My week 3 predictions

[iowajerms]

AP Top 25

#1 Alabama 43 at Arkansas 31
#2 USC 21 at #21 Stanford 28
Idaho 3 at #3 LSU 41
Tennessee Tech 10 at #4 Oregon 56
Wake Forest 17 at #5 Florida State 43
FAU 6 at #7 Georgia 38
UAB 0 at #8 South Carolina 41
James Maidison 17 vs #9 West Virginia 38
#20 Notre Dame 17 at #10 Michigan State 20
Furman 3 at #11 Clemson 38
California 14 at #12 Ohio State 34
#13 Virginia Tech 42 at Pittsburgh 17
#14 Texas 35 at Mississippi 10
North Texas 14 at #15 Kansas State 54
#16 TCU 34 at Kansas 10
Massachusetts 9 at #17 Michigan 38
#18 Florida 6 at #23 Tennessee 10
North Carolina 14 at #19 Louisville 24
Houston 7 at #23 UCLA 31
South Carolina State 6 at #24 Arizona 58
#25 BYU 17 at Utah 21

Other Games

Rutgers 21 at South Florida 24
Washington State 10 at UNLV 13
Arkansas State 14 at Nebraska 28
Louisiana-Lafayette 24 at Oklahoma State 3
Louisiana-Monroe 28 at Auburn 34
Virginia 24 at Georgia Tech 35
Northern Iowa 7 at Iowa 13
Arizona State 27 at Missouri 28
Utah State 14 at Wisconsin 17

Overall: 51-16 with 10 close predictions

Week 1: 27-7 w/ 3 close predictions
Week 2: 24-9 w/ 7 close preictions

*My deadline to change score is midnight CST before the game. Also, close predictions are 8 points or closer to both teams' score (most a team can score in one drive.

 

[olympicoscar]

I think Stanford is being overrated and doubt if they'll beat USC.

 

[BigAppleBadger]

Not looking for Wisconsin under the top 25 list (here, on the ESPN iPhone app, etc) is gonna take some getting used to.

 

[KansasSooner]

Louisiana-Lafayette 24 at Oklahoma State 3

*My deadline to change score is midnight CST before the game. Also, close predictions are 8 points or closer to both teams' score (most a team can score in one drive.

So is Okie State winning or losing this one? Me thinks you left off a digit...

 

[Volbound1700]

No way Alabama gives up that many points to Arkansas. A lot of cupcake games.

 

[iowajerms]

AP Top 25

#1 Alabama 43 at Arkansas 31
#2 USC 21 at #21 Stanford 28
Idaho 3 at #3 LSU 41
Tennessee Tech 10 at #4 Oregon 56
Wake Forest 17 at #5 Florida State 43
FAU 6 at #7 Georgia 38
UAB 0 at #8 South Carolina 41
James Maidison 17 vs #9 West Virginia 38
#20 Notre Dame 17 at #10 Michigan State 20
Furman 3 at #11 Clemson 38
California 14 at #12 Ohio State 34
#13 Virginia Tech 42 at Pittsburgh 17
#14 Texas 35 at Mississippi 10
North Texas 14 at #15 Kansas State 54
#16 TCU 34 at Kansas 10
Massachusetts 9 at #17 Michigan 38
#18 Florida 6 at #23 Tennessee 10
North Carolina 14 at #19 Louisville 24
Houston 7 at #23 UCLA 31
South Carolina State 6 at #24 Arizona 58
#25 BYU 17 at Utah 21

Other Games

Rutgers 21 at South Florida 24
Washington State 10 at UNLV 13
Arkansas State 14 at Nebraska 28
****Louisiana-Lafayette 24 at Oklahoma State 38****
Louisiana-Monroe 28 at Auburn 34
Virginia 24 at Georgia Tech 35
Northern Iowa 7 at Iowa 13
Arizona State 27 at Missouri 28
Utah State 14 at Wisconsin 17

UL-L at Ok St was a typo. I have Oklahoma State winning 38-24.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

UNC over Louisville.

 

[iowajerms]

No way Alabama gives up that many points to Arkansas. A lot of cupcake games.

Alabama is very strong against the run. Any offense that is run-based I do not see scoring 17 points on Bama's D. Oregon might be able to score that. So they were able to stop Shoelace - great. Michigan still threw for 200 yards. Western Kentucky had 178 passing yards.

Arkansas is 89th rushing yards per game, so any decent defense should be able to stop their rushing attack. They are 12th in passing yards per game with 340.5.

Alabama will do great at stopping the run, but I think Arkansas's rushing attack will be able to score on Bama's D. They just won't be able to stop Alabama from scoring.

 

[iowajerms]

****#18 Florida 6 at #23 Tennessee 21****

No. 18 Florida Gators lose starting LBs Jelani Jenkins, Ronald Powell - ESPN

I have Tennessee scoring 21 points now instead of 10 on Florida.

 

[uncfan103]

UNC and Louisville will both score more than 24 points, Carolina will definitely score more than 14 (hopefully I didn't just jinx us)

 

[rmilia1]

I can tell you for sure that the team that needs to be nervous this week ( other than my own shitty team) is Nebraska. Arkansas State has a good offense and is more than capable of scoring 28+ against the Huskers if their D doesnt show some substantial improvement. I think the Huskers can score enough to win but that is a game that would make me uncomfortable if I were a Husker fan

 

[757Hokie83]

I dont think it will happen, but man, i will LMAO all week long if Ark finds a way to beat Bama

 

[iowajerms]

I dont think it will happen, but man, i will LMAO all week long if Ark finds a way to beat Bama

Who said Arkansas is going to beat Alabama?

 

[757Hokie83]

Who said Arkansas is going to beat Alabama?

who implied that anyone said that?

just stating in a thread about picks my thoughts on that game....relax a bit

 

[iowajerms]

Arkansas's QB is uncertain. I might lower the score of Arkansas. I'll see the QB's status on Friday before I decide to change the score.

 

[iowajerms]

I am changing my Arkansas at Alabama prediction. QB not playing.

Alabama 43 at Arkansas 13

 

[CharlieHarper]

No way Tennessee's D can hold UF to 6 points.

 

[iowajerms]

AP Top 25

#1 Alabama 43 at Arkansas 13
#2 USC 21 at #21 Stanford 28
Idaho 3 at #3 LSU 41
Tennessee Tech 10 at #4 Oregon 56
Wake Forest 17 at #5 Florida State 43
FAU 6 at #7 Georgia 38
UAB 0 at #8 South Carolina 41
James Maidison 17 vs #9 West Virginia 38
#20 Notre Dame 17 at #10 Michigan State 20
Furman 3 at #11 Clemson 38
California 14 at #12 Ohio State 34
#13 Virginia Tech 42 at Pittsburgh 17
#14 Texas 35 at Mississippi 10
North Texas 14 at #15 Kansas State 54
#16 TCU 34 at Kansas 10
Massachusetts 9 at #17 Michigan 38
#18 Florida 6 at #23 Tennessee 21
North Carolina 14 at #19 Louisville 24
Houston 7 at #23 UCLA 31
South Carolina State 6 at #24 Arizona 58
#25 BYU 17 at Utah 21

Other Games

Rutgers 21 at South Florida 24 <----- Rutgers 23 at South Florida 13
Washington State 10 at UNLV 13 <----- WSU 35 at UNLV 27
Arkansas State 14 at Nebraska 28
Louisiana-Lafayette 24 at Oklahoma State 38
Louisiana-Monroe 28 at Auburn 34
Virginia 24 at Georgia Tech 35
Northern Iowa 7 at Iowa 13
Arizona State 27 at Missouri 28
Utah State 14 at Wisconsin 17

Here's how my final predictions look. Not off to a good start.

 

[rmilia1]

I like BYU over Utah, Arizona State over Mizzou, Notre Dame over MSU other than that looks good although watch out for the Utah State-Wisconsin game.

 

[Red_Alert]

Yeah, I had the Rutgers/S. Florida pick wrong.

I gave too much credit to Skip Holtz and the fact they were playing at home.

I overlooked (what I had even considered when making my pick) that Rutgers has some decent players that Schiano had recruited.

Hindsight is 20/20