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Week 6 Preview

2018 Games · Steve Poyner · October 4, 2018

I had a good week picking the big games. Not so much the rest of the games. Formula continues to kick my butt.

Record

Straight Up (Big) ATS (Big) Straight Up (All) ATS (All)
Me 24-10 (70.6%) 16-15 (51.6%) 184-65 (73.9%) 112-127 (46.9%)
Formula 26-8 (76.4%) 17-16 (51.5%) 192-58 (76.8%) 125-114 (50.8%)

My Picks of the week ATS: 7-9 (43.8%) on the year.

Simplified Football Top 15

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

Playoff match-ups as of now: 1-Alabama/UGA winner v Clemson; 2-Ohio St v Oklahoma. Front-runners: Alabama, Georgia, Ohio St, Clemson, Oklahoma, LSU, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Kentucky, Colorado, Oklahoma St, Wisconsin, Miami, NC State. Outsiders: Penn St, Michigan, Auburn, Florida, UCF, Washington, Stanford, Texas, Syracuse, Oregon, Missouri, USF, Cincinnati.

Down to 14 undefeated teams. One of those make-or-break weeks; I'm expecting some carnage.

Big Games

  1. Florida State @ 18 Miami — DLs dominate; FSU more efficient but Miami makes the big plays. My: Miami 24-21 (FSU +14) · Formula: Miami SU
  2. 8 Notre Dame @ Virginia Tech — Two solid defenses; air game decides it. My: ND 27-20 (ND -5.5) · Formula: ND SU
  3. 17 Texas v 4 Oklahoma — Red River shootout; UT's defense (OU's toughest) keeps it close. My: Texas 28-27 (Tex +7.5) · Formula: OU SU
  4. Maryland v 9 Michigan — Closer than the last two years, but Michigan's offense formidable. My: Mich 31-21 (MD +17.5) · Formula: Mich SU
  5. Utah @ 16 Stanford — Utah's offense too limited; Stanford the better team. My: Stan 24-14 (Stan -5) · Formula: Stan SU
  6. 7 LSU @ 13 Florida — SEC defensive slugfest; UF's ground game the difference. My: UF 17-14 (UF +2.5) · Formula: LSU SU
  7. San Diego St @ Boise St — Even except Boise throws all over SDSU's pass D. My: BSU 34-20 (SDSU +14.5) · Formula: BSU SU

The Rest (My Pick · Formula)

  1. Georgia St @ Troy (-15.5) — Troy SU · Troy SU
  2. Tulsa @ Houston (-18) — Hou SU · Hou SU
  3. Georgia Tech (-3.5) @ Louisville — GT SU · GT SU
  4. Middle Tennessee @ Marshall (-7) — Mar SU · Mar SU
  5. Utah St @ BYU (-2.5) — BYU SU · BYU SU
  6. 1 Alabama (-35) @ Arkansas — Bama SU · Bama SU
  7. Kansas @ 10 WVU (-28.5) — WVU SU · WVU SU
  8. Northwestern @ Michigan St (-11.5) — MSU SU · MSU SU
  9. Tulane @ Cincinnati (-7.5) — Cinci SU · Cinci SU
  10. Buffalo (-7.5) @ Central Mich — Buff SU · Buff SU
  11. Eastern Mich @ Western Mich (-3.5) — EMU SU · WMU SU
  12. ECU @ Temple (-11.5) — Temple SU · Temple SU
  13. Missouri @ South Carolina (-2) — Mizzou SU · USC SU
  14. Illinois (-4) @ Rutgers — Illini SU · Illini SU
  15. Syracuse (-4.5) @ Pittsburgh — Cuse SU · Cuse SU
  16. Boston College @ 21 NC State (-4.5) — BC SU · NCSU SU
  17. Northern Illinois (-3.5) @ Ball St — NIU SU · NIU SU
  18. 5 Clemson (-17) @ Wake Forest — Clem SU · Clem SU
  19. Iowa St @ 24 Oklahoma St (-10.5) — OkSt SU · OkSt SU
  20. Ohio (-12.5) @ Kent St — Ohio SU · Ohio SU
  21. Miami (OH) @ Akron (-3.5) — Akron SU · Akron SU
  22. Navy (-3.5) @ Air Force — Navy SU · Navy SU
  23. Bowling Green @ Toledo (-20.5) — Toledo SU · Toledo SU
  24. South Alabama @ Georgia Southern (-14) — GSU SU · GSU SU
  25. South Florida (-13.5) @ UMass — USF SU · USF SU
  26. Kansas St @ Baylor (-5) — KSU SU · Baylor SU
  27. Iowa (-6) @ Minnesota — Minn SU · Iowa SU
  28. Indiana @ 3 Ohio St (-25) — OSU SU · OSU SU
  29. Arizona St @ Colorado (-2.5) — ASU SU · Colorado SU
  30. La-Monroe @ Ole Miss (-23) — Ole Miss SU · Ole Miss SU
  31. New Mexico @ UNLV (-10) — UNLV SU · UNLV SU
  32. Old Dominion @ FAU (-15) — FAU SU · FAU SU
  33. SMU @ 13 UCF (-24) — UCF SU · UCF SU
  34. 14 Kentucky @ Texas A&M (-5) — TAMU SU · UK SU
  35. UAB @ Louisiana Tech (-9) — LT SU · LT SU
  36. UTSA @ Rice (-2.5) — UTSA SU · UTSA SU
  37. Louisiana (-3) @ Texas St — ULL SU · ULL SU
  38. UCONN @ Memphis (-35) — Mem SU · Mem SU
  39. Vanderbilt @ 2 Georgia (-26.5) — UGA SU · UGA SU
  40. 11 Auburn (-3) @ Mississippi St — Aub SU · Aub SU
  41. 15 Washington (-21) @ UCLA — Wash SU · Wash SU
  42. Nebraska @ 25 Wisconsin (-20) — Wisc SU · Wisc SU
  43. North Texas (-25.5) @ UTEP — NT SU · NT SU
  44. Liberty (-4) @ New Mexico St — Lib SU · Lib SU
  45. Washington St (-16) @ Oregon St — WSU SU · WSU SU
  46. California (-2) @ Arizona — Zona SU · Even
  47. Colorado St (-3) @ San Jose St — SJSU SU · SJSU SU
  48. Fresno St (-11.5) @ Nevada — Fresno SU · Fresno SU
  49. Wyoming @ Hawaii (-3) — Haw SU · Wyo SU

Have a great weekend everyone.

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