Welcome to my Friday Blog for football Week #3

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 3rd Saturday of college Football!

Saturday, September 19th PHIL STEELE Computer PTS Computer Yards Weekly Poll + / - Vegas
Ball St at Army Army Army Army Army Army Army
Final: Army 24-17 by 17 17-13 351-191 54% by 8.5 by 8
Boston College at Clemson Clem Clem Clem Clem Clem Clem
Final: Clem 25-7 by 17 27-20 352-235 76% by 9.5 by 7
California at Minnesota Cal Cal Cal Cal Cal Cal
Final: Cal 35-21 by 22 35-18 413-342 98% by 18 by 13.5
Duke at Kansas Kansas Kansas Kansas Kansas Kansas Kansas
Final: Kansas 44-16 by 28 38-18 537-255 98% by 21.5 by 23.5
ECarolina at N Carolina N Car N Car N Car N Car N Car N Car
FINAL: NC 45-17 by 17 24-14 344-238 83% by 12.5 by 7.5
E Michigan at Michigan Mich Mich Mich Mich Mich Mich
Final: Mich 45-17 by 31 45-17 522-303 98% by 19.25 by 24
Louisville at Kentucky UK UK UK UK UK UK
Final: Kentucky 31-27 by 8 32-18 414-318 77% by 16.75 by 14
Northern Illinois at Purdue Purdue Purdue Purdue Purdue Purdue Purdue
Final: N ILL 28-21 by 17 33-21 452-263 98% by 17 by 12.5
Ohio St vs. Toledo Ohio St Ohio St Ohio St Ohio St Ohio St Ohio St
Final: Ohio St 38-0 by 21 38-19 451-324 98% by 24 by 20.5
Temple at Penn St Penn St Penn St Penn St Penn St Penn St Penn St
Final: Penn St 31-6 by 24 31-3 450-147 100% by 27.5 by 29.5
Wofford at Wisconsin Wisc Wisc Wisc Wisc Wisc Wisc
Final: Wisc 44-14 by 14 38-21 514-321 100% by 18 by 17
North Texas at Alabama Bama Bama Bama Bama Bama Bama
FINAL: Alabama 53-7 by 28 39-10 482-193 100% by 32.25 by 38.5
Arizona at Iowa Iowa Iowa Iowa Az Iowa Iowa
Final: IA 27-17 by 6 23-11 320-295 52% by 11.25 by 4
Indiana at Akron Akron Akron Akron Ind Akron Akron
Final: Ind 38-21 by 7 30-19 432-328 75% by 9 by 4.5
Michigan St at Notre Dame ND ND ND ND ND ND
Final: ND 33-30 by 17 33-18 487-278 77% by 9 by 10
Nebraska at Virginia Tech VT VT VT VT VT VT
Final: Virginia Tech 16-15 by 7 28-25 413-332 75% by 10 by 5
Tennessee at Florida Fla Fla Fla Fla Fla Fla
Final: Florida 23-13 by 35 42-10 480-210 96% by 35.25 by 29.5
Tulsa at Oklahoma Okla Okla Okla Okla Okla Okla
Final: Oklahoma 45-0 by 28 40-20 505-277 94% by 28.5 by 17.5
USC at Washington USC USC USC USC USC USC
Final: Wash 16-13 by 13 35-17 470-295 98% by 28 by 19.5
Utah at Oregon Oreg Oreg Oreg Utah Oreg Oreg
Final: Oreg 31-24 by 3 31-23 410-355 55% by 3.25 by 5
Virginia at Southern Miss S Miss S Miss S Miss S Miss S Miss S Miss
Final:SMiss 37-34 by 21 31-16 482-263 82% by 10 by 15
Wyoming at Colorado Colo Colo Colo Colo Colo Colo
Final: Colo 24-0 by 17 27-19 394-298 68% by 6.5 by 7
Alcorn St at Central Mich C Mich C Mich C Mich C Mich C Mich C Mich
Final: C Mich 48-0 by 42 48-0 619-141 100% by 58 by 41.5
Middle Tenn at Maryland MD MD MT MD MD MD
Final: Mid Tenn 32-31 by 6 28-26 403-372 77% by 3 by 7
UAB at Troy UAB Troy Troy Troy Troy Troy
Final: Troy 27-14 by 1 35-28 482-388 66% by 7 by 6.5
Connecticut at Baylor Baylor Baylor Baylor Baylor Baylor Baylor
Final: Conn 30-22 by 21 24-14 402-248 67% by 16 by 10.5
Nevada at Colorado St Nevada Nevada Nevada Nevada Colo St Nevada
Final: Colorado St 35-20 by 17 30-23 471-359 71% by 2 by 3
San Diego St at Idaho SDSt SDSt Idaho SDSt SDSt SDSt
Final: Idaho 34-20 by 7 30-25 384-376 54% by 2.75 by 3
SMU at Washington St SMU SMU Wash St Wash St SMU SMU
Final: Wash St 30-27 by 15 31-24 429-391 54% by 6 by 6
Buffalo at Central Florida UCF UCF UCF Buff UCF UCF
Final: UCF 23-17 by 11 25-19 299-278 55% by 1 by 4.5
Gardner-Webb at NC State NCSt NCSt NCSt NCSt NCSt NCSt
Final: NCSt 45-14 by 31 42-6 499-186 100% by 44 by 31
Navy at Pittsburgh Pitt Pitt Pitt Pitt Pitt Pitt
Final: Pitt 27-14 by 7 35-18 389-283 80% by 14.5 by 7.5
Cincinnati at Oregon St Oreg St Oreg St Oreg St Cincy Oreg St Cincy
Final: Cincy 28-18 by 4 28-28 445-360 74% by 3 by 1
FAU at South Carolina S Car S Car S Car S Car S Car S Car
Final: S Car 38-16 by 17 38-11 487-258 100% by 23 by 20.5
Florida St at BYU BYU BYU BYU BYU BYU BYU
Final: FSU 54-28 by 17 31-17 490-255 77% by 13 by 8
Furman at Missouri Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou
Final: Missouri 52-12 by 24 41-14 559-216 100% by 34 by 29
Louisiana at LSU LSU LSU LSU LSU LSU LSU
Final: LSU 31-3 by 31 39-9 510-205 100% by 28 by 27
Mississippi St at Vanderbilt Vandy Vandy Vandy Vandy Vandy Vandy
Final: Miss St 15-3 by 17 28-15 412-243 57% by 12 by 9
Cal Poly at Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio
Final: Ohio 28-10 by 10 33-24 419-261 92% by 12 by 6
Charleston So at USF USF USF USF USF USF USF
Final: USF 59-0 by 45 45-1 539-121 98% by 45 by 34
Iowa St at Kent St Kent St Kent St Iowa St Iowa St Kent St Iowa St
Final: Iowa St. 34-14 by 6 24-24 391-384 79% by 1 by 3
Miami Ohio at W Michigan WM WM WM WM WM WM
Final: W. Mich 48-26 by 28 35-14 474-346 80% by 15 by 16.5
Rice at Oklahoma St Okla St Okla St Okla St Okla St Okla St Okla St
Final: Ok St. 41-24 by 45 50-12 570-232 98% by 25.5 by 32.5
Texas St at TCU TCU TCU TCU TCU TCU TCU
Final: TCU 56-21 by 42 52-8 659-126 100% by 48 by 41
Utah St at Texas A&M Tx A&M Tx A&M Tx A&M Tx A&M Tx A&M Tx A&M
Final: Texas A&M 38-30 by 28 42-21 527-345 96% by 7.5 by 19.5
SE LA at Ole Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss
Final: Ole Miss 52-6 by 49 57-7 649-106 100% by 57 by 40
Air Force at New Mexico AF AF AF AF AF AF
Final: Air Force 37-13 by 27 33-13 433-284 89% by 17.5 by 17
Georgia at Arkansas Ark GA Ark GA Ark Ark
Final: Georgia 52-41 by 3 30-28 392-348 71% by 4 by 2.5
West Virginia at Auburn Aub Aub Aub Aub Aub Aub
Final: Auburn 41-30 by 18 28-18 417-298 56% by 5.25 by 7.5
Texas Tech at Texas Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex
Final: Texas 34-24 by 20 46-18 560-285 93% by 22 by 17.5
Bowling Green at Marshall Marsh Marsh Marsh BG BG BG
Final: Marshall 17-10 by 10 25-25 389-368 75% by 6.5 by 3
UT Martin at Memphis Mem Mem Mem Mem Mem Mem
Final: Memphis 41-14 by 24 38-21 519-256 98% by 20 by 20.5
UTEP at New Mexico St UTEP UTEP UTEP UTEP UTEP UTEP
Final: UTEP 38-12 by 24 31-17 421-346 71% by 9 by 13.5
Hawaii at UNLV UNLV UNLV UNLV UNLV UNLV UNLV
Final: UNLV 34-33 by 18 33-22 460-380 75% by 12 by 7
San Jose St at Stanford Stan Stan Stan Stan Stan Stan
Final: Stanford 42-17 by 17 32-13 476-291 93% by 23.5 by 17
ULM at Arizona St Az St Az St Az St Az St Az St Az St
Final: Ariz St 38-14 by 17 31-15 367-218 98% by 19.25 by 19.5
Kansas St at UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA
Final: UCLA 23-9 by 17 29-11 372-218 94% by 21.25 by 12.5
Central Arkansas at WKU UCA WKU WKU WKU WKU UCA
Final: UCA 28-7 by 1 28-27 444-321 79% by 1 by 3
FIU at Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers
Final: Rutgers 23-15 by 21 34-21 419-358 94% by 16.75 by 15.5
Northwestern at Syracuse NW NW Syracuse NW NW NW
Final: Cuse 37-34 by3 20-18 319-276 54% by 2.75 by 3