Week 1 Picks

I will start my own top 25 poll after Week 5. I disagree with preseason polls. Teams that lose games fall and they cause a logjam of teams moving up. Besides, the preseason polls are all based on potential and teams' seasons should not be based on a flawed view of "potential".

Without further to do this week picks by me with proper respect to Jim Thorpe (Star Carlisle Triple Threat Player)




Jim Thorpe at Carlisle



Picks

 

9. South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt          SC 24-17

24. Boise State vs. Michigan State      MSU 27-24

Hawaii vs. 1. USC                               USC 49-21

Marshall vs. West Virginia                 WVU 28-21

14. Clemson vs. Auburn                     Clemson 24-21

Tennessee vs. NC State                       NCST 31-21

Miami (OH) vs. Ohio State                 OSU 34-24

Wyoming vs. Texas                           Texas 45-31

Washington State vs. BYU               BYU 38-20

Iowa vs. Northern Illinois                 NIU 20-13

Toledo vs. Arizona                            Toledo 48-41

Western Michigan vs. Illinois           WM 26-16

Kentucky vs. 25. Louisville                Ville 27-10

Georgia Tech vs. 16. Virginia Tech   VT 20-16

Southern Miss vs. Nebraska               Huskers 34-17

Northwestern vs. Syracuse                 NW 24-20

Ohio vs. Penn State                           Ohio 17-10

Florida Intentional vs. Duke             FIU 23-17

Miami (FL) vs. Boston College        Miami 24-10

SMU vs. Baylor                                SMU 34-31

 

 

Upset Pick of the Week

 

Navy vs. Notre Dame      Navy 27-24

 

 

Other Upsets Watches

 

Richmond over Virginia

William & Mary over Maryland

Massachusetts over Connecticut

Tulsa over Iowa State

 

I went with a lot of upsets of MAC schools beating Big 10 schools.  The CAA teams have a history of beating or playing close games with ACC teams.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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