College Football Picks Against The Spread Late October 10

ByMike Marteny|

There are 55 FBS vs. FBS games in week 6. 17 of those finish up our college football Saturday.

In case you don’t know what I do here, I pick every college football game of the season. Against the spread. Trust me, it’s not as easy as it sounds! I take the average of the odds from all of the Vegas casinos. I then round to the nearest half. There will be no ties here. Ties are for the other football (soccer).

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I had a much better week in week 5. It was a good enough week that I got back in the black on my overall picks (127-124) and my points scale (+4). In case you missed how the point scale works, here is a brief rundown:

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.

All of the picks for the Saturday games will be up at least two hours before the noon kickoffs for those of you parlayers out there!

Here are the rest of the picks, just in case you missed them:

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Here are my college football picks against the spread late October 10:

(25)Boise State(-15.5) at Colorado State(3): I know Boise is capable of covering this. Well, they blew out Virginia in Charlottesville. Give me the Broncos here too.

Texas State at Louisiana-Lafayette(-3.5)(1): Time to break out my lucky quarter. It is 1-1 on the season so far. Tails. Texas State it is then.

New Mexico at Nevada(-4.5)(2): Call me crazy, but the Lobos have looked better than the pack of lobos. Give me New Mexico to keep it really close.

Arkansas at (8)Alabama(-16.5)(3): That is quite a few points. For a team to beat Alabama, they must have success throwing the ball. Georgia wasn’t even close. Arkansas is missing two of their top three receivers in Keon Hatcher and Jared Cornelius, so the chances of them being able to pass are slim. Give me the Tide.

Louisiana Tech(-11.5) at UTSA(3): Teams in Conference USA are not geared to stop Louisiana Tech. Kenneth Dixon is a very good back. Jeff Driskel still makes a lot of the mistakes that he did at Florida, but he is no longer playing against SEC defenses. He can, and does, get away with it now. Give me the Bulldogs.

(21)Oklahoma State at West Virginia(-6.5)(3): It is the worst kept secret in the conference that no one believes in Oklahoma State. Their running game is beat up, and Mason Rudolph looks his age this year. It’s hard to win in Morgantown, but will the Mountaineers win by a touchdown? Probably. Give me WVU.

(2)TCU(-9.5) at Kansas State(5): The Wildcats have had the benefit of playing lesser quality opponents. The two decent teams that they played – Louisiana Tech and Oklahoma State – were able to move the ball almost at will. TCU is a lot better than decent. The Toadies run off with this one.

(11)Florida(-4.5) at Missouri(5): This line is creeping upwards, and it should be. Florida found an offensive groove against an Ole Miss defense that is likely better than Missouri’s. Missouri is still playing a freshman quarterback. He will have his moments, but this Florida defense is outstanding. Gators cover this with relative ease.

East Carolina at BYU(-8.5)(2): Do you want to bet against the Pirates right now? Me either. Give me ECU. BYU wins but doesn’t cover.

Miami(FL) at (12)Florida State(-8.5)(3): The Seminoles haven’t exactly been world beaters, but the Hurricanes just got dominated by Cincinnati. If it keeps going this way for the ‘Canes, the fans might just get their wish. Al Golden’s backside is getting very warm right now. FSU only turns up the heat. Give me the Seminoles.

(4)Michigan State(-13.5) at Rutgers(5): The return of Leonte Caroo will help Rutgers out quite a bit, but he can’t help where the Knights need it: on the defensive side of the ball. Michigan State finally covers a spread here! This is way too low!

San Jose State(-3.5) at UNLV(3): UNLV turned a corner last week with a big win over Nevada. I think they get one here as well. Rebels straight up!

Colorado at Arizona State(-15.5)(2): If this were in Boulder, I would take the Ralphies. Since the Sun Devils are at home, I will give them the benefit of the doubt. After all, they did beat UCLA. As improved as Colorado is, they couldn’t pull that off just yet.

(23)California at (5)Utah(-7.5)(5): Utah has the defense to shut the Cal offense down. Cal has the defense to make the Utah offense look like they did against Oregon. This game won’t be all that close. Utah by at least 14.

Wyoming at Air Force(-23.5)(4): This line has jumped four points. One of these times this line will over-adjust due to the disaster that is the Wyoming team. This is not one of them. Give me Air Force.

Utah State(-11.5) at Fresno State(3): Don’t get me wrong, I won’t be mistaking Fresno for a good team anytime soon, but can Utah State really cover this without Chuckie Keeton? I have my doubts. Give me Fresno.

San Diego State at Hawaii(-1.5)(3): Hawaii is tough on the islands, and it is tough to gauge them since they have been overmatched against some pretty good teams. I have to go with San Diego State though because of Donnel Pumphrey. SDSU in a close one!

This week I have six one pointers, 12 two pointers, 23 three pointers, 10 four pointers, and four five pointers. That leaves me with a possible total of 159 points. I’m aiming to get about 90 points out of this week. As for the picks, I will be happy with anything over 50%. This is a little tougher week than I originally thought!

Good luck to those of you making wagers, friendly or otherwise, tomorrow!

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