 1-29: Approximately 115 of the 130 FBS teams wrap up spring practice. I've already broken down the Colorado and UNLV spring games.
April 27-29: 2017 NFL Draft
May 1: Brad Powers team-by-team 2017 previews start (will release 1-2 teams every day through end of July)
Mid-May: Golden Nugget releases season win totals on 20-30 teams
Late May: South Point releases season win totals on all 130 teams
Late May: Brad Powers releases Top 10 Season Win Total Best Bets
Late May: Athlon/Lindy's CFB Preview Magazines hit news stands
Mid-to-Late June: Phil Steele CFB Preview Magazine hits news stands
Early July: Golden Nugget releases Games of Year
Early July: Brad Powers releases Top 5 Games of Year Best Bets
Mid July: Brad Powers releases Heisman Sleeper Bets
July 10-13: SEC Media Days
July 24-25: Big Ten Media Days
Late July/Early August: Fall Practice Starts
Late July: Brad Powers releases Top 5 conference best bets
August 1: Brad Powers releases No. 1-130 Vegas Power Ratings
August 26: Five games kickoff 2017 season highlighted by Stanford vs Rice in Australia
August 31-September 4: First full weekend of CFB highlighted by Alabama vs Florida St (in Atlanta, GA) and Florida vs Michigan (in Arlington, TX)