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Daily Blog • Friday, October 16th

For the last couple of years I have picked the games involving the Top 25 teams and thrown in a couple of upset picks. This year I thought you might be interested in who I think will win EACH FBS game this weekend. Every Friday I will give you my personal forecast on exery game that involves a FBS team.

I list the projected scores from my computers forecast. Another column shows you the computers yardage forecast for each game. I think it will be interesting to see who the computer picks to win the yardage battle and see if they win the game. In my College Football magazine I have the plus and minus ratings. I update them weekly and then factor in the home edge and I will show you who the Plus Minus ratings forecast. I will also list who Vegas has favored to win each week and we can see how they do picking the actual winners of games. There is also a WEEKLY POLL which you can enter for free each week. What I will do is on Friday morning I will tabulate the vote on each game and list who the fans are picking to win the games. If you check out my daily blogs on July 30th, July 20th, July 15th, etc, you will see that I have developed a new power rating which takes the yards and points gained against an opponent and factors in that opponents grade to give a team an individual game rating.

Listed below are each of these category picks for this week and I will then have a running total for the season for them! Here are the selections for the 7th Saturday of college Football!

Saturday, October 17 PHIL STEELE Computer PTS Computer Yards Weekly Poll + / - Vegas
Arkansas at Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
FINAL:FLORIDA 23-20
by 28
37-14
525-250
81%
by 28.25
by 24.5
South Carolina at Alabama
Bama
Bama
Bama
Bama
Bama
Bama
FINAL: BAMA 20-6
by 21
30-9
392-173
83%
by 21.25
by 17
Oklahoma vs. Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
FINAL: TEXAS 16-13
by 6
27-24
360-350
65%
by 2
by 3.5
Ohio State at Purdue
OSU
OSU
Purdue
OSU
OSU
OSU
FINAL: PURDUE 26-18
by 24
29-11
297-283
97%
by 21
by 13.5
 Iowa at Wisconsin
Wisc
Wisc
Wisc
Iowa
Iowa
Wisc
FINAL: IOWA 20-10
by 1
27-24
410-295
80%
by 2.75
by 2.5
Louisville at Connecticut
Conn
Conn
Conn
Conn
Conn
Conn
FINAL: CONN 38-25
by 3
32-14
382-308
83%
by 17.25
by 13
Northwestern at Michigan State
Mich St
Mich St
Mich St
Mich St
Mich St
Mich st
FINAL: MICH ST 24-14
by 10
29-13
414-233
90%
by 12.75
by 13.5
Delaware State at Michigan
Mich
Mich
Mich
Mich
Mich
Mich
FINAL: MICHIGAN 63-6
by 45
45-0
564-86
100%
by 50
by 36
Wake Forest at Clemson
Clem
Clem
Clem
Clem
Clem
Clem
FINAL: CLEMSON 38-3
by 20
25-18
397-320
59%
by 3
by 7
Bowling Green at Ball State
BSU
BG
BG
BG
BG
BG
FINAL: BG 31-17
by 3
31-30
426-359
79%
by 1
by 3
Georgia at Vanderbilt
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
FINAL: GEORGIA 34-10
by 21
25-19
356-316
93%
by 7.5
by 7.5
Mississippi State at Middle Tenn
Mid Tenn
Mid Tenn
Mid Tenn
Miss St
Mid Tenn
Miss St
FINAL: MISS ST 27-6
by 1
26.1-25.5
420-385
100%
by 1
by 4.5
Army at Temple
Temple
Temple
Temple
Army
Temple
Temple
FINAL: TEMPLE 27-13
by 13
20-7
296-204
66%
by 12.25
by 10
UAB at Mississippi
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
FINAL:OLE MISS 48-13
by 28
35-12
501-254
100%
by 26
by 22
Miami (OH) at Ohio
Ohio
Ohio
Ohio
Ohio
Ohio
Ohio
FINAL: OHIO 28-7
by 24
34-11
389-316
62%
by 19.25
by 13.5
Wyoming at Air Force
AF
AF
AF
AF
AF
AF
FINAL: AF 10-0
by 14
25-12
364-258
79%
by 13.75
by 10.5
Nevada at Utah State
Nevada
Nevada
Nevada
Nevada
Nevada
Nevada
FINAL: NEVADA 35-32
by 3
38-25
473-434
83%
by 6.5
by 8
USC at Notre Dame
USC
USC
USC
USC
USC
USC
FINAL: USC 34-27
by 10
27-19
438-387
83%
by 12
by 10
Minnesota at Penn State
PSU
Penn St
Penn St
Penn St
Penn St
Penn St
FINAL: PENN ST 20-0
by 24
33-14
480-237
87%
by 17.5
by 17
Texas Tech at Nebraska
Neb
Neb
Neb
Neb
Neb
Neb
FINAL: TEXAS TECH 31-10
by 21
36-22
445-337
93%
by 12.5
by 10.5
California at UCLA
UCLA
UCLA
UCLA
Cal
UCLA
Cal
FINAL: CAL 45-26
by 1
23-19
322-283
62%
by 0.25
by 3.5
NC State at Boston College
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
FINAL: BC 52-20
by 3
32-25
342-308
62%
by 1.25
by 2.5
Rice at East Carolina
E Car
E Car
E Car
E Car
E Car
E Car
FINAL: EAST CAROLINA 49-13
by 27
39-16
444-253
100%
by 15.5
by 17.5
Marshall at West Virginia
WV
WV
WV
WV
WV
WV
FINAL: WVA 24-7
by 17
29-15
457-240
100%
by 16.5
by 21
Akron at Buffalo
Buff
Buff
Buff
Buff
Buff
Buff
FINAL: BUFF 21-17
by 7
28-19
439-323
67%
by 10.5
by 8.5
Houston at Tulane
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
FINAL: HOUSTON 44-16
by 14
45-23
579-416
100%
by 23.75
by 17
Central Mich at Western Mich
C Mich
C Mich
C Mich
C Mich
C Mich
C Mich
FINAL: CM 34-23
by 10
30-22
401-389
83%
by 13.75
by 6.5
Colorado State at TCU
TCU
TCU
TCU
TCU
TCU
TCU
FINAL: TCU 44-6
by 21
35-11
457-240
93%
by 22.5
by 22
Virginia at Maryland
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
FINAL: VIRGINIA 20-9
by 3
30-22
358-337
64%
by 4
by 3.5
Kent State at Eastern Michigan
Kent St
Kent St
E Mich
Kent St
E Mich
Kent St
FINAL: KENT ST 28-6
by 5
28-27
421-354
52%
by 1
by 7
Hawaii at Idaho
Idaho
Idaho
Idaho
Idaho
Idaho
Idaho
FINAL: IDAHO 35-23
by 21
33-27
456-409
57%
by 9.25
by 9.5
Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech
VT
VT
GT
VT
VT
VT
FINAL: GEORGIA TECH 28-23
by 7
31-30
444-373
81%
by 7.25
by 3
BYU at San Diego State
BYU
BYU
BYU
BYU
BYU
BYU
FINAL: BYU 38-28
by 21
40-17
441-291
100%
by 27.5
by 17
Stanford at Arizona
AZ
AZ
AZ
Stan
AZ
AZ
FINAL: ZONA 43-38
by 8
29-28
424-316
60%
by 0.25
by 4.5
New Mexico State at Louisiana Tech
LA Tech
LA Tech
LA Tech
LA Tech
LA Tech
LA Tech
FINAL: LT 45-7
by 7
28-10
399-233
83%
by 22
by 20
Kansas at Colorado
Colorado
Kansas
Colorado
Kansas
Kansas
Kansas
FINAL: COLORADO 34-30
by 4
30-26
404-373
89%
by 7.5
by 9.5
Baylor at Iowa State
Baylor
Iowa St
Iowa St
Baylor
Baylor
Iowa St
FINAL: IOWA ST 24-10
by 1
30-29
474-418
66%
by 3.5
by 2.5
Illinois at Indiana
Illinois
Illinois
Illinois
Illinois
Illinois
Illinois
FINAL: INDIANA 27-14
by 17
29-26
411-399
72%
by 3.75
by 2
Louisiana at Western Kentucky
UL
UL
UL
UL
UL
UL
FINAL: 30-22
by 14
30-21
401-324
72%
by 7
by 7.5
Florida Atlantic at North Texas
FAU
NT
NT
FAU
NT
NT
FINAL: FAU 44-40
by 3
32-31
491-411
66%
by 0.5
by 2
Troy at Florida International
Troy
Troy
Troy
Troy
Troy
Troy
FINAL: TROY 42-33
by 14
32-22
466-326
86%
by 7.5
by 9.5
Texas A&M at Kansas State
K-St
Tex A&M
Tex A&M
Tex A&M
Tex A&M
Tex A&M
FINAL: K-ST 62-14
by 7
31-29
438-397
80%
by 3
by 5.5
Memphis at Southern Miss
S Miss
S Miss
S Miss
S Miss
S Miss
S Miss
FINAL: S MISS 36-16
by 21
32-22
502-318
86%
by 11
by 14
Northern Illinois at Toledo
Toledo
N Ill
Toledo
N Ill
N Ill
N Ill
FINAL: TOLEDO 20-19
by 7
38-28
472-345
62%
by 2.5
by 4.5
Miami (FL) at UCF
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
FINAL: MIAMI 27-7
by 21
28-14
355-280
93%
by 18
by 14
Kentucky at Auburn
Aub
Aub
Aub
Aub
Aub
Aub
FINAL: KENTUCKY 21-14
by 21
36-27
457-343
90%
by 7.25
by 13.5
Navy at Southern Methodist
SMU
Navy
Navy
Navy
Navy
Navy
FINAL: NAVY 38-35 OT
by 7
31-24
376-346
83%
by 10
by 8
Washington at Arizona State
Wash
Az St
Az St
Wash
Az St
Az St
FINAL: AZ ST 24-17
by 1
23-21
357-293
75%
by 6.25
by 6.5
Missouri at Oklahoma State
Okla St
Okla St
Okla St
Okla St
Okla St
Okla St
FINAL: OKLA ST 33-17
by 17
31-26
437-343
57%
by 7
by 7
San Jose State at Fresno State
Fresno
Fresno
Fresno
Fresno
Fresno
Fresno
FINAL: FRESNO 41-21
by 17
37-12
497-263
93%
by 21
by 19.5
Utah at UNLV
Utah
Utah
Utah
Utah
Utah
Utah
FINAL: UTAH 35-13
by 4
37-21
481-319
97%
by 20
by 16.5