College Football picks against the spread October 23-26, 2018

We have a big week even before Saturday this week. We have 11 games between today and Friday, with five each on Thursday and Friday. If the spreads change a lot before then, I will update this page!

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I haven’t completely finished with last weekend’s games yet, so my picks from last week haven’t all been tallied. That article will be up soon, but first, the picks for the 11 games before our college football Saturday!

For those of you that are new to this, I pick every college football game every week. Not a top five. Not a top ten. All of them. Big deal, right? Lots of people make picks. Well, I do them all against the spread! I take the odds of each game and average them out at all the Vegas casinos and round to the nearest half. There will be no ties here. Ties are for the other football.

I also assign a point value based on the confidence I have in each pick. 1 means that I have little to no confidence. 5 is one I would place a decent wager on. I keep track of my record and my points from week to week and year to year. I am aiming for 55% this year. It’s harder than it looks!

This is for entertainment purposes only! I cannot be responsible for the loss of money, possessions, spouses, or limbs because of my picks. I can’t have that on my conscious.

Without further delay, here are the early picks for week 9!

Troy(-12.5) at South Alabama(3): I know that this is a rivalry game, but these two teams are pretty far apart right now. The only thing giving me a little bit of pause is that the game is in Mobile. I really don’t think it matters that much. I’ll take Troy.

Baylor at (13)West Virginia(-13.5)(3): The loss in Ames is skewing this line, but it shouldn’t be. This game wont be all that close. I don’t see Baylor keeping up, but I am looking forward to having a couple of good college football DraftKings slates before Saturday!

Ball State at Ohio(-10.5)(2): This is at least a half point too high. Give me the Lettermans.

Toledo at Western Michigan(-6.5)(2): I don’t know that I can pick either team with any confidence right now. Western Michigan has looked better lately, so I’ll go with the Broncos at home.

(25)Appalachian State(-8.5) at Georgia Southern(3): How will the Mountaineers react as a ranked team? My guess is very well. This looks low. I’ll take Appalachian.

Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech(-3.5)(4): Virginia Tech’s problems have been in pass defense, so I feel pretty good with this line. I see the Hokies winning by a touchdown at home.

Louisiana Tech at Florida Atlantic(-3.5)(2): I don’t really like that half, and this line has nearly doubled from where it opened. I expect it close. I’ve been riding Devin Singletary this long. I see no reason to stop now. Give me the Owls.

Miami(FL)(-3.5) at Boston College(2): A.J. Dillon is back, and this game is on Chestnut Hill. Oh, and Miami has flipped back to Malik Rosier. It looks like things are lining up for the Eagles. BC straight up!

Indiana(-2.5) at Minnesota(3): Minnesota just got punched in the mouth by a winless Nebraska team. Indiana hasn’t looked that great, but Minnesota couldn’t move the ball at all until Annexstad went out. I just don’t know if Minnesota has this in them right now. I’ll take Indiana.

Wyoming at Colorado State(-2.5)(4): Really? A fully healthy Wyoming team can’t beat the Rams? I doubt it. Give me the Cowboys straight up.

Utah(-9.5) at UCLA(3): UCLA has improved a lot, but they haven’t had to face a defense like this since sometime last year. I’ll take Utah.

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