October 17 Top 25 College Football Picks

As a college fantasy football blogger, I always wonder what the spreads for Saturday’s slate of Top 25 college football games would look like if the guys who sets the lines in Vegas were active college fantasy football players.

But since those line setters don’t play fantasy football, I can use that insight to my advantage to help pick winners in each week’s games.

Consider Saturday’s matchup between Texas Tech and no. 15 Nebraska. Sure, the Cornhuskers have only allowed 813 total passing yards and 1 TD through the air this year, and those staunch defensive numbers don’t bode well for the Red Raider aerial attack. But when reviewing the season passing yardage totals of Nebraska’s previous opponents, only one team has eclipsed 1100 total yards through the air – Missouri (1374). 

By comparison, the Red Raiders once again lead the nation in passing yardage, and their season total basically doubles Mizzo’s output (2661). Taylor Potts and Texas Tech are going to provide the heaviest dosage of passing Nebraska will see in 2009… and I believe the Huskers are in for an upset.

Texas Tech is getting 10.5 points on Saturday in Lincoln, and I’m liking that spread. Take the Red Raiders.

College Football Picks: October 17, 2009

Below are my Top 25 college football picks for this Saturday, October 19. My pick is in bold. On the year, I have picked 73 correct out of 114 top 25 contests. That said, you should still feel free to bet with confidence on my picks.

Underdog alerts: Texas Tech, no. 11 Iowa (although I can’t believe Iowa is a dog)

• no. 7 Ohio State (-13.5) at Purdue
• no. 11 Iowa (+2.5) at Wisconsin
• no. 20 Oklahoma (-3) vs. no. 3 Texas
• Texas Tech (+10.5) at no. 15 Nebraska
• Minnesota (+17.5) at no. 14 Penn State
• Arkansas (+25) at no. 1 Florida
• no. 6 USC (-10) at no. 25 Notre Dame
• no. 23 Houston (-17) at Tulane
• Colorado State (+22.5) at no. 12 TCU
• no. 4 Virginia Tech (-3) at no. 19 Georgia Tech
• no. 18 BYU (+4.5) at San Diego State
• no. 17 Kansas (-9.5) at Colorado
• no. 9 Miami (FL) (-14.5) at UCF
• no. 22 South Carolina (+17) at no. 2 Alabama
• Missouri (+7) at no. 16 Oklahoma State
• no. 24 Utah (-16.5) at UNLV

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