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

Notre Dame vs Syracuse Prediction, Game Preview

Notre Dame vs Syracuse game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 9 game on Saturday, October 29

Notre Dame vs Syracuse prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 9, Saturday, October 29


Notre Dame vs Syracuse How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 29
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: JMA Wireless Dome, Syracuse, NY
How To Watch: ABC
Record: Notre Dame (4-3), Syracuse (6-1)
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Notre Dame vs Syracuse Game Preview

Why Notre Dame Will Win

Syracuse is banged up.

The team keeps moving on through the problems with the defensive line becoming way too thin. It showed against Clemson allowing close to 300 rushing yards in the 27-21 loss last week, and now it’s up to Notre Dame to get pounding.

Everything is great for the Irish when the running game works. It might have only been against UNLV, but the 223 yards were a key part of the 44-21 win. The offense ran for 234 against BYU and 287 against North Carolina – both wins.

Penalties have been a problem for the Orange, the running game isn’t getting enough work, and …

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Why Syracuse Will Win

The Syracuse defense continues to be amazing.

It might have been run on by Clemson, but the secondary continues to be strong – it hasn’t allowed a touchdown pass in the last three games and Purdue is the only team to throw for more than one touchdown.

Notre Dame’s passing game isn’t clicking. It was accurate and fine for a while, but it stalled against Stanford and sputtered against UNLV – at least with Drew Pyne’s accuracy.

Tbe Orange offense doesn’t have to worry about turnovers – the Irish don’t take the ball away, the attack should be balanced again even if it isn’t explosive, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Ahhhhh, back at home.

Having to play Clemson was a wee part of the issue, but that was only the second road game of the year for Syracuse – the first one against UConn was hardly anything tough.

The Irish are strong on the road, though. They weren’t awful in the season-opening loss to Ohio State, they handed North Carolina their only loss, and they took down North Carolina.

The problem is a running game that won’t be able to do enough against the Syracuse defense, even with the injuries in key spots.

The Orange will do a nice job of owning the clock, and again, they’re returning to their familiar surroundings for their sixth home date of the season.

College Football Expert Picks, Week 9

Notre Dame vs Syracuse Prediction, Line

Syracuse 24, Notre Dame 20
Line: Syracuse -3, o/u: 47.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Notre Dame vs Syracuse Must See Rating (out of 5): 4
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ACC Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 9

ACC predictions, previews, and schedule for all of the Week 9 games

ACC schedule and previews for all the Week 9 games including Notre Dame at Syracuse, Miami at Virginia, Wake Forest at Louisville 


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Results So Far
Straight Up 53-17, ATS 37-31-2, o/u 46-23-1

Thursday, October 27

Virginia Tech at NC State

Prediction: NC State 30, Virginia Tech 10
Line: NC State -13.5, o/u: 39.5
Final Score: NC State 22, Virginia Tech 21

Saturday, October 29

Georgia Tech at Florida State

12:00 ACC Network
Line: Florida State -24.5, o/u: 47.5

Boston College at UConn

12:00 CBS Sports Network
Line:Boston College -7.5, o/u: 44.5

Notre Dame at Syracuse

12:00 ABC
Line: Syracuse -3, o/u: 47.5

Miami at Virginia

12:30 ESPN3
Line: Miami -1.5, o/u: 48.5

Wake Forest at Louisville

3:30 ACC Network
Line: Wake Forest -3.5, o/u: 62.5

Pitt at North Carolina

8:00 ACC Network
Line: North Carolina -3.5, o/u: 64.5

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