College Football Expert Picks, Predictions: Week 9

College football expert picks and predictions for Week 9 highlighted by Michigan State at Michigan, Florida vs Georgia, and Kentucky at Tennessee

College football expert picks, predictions for Week 9, including Michigan State at Michigan, Florida vs Georgia, and Kentucky at Tennessee


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College Football Expert Picks, Predictions: Week 9

* next to the pick means the team will win, but not cover.
Click on each game for the game preview and CFN Prediction

Week 9 College Football Expert Picks
Virginia Tech at NC State | Louisiana at So Miss
Utah at Washington State | East Carolina at BYU
Louisiana Tech at FIU | Oklahoma St at Kansas St
USC at Arizona | Notre Dame at Syracuse
Cincinnati at UCF | Ohio State at Penn State
Arkansas at Auburn | Florida at Georgia
Illinois at Nebraska | Kentucky at Tennessee
Oregon at CalMichigan St at Michigan
Ole Miss at Texas A&MPitt at North Carolina
Stanford at UCLANevada at San Jose State
Wyoming at HawaiiResults So Far
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Virginia Tech at NC State

Line: NC State -13.5, o/u: 40.5

Evan Bredeson, CornhuskersWire.com: NC State
Jeff Feyerer, CFN: NC State*
Pete Fiutak, CFN: NC State
Cami Griffin, LonghornsWire.com: NC State
Dan Harralson, VolsWire.com: NC State
Phil Harrison, BuckeyesWire.com: NC State*
Jeremy Mauss, MWwire.com NC State
Kevin McGuire, NittanyLionsWire.com: NC State
Zack Pearson, TarHeelswire.com NC State*
Johnny Rosenstein, SportsBookWire.com: NC State*
Scott Steehn, WinnersandWhiners.com: NC State
Joe Vitale, UGAWire.com: NC State
Clucko the Chicken (a coin flip), CFN: Virginia Tech
CONSENSUS PICK: NC State

NEXT: Louisiana at Southern Miss Expert Picks

Cincinnati vs UCF Prediction, Game Preview

Cincinnati vs UCF game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 9 game on Saturday, October 29

Cincinnati vs UCF prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 9, Saturday, October 29


Cincinnati vs UCF How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 29
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: FBC Mortgage Stadium, Orlando, FL
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Cincinnati (6-1), UCF (5-2)
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Cincinnati vs UCF Game Preview

Why Cincinnati Will Win

It hasn’t always been easy or pretty, but Cincinnati keeps on winning after opening the season with a loss to Arkansas.

This isn’t close to being the team of last year, but it figured out ways to win. It starts with the best pass rush and most disruptive defensive front in college football, the defense comes through when needed, and the offense is just good enough to get by when needed.

UCF is great in so many ways, but East Carolina was able to come up with four takeaways in last week’s 34-13 win last week. The Bearcats don’t take the ball away in bunches, but they’re amazing against the run and should make plenty of plays behind the line, and …

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Why UCF Will Win

Teams that can run well were able to run on Cincinnati.

Arkansas ripped off 224 yards on the ground and won. USF ran for 224 yards and made it a fight. No one else on the Bearcat slate chooses the ground as the primary form of transportation.

The UCF passing game has been fantastic with close to 300 yards through the air in five of the seven games, but it’s at its best when it’s ripping off chunks of yards on the ground.

UCF will not only commit to the running game, but it should succeed at it.

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What’s Going To Happen

There might have been a loss to Louisville early on, but UCF is a fantasist team at home. As long as it doesn’t turn it over like it did against East Carolina it should be fine.

Home field will matter here. The Knights will feed off the home energy, the offense will be balanced and explosive, and they’ll make up for last week’s gaffe with one of the biggest wins of the Gus Malzahn era.

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Cincinnati vs UCF Prediction, Line

UCF 27, Cincinnati 24
Line: UCF -1.5, o/u: 55.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Cincinnati vs UCF Must See Rating (out of 5): 4
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