#25 Southern Miss 44, East Carolina 31
Should be a high scoring affair, but I think USM stays in fine form and takes down the Pirates on the road.
#24 West Virginia 30, Louisville 21
WVU has been struggling lately on both sides of the ball and on the flip side, Louisville has been hitting their stride in the last couple weeks. I think WVU wins in Morgantown, but it won't be easy.
#23 Georgia Tech is off this week (Next: vs Virginia Tech, Nov. 10
#22 Auburn is off this ween (Next: @ Georgia, Nov. 12)
#21 Texas 37, Texas Tech 24
Texas is playing adequately right now, and should win out before the hate-match that will be Thanksgiving Day in College Station.
#20 Wisconsin 35, Purdue 19
Wisconsin is far better than they have been playing recently, and, I believe, are still the best Big Ten team. They should handle Purdue in Camp Randall without much problem.
UCLA 31, #19 Arizona State 26
UCLA has been playing very well recently and are threatening to become bowl eligible, and I think they will take down overrated Arizona State in the Rose Bowl this weekend. The Pac-12, outside of Oregon and Stanford, is a complete mess this year.
#18 Georgia 31, New Mexico State 10
UGA is without its top 2 RBs, and may struggle a bit on offense, but either way, this is an off week before Auburn comes to town for the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry.
#17 Michigan State 33, Minnesota 14
MSU has been playing well, but Minnesota finally got a win last week also. Still, no problem for Sparty in East Lansing.
#16 Penn State is off this week (Next: vs #10 Nebraska, Nov. 12)
#15 Michigan 31, Iowa 24
Michigan is good, not great, and Iowa is always tough at home, always. The Wolverines will struggle but pull out a win as they head towards a showdown for the Legends Division of the Big Ten.
#14 Kansas State- see #3 Oklahoma State
#13 Houston 55, UAB 14
Houston should have absolutely zero problem with the Blazers in Birmingham this weekend.
#12 Virginia Tech is off this week (Next: @ #23 Georgia Tech, Nov. 10)
#11 Clemson is off this week (Next: vs Wake Forest, Nov. 12)
Northwestern 38, #10 Nebraska 34
Alright, look, it's a long shot, but Northwestern seems to have one of those big upsets every season, and, even though this is in Lincoln, I think the Huskers are overrated and the Wildcats have a shot at surprising them.
#9 South Carolina- see #7 Arkansas
#8 Oregon 41, Washington 26
The Huskies have been so impressive this year and nobody is a bigger Sarkisian fan than myself, but Oregon is playing some good ball right now and I don't think Washington can score with the Ducks.
#7 Arkansas 38, #9 South Carolina 14
In a game that could settle the East, yes, the East, Arkansas should run away with it. Carolina's only form of offense was Marcus Lattimore, and they have been struggling mightily ever since he went down with the injury. The Hogs have barely survived the past couple weeks and are vastly overrated, but they should handle this one no problem.
#6 Oklahoma 52, Texas A&M 35
Note: Texas A&M will lead 35-3 at half before failing to score or stop OU in the 2nd half and will lose by 17. Oh, I only wish I was kidding. Seriously though, OU should take care of business at home, but the Ags will put up a fight and should stay in it almost all the way through.
#5 Boise State 49, UNLV 17
No problem yet again for the Broncos as they breeze towards another Fiesta Bowl berth and another massive payday.
#4 Stanford 52, Oregon State 21
Andrew Lu--- I mean Stanford should win yet again this week and remain as the team that seems to be just hanging around, waiting for their opportunity to jump into the National Championship mix.
#3 Oklahoma State 62, #14 Kansas State 24
Kansas State is by far, FAR, the most overrated team in America. And, while the Pokes are also overrated, they are far better than the Cats, and should beat them down terribly in Stillwater on Saturday.
GAME OF THE WEEK
#1 LSU 23, #2 Alabama 17
In what is being dubbed by some (by "some" I mean "me") as the Game of the Century, we got #1 vs #2 in Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. This will be one of those games we remember for a long time. However, I think the road team gets it done, as LSU's defense is probably the best in the nation, and their offense has been a model of efficiency. Alabama's defense is basically equally as good, and their run game is on an equal plateau as LSU, and probably even better. This game, as so many do, will come down to QB play, and the experience on the LSU side will pay great dividends as they head to victory. Although Lee may not be the most talented, both he and Jefferson have experience in games like this, while McCarron has never been in anything close to this. So, let's get this thing going!
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