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Week 5 Preview

2018 Games · Steve Poyner · September 27, 2018

Had a pretty equal week compared to the Formula, although it's still up big on me for the year.

Record

Straight Up (Big) ATS (Big) Straight Up (All) ATS (All)
Me 19-7 11-12 141-53 (72.6%) 86-100 (46.2%)
Formula 19-7 11-14 146-50 (74.5%) 98-89 (51.3%)

My personal Picks of the week ATS: 6-2.

The Formula's Top 15 (debut)

  1. Alabama
  2. Ohio St
  3. Penn St
  4. Georgia
  5. Clemson
  6. Michigan
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Stanford
  9. LSU
  10. Auburn
  11. West Virginia
  12. Notre Dame
  13. Florida
  14. Kentucky
  15. UCF

Playoff match-ups as of now: 1-Alabama/UGA winner v Oklahoma; 2-Penn St/Ohio St winner v Clemson. Pac 12 is the odd conference out. Still 21 undefeated teams plus 25 one-loss Power 5 teams.

Big Games

  1. 19 Syracuse @ 5 Clemson (-22.5) — Trevor Lawrence takes over; vaults Clemson into a different stratosphere. My: Clemson 38-21 (Clemson -22.5) · Formula: Clemson SU
  2. 11 West Virginia (-3.5) @ Texas Tech — Will Grier too much for TT's defense. My: WVU 42-31 (WVU -3.5) · Formula: WVU SU
  3. Pittsburgh @ 15 UCF (-15.5) — Rare Group of 5 two-TD favorite; UCF runs wild on Pitt. My: UCF 45-21 (UCF -15.5) · Formula: UCF SU
  4. 13 Florida @ 21 Mississippi St (-7.5) — Even matchup; cowbells give MSU the edge. My: MSU 21-17 (UF +7.5) · Formula: UF SU
  5. 2 Ohio St (-3.5) @ 3 Penn St — Offenses take over in Happy Valley; winner is Big Ten front-runner. My: PSU 35-31 (PSU +3.5) · Formula: OSU SU
  6. 8 Stanford @ 12 Notre Dame (-4.5) — Shaw owns this series; another close one. My: Stan 24-21 (Stan +4.5) · Formula: Stanford SU
  7. BYU @ 17 Washington (-17.5) — Similar teams, Washington just better; low-scoring. My: Wash 21-14 (BYU +17.5) · Formula: Wash SU
  8. Oregon (-3) @ California — Pace decides it; Oregon runs it up. My: Oregon 31-24 (Oregon -3) · Formula: Oregon SU

The Rest (My Pick · Formula)

  1. UNC @ 25 Miami (-18.5) — Miami SU · Miami SU
  2. Memphis (-14) @ Tulane — Mem SU · Mem SU
  3. UCLA @ Colorado (-10) — Colorado SU · Colorado SU
  4. Louisiana @ 1 Alabama (-49) — Bama SU · Bama SU
  5. Central Mich @ Michigan St (-28.5) — MSU SU · MSU SU
  6. Arkansas @ 23 Texas A&M (-20.5) — TAMU SU · TAMU SU
  7. Indiana (-17.5) @ Rutgers — Ind SU · Ind SU
  8. Army @ Buffalo (-9) — Buff SU · Buff SU
  9. Oklahoma St (-18) @ Kansas — OkSt SU · OkSt SU
  10. Temple @ Boston College (-13.5) — BC SU · BC SU
  11. Bowling Green @ Georgia Tech (-28.5) — GT SU · GT SU
  12. Virginia @ 22 NC State (-6) — NCSU SU · NCSU SU
  13. UMass @ Ohio (-13) — Ohio SU · Ohio SU
  14. La-Monroe (-8) @ Georgia St — ULM SU · ULM SU
  15. Kent St @ Ball St (-7.5) — BSU SU · BSU SU
  16. Tennessee @ 4 Georgia (-31.5) — UGA SU · UGA SU
  17. Baylor @ 7 Oklahoma (-23.5) — OU SU · OU SU
  18. 16 Texas (-8.5) @ Kansas St — Tex SU · Tex SU
  19. Cincinnati (-17) @ UCONN — Cinci SU · Cinci SU
  20. Old Dominion @ East Carolina (-5) — ECU SU · ECU SU
  21. Coastal Carolina @ Troy (-14) — Troy SU · Troy SU
  22. Western Mich @ Miami (OH) (-1.5) — WMU SU · Even
  23. South Alabama @ Appalachian St (-26) — App SU · App SU
  24. Rice @ Wake Forest (-25.5) — Wake SU · Wake SU
  25. Purdue (-3) @ Nebraska — Neb SU · Purd SU
  26. FSU (-6) @ Louisville — FSU SU · FSU SU
  27. Southern Miss @ 10 Auburn (-28.5) — Aub SU · Aub SU
  28. Nevada @ Air Force (-7) — Nevada SU · Nevada SU
  29. 6 Michigan (-14) @ Northwestern — Mich SU · Mich SU
  30. Utah @ Washington St (Even) — WSU SU · WSU SU
  31. Liberty @ New Mexico (-6.5) — NM SU · NM SU
  32. Arkansas St (-3) @ Georgia Southern — GSU SU · GSU SU
  33. Northern Illinois @ Eastern Mich (-3.5) — NIU SU · NIU SU
  34. Virginia Tech @ 18 Duke (-5) — Duke SU · Duke SU
  35. UTEP @ UTSA (-10.5) — UTSA SU · UTSA SU
  36. FAU (-4) @ MTSU — FAU SU · FAU SU
  37. 20 Boise St (-17) @ Wyoming — Boise SU · Boise SU
  38. Hawaii (-13) @ San Jose St — Hawaii SU · Hawaii SU
  39. Charlotte @ UAB (-17) — UAB SU · UAB SU
  40. Iowa St @ TCU (-10.5) — TCU SU · TCU SU
  41. South Carolina @ 14 Kentucky (-1.5) — SC SU · UK SU
  42. La Tech @ North Texas (-7.5) — NT SU · NT SU
  43. Marshall (-6.5) @ Western Kentucky — MU SU · MU SU
  44. Ole Miss @ 9 LSU (-12) — LSU SU · LSU SU
  45. Oregon St @ Arizona St (-21.5) — ASU SU · ASU SU
  46. USC (-3) @ Arizona — USC SU · USC SU
  47. Toledo @ Fresno St (-7.5) — Fresno SU · Fresno SU

Have a great weekend to all.

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