My week 4 predictions

[iowajerms]

AP Top 25

FAU 3 at #1 Alabama 52
#2 LSU 34 at Auburn 14
#22 Arizona 38 at #3 Oregon 52
#10 Clemson 31 at #4 Florida State 24
Vanderbilt 14 at #5 Georgia 38
#15 Kansas State 24 at #6 Oklahoma 20
Missouri 27 at #7 South Carolina 17
Maryland 17 at #8 West Virginia 31
#9 Stanford – Bye Week
#18 Michigan 24 at #11 Notre Dame 21
#12 Texas – Bye Week
California 13 at #13 USC 34
Kentucky 10 at #14 Florida 31
UAB 3 at #16 Ohio State 48
Virginia 14 at #17 TCU 28
Oregon State 27 at #19 UCLA 35
#20 Louisville 35 at FIU 20
Eastern Michigan 10 at #21 Michigan State 31
South Alabama 13 at #23 Mississippi State 41
BYU 24 at #24 Boise State 21
Idaho State 7 at #25 Nebraska 38

Other Games

Kent State 24 at Buffalo 34
Baylor 38 at Louisiana-Monroe 34
Miami (FL) 24 at Georgia Tech 38
ECU 28 at North Carolina 27
Temple 21 at Penn State 24
Kansas 10 at Northern Illinois 17
Colorado 14 at Washington State 24
South Florida 31 at Ball State 34
Rutgers 24 at Arkansas 35
Syracuse 21 a tMinnesota 27
Louisiana Tech 24 at Illinois 27
Utah 24 at Arizona State 38
Nevada 27 at Hawaii 34

Overall: 76-21 with 21 close predictions

Week 3: 25-5 with 11 close predictions
Week 2: 24-9 with 7 close predictions
Week 1: 27-7 with 3 close predictions

* My deadline is midnight CST before the game and I consider close games being 8 points or closer to both teams' score (most a team can score on 1 drive)

 

[legendsincrimson]

Auburn will not score 14 points on LSU and LSU will have 34 points at the end of the first half. Most of LSU's points will be off of Auburn turnovers.

 

[Ballboy534]

That's ballsy picking us, but I really, really hope you're right

Our defense better have been pulling the old rope-a-dope if we're going to have a shot on the road; otherwise the offense may have to score 50+...

 

[TigerBait1971]

Vandy over UGA.

 

[24seven]

How you can pick Mizzou over the consensus pick for the national championship is beyond me.

 

[CharlieHarper]

Florida will score more than 31 on Kentucky. They should score well over 40.

 

[olympicoscar]

Hard to believe Missouri will beat South Carolina. Hard to believe Florida Atlantic will score anything on Alabama. Florida Atlantic is bad. Alabama would have to fumble close to their goal line.

Florida St hasn't played anyone yet so an upset is possible.

I like Michigan over ND. Michigan State had no experienced QB and their best runner is a straight ahead bull. ND figured it out. D Robinson will be more than ND can handle.

If ND wins this game, they could be in the nc game, believe it or not.

 

[nolehusker]

Seriously, you think clemson will score 31 points on this FSU defense? We returned 9 starters on defense from one of the best defenses last year.

 

[Cane]

Major upsets


#2 LSU 20 at Auburn 24
#22 Arizona 38 at #3 Oregon 35
#10 Clemson 38 at #4 Florida State 21
Vanderbilt 28 at #5 Georgia 27
#15 Kansas State 24 at #6 Oklahoma 20
Missouri 28 at #7 South Carolina 20

 

[ForkEmBucky]

I really like the Kansas State and Missouri upset picks. Notre Dame is going to beat Michigan, though.

 

[TheZou11]

I am not expecting anything special on Saturday from Mizzou. Expect Jadeveon Clowney to at least repeat his performance from last week.

 

[iowajerms]

Games I am still unsure on.

Kansas State at Oklahoma - I'm sure many of you could figure that out. There was lots of issues with Oklahoma going into the season. Oklahoma is coming off a bye week and IDK how they do off of bye weeks. I know some teams struggle. It also seems like Oklahoma has at least 1 bad game (either losing at home to a quality opponent or squeaking by a nobody). I could be thinking of just a few games though. Kansas State did great against Miami. I will most likely change this game, but not sure yet.

Clemson at Florida State - I haven't seen FSU fans really brag about them on here. They understand how good the Seminole's opponents have been. However, FSU does have talent and at this point, there's no reason to think they can't win. Clemson has had a quality opponent with Auburn. Auburn might not be a top tier team, but they are not a bad team. I feel that Clemson being tested already might give them an advantage, but I can be convinced into FSU winning.

Michigan at Notre Dame - I'm seeing Michigan's offense doing enough to win at the end of the game. I think Michigan's offense will eat up a lot of clock, but it won't be a defensive game. However, Michigan's offense has played the same the last 3 years. Alabama has a "how-to" video on how to stop that offense. So, I might change that score.

Rutgers at Arkansas - I was impressed with Rutgers win against USF. It might not be a huge win, but it was a nice one. Arkansas got slaughtered by Alabama. They were not good at all. Arkansas also did not have their top QB and Alabama has the best D in the country. I did the score as if Tyler is back.

 

[KansasSooner]

OU has only lost 3 games in Norman under Stoops. OU is 14-4 coming off bye weeks with Stoops. K-State starts slow like against Missouri St. and North Texas, OU rolls. Otherwise it could be a close game but OU has that home field...

 

[Ballboy534]

Clemsn @ FSU will be a high scoring game; both teams return the majority of starters on Clemson's offense and FSU's defense respectively from last year and Clemson put up 35. On the flip side, Clemson lost three of four starting DL and FSU has some new skill players, but I think the over/under could easily be 80/90+

 

[SeeYouNT]

KSU and Misery are going down. Bookmark it!

 

[iowajerms]

Seriously, you think clemson will score 31 points on this FSU defense? We returned 9 starters on defense from one of the best defenses last year.

If I'm not mistaken, Nebraska returned a lot of starters when Suh went pro, but that doesn't mean that defense was as good. Clayborn and company at Iowa did better when Clayborn was a junior than they did whenhe was a senior. I'm starting to believe a defense returning a lot of players have a hard time being as good the 2nd year.

But I will admit, it's hard for me to judge how Clemson will do against FSU. It's a game I am expecting to be way off but I will learn a lot from for future predictions.

 

[Ballboy534]

Seriously, you think clemson will score 31 points on this FSU defense? We returned 9 starters on defense from one of the best defenses last year.

Because we put up 35 on you last year?

 

[nolehusker]

If I'm not mistaken, Nebraska returned a lot of starters when Suh went pro, but that doesn't mean that defense was as good. Clayborn and company at Iowa did better when Clayborn was a junior than they did whenhe was a senior. I'm starting to believe a defense returning a lot of players have a hard time being as good the 2nd year.

But I will admit, it's hard for me to judge how Clemson will do against FSU. It's a game I am expecting to be way off but I will learn a lot from for future predictions.

Nebraska changed their defensive scheme and strategy last year. FSU has not done that.

 

[nolehusker]

Because we put up 35 on you last year?

LAST YEAR!!!! The D was young last year when you played and they've had a whole year to get better.

 

[KansasSooner]

Everybody acts like experience is the great equalizer...well if they are just average players they'll get beat by better players most times, I don't care how experience they have.