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10 Best College Football Predictions: Point Total Picks Week 10

What ten games appear to be the best bets and the best point total picks going into Week 10? Here you go. Enjoy.

What ten games appear to be the best bets and the best point total picks going into Week 10? Here you go. Enjoy.

Week 10 Fearless Predictions, Game Previews
– Week 10 Schedule, Times, Lines, Previews
– 10 Best Picks Against The Spread
– CFN Fearless Predictions & Game Previews
– Week 10 Expert Picks & Predictions: College
– Week 9 Expert Picks & Predictions: NFL

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Click on each game for the game preview and fearless prediction.

Click on each game for the game preview and fearless prediction.

10. Ohio State at Rutgers

Point Total: 64.5
PICK: Under
– Bet on this, BetMGM latest line

Three parts to this to make the under happen.

1) Ohio State’s defense let up just a wee bit in last week’s 38-25 win over Penn State. It’s going to have no problem against a Rutgers team that scored a bit in the first two weeks, but the yards aren’t there.

2) OSU head coach Ryan Day felt bad after his team scored a late touchdown against Nebraska and apologized to Scott Frost. He’s not going to run up the score on Greg Schiano.

3) The Rutgers D is just good enough to come up with a few takeaways to keep Ohio State’s O from putting up astronomical numbers. However, the attack will be just fine. Remember, though, 48-14 is an under.

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9. Kansas at Oklahoma

Point Total: 63.5
PICK: Over
– Bet on this, BetMGM latest line

Oklahoma 62, Texas Tech 28. That was last week.

You always like the over if one side can take care of most of the work by itself.

The Kansas defense hasn’t done much of anything, allowing 47 or more in four of the last five games and 107 combined in the last two games. The Sooners are still trying to get everything going with the O, and that should mean 50+ points against the Jayhawks.

Kansas will oblige with a courtesy score or two, but demand the Sooners score 64.

8. Iowa State at Baylor

Point Total: 47.5
PICK: Over
– Bet on this, BetMGM latest line

This is mostly about Iowa State.

The Cyclone offense is getting a huge year out of RB Breece Hall, and QB Brock Purdy is overdue to light it up. Even with the inconsistencies, the Cyclones have scored 31 or more in four of the five Big 12 games it played in so far. Even the game when the O didn’t score much, it was a 24-21 loss to Oklahoma State.

Baylor has allowed 27 points in each of the last three Big 12 games, but can it score enough to get this thing to 48? It should hit around 24 against against an okay Cyclone D.

7. Michigan State at Iowa

Point Total: 46.5
PICK: Over
– Bet on this, BetMGM latest line

Michigan State scored 27 in the opener against Rutgers and 27 again in last week’s stunner over Michigan. So start there and assume the Spartans will be around … 27. However, even though the points haven’t been gushing, the yards haven’t been bad. MSU will move the ball.

You’re a little concerned here that MSU’s defense isn’t bad – it stuffed Michigan and owned Rutgers, at least yardage-wise – and the two Iowa games went 24-20 and 21-20.

In Week 3, Iowa should be a bit sharper and score a bit more than 20. Yeah, you’ll have to sweat it out, but 46.5 isn’t asking for the world.

6. WKU at Florida Atlantic

Point Total: 38.5
PICK: Over
– Bet on this, BetMGM latest line

If you read this once in a while, you know there’s a threshold when it comes to taking the over around the mid-70s – just don’t. Too many things have to go right for that to happen.

Don’t take unders in college football if they’re around the 30s. Even in a game with the most offensively-challenged teams, one could take care of it all by itself.

All of this pretentious hoo-ha flies in the face of WKU reality. Again, if you read this once in a while, you know that you always, always, always go under on a Hilltopper team that has zero interest in scoring.

WKU has failed to score more than 14 in any of its last four games, and hasn’t scored more than 24 in any of its last seven as a program.

Florida Atlantic isn’t burning it up, either – all three of its games so far failed to get to 40. However, it scored 24 against UTSA and 21 against Charlotte.

It’s just a sad little 38.5 total. Make it feel better and take the over.

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10 Best College Football Predictions Against The Spread: Week 10

What ten college football games appear to be the best bets and the best picks against the spread going into Week 10? Here you go. Enjoy.

What ten college football games appear to be the best bets and the best picks against the spread going into Week 10? Here you go. Enjoy.

Week 10 Fearless Predictions, Game Previews
– Week 10 Schedule, Times, Lines, Previews
– CFN Fearless Predictions & Game Previews
– Week 10 Expert Picks & Predictions: College
– Week 9 Expert Picks & Predictions: NFL

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Results So Far ATS: 45-38

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10. Pitt at Florida State

LINE: Florida State -2.5
ATS PICK: Pitt
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This is all about the Pitt defensive front. It’s been a rough run for the Panthers over the last few games in blowout losses to Miami and Notre Dame, but Florida State isn’t in the same world as those two – coming off a 48-16 loss to Louisville – with an improved, but still shaky offensive line.

The Panther D line should live in the Seminole backfield, and all the O needs is for QB Joey Yellen to be merely okay. One note: check the last-second status of QB Kenny Pickett. He’s doubtful on a bum ankle, but there was some thought this week that he could go. If he’s playing, this becomes a pick game.

9. Arizona State at USC

LINE: USC -11
ATS PICK: Arizona State
– Bet on this, BetMGM latest line

There are way too many funky parts to this game.

What have we learned about the bizarre 2020 college football season? You’re never crazy to assume super-crazy in the season-openers – we just don’t know what these teams are quite yet.

Arizona State should be good enough all around to at least provide a push, Herm Edwards’ Sun Devils is 1-1 against the Trojans and kept last year’s loss close, and there’s the 9:00 am start time and 4:30 wake-up call to get ready.

USC should win, but -11 is a bit much.

8. Minnesota at Illinois

LINE: Minnesota -7
ATS PICK: Minnesota
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You owe us, Gophers.

We went in so hard with you against Maryland last week, and it was going just fine until the O stopped scoring the D made the Terps look like Alabama.

The line started out at -9 and is down to -7 against an Illinois team that’s starting former fourth-string QB Coran Taylor and has been picked clean through the air in the first two games.

Minnesota has too many great parts to the passing game to not blow up. More than that, it’s too good to be 0-2, much less 0-3.

7. ULM at Georgia State

LINE: Georgia State -19
ATS PICK: Georgia State
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Georgia State just got whacked 51-0 by Coastal Carolina, but the offense was great in the first four games against better teams than ULM. Just about every team is better than ULM.

The Warhawks aren’t scoring enough with 17 points or fewer in every game but the 35-30 loss to Georgia Southern. They held the score relatively low in the 31-13 loss to Appalachian State, but they’re about to be in for a long day against a Panther team that should be a whole lot sharper.

6. Kansas at Oklahoma

LINE: Oklahoma -38
ATS PICK: Oklahoma
– Bet on this, BetMGM latest line

It’s policy here to never give up a ton of points to anyone – too many things can go wrong to get the number, and it’s always nice to walk into a stadium up, say, 38-0 – but Kansas keeps jumping over the bar again and again.

Iowa State put up 52 on the Jayhawks. Kansas State hung up 55, Oklahoma State 47, and a relatively punchless Baylor team scored 47.

Oklahoma is only getting 38? The Sooners put up 48 points against Texas Tech before halftime last week – they’re rolling now.

NEXT: Top 5 Picks Against The Spread, Week 10

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10 Best College Football Predictions: Point Total Picks Week 9

What ten games appear to be the best bets and the best point total picks going into Week 9? Here you go. Enjoy.

What ten games appear to be the best bets and the best point total picks going into Week 8? Here you go. Enjoy.

Week 9 Fearless Predictions, Game Previews
– Week 9 Schedule, Times, Lines, Previews
– CFN Fearless Predictions & Game Previews
– Week 9 Expert Picks & Predictions: College
– Week 8 Expert Picks & Predictions: NFL
– Week 9 10 Best College Picks vs. The Spread
– Week 9 Final Thoughts, Betting Advice

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Click on each game for the game preview and fearless prediction.

10. WKU at BYU

Point Total: 51.5
PICK: Over
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This is 100% completely and totally on BYU to do the work.

WKU has become a darling of America’s under crowd because this program really, really, really doesn’t consistently score.

(Amuse yourself with your own joke here.)

It was hit-or-miss in 2019 at putting points on the board, it was bad to start the season, and it has gotten a whole lot worse, failing to get past 14 points in any of the last three games.

But as bad as the WKU offense is, it’s always good for at least 14, with the 13-10 clunker of a comeback win against Chattanooga last week the exception.

Oh, you’ll get your 14 out of the Hilltoppers. You just need BYU to take care of the 38. It has scored fewer than 43 just once in six games.

9. Troy at Arkansas State

Point Total: 69.5
PICK: Over
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This should probably be a whole lot higher than this on the list – this is going to be a shootout. So why so low?

70 combined points are a promise to no one.

Arkansas State doesn’t play a whole lot of defense, and it helps to have an offense that can put up 50 or more like it did in two of the last three games.

Troy is playing a little bit of defense, but its offense is going to have so much success that Arkansas State will keep pushing, and vice versa. Only one Trojan game got to 70, but the other side will help make that happen.

This thing has the potential to get to 80, but 70 will do.

8. Appalachian State at ULM

Point Total: 56.5
PICK: Over
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If you’re familiar at all with this piece, you know there’s nothing more wonderful than a point total that one side might be able to handle all by itself.

Appalachian State scored 97 points over the last two weeks. If it goes off, it can put up at least 45 on the board here and could flirt with 50.

ULM is among the nation’s worst teams, and the offense has a lot to do with it. It only scored more than 17 points once all year and has been held to 14 or under in four of the six games, but it’ll get some offense late after ASU takes its foot off the gas.

7. Boston College at Clemson

Point Total: 58.5
PICK: Over
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If you wait this might go down a bit more. Apparently, Trevor Lawrence is only worth about 4.5 points.

There’s a chance that without The Franchise under center, the Clemson defense steps up and is brilliant, Travis Etienne goes off, and it’s 31-0 at halftime and everything is shut down from there. However, DJ Uiagalelei is the real deal – whether he shows it this week or not – and Boston College has the type of passing game that can score.

You might have to sweat this out a bit, but assume Clemson will get to over 40 like normal, and BC will carry it home form there.

6. TCU at Baylor

Point Total: 46.5
PICK: Over
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Forgive the reckless and irresponsible call here that’s based on nothing but an ingrained belief that doesn’t really apply anymore.

If the Big 12 is going to give you a 46.5 point total, just take the over. If it doesn’t work, it’s not your fault.

Who’s playing? Does it matter? Pick any two teams in the Big 12, slap a 46.5 on it, and go.

Now, Kansas State and TCU didn’t get there in a 21-14 Wildcat win, and TCU was only able to come up with 14 against Oklahoma, but it’s the Big 12. There’s as good a chance that you’ll get the over in the first half as there is of this thing going under.

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10 Best College Football Predictions Against The Spread: Week 9 Big, Big Ten Assumptions

What ten college football games appear to be the best bets and the best picks against the spread going into Week 9? Here you go. Enjoy.

What ten college football games appear to be the best bets and the best picks against the spread going into Week 9? Here you go. Enjoy.

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Results So Far ATS: 40-33

Click on each game for the game preview and fearless prediction.

10. Mississippi State at Alabama

LINE: Alabama -31
ATS PICK: Mississippi State
– Bet on this, BetMGM latest line

Mississippi State has a defense.

It’s been totally lost in all the issues with an offense that looked so great to start the season but now can’t do anything well but give the ball away – not having RB Kylin Hill doesn’t help – but Mississippi State has the SEC’s No. 1 D.

It’s about to get hammered hard by the Alabama offense, but sort of like last week when in the No. 10 spot the call was Syracuse walking into Clemson up 46.5-0, with two weeks off to get ready, you want to give Mike Leach a 31-point lead? Bama should win comfortably, but those are way too many points, even at home.

– Week 9 Schedule, Times, Lines, Previews

9. Charlotte at Duke

LINE: Duke -9.5
ATS PICK: Duke
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Fair warning – this is Power Five over Group of Five snobbery run amok.

Duke has lost a few key players, the O isn’t scoring like is should in key moments, and then there are the three biggest issues: turnovers, turnovers, turnovers. The Blue Devils have given it up 22 times in six games. However, Charlotte doesn’t have a pass rush.

Now, the 49ers do lead Conference USA in turnover margin, but that’s more because they don’t give the ball away. The two wins are against North Texas and UTEP … take the Power Fiver, even a struggling one.

8. Rice at Southern Miss

LINE: Southern Miss -1
ATS PICK: Southern Miss
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Yeah, Southern Miss has been a big, giant dud so far, and now it’s on its third head coach in the first six games. There have been a whole lot of problems defensively, but the offense has worked just fine.

It was the first game of the season, and there’s a chance Rice is a whole lot better than it looked against Middle Tennessee. However, the Blue Raiders are right there with USM in the struggle category and they pulled off a 40-34 win in Houston. Southern Miss just needs to win at home.

– Week 9 Expert Picks & Predictions: College

7. North Carolina at Virginia

LINE: North Carolina -7
ATS PICK: North Carolina
– Bet on this, BetMGM latest line

Warning … we haven’t been able to get North Carolina quite right all season long. Just when it was time to jump on and enjoy the fun, the Florida State loss happened.

But this should work.

This isn’t your 2019 Virginia team. It’s still plucky, and Bronco Mendenhall isn’t any less of a head coach, but this offense simply isn’t getting it going. Don’t get fooled by the 19-14 loss at Miami – North Carolina has a whole lot more firepower against a team that lost four in a row with three of them by 17 points or more.

– Week 8 Expert Picks & Predictions: NFL

6. Hawaii at Wyoming

LINE: Wyoming -1
ATS PICK: Wyoming
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Coming up next are three Big, Big Assumptions about the Big Ten. But first, here’s a medium assumption about the Mountain West.

Sort of like Fresno State showing that it really was a whole lot better than it looked against Hawaii – rolling with ease by Colorado State on Thursday night – Wyoming’s defense is going to be tougher than it showed against Nevada in the opening weekend loss.

Hawaii was able to rock Fresno State with a great defensive performance and strong day on the ground. However, 1) Wyoming’s D will soon be back to normal, especially at home, and 2) the temperature at kickoff in the greater Laramie, Wyoming metropolitan area is expected to be a robust 24 degrees.

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