College Football Picks Against The Spread September 10

For those of you that don’t know, I pick every FBS vs. FBS game each weekend. Sounds easy, right? Not really. I do it against the spread!

There were a total of 39 FBS vs. FBS games last weekend. One was canceled because of persistent lightning (McNeese State at LSU), so that left us with 38. How did the new point system do? Let’s check that out first!

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1: 2-3

2: 9-6

3: 5-4

4: 4-4

5. 0-1

That netted me a total of three points. Missing my only five pointer (Stanford at Northwestern) hurt my week. My total against the spread was 20-18 though. Not quite my goal, but going .500 in an opening week is no easy task. There are a lot of uncertains this early in the year.

In case you missed my point system last week, it goes like this:

The point scale will go like this:

5. A lock. I am comfortable making a sizable wager on this game.

4. Very confident. Not quite a lock, but I am comfortable making a decent sized wager on it.

3. Middle of the road. Good enough that I would make a small wager on it.

2. Could go either way. So much so that I wouldn’t bet on it.

1. Stay away from these.

Take note that any games that involve 1-AA teams will NOT be picked. There simply is not enough information to get an accurate spread.

Here are my college football picks against the spread September 10 and 11:

There are only three games between Thursday and Friday this week with the NFL kicking off and taking some of the action. Most of the games are on Saturday. My picks for the Saturday games will be up tomorrow for those of you that are parlayers.

Louisiana Tech(-1.5) at Western Kentucky(4): This line has gone back and forth up to three points for either team. The bettors are causing it to go crazy, and with good reason. Betting the over on 62.5 might be a safer bet than picking either team against the spread, but this is against the spread. Don’t be fooled by the Hilltoppers’ offensive ineptitude last week in Nashville. Vanderbilt’s defense is not the issue. Their offense is. WKU will be back to slinging it around the yard in this one. And, well, I just can’t get how bad Jeff Driskel looked at Florida out of my head. Give me the Hilltoppers straight up, but it will be a close one.

Miami(FL)(-17.5) at Florida Atlantic(4): The Owls’ defense is awful with a capital AWFUL. Their offense is good enough to keep up with most of the teams they will face, but not Miami. The Hurricanes should be improved on both sides of the ball from last year. Look for Brad Kaaya and the stable of running backs to have their way in this one. I’m taking Miami.

Utah State at (24)Utah(-12.5)(3): The only reason this one is lower is because it is a rivalry game. That said, the Aggies were putrid on offense against Southern Utah last week. Imagine how bad they will look against a good defense like Utah. Chuckie Keeton had a lot of rust. If he can shake some of that off, the Aggies might hang in there for a little while, but I don’t see them staying within two touchdowns. Give me Utah.

Stay tuned for all of the Saturday lines. They will be up by tomorrow evening!

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