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Week 8 Preview

2018 Games · Steve Poyner · October 18, 2018

Last week was a good week for me ATS, but a pretty bad one for the Formula. Straight up was another good week.

Record

Straight Up (Big) ATS (Big) Straight Up (All) ATS (All)
Me 33-15 (68.8%) 24-21 (53.3%) 257-101 (71.8%) 169-176 (49.0%)
Formula 32-16 (66.7%) 24-23 (51.1%) 269-89 (75.1%) 169-175 (49.1%)

My Picks of the week ATS: 17-13 (56.7%) on the year.

Simplified Football Top 15

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

Playoff match-ups as of now: 1-Alabama v Notre Dame; 2-Ohio St v Clemson. Front-runners: Alabama, Georgia, Ohio St, Clemson, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Texas, LSU, Michigan, NC State. Outsiders: Florida, UCF, Oregon, Kentucky, USF, Colorado, West Virginia, Cincinnati.

Big Games

  1. 8 Michigan (-7.5) @ Michigan St — Rivalry game; Michigan should control it. My: Mich 24-14 (Mich -7.5) · Formula: Mich SU
  2. 6 Oklahoma (-8) @ TCU — TCU's offense has been bad; long day for them. My: OU 42-28 (OU -8) · Formula: OU SU
  3. 17 NC State @ 2 Clemson (-17.5) — Clemson's young offense + front too much. My: Clemson 35-24 (NCSU +17.5) · Formula: Clem SU
  4. 14 Mississippi St @ 7 LSU (-7) — Closer than last year; LSU sneaks away at home. My: LSU 21-17 (MSU +7) · Formula: LSU SU (PUSH)
  5. 18 Oregon @ Washington St (-2.5) — Rowdy Gameday crowd; both offenses shine. My: WSU 35-31 (WSU -2.5) · Formula: Oregon SU
  6. North Texas @ UAB (-1.5) — Biggest Group of 5 game; very close. My: UAB 35-33 (UAB -1.5) · Formula: NT SU

The Rest (My Pick · Formula)

  1. Georgia St @ Arkansas St (-14.5) — Ark St SU · ASU SU
  2. Stanford (-2.5) @ Arizona St — Stan SU · Stan SU
  3. Colorado St @ Boise St (-23.5) — BSU SU · BSU SU
  4. Air Force (-11) @ UNLV — AFA SU · AFA SU
  5. Northwestern (-20.5) @ Rutgers — NW SU · NW SU
  6. Cincinnati @ Temple (-3.5) — Temple SU · Cinci SU
  7. Maryland @ Iowa (-9) — Iowa SU · Iowa SU
  8. Illinois @ Wisconsin (-25) — Wis SU · Wis SU
  9. Buffalo (-1) @ Toledo — Toledo SU · Buffalo SU
  10. Tulsa @ Arkansas (-7.5) — Ark SU · Ark SU
  11. Auburn (-3.5) @ Ole Miss — Ole Miss SU · Auburn SU
  12. Miami (OH) @ Army (-7.5) — Army SU · Army SU
  13. UNC @ Syracuse (-8.5) — Cuse SU · Cuse SU
  14. Virginia @ Duke (-7.5) — Duke SU · Duke SU
  15. Bowling Green @ Ohio (-16.5) — Ohio SU · Ohio SU
  16. Utah St (-15) @ Wyoming — USU SU · USU SU
  17. FAU (-2.5) @ Marshall — Marshall SU · FAU SU
  18. Eastern Mich (-3) @ Ball St — Ball St SU · Ball St SU
  19. Western Mich (-4) @ Central Mich — WMU SU · WMU SU
  20. Charlotte @ MTSU (-17) — MTSU SU · MTSU SU
  21. Wake Forest @ FSU (-10.5) — FSU SU · FSU SU
  22. Minnesota @ Nebraska (-3.5) — Neb SU · Minn SU
  23. 9 Penn St (-15.5) @ Indiana — PSU SU · PSU SU
  24. UTEP @ Louisiana Tech (-23.5) — LT SU · LT SU
  25. Akron (-5) @ Kent St — Akron SU · Akron SU
  26. 24 Colorado @ 15 Washington (-15.5) — Wash SU · Wash SU
  27. 1 Alabama (-28.5) @ Tennessee — Bama SU · Bama SU
  28. Kansas @ Texas Tech (-18.5) — TT SU · TT SU
  29. Houston (-11.5) @ Navy — Hou SU · Hou SU
  30. SMU @ Tulane (-7) — SMU SU · SMU SU
  31. Louisiana @ Appalachian St (-25.5) — App SU · App SU
  32. Coastal Carolina @ UMass (-3) — CC SU · CC SU
  33. Memphis @ Missouri (-10) — Mizzou SU · Mizzou SU
  34. California (-7.5) @ Oregon St — Cal SU · Cal SU
  35. Georgia Southern (-12) @ New Mexico St — GSU SU · GSU SU
  36. UCF (-21) @ ECU — UCF SU · UCF SU
  37. Texas St @ La-Monroe (-10.5) — ULM SU · ULM SU
  38. UTSA @ Southern Miss (-17.5) — USM SU · USM SU
  39. UCONN @ USF (-34) — USF SU · USF SU
  40. 3 Ohio St (-13.5) @ Purdue — OSU SU · OSU SU
  41. Vanderbilt @ 13 Kentucky (-11.5) — UK SU · UK SU
  42. Fresno St (-13) @ New Mexico — Fresno SU · Fresno SU
  43. Old Dominion @ Western Kentucky (-4.5) — WKU SU · ODU SU
  44. Rice @ FIU (-23.5) — FIU SU · FIU SU
  45. 25 USC @ Utah (-7) — Utah SU · USC SU
  46. Arizona @ UCLA (-8) — UCLA SU · UCLA SU
  47. San Jose St @ San Diego St (-28) — SDSU SU · SDSU SU
  48. Nevada @ Hawaii (-3) — Hawaii SU · Hawaii SU

Have a great weekend!

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