Games To Watch
West Virginia at South Florida. This game will come down to how well USF's offense plays. Both WVU and USF have defensive efficiency ratings around 15.5 and both have played a similar strength of schedule. WVU, however, has an offensive efficiency of 23.1 compared to 16.6 for USF. If USF can either find an extra gear in their offense or bring WVU's offense down to their level, they have a shot.
USC at Oregon. Oregon State took USC to the wire last weekend, and Oregon is a much better opponent. USC has roughly a 2-point margin in their favor on both the offensive and defensive efficiency, but if Oregon can do a better job of exploiting holes in the previously-invincible USC defense then this will be a close game. Oregon likes to play at a faster pace than USC, so there's the potential to get USC out of their element and rack up some quick points.
Kansas at Texas Tech. Both teams are coming off solid defeats -- Kansas to an underrated Oklahoma team, TTU to an out-of-nowhere A&M squad -- and looking to rebound. TTU needs to find answers on the defensive end, since Kansas has a much more efficient offense than A&M (23.4 versus 19.9). Look for this to be another high-scoring game; good offense, so-so defenses, and a quick pace.
Coin Toss Game of the Week
Middle Tennessee State at Florida-Atlantic. Once again Florida-Atlantic finds itself in the projected closest game of the week, with a 52.1% chance of pulling out the victory. If this is anything like last week then this does not bode well for MTSU.
Full predictions after the break.
| Home | Visitors | Odds | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis | 17 | East Carolina | 31 | 73.5 |
| Virginia Tech | 31 | North Carolina | 7 | 92.1 |
| South Florida | 17 | West Virginia | 24 | 63.7 |
| Arizona St. | 17 | California | 24 | 54.3 |
| Arkansas | 46 | Eastern Michigan | 24 | 97.9 |
| Auburn | 17 | Mississippi | 24 | 60.1 |
| Ball St. | 17 | Ohio | 24 | 52.6 |
| Baylor | 7 | Nebraska | 24 | 88.5 |
| Boise St. | 42 | SJSU | 17 | 99.4 |
| Boston College | 17 | Central Michigan | 14 | 62.7 |
| Colorado | 17 | Missouri | 24 | 63.3 |
| Colorado St. | 17 | Air Force | 24 | 74.3 |
| Connecticut | 24 | Rutgers | 17 | 53.9 |
| FIU | 24 | LA-Lafayette | 17 | 76.3 |
| FL-Atlantic | 31 | Middle Tenn. | 24 | 52.1 |
| Florida St. | 35 | North Carolina St. | 17 | 87.3 |
| Fresno St. | 35 | Utah St. | 17 | 90.7 |
| Houston | 24 | Southern Miss. | 17 | 69.5 |
| Idaho | 24 | LA Tech | 31 | 52.3 |
| Illinois | 17 | Michigan | 24 | 73.1 |
| Iowa | 24 | Indiana | 7 | 97.2 |
| Kent St. | 24 | Western Michigan | 17 | 54.4 |
| Kentucky | 24 | Mississippi St. | 17 | 67.9 |
| Louisville | 24 | Arkansas St. | 17 | 60.0 |
| LSU | 43 | Tulane | 17 | 99.5 |
| Miami-OH | 24 | Toledo | 31 | 74.0 |
| Minnesota | 17 | Michigan St. | 24 | 60.2 |
| Navy | 31 | Temple | 17 | 80.8 |
| Florida | 35 | Georgia | 17 | 94.0 |
| Notre Dame | 24 | Washington St. | 7 | 97.7 |
| Nevada | 35 | Hawaii | 24 | 84.9 |
| Northern Ill. | 31 | Akron | 17 | 88.0 |
| North Texas | 35 | Western Kentucky | 31 | 79.8 |
| Northwestern | 14 | Penn State | 24 | 94.7 |
| Ohio St. | 41 | New Mexico St. | 14 | 99.8 |
| Oklahoma | 35 | Kansas St. | 7 | 97.6 |
| Oklahoma St. | 17 | Texas | 24 | 81.9 |
| Oregon | 17 | USC | 24 | 61.6 |
| Oregon St. | 31 | UCLA | 17 | 85.7 |
| SDSU | 24 | New Mexico | 17 | 80.1 |
| Syracuse | 17 | Cincinnati | 31 | 91.7 |
| TCU | 38 | UNLV | 14 | 99.2 |
| Tennessee | 17 | South Carolina | 14 | 74.8 |
| Texas A&M | 31 | Iowa St. | 24 | 65.1 |
| Texas Tech | 38 | Kansas | 31 | 76.7 |
| Troy | 24 | LA-Monroe | 17 | 84.1 |
| Tulsa | 35 | SMU | 17 | 87.8 |
| Utah | 31 | Wyoming | 14 | 97.1 |
| UTEP | 35 | UAB | 24 | 77.0 |
| Vanderbilt | 7 | Georgia Tech | 31 | 88.7 |
| Virginia | 24 | Duke | 7 | 81.9 |
| Wake Forest | 17 | Miami-FL | 24 | 73.2 |
| Wisconsin | 31 | Purdue | 24 | 65.7 |
