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College sports are huge in the United States and they are also very popular in Canada. These sports are unique to North America and only in the United States and Canada will you find college teams that play professional sports to audiences of millions week-in week-out. They are more popular in the US that they are in Canada, and that can be an issue as sport betting is illegal through much of the United States so they don’t have a lot of markets on these sports. Even here in Canada you will struggle to find many sports books that offer a variety of markets on any given college football game, and more often than not the only markets you will find will be the main win/lose one and the money line, and even then these will only appear for the bigger games.

Luckily, there are many more markets on BetFair. Although it began life in Europe, BetFair is now a global brand and one that also accepts players from Canada. If you love college football, and any other sport for that matter, than this is the best place to bet. On BetFair you will find more betting markets than anywhere else, and thanks to their betting exchange, where competition to offer the best odds is rife, you will also find much better odds.

In this article we will look at the extra markets that BetFair offers on NCAA games, focusing on the most popular ones and the ones that can earn you the most money if played rightly.

Spread, Money Line

The most common bet is known as the “money line” or the “Win/Lose”. This is a simple bet where you back the team you think will win the game. If the teams are evenly matched or if you are backing against the favorite then you can get a good return for your money, if not then the odds can be very small. In these cases you are better off taking the spread, which is essentially a handicap bet, with points taken away from the favorite and given to the outsider. As an example, in the case of a -10 spread, then the team will need to win by 11 or more, if they win by 10 then the bet will be pushed and all stakes will be refunded.

Totals

There are many markets based around the total points, yards after catch, yards thrown, etc., You can bet on the total touchdowns scored in the game, a half or a period; you can bet on how many touchdowns either of the quarterbacks will throw, how many yards they will throw for and how many interceptions they will throw; you can even bet on how many tackles or sacks a certain player will make. The markets based around game totals are endless, and most punters like to choose several of them, most of which come with odds of around 10/11.

Long Shots

If you want big odds, then you need to take chances and make very specific bets. There are no markets for betting on the correct score. This applies to football on the whole, but especially to college football where the scores are often much more volatile and are incredibly hard to predict. You can bet on specific point totals though, so if you think the score will be 21-7, then you can place your money on the 25-30 points market, which will return very nice odds.

You can also bet on who will score the first touchdown or the first punt. The latter is easier to predict due to the fact that the punters are selected before the game and there are only two, but the former is harder as the first touchdown can go the way of any running back, wide receiver, tight-end or even quarterback playing the game. You can also bet on players to score the final touchdown of the game, and to score at least 2 or 3 touchdowns.

Accumulator

You will need to use the BetFair sports book for this, as opposed to the exchange, but a successful accumulator bet can earn you much more than any of the bets listed above, with the chance to win thousands from a bet of just a few dollars. An accumulator bet is basically a bet that involves many other bets. You can only pick one bet per game, but you can choose a variety of markets. So, for an example, you can choose the Win/Lose markets on one game, and the Total Points market on another. The more games you add to your bet slip, the higher your odds will be and the great we your return will be. there are many options to choose from, including Doubles (two bet selections), trebles (3 bet selections) four-folds (4 bet selections) and more. There is a limit and in many cases that limit will be 12 selections.