With college football season on the horizon, ESPN Chalk's college football experts -- Phil Steele, "Stanford Steve" Coughlin and Chris Fallica -- combine to give you betting previews of the top 25 teams, according to the ESPN College Football Rankings. They break down each team's strengths and weaknesses, along with season win total bets and national title odds.
Odds from Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook as of Aug. 22.
Florida State Seminoles
National title odds: 8-1 (opened 8-1)
Season win total: 9.5
FPI win total projection: 10.1
Phil Steele
Strengths: Florida State held opponents to 18.5 points per game, 293.3 yards per game and 110.3 yards below their season averages over its last eight contests of 2016. This season, the Seminoles lose just three lettermen off that defense, with 24 returning. And they also get back arguably the nation's best defensive player in Derwin James, who was injured in the second game last year and missed the remainder of the campaign. Deondre Francois was impressive as a freshman. He will be one of the nation's top quarterbacks.
Weaknesses: The offensive line struggled