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College football picks, 2016 Week 4: Michigan State and Ole Miss our biggest favorites

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Below are our picks for the weekend’s four biggest games. It's not just who you pick; it's how confident you are.

Every college football media outlet has its own version of a pick 'em. SB Nation’s will focus on only the biggest games of the week. Here are the rules:

  • We will pick the winner of all games between ranked (AP Poll) teams, but if there are not enough such games in a given week, we will throw in a game or two of note, so we are always picking at least three games per week.
  • Players must assign a confidence rating from 1 to 10 points with each pick. If they win, they get the points added to their weekly and season total. If they lose, the points are subtracted. Yes, a player can choose the same confidence number for each game, and yes, this could result in some hilariously poor scores.

This week we have four such games.

YearUGA at Ole MissWisc at MSUGators at VolsArkansas at A&M
Floyd60UGA1Wisc3Gators4Ark4
Spencer54UGA5MSU10Gators10A&M10
Jeanna49UGA2MSU5Vols2A&M6
Dan47OM7MSU8Gators5A&M8
Morgan41OM6MSU8Gators4A&M6
Rodger40OM10MSU10Gators10A&M10
Luke34OM6MSU6Vols8A&M3
Wescott29OM7MSU7Gators1Ark2
Sarah27OM5MSU7Vols4A&M3
Godfrey25OM10MSU10Vols10A&M10
Matt23OM2MSU4Gators4A&M6
Bud20OM6MSU5Vols6A&M6
Alex19OM6MSU7Vols3A&M6
Jason18OM1MSU1Gators1A&M10
Richard17OM6MSU10Vols4Ark10
Bill14OM10MSU10Gators10Ark10
Ryan13OM7MSU8Vols3A&M5

The average points wagered this week is 25, a pretty confident slate.

Michigan State was the most heavily wagered selection, with 116 out of a possible 170 points, followed by Ole Miss with 91, and Texas A&M with 89. A combined total of just 85 points were placed on the Florida-Tennessee game

Week 3’s champion was again Brian Floyd, with 24 points. Our other participants are Dan Rubenstein, Matt Brown. Morgan Moriarty, Alex Kirshner, Jason Kirk, Jeanna Thomas, Richard Johnson, Sarah Hardy, Steven Godfrey, Luke Zimmermann, Spencer Hall , Bill Connelly, Brian Floyd, Ryan Nanni, Wescott Eberts, myself, and Rodger Sherman.

No. 11 Wisconsin at No. 8 Michigan State

Wisconsin looked shaky against Georgia State last week, while Michigan State just had an emotional win at Notre Dame. Will the Spartans be able to get up in consecutive weeks? Were the Badgers looking ahead?

No. 19 Florida at No. 14 Tennessee

Eleven straight wins by Florida, but if ever Tennessee were to end the streak, it would have to be this year, right?

No. 10 Texas A&M v. No. 17 Arkansas

Texas A&M is typically the national champion of September, but Arkansas has finally managed to avoid an early stumble. Note: This game is being played in Dallas.

No. 12 Georgia at No. 23 Ole Miss

For whatever reason, Ole Miss remains a ranked team. Georgia has had two close wins to date.

Your turn

Please post and track your picks in the comment section.

I'd said the highest-scoring verified commenter each week will get to pick with the staff the following week, but due to some commenters cracking the obvious flaw with week-to-week scoring, the highest-scoring commenter for the season will get to pick with us in 2017 (Week 1 is not included in this due to the initial wonky rules).

So please post your season total each week. At the end of the season, I will verify anyone claiming to be the winner.


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