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77-73 Overall (51 percent) | Week 7
This is not an attractive slate of games, but all wins count the same.
1. Cal at UCLA -3: UCLA's weakness is its run defense, and Cal is more of a passing team.
2. Temple at East Carolina -2: Temple is weirdly a public team after its win at Penn State, but East Carolina has bounced back very well after losing its QB early in the year.
3. Utah State at San Diego State +5.5: Utah State's line is a bit inflated here due to its huge win over Boise State, a margin determined largely by unsustainable turnover margin.
4. Clemson -6.5 at Miami: The Hurricanes have been the luckiest team in the nation in the turnover luck column by a mile, at 11.3 points per game.
5. Tennessee at Alabama -15: The Volunteers coming off a bye scares me, but I don't think Tennessee is good enough at the pass to throw on Alabama, and the Tide has an amazing front seven to stop the run.
6. Penn State at Maryland +6.5: Penn State's offense is pretty awful and I cannot understand why it is laying a TD on the road here.
7. Utah at USC -3: USC actually outgained Notre Dame last week and is better than its 3-3 record. An unranked opponent being favored over a top-five opponent is very rare.
8. Virginia +18 at North Carolina: 18 is a little too rich for my blood. Virginia's offense can put up a few points if it avoids turnovers.
9. Missouri at Vanderbilt +3: I think Vanderbilt gets the outright upset here if it can avoid five turnovers like it had last week.
10. Washington State at Arizona -7: I've been fading Arizona all year, but Washington State is a strangely public underdog.
11. Indiana +16.5 at Michigan State: Indiana can score a lot of points and the Spartans were a bit lucky to win last week over Michigan.
12. NC State -9.5 at Wake Forest: NC State is off a bye and does have Clemson on deck, but should be able to light up the Wake Forest secondary.
13. Texas A&M at Ole Miss -5.5: The only reason I am taking this game is because everyone is picking the underdog. That, and Ole Miss was probably looking ahead to A&M, while A&M was not looking ahead to the Rebels considering it had Alabama that week.
14. Western Kentucky at LSU -16: I expect LSU to make WKU one-dimensional and to be able to blanket the Hilltoppers' receivers.
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15. Northwestern at Nebraska -7: The once vaunted Northwestern defense has been trashed two weeks in a row. Meanwhile, the offense is still garbage.
16. Duke at Virginia Tech -3: This line feels off, and I'll be taking the side that feels wrong because it is getting back QB Michael Brewer from injury.
17. Colorado at Oregon State -2: Colorado has played every week and really needs to get to the bye. That takes a toll.
18. Boston College at Louisville -7.5: Back-to-back road games for a Boston College offense that lacks explosion or efficiency.
19. Kentucky at Mississippi State -11: Betting against another public underdog.
20. Auburn at Arkansas -5.5: Auburn does not do a good job stopping the run and has not been able to create explosive plays this year. The Razorbacks are off a bye.
21. Kansas State at Texas -6.5: The wheels seem to have come off for the Wildcats and Texas is coming off a bye.
22. Texas Tech at Oklahoma -14: Oklahoma has been awesome all season except for the Texas game. I look for the Sooners to rip up the Red Raiders' awful defense.
23. SMU at USF -11.5: I do not trust SMU's defense to go on the road and keep this within two touchdowns. USF's defense is sneaky decent.
24. New Mexico at San Jose State -7.5: San Jose State's turnover luck must turn around at some point.
25. UConn at Cincinnati -12.5: WARNING -- this is an extremely public side, but I cannot resist fading the Huskies against a team that can really throw.
26. Southern Miss at UNC Charlotte +16: I've successfully backed the Golden Eagles several times this year, but 16 seems a bit inflated.
27. Central Michigan -7 at Ball State: I think CMU should win this by double digits.
28. Bowling Green at Kent State +15: Potential for rain here could keep Bowling Green's deep passing game off schedule.
29. Houston at UCF +22: I Like Houston. I really do. But this is a great lookahead letdown spot with Vanderbilt on deck next weekend.