Daily Blog - Friday September 11th

Welcome to my Friday Blog for football week #2.

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.

This week I am also listing 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. After 3 weeks I will add up each teams individual game rating, average it and turn it into a power rating. I will then list that each week. I may even add some other power rating forecast to the mix.

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 second Saturday of college Football!

Saturday, September 12th
PHIL STEELE
Computer
PTS
Computer
Yards
Weekly
Poll
+ / -
Vegas
C Michigan at Michigan St
Mich St
Mich St
Mich St
Mich St
Mich St
Mich St
FINAL: CM 29-27
By 14
31-14
439-296
99%
by 14
by 14
Duke at Army
Duke
Duke
Army
Army
Army
Army
FINAL: Duke 35-19
by 1
18-17
316-291
62%
by 1.5
by 1
E Mich at Northwestern
NW
NW
NW
NW
NW
NW
FINAL: NW 27-24
by 17
37-17
429-321
64%
by 16
by 20
Fresno St at Wisconsin
Wisc
Wisc
Wisc
Wisc
Wisc
Wisc
FINAL: Wisc 34 -31
by 6
30-28
460-345
81%
by 6.25
by 8.5
Iowa at Iowa St
IA
IA
IA
IA
IA
IA
FINAL: Iowa 35-3
by 14
29-19
403-369
69%
by 18.5
by 6
North Carolina at Conn
NC
NC
Conn
NC
NC
NC
FINAL: NC 12-10
by 7
23-18
322-273
81%
by 7.75
by 4
Pittsburgh at Buffalo
Pitt
Pitt
Pitt
Pitt
Pitt
Pitt
FINAL: Pitt 54-27
by 14
28-11
361-259
90%
by 15
by 10.5
Stanford at Wake Forest
Stan
Stan
Stan
Stan
Stan
WF
FINAL: WF 24-17
by 3
29-21
408-369
61%
by 4.5
by 3
Syracuse at Penn St
PSU
PSU
PSU
PSU
PSU
PSU
FINAL: Penn St 28-7
by 31
36-8
505-167
99%
by 27.5
By 28.5
W Mich at Indiana
WM
WM
IND
IND
WM
IND
FINAL: IND 23-19
by 3
25-23
409-401
62%
by 1.75
by 1.5
Marshall at Virginia Tech
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
FINAL: VT 52-10
by 14
31-15
407-258
100%
by 27
by 19
Troy at Florida
FLA
FLA
FLA
FLA
FLA
FLA
FINAL: FLA 56-6
by 27
47-7
545-225
100%
by 50.25
by 36
Arkansas St at Nebraska
Neb
Neb
Neb
Neb
Neb
Neb
FINAL: NEB 38-9
by 24
38-13
412-253
100%
by 27.25
by 21
Kent St at Boston College
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
FINAL: BC 34-7
by 21
37-10
437-238
99%
by 19.25
by 21
Morgan St at Akron
Akron
Akron
Akron
Akron
Akron
Akron
FINAL: Akron 41-0
by 49
36-8
449-146
96%
by 41
by 27.5
BYU at Tulane
BYU
BYU
BYU
BYU
BYU
BYU
FINAL: BYU 54-3
by 17
33-11
432-318
99%
by 30
by 18
Houston at Oklahoma St
OkSt
OkSt
OkSt
OkSt
OkSt
OkSt
FINAL: HOU 45-35
by 14
44-28
586-434
96%
by 15
by 15
Idaho at Washington
Wash
Wash
Wash
Wash
Wash
Wash
FINAL: WASH 42-23
by 24
35-12
514-236
96%
by 18.25
by 20.5
Louisiana Tech at Navy
Navy
Navy
Navy
Navy
Navy
Navy
FINAL: NAVY 32-14
by 3
32-23
444-338
75%
by 12.75
by 7.5
Notre Dame at Michigan
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
FINAL: MICH 38-34
by 7
26-21
418-372
65%
by 4.75
by 3
TCU at Virginia
TCU
TCU
TCU
TCU
TCU
TCU
FINAL: TCU 30-14
by 10
23-12
370-242
91%
by 18
by 11
Texas at Wyoming
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
FINAL: TX 41-10
by 35
42-6
496-214
100%
by 34.75
by 31.5
E Carolina at West Virginia
WV
WV
WV
WV
WV
WV
FINAL: WV 35-20
by 3
21-19
337-275
75%
by 8.5
by 6.5
UCLA at Tennessee
Tenn
Tenn
Tenn
Tenn
Tenn
Tenn
FINAL: UCLA 19-15
by 7
27-20
367-255
77%
by 6.5
by 10
SMU at UAB
UAB
UAB
UAB
UAB
UAB
UAB
FINAL:SMU 35-33
by 1
33-28
531-389
79%
by 9.25
by 12
Weber St at Colorado St
Colo St
Colo St
Colo St
Colo St
Colo St
Colo St
FINAL: COLO ST 24-23
by 10
36-27
544-376
100%
by 13
by 15.5
E Wash at California
Cal
Cal
Cal
Cal
Cal
Cal
FINAL: CAL 59-7
by 42
49-11
659-191
100%
by 39
by 32
J'ville St at Florida St
Fla St
Fla St
Fla St
Fla St
Fla St
Fla St
FINAL: FLA ST 19-9
by 21
42-20
529-301
100%
by 35
by 31
J Madison at Maryland
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
FINAL: MARYLAND 38-35
by 7
31-27
449-256
97%
by 12
by 10.5
Murray St at NCSt
NCSt
NCSt
NCSt
NCSt
NCSt
NCSt
FINAL: NCST 65-7
by 35
43-10
504-166
100%
by 43
by 39
Air Force at Minnesota
Minn
AF
Minn
AF
Minn
Minn
FINAL: MINN 20-13
by 3
29-26
440-345
59%
by 1
by 3
Bowling Green at Missouri
Missouri
Missouri
Missouri
Missouri
Missouri
Missouri
FINAL: MIZZOU 27-20
by 28
39-16
517-310
97%
by 14.5
by 19.5
FIU at Alabama
Bama
Bama
Bama
Bama
Bama
Bama
FINAL: BAMA 40-14
by 28
41-10
487-159
100%
by 30
by 33.5
Illinois St at Illinois
Ill
Ill
Ill
Ill
Ill
Ill
FINAL: ILL 45-17
by 42
44-14
604-206
100%
by 33
by 29.5
Miss St at Auburn
Aub
Aub
Aub
Aub
Aub
Aub
FINAL: AUBURN 49-24
by 21
30-13
427-248
80%
by 12.25
by 14
S Carolina at Georgia
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
FINAL: UGA 41-37
by 7
23-11
377-195
74%
by 9.75
by 7
Vanderbilt at LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
FINAL: LSU 23-9
by 21
32-15
440-265
97%
by 11
by 14.5
UCF at Southern Miss
S Miss
S Miss
S Miss
S Miss
S Miss
S Miss
FINAL: S MISS 26-19
by 21
34-16
492-243
69%
by 18
by 14.5
Hawaii at Washington St
WSU
WSU
WSU
HI
WSU
HI
FINAL: HAWAII 38-20
by 1
30-29
435-375
54%
by 2
by 2.5
Kansas St at Louisiana
KSt
KSt
KSt
KSt
KSt
KSt
FINAL: LOUISIANA 17-15
By 14
29-19
376-336
91%
by 7.5
by 7
Memphis at Middle Tenn
MT
Memp
Memp
Memp
MT
MT
FINAL: MT 31-14
by 1
29-27
421-381
88%
by 1.5
by 1
New Hampshire at Ball St
Ball St
Ball St
Ball St
Ball St
Ball St
Ball St
FINAL: NEW HAMP 23-16
by 10
28-21
439-271
92%
by 6
by 7
Ohio at North Texas
NT
Ohio
NT
Ohio
Ohio
Ohio
FINAL: OHIO 31-30
by 3
27-25
426-361
57%
by 4.5
by 2.5
Rice at Texas Tech
TT
TT
TT
TT
TT
TT
FINAL: TT 55-10
by 31
41-16
505-252
99%
by 20.5
by 28
Texas-So at ULM
ULM
ULM
ULM
ULM
ULM
ULM
FINAL: ULM 58-0
by 42
50-8
589-101
91%
by 55
by 42
Kansas at UTEP
UTEP
KAN
KAN
KAN
KAN
KAN
FINAL: KANSAS 34-7
by 1
38-26
453-439
96%
by 15.5
by 12.5
USF at WKU
USF
USF
USF
USF
USF
USF
FINAL: USF 35-13
by 31
39-8
446-239
100%
by 29
by 24.5
SE MO St at Cincinnati
Cincy
Cincy
Cincy
Cincy
Cincy
Cincy
FINAL: CINCY 70-3
by 35
45-12
584-196
100%
by 39
by 47
W Illinois at N Illinois
N Ill
N Ill
N Ill
N Ill
N Ill
N Ill
FINAL: N Ill 41-7
by 21
33-14
444-231
100%
by 21
NA
Tulsa at New Mexico
Tulsa
Tulsa
Tulsa
Tulsa
Tulsa
Tulsa
FINAL: TULSA 44-10
by 22
35-19
473-354
93%
by 13.5
by 17
USC at Ohio St
USC
USC
USC
USC
USC
USC
FINAL: USC 18-15
by 7
34-19
435-315
86%
 by 7.75
by 7
Miami Ohio at Boise St
BSU
BSU
BSU
BSU
BSU
BSU
FINAL: BOISE 48-0
by 45
42-5
528-202
99%
by 44
by 37
PV A&M at NMSt
NMSt
NMSt
NMSt
NMSt
NMSt
NMSt
FINAL: NMSt 21-18
by 17
23-14
419-161
94%
by 13
by 19.5
So Utah at San Diego St
SDSt
SDSt
SDSt
SDSt
SDSt
SDSt
FINAL: SDSt 35-19
by 28
40-19
569-256
99%
by 21
by 17.5
N Arizona at Arizona
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
FINAL: AZ 34-17
by 31
39-7
534-161
100%
by 38
by 30.5
Purdue at Oregon
Oreg
Oreg
Oreg
Oreg
Oreg
Oreg
FINAL: OREG 38-36
by 7
33-24
475-325
70%
by 10.25
by 12
Utah at San Jose St
SJST
Utah
Utah
Utah
Utah
Utah
FINAL: UTAH 24-14
by 1
27-18
333-319
96%
by 25.5
by 13.5
Oregon St at UNLV
UNLV
Oreg St
Oreg St
Oreg St
Oreg St
Oreg St
FINAL: OREG ST 23-21
by 3
27-21
381-349
97%
by 12
by 7
Howard at Rutgers
Rutgers
Rutgers
Rutgers
Rutgers
Rutgers
Rutgers
FINAL: RUTGERS 45-7
by 49
42-8
519-171
100%
by 58
by 45
Idaho St at Oklahoma
Okla
Okla
Okla
Okla
Okla
Okla
FINAL: OKLA 64-0
by 52
58-1
689-116
100%
by 62
by 49.5