Daily Blog • September 17, 2010

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 every 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.

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.......

  Thursday, September 16
PHIL STEELE
Computer PTS
Computer Yards
Weekly Poll
+ / -
Vegas
7:30 PM ET Cincinnati at NC State
NC St
NC St
NC St
NC St
NC St
NC St
  Final: NC State 30-19
by 3
32-27
389-366
72%
by 6
by 2
  Friday, September 17
PHIL STEELE
Computer PTS
Computer Yards
Weekly Poll
+ / -
Vegas
8:00 PM ET Kansas at Southern Miss
S Miss
S Miss
S Miss
Kan
S Miss
S Miss
  Final: Southern Miss 31-16
by 7
26-22
417-293
60%
by 2
by 3
10:00 PM ET California at Nevada
Cal
Cal
Nev
Cal
Cal
Cal
  Final: Nevada 52-31
by 6
39-33
467-438
85%
by 2
by 1
  Saturday, September 18
PHIL STEELE
Computer PTS
Computer Yards
Weekly Poll
+ / -
Vegas
12:00 PM ET Ohio at No. 2 Ohio State
OSU
OSU
OSU
OSU
OSU
OSU
  Final: Ohio St 43-7
by 38
40-2
510-92
99%
by 40.5
by 29.5
12:00 PM ET No. 12 Arkansas at Georgia
UGA
UGA
UGA
Ark
UGA
UGA
  Final: Arkansas 31-24
by 3
33-23
442-355
52%
by 2.5
by 2.5
12:00 PM ET UMASS at No. 20 Michigan
Mich
Mich
Mich
Mich
Mich
Mich
  Final: Michigan 42-37
by 24
38-14
562-268
100%
by 30
by 28.5
12:00 PM ET Maryland at No. 21 W Virginia
WV
WV
WV
WV
WV
WV
  Final: W Virginia 31-17
by 10
27-20
452-225
77%
by 6.5
by 10
12:00 PM ET Kent State at No. 22 Penn St
PSU
PSU
PSU
PSU
PSU
PSU
  Final: Penn St 24-0
by 28
30-9
445-197
99%
by 27.5
by 21
12:00 PM ET Georgia Tech at North Carolina
UNC
UNC
UNC
UNC
UNC
UNC
  Final: Georgia Tech 30-24
by 7
31-27
427-368
61%
by 12
by 2
12:00 PM ET Connecticut at Temple
Conn
Conn
Conn
Conn
Conn
Conn
  Final: Temple 30-16
by 3
35-23
396-334
82%
by 4
by 6
12:00 PM ET North Texas at Army
NT
NT
NT
Army
Army
Army
  Final: Army 24-0
by 1
29-26
396-356
69%
by 4.5
by 5.5
12:00 PM ET Northern Illinois at Illinois
Illinois
Ilinois
Illinois
Illinois
Illinois
Illinois
  Final: Illinois 28-22
by 10
35-12
469-291
91%
by 11.25
by 7
12:00 PM ET Iowa State vs. Kansas State*
KSt
KSt
KSt
KSt
KSt
KSt
  Final: Kansas St 27-20
by 10
32-24
443-404
80%
by 3.5
by 3.5
12:00 PM ET Ball State at Purdue
Pur
Pur
Pur
Pur
Pur
Pur
  Final: Purdue 24-13
by 10
31-19
442-278
98%
by 16
by 16.5
12:21 PM ET Vanderbilt at Mississippi
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
  Final: Vanderbilt 28-14
by 14
27-13
429-243
93%
by 7.75
by 12
1:30 PM ET East Carolina at Virginia Tech
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
  Final: Va Tech 49-27
by 17
42-22
565-280
80%
by 23
by 20
3:30 PM ET No. 1 Alabama at Duke
Bama
Bama
Bama
Bama
Bama
Bama
  Final: Alabama 62-13
by 21
42-23
536-354
100%
by 26
by 23.5
3:30 PM ET Air Force at No. 7 Oklahoma
Okla
Okla
Okla
Okla
Okla
Okla
  Final: Oklahoma 27-24
by 28
41-13
515-227
96%
by 18.75
by 16.5
3:30 PM ET No. 8 Nebraska at Washington
Neb
Neb
Wash
Neb
Neb
Neb
  Final: Nebraska 56-21
by 3
29-24
432-388
83%
by 7
by 3
3:30 PM ET No. 10 Florida at Tennessee
UF
UF
UF
UF
UF
UF
  Final: Florida 31-17
by 17
33-18
360-322
91%
by 12.25
by 14
3:30 PM ET Arizona St at No. 11 Wisconsin
Wisky
Wisky
Wisky
Wisky
Wisky
Wisky
  Final: Wisconsin 20-19
by 10
32-24
440-270
95%
by 12.25
by 13
3:30 PM ET No. 18 USC at Minnesota
USC
USC
USC
USC
USC
USC
  Final: USC 32-21
by 17
35-21
471-369
95%
by 7
by 12
3:30 PM ET Hawaii at Colorado
Col
Col
Col
Col
Col
Col
  Final: Colorado 31-13
by 10
32-24
432-338
63%
by 13
by 12.5
3:30 PM ET Brigham Young at Florida St
FSU
FSU
FSU
FSU
FSU
FSU
  Final: FSU 34-10
by 17
39-22
519-363
80%
by 11.75
by 10.5
3:30 PM ET Colorado State at Miami (OH)
CSU
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
  Final: Miami 31-10
by 3
27-15
381-266
51%
by 9.5
by 7.5
3:30 PM ET Washington St at SMU
SMU
SMU
SMU
SMU
SMU
SMU
  Final: SMU 35-21
by 23
37-18
484-278
79%
by 18.5
by 23.5
4:00 PM ET Troy at UAB
UAB
Troy
UAB
Troy
Troy
Troy
  Final: UAB 34-33
by 3
35-27
426-416
75%
by 3.5
by 4
4:00 PM ET Cent Michigan at East Michigan
CMU
CMU
CMU
CMU
CMU
CMU
  Final: C Mich 52-14
by 3
29-16
394-298
87%
by 14.5
by 10
4:30 PM ET Baylor at No. 4 TCU
TCU
TCU
TCU
TCU
TCU
TCU
  Final: TCU 45-10
by 23
41-16
530-260
94%
by 22
by 21
5:00 PM ET Indiana at Western Kentucky
Ind
Ind
Ind
Ind
Ind
Ind
  Final: Indiana 38-21
by 14
44-31
474-421
96%
by 9.75
by 11.5
5:30 PM ET Louisville at No. 25 Oregon St
Oreg St
Oreg St
Oreg St
Oreg St
Oreg St
Oreg St
  Final: Oregon St 35-28
by 21
37-14
502-265
97%
by 25.75
by 20.5
6:15 PM ET Portland State at No. 5 Oregon
Oreg
Oreg
Oreg
Oreg
Oreg
Oreg
  Final: Oregon 69-0
by 49
60-7
673-177
100%
by 66
by 52
7:00 PM ET Furman at No. 13 S Carolina
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
  Final: S Carolina 38-19
by 24
44-9
607-188
100%
by 45
by 33
7:00 PM ET Mississippi St at No. 15 LSU
Miss St
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
  Final: LSU 29-7
by 3
23-17
345-290
77%
by 8
by 7.5
7:00 PM ET Clemson at No. 16 Auburn
Aub
Aub
Aub
Aub
Aub
Aub
  Final: Auburn 27-24
by 10
32-24
472-270
78%
by 11.5
by 7
7:00 PM ET Akron at Kentucky
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
  Final: Kentucky 47-10
by 31
42-16
489-238
98%
by 30.5
by 24.5
7:00 PM ET San Diego State at Missouri
Mizz
Mizz
Mizz
Mizz
Mizz
Mizz
  Final: Missouri 27-24
by 14
34-20
477-323
95%
by 11.25
by 14
7:00 PM ET Marshall at Bowling Green
Marsh
Marsh
Marsh
Marsh
BG
Marsh
  Final: BG 44-28
by 3
25-20
396-334
77%
by 1
by 3
7:00 PM ET Tulsa at Oklahoma State
Tulsa
Ok St
Ok St
Ok St
Ok St
Ok St
  Final: Ok St 65-28
by 3
41-33
472-428
89%
by 7.25
by 7
7:00 PM ET Middle Tenn at Memphis
MT
MT
Mem
MT
Mem
MT
  Final: Memphis 24-17
by 3
32-29
426-391
65%
by 13.25
by 3.5
7:00 PM ET Northwestern at Rice
NW
NW
Rice
NW
NW
NW
  Final: Northwestern 30-13
by 4
30-23
371-364
87%
by 12.75
by 6.5
7:00 PM ET FIU 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 27-20
by 28
47-16
567-285
99%
by 32.75
by 28
7:00 PM ET UCF at Buffalo
UCF
UCF
UCF
UCF
UCF
UCF
  Final: UCF 24-10
by 7
21-15
311-284
90%
by 7
by 7
7:00 PM ET Navy at Louisiana Tech
La Tech
Tie
La Tech
Navy
Navy
Navy
  Final: Navy 37-23
by 3
22-22
379-338
92%
by 2.25
by 3
7:00 PM ET Toledo at Western Michigan
WMU
WMU
WMU
WMU
WMU
WMU
  Final: Toledo 37-24
by 14
31-25
409-366
58%
by 2.25
by 3
7:15 PM ET Maine at Syracuse
Cuse
Cuse
Cuse
Cuse
Cuse
Cuse
  Final:Syracuse 38-14
by 24
30-9
474-186
99%
by 37
by 22
8:00 PM ET No. 3 Boise State at Wyoming
Boise
Boise
Boise
Boise
Boise
Boise
  Final: Boise 51-6
by 17
38-13
491-234
98%
by 29
by 23.5
8:00 PM ET No. 6 Texas at Texas Tech
TT
Tie
TT
Texas
TT
Texas
  Final: Texas 24-14
by 1
28-28
390-375
71%
by 3.25
by 3
8:00 PM ET No. 14 Utah at New Mexico
Utah
Utah
Utah
Utah
Utah
Utah
  Final: Utah 56-14
by 28
41-15
431-309
98%
by 24
by 22.5
8:00 PM ET Southern Utah at San Jose St
SJSt
SJSt
SJSt
SJSt
SJSt
SJSt
  Final: San Jose St 16-11
by 4
27-21
429-276
90%
by 16
by 12
8:00 PM ET Notre Dame at Michigan St
ND
MSU
MSU
ND
MSU
MSU
  Final: MSU 34-31 OT
by 4
24-23
409-388
65%
by 2.75
by 3.5
8:00 PM ET Fresno State at Utah State
Utah St
Fresno
Utah St
Fresno
Utah St
Fresno
  Final: Fresno St 41-24
by 3
31-25
449-381
83%
by 3.25
by 3
8:00 PM ET ULM at Arkansas St
Ark St
Ark St
Ark St
Ark St
Ark St
Ark St
  Final: Arkansas St 34-20
by 17
29-24
424-343
72%
by 4.75
by 4
9:05 PM ET New Mexico State at UTEP
UTEP
UTEP
UTEP
UTEP
UTEP
UTEP
  Final: UTEP 42-10
by 17
34-24
524-348
86%
by 9.5
by 15
10:30 PM ET No. 9 Iowa at No. 24 Arizona
Zona
Zona
Zona
Iowa
Zona
Zona
  Final: Arizona 34-27
by 4
20-18
329-238
69%
by 3.75
by 1
10:30 PM ET No. 23 Houston at UCLA

Hou

Hou
UCLA
Hou
Hou
Hou
  Final: UCLA 31-13

by 3

37-31
467-448
77%
by 7.75
by 3
10:30 PM ET UNLV at Idaho
Idaho
Idaho
Idaho
Idaho
Idaho
Idaho
  Final: Idaho 30-7
by 3
33-25
409-376
61%
by 7.25
by 6.5
11:15 PM ET Wake Forest at No. 19 Stanford
Stan
Stan
Stan
Stan
Stan
Stan
  Final: Stanford 68-24
by 17
42-22
532-275
98%
by 21.5
by 17.5
               
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