Time for Week 6 CFB Predictions. I’ll predict every game, big or small. And we’ll throw in some stats, fun facts, and interesting tomfoolery to boot.
And remember, as always, join us before kickoff at The Tailgate. We’ll talk about the match-ups, answer any fantasy questions, and get you ready for an action-packed day of football.
Season Total (281-74) 79%
Thursday
- Troy 34 Georgia State 20
Final Score: Troy 37 Georgia State 20
- Houston 45 Tulsa 24
Final Score: Houston 41 Tulsa 26
Friday
- Georgia Tech 38 Louisville 31
- Marshall 31 Middle Tennessee 28
- Utah State 27 BYU 24
Saturday
AAC
- Cincinnati 31 Tulane 27
- USF 45 UMass 27
- (12) UCF 49 SMU 23
- Expect a lot of points in this one. This has the week’s highest o/u total at 75.
- Temple 34 ECU 27
- Memphis 56 UConn 24
- Navy 27 Air Force 22
ACC
- (4) Clemson 41 Wake Forest 20
- (17) Miami 31 Florida State 17
- (23) NC State 37 Boston College 31
- BC RB AJ Dillon will be a game time decision
- Syracuse 38 Pitt 28
- (6) Notre Dame 31 (24) Virginia Tech 24
- The Hokies will wear all-maroon unis for their tilt vs the Fighting Irish in Blacksburg
Game 5 • Uniform Reveal#HardSmartTough 🦃 pic.twitter.com/nzpHb8DGMT
— HokiesFB 🦃 (@HokiesFB) October 3, 2018
Big 12
- (7) Oklahoma 34 (19) Texas 31
- This is the first time since 2012 that both teams will be ranked during the Red River [Redacted]
- (9) West Virginia 48 Kansas 17
- (25) Oklahoma State 34 Iowa State 20
- Baylor 34 Kansas State 27
B1G
- (3) Ohio State 38 Indiana 17
- (15) Michigan 31 Maryland 13
- (16) Wisconsin 37 Nebraska 20
- The Cornhuskers had never started a season 0-4. Now, they’re staring 0-5 in the face, as they visit Camp Randall and the Badgers.
- (20) Michigan State 27 Northwestern 17
- Illinois 27 Rutgers 20
- Iowa 27 Minnesota 13
C-USA
- FAU 45 ODU 31
- Louisiana Tech 38 UAB 31
- UTSA 33 Rice 31
- The under is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings between these two teams. The o/u is set at 50.
- North Texas 48 UTEP 20
Independents
- USF 45 UMass 27
- UMass WR Andy Isabella is the 2nd leading receiver in the country with 647 yards receiving.
- (6) Notre Dame 31 (24) Virginia Tech 24
- Liberty 41 New Mexico State 38
- Liberty QB Stephen Buckshot Calvert (his real name) was named after NASCAR driver Buckshot Jones
MAC
- Buffalo 34 Central Michigan 31
- Western Michigan 37 EMU 27
- Northern Illinois 28 Ball State 27
- Ohio 42 Kent State 27
- Akron 33 Miami OH 27
- The Zips’ Alvin Davis is tied for 2nd in the country with 3 interceptions, and leads the country in int return yards with 149, including 2 returned for a TD.
- Toledo 47 Bowling Green 26
Mountain West
- Navy 27 Air Force 22
- Air Force’s Falcon Stadium is located at 7,258 ft above sea level.
- Boise State 27 San Diego State 17
- UNLV 40 New Mexico 28
- Fresno State 35 Nevada 28
- Colorado State 38 San Jose State 31
- Hawaii 31 Wyoming 26
- The Rainbow Warriors QB Cole McDonald leads the nation in passing yards.
Pac-12
- (10) Washington 41 UCLA 17
- The Huskies defense leads the country in pts allowed/game at 11.6.
- (14) Stanford 27 Utah 17
- (21) Colorado 35 Arizona State 31
- Washington State 49 Oregon State 31
- Arizona 38 California 37
SEC
- (1) Alabama 49 Arkansas 10
- Arkansas is a +34.5 home underdog. That’s the largest home underdog they’ve ever been. The previous record was +32 vs Florida in ’96.
- Alabama leads the country in scoring at 54.2 pts/gm.
- (2) Georgia 34 Vanderbilt 13
- (22) Florida 19 (5) LSU 16
- (8) Auburn 23 Mississippi State 16
- The Auburn defense has allowed the fewest TDs in the country with 5 (h/t @colecubilic).
- Texas A&M 24 (13) Kentucky 17
- Missouri 34 South Carolina 31
- Ole Miss 63 ULM 24
Sun Belt
- Georgia Southern 38 South Alabama 20
- Louisiana Lafayette 34 Texas St 27
- Ole Miss 63 ULM 24
