October 23 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 this week, you don’t have to take fantasy effects into your wagers, because there are several SEC games that will make you richer.
This week, there are four top 25 SEC squads taking the field against unranked conference opponents. All four of the ranked ranked schools are favorites, and three of them are playing at home. On the season, SEC home favorites are 3-8 vs the spread in conference games.
Therefore, two of your five underdog picks of the week come from the SEC, and two of them are underdogs on the road.
My favorite pick against the spread in the SEC this weekend is Auburn, who’s getting 7.5 points on the road at LSU. Last year against the spread, LSU finished 3-9; so far this season, the Tigers are 5-2 straight up… but only 4-3 against the spread.
I don’t like LSU’s pass rush… and I do like Auburn’s offense. With the bad record home teams have in the SEC against the spread, your money is well bet on Auburn this weekend.
College Football Picks: October 23, 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 78 correct out of 129 top 25 contests. That said, you should still feel a little free to bet with confidence on my picks.
Underdog alerts: Vanderbilt, Auburn, Mississippi State, no. 16 BYU, no. 7 Iowa (although I still can’t believe Iowa is a dog for the second straight week)
- no. 11 Georgia Tech (-5.5) at Virginia
- USF (+6.5) at no. 20 Pittsburgh
- UConn (+7.5) at no. 22 West Virginia
- Minnesota (+16.5) at no. 18 Ohio State
- no. 14 Oklahoma State (-9.5) at Baylor
- Clemson (+4.5) at no. 8 Miami (FL)
- no. 25 Oklahoma (-7.5) at no. 24 Kansas
- no. 13 Penn State (-4.5) at Michigan
- no. 12 Oregon (-10) at Washington
- Tennessee (+14.5) at no. 1 Alabama
- Louisville (+18) at no. 5 Cincinnati
- Air Force (+9.5) at no. 19 Utah
- Vanderbilt (+12.5) at no. 23 South Carolina
- Texas A&M (+21.5) at no. 21 Texas Tech
- no. 7 Iowa (+0) at Michigan State
- Auburn (+7.5) at no. 9 LSU
- no. 2 Florida (-23) at Mississippi State
- SMU (+16.5) at no. 17 Houston
- no. 10 TCU (-2.5) at no. 16 BYU
- no. 3 Texas (-13) at Missouri
- Oregon State (+20.5) at no. 4 USC
- no. 6 Boise State (-25) @ Hawaii
