#25 Mississippi St 33, #3 LSU 28- The reason I was thinking of not picking Miss St is that they are coming off an emotional loss to Auburn on Saturday, and it is such a quick turnaround in such a great league. It should be illegal for an SEC team to have to play 2 conference games in 5 days, that aint right. Anyways, Miss St wins a close one, but don't be surprised if LSU wins considering the tough, tough turnaround for the Dogs. Clearly, I cannot stress the ridiculousness of this turnaround for Mississippi St enough.
#24 Texas 27, UCLA 17- UCLA got UT in Austin last year, but I think Texas, with the new QB duo (the proven 2-QB system) will be able to eek this one out. Although, I do think Texas finishes with, at best, an 8-4 record, probably 7-5.
#23 TCU 54, Louisiana-Monroe 12- TCU handles business with no problems.
#22 Arizona St 30, Illinois 22- This is a dangerous road game for Arizona State coming off an emotional win and now facing an under the radar Illini team. I think the Devils pull it out, but you will see some hangover sluggishness to begin the game.
#21 Auburn 42, Clemson 30- Auburn continues their run of craziness against a less-than-impressive Clemson team. The Tigers should put up some points in Death Valley, but when you give up 27 at home to Wofford, that does not bode well with an SEC team coming in.
#20 South Florida 51, Florida A&M 13- The Bulls should handle the Rattlers with no problem.
#19 Baylor 70, Stephen F Austin 21- Lots of points in this one, but, unfortunately, most of them will be for Baylor.
Maryland 34, #18 West Virginia 31- This is a trap game for WVU the week before LSU comes to town, and I do not think they will be up to the task of beating a solid Maryland team on the road, though it will be a very interesting game.
Miami 26, #17 Ohio St 24- Some may call this a homer pick, but here is my reasoning: Miami gets all their guys back that they were missing against Maryland, thats 1/3 of their defense and their QB (for better or for worse, as my good friend Brady King put it "I'm confused because Morris isn't throwing floaters right to the other team" or something like that). Anyways, the Canes get their long-awaited revenge at home against a team with an average QB and not a typical OSU defense.
Tennessee 31, #16 Florida 27- My third straight upset, as I think Tennessee is underrated and Florida is just slightly (ever so slightly) overrated. The Vols end the 5 game losing streak to the Gators and beat them in the Swamp.
Notre Dame 31, #15 Michigan St 24- Dont know what the line for this one is, but assuming Sparty is the favorite, this is my 4th straight upset. I think Notre Dame limits the turnovers and beats an overrated State team in East Lansing.
#14 Arkansas 55, Troy 14- As much as I wanted to, I could not make this my 5th straight upset. Pig Sooie...
#13 Virginia Tech 42, Arkansas St 7- Weird performances from VA Tech the first 2 weeks, let's see how they respond this week.
#12 Oregon 66, Missouri St 10- Come on...
#11 Nebraska 31, Washington 20- Overrated Nebraska wins, but they are unimpressive and let an even more unimpressive Husky team stick around, even in Lincoln.
#10 South Carolina 45, Navy 17- I think the Midshipmen hang around for a little while, as they are apt to do and as South Carolina is apt to let people do, but the Gamecocks get them after halftime.
#9 Texas A&M 51, Idaho 9- A&M needs to fix their run defense and especially their kicking game before the showdown next week with Oklahoma State.
#8 Oklahoma St 56, Tulsa 16- Speak of the devil, Okie State handles Tulsa at home and strides into Kyle Field the next weekend undefeated, for the biggest game there since, probably 1998.
#7 Wisconsin 59, Northern Illinois 13- No problem for Bucky before Big 10 play gets started at the beginning of October.
#6 Stanford 38, Arizona 27- Overrated Stanford (Stanford, NOT ANDREW LUCK, is overrated) handles a pesky Arizona team and stays unbeaten. Arizona will hang around until late though.
#5 Florida St 38, #1 Oklahoma 31- This is my second big shocker of the week! Oklahoma has been beaten in their past 2 trips to Florida, against USC in the 05 Orange Bowl and at Miami in 09. This should be an interesting game, and is by far the best of the weekend. Florida State's secondary is fantastic and I believe they will be able to limit Landry Jones and the Sooners' offense. Some analysts are saying that Florida State cannot keep up with OU on the scoreboard, but OU's best 2 linebackers coming into the season are not there right now and their D-Line is not incredible, they are good, but not great. I think the 'Noles pull off the first big shocker of the season. Some say this is not a shocker, but for how average FSU has been the past decade, this is a shocker.
#4 Boise St 45, Toledo 19- The Rockets put up a valiant effort, but, in the end, it is just too much Kellen Moore, leading a team that is the best in the nation at coming to play every single week.
#3 LSU- See #25 Mississippi St
#2 Alabama 56, North Texas 0- If UNT scores, I will be legitimately stunned.
#1 Oklahoma- See #5 Florida St
I am going crazy this weekend with all of these upsets! Should be the best weekend yet, let's get it going!
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