Daily Blog • Friday, October 23rd

      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 8th Saturday of college Football!

Saturday, October 24 PHIL STEELE Computer PTS Computer Yards Weekly Poll + / - Vegas
Georgia Tech at Virginia Virginia GT GT GT GT GT
FINAL: GT 34-9
by 3 26-22 360-357 95% by 2.5 by 5
Minnesota at Ohio St OSU OSU OSU OSU OSU OSU
FINAL: OHIO ST 38-7
by 21 26-8 395-170 86% by 18.25 by 16
South Florida at Pittsburgh Pitt Pitt Pitt USF Pitt Pitt
FINAL: PITT 41-14
by 8 26-21 394-308 55% by 9.5 by 6.5
Connecticut at West Virginia WV WV WV WV WV WV
FINAL: WV 28-24
by 10 27-21 407-285 64% by 4.5 by 7.5
Indiana at Northwestern NW NW NW NW NW NW
FINAL: NW 29-28
by 4 25-20 409-336 55% by 5 by 6
C Michigan at Bowling Green C Mich C Mich BG C Mich C Mich C Mich
FINAL: CM 24-10
by 17 36-24 434-431 86% by 11.75 by 8
UAB at Marshall MU MU MU MU MU MU
FINAL: MARSHALL 27-7
by 17 30-19 414-338 76% by 8.5 by 7
Illinois at Purdue Purdue Purdue Purdue Purdue Purdue Purdue
FINAL: PURDUE 24-14
by 3 33-20 452-363 74% by 13 by 10
Arkansas at Mississippi Miss Miss Miss Ark Miss Miss
FINAL: MISS 30-17
by 7 25-24 389-381 59% by 3.25 by 6.5
Oklahoma St at Baylor Okla St Okla St Okla St Okla St Okla St Okla St
FINAL: OKLA ST 34-7
by 14 32-22 436-386 91% by 8.25 by 9.5
Iowa St at Nebraska Neb Neb Neb Neb Neb Neb
FINAL: IOWA ST 9-7
by 24 33-14 462-263 78% by 16.25 by 17.5
Colorado at Kansas St K-St K-St K-St K-St K-St
FINAL: KANSAS ST 20-6
by 3 29-24 362-318 59% Even by 4.5
N Illinois at Miami (OH) NI NI Miami NI NI NI
FINAL: N ILL 27-22
by 24 28-11 354-321 80% by 13 by 11
Ball St at E Michigan Ball St Ball St E Mich E Mich Ball St Ball St
FINAL: BALL ST 29-27
by 4 27-23 381-354 55% by 2 by 2.5
Maryland at Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke
FINAL: DUKE 17-13
by 10 37-27 436-354 64% by 8 by 5
Kent St at Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio
FINAL: KENT ST 20-11
by 21 26-13 404-256 90% by 8.25 by 9.5
Buffalo at W Michigan W Mich W Mich W Mich W Mich W Mich W Mich
FINAL: W MICH 34-31 (OT)
by 14 27-20 434-366 52% by 2.25 by 5
Louisiana Tech at Utah St Utah St LA Tech Utah St LA Tech LA Tech Utah St
FINAL: UTAH ST 23-21
by 8 27-26 460-350 86% by 1 by 1.5
Tennessee at Alabama Bama Bama Bama Bama Bama Bama
FINAL: ALABAMA 12-10
by 21 29-12 377-223 77% by 18.25 by 14
Louisville at Cincinnati Cincy Cincy Cincy Cincy Cincy Cincy
FINAL: CINCY 41-10
by 10 39-15 477-358 91% by 25.25 by 18
Clemson at Miami (FL) Miami Miami Miami Miami Miami Miami
FINAL: CLEMSON 40-37 (OT)
by 7 23-16 339-248 70% by 7.5 by 4.5
 Oregon at Washington Wash Oreg Oreg Oreg Oreg Oreg
FINAL: OREGON 43-19
by 3 33-22 411-364 91% by 13 by 10
 Penn St at Michigan Penn St Mich Penn St Penn St Penn St Penn St
FINAL: PENN ST 35-10
by 11 27-26 388-377 54% by 4.75 by 4.5
Oklahoma at Kansas Okla Okla Okla Okla Okla Okla
FINAL: OKLAHOMA 35-13
by 17 30-17 430-347 65% by 14.5 by 7.5
Boston Coll at Notre Dame ND ND ND ND ND ND
FINAL: ND 20-16
by 24 34-27 502-313 50% by 6 by 8
Akron at Syracuse Syr Syr Syr Syr Syr Syr
FINAL: SYRACUSE 28-14
by 14 29-22 372-318 90% by 12 by 10
UCF at Rice UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF
FINAL: UCF 49-7
by 7 34-16 351-316 95% by 11.25 by 10
WKU at Middle Tenn St Mid Tenn Mid Tenn Mid Tenn Mid Tenn Mid Tenn Mid Tenn
FINAL: MT 62-24
by 21 33-14 514-286 86% by 19 by 18
Wake Forest at Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy Navy
FINAL: NAVY 13-10
by 3 30-26 389-373 73% by 3.75 by 1.5
North Texas at Troy Troy Troy Troy Troy Troy Troy
FINAL: TROY 50-26
by 21 42-21 502-338 77% by 20 by 19
Air Force at Utah Utah Utah Utah Utah Utah Utah
FINAL: UTAH 23-16 (OT)
by 4 19-11 372-230 55% by 11.5 by 9.5
San Diego St at Colo St SDSt Colo St Colo St Colo St Colo St Colo St
FINAL: SDST 42-28
by 4 30-27 424-321 82% by 10 by 7.5
Idaho at Nevada Nevada Nevada Nevada Nevada Nevada Nevada
FINAL: NEVADA 70-45
by 17 40-25 532-363 64% by 13.25 by 15.5
Wash St at Cal Cal Cal Cal Cal Cal Cal
FINAL: CAL 49-17
by 45 44-13 552-245 100% by 34.5 by 35
FAU at Louisiana FAU UL UL FAU FAU UL
FINAL: FAU 51-29
by 4 31-29 424-416 55% by 2 by 3
UCLA at Arizona Ariz Ariz Ariz Ariz Ariz Ariz
FINAL: ARIZONA 27-13
by 10 31-23 409-296 68% by 6.25 by 7.5
 Iowa at Michigan St Iowa Iowa Mich St Iowa Iowa
FINAL: IOWA 15-13
by 4 19-17 319-298 59% by 5.25 Even
Vandy at S Carolina S Car S Car S Car S Car S Car S Car
FINAL: S CAROLINA 14-10
by 17 24-4 372-223 95% by 21 by 12.5
ULM at Kentucky UK UK UK UK UK UK
FINAL: UK 36-13
by 13 34-17 434-278 96% by 17.75 by 14.5
FIU at Ark St Ark St Ark St Ark St Ark St Ark St Ark St
FINAL: ARK ST 27-10
by 10 34-22 449-293 68% by 7.75 by 10.5
Tulane at S Miss S Miss S Miss S Miss S Miss S Miss S Miss
FINAL: S MISS 43-6
by 24 39-15 457-298 95% by 26 by 21
Tx A&M at Texas Tech TT TT TT TT TT TT
FINAL: TEXAS A&M 52-30
by 31 53-17 540-347 86% by 27.5 by 21.5
Temple at Toledo Toledo Temple Toledo Toledo Toledo Toledo
FINAL: TEMPLE 40-24
by 3 28-25 437-295 52% by 0.5 by 3
Florida at Miss St Fla Fla Fla Fla Fla Fla
FINAL: FLA 29-19
by 31 32-10 411-269 95% by 26 by 22.5
 TCU at BYU BYU BYU BYU TCU TCU TCU
FINAL: TCU 38-7
by 10 27-26 375-345 74% by 2 by 2.5
Auburn at LSU Aub LSU LSU LSU LSU LSU
FINAL: LSU 31-10
by 1 29-14 410-285 91% by 16 by 7.5
SMU at Houston UH UH UH UH UH UH
FINAL: UH 38-15
by 7 43-29 604-398 90% by 15.5 by 16.5
Texas at Missouri Texas Texas Texas Texas Texas Texas
FINAL: TEXAS 41-7
by 17 33-18 375-302 82% by 18.5 by 13
Oregon St at USC USC USC USC USC USC USC
FINAL: USC 42-36
by 28 33-15 535-230 82% by 17.25 by 21
UNLV at New Mexico UNLV UNLV NM UNLV UNLV N Mex
FINAL: UNLV 34-17
by 14 34-31 429-373 77% by 8 by 1
Arizona St at Stanford Stan Stan Stan Stan Stan Stan
FINAL: STAN 33-14
by 14 27-21 431-331 73% by 9.5 by 6.5
Fresno St at New Mex St Fresno Fresno Fresno Fresno Fresno Fresno
FINAL: FRESNO 34-3
by 35 42-11 466-226 100% by 25.5 by 24
 Boise St at Hawaii Boise Boise Boise Boise Boise Boise
FINAL: BOISE 54-9
by 35 38-18 427-380 91% by 29 by 25
YTD 286-97 300-82 297-86 298-84 294-88 298-82