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College football
Top-division college football. Teams play in conferences, and the season ends with a playoff for the national title.
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The season
Fall camp is the preseason, and the games start in late August. The regular season runs into early December, when many conference championship games are played.
Bowl games fill late December and early January. The College Football Playoff is a bracket of top teams that ends with a national championship game, usually in January. The exact dates change each year, so check the schedule for the season you are following.
Plays and scoring
A play is one snap, with the same kinds of plays as the NFL: runs, passes, punts, field goal tries and kickoffs. Play-by-play lists them in order, with the game situation.
Scoring matches the NFL. A touchdown is worth six points, an extra point adds one, a two-point try adds two, a field goal is worth three, and a safety is two points for the defense. For example, a touchdown followed by a two-point try makes 8 points.
How Antic rates players
An Antic Rating is a player's score for one game on a 0 to 10 scale. It reflects what the player did and how much their plays helped the team win, so it describes that game, not the season.
Above 10 is reserved for outstanding games. Antic also gives each game a game rating, from how much the win chance swung. Ratings describe what happened: they are not picks or predictions.
Props and polls
College football props are player stat lines, such as passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, receptions and the anytime touchdown. The lines depend on the game.
Antic never places bets. If betting stops being fun, set limits or call 1-800-GAMBLER.
Game polls work as they do for the NFL: who wins, who covers the spread where there is one, and who wins the next quarter. The AP Top 25 is a separate ranking of teams, voted on by a national panel of sports media. You can open it from the standings.
Lineups and standings
Lineups use the same offense, defense and special teams groups as the NFL. Each row shows the position, season numbers, rating and injury status.
Standings are kept by conference. Each conference sets its own tiebreakers, and most start with head-to-head results, the game between the two teams. The steps after that vary by conference, so check that conference's rules for the season.
Terms in this guide
- Antic RatingA player's score for one game on a 0 to 10 scale, built from their plays. Above 10 is reserved for outstanding games.
- Game ratingHow exciting a game was, on the same 0 to 10 scale, from how the win chance swung. It updates while the game is live.
- Win probabilityThe chance a team wins from the state of the game right now. It moves with every play.
- Player propsA bet on one player's stat or event, like receptions, passing yards or a touchdown.
- Anytime touchdownA player prop that wins if the player scores at least one touchdown in the game.
- PollsPredictions on a game, like who wins a quarter or whether a player reaches a stat line. Votes show the split.
- SpreadThe number of points a team must win by, or can lose by, for a spread bet to win. The favorite gives points and the underdog gets them.
- Play-by-playEvery play in order, with the game situation, the play's rating and the reactions it got.
- LineupsA team's players by unit, with position, season numbers, rating and injury status.
- Injury statusThe league's report on a player's availability, such as Probable, Questionable, Doubtful, Out or Injured Reserve.
- StandingsTeams ranked by record within a league, conference or division, using each league's tiebreakers.
- Responsible gamingSet limits, take breaks and get help if betting stops being fun. Antic never places bets.