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

Ohio State vs Penn State Prediction, Game Preview

Ohio State vs Penn State game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 9 game on Saturday, October 29

Ohio State vs Penn State prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 9, Saturday, October 29


Ohio State vs Penn State How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 29
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Beaver Stadium, State College, PA
How To Watch: FOX
Record: Ohio State (7-0), Penn State (6-1)
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Ohio State vs Penn State Game Preview

Why Ohio State Will Win

How do you know when your team is really, really good? You don’t play your best game and you still win easily.

Ohio State’s offense struggled against Iowa – that’s no big deal. Those guys on the other side are on scholarship, too – the Hawkeye defense is among the best in the country.

The Buckeye running game was stuffed, CJ Stroud didn’t throw for 300 yards, and it was still a 54-10 win.

Coming up with six takeaways certainly helped the cause.

Granted, Iowa’s offense is miserable. Michigan State, Wisconsin, Rutgers, Notre Dame – all of the big games for the Buckeyes were against teams with mediocre attacks.

Whatever – if you’re second in the nation in total defense at this point in the season, you’re doing something right. Ohio State is doing just about everything right.

Penn State might have blown out Minnesota, but the Gophers were without QB Tanner Morgan, the Michigan loss got out of hand, and …

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Why Penn State Will Win

Minnesota was a more dangerous team than the 45-17 loss to the Nittany Lions might have seemed.

No, the Gophers didn’t have their veteran starting quarterback, but Penn State didn’t let the great ground game get going, the passing attack clicked, and with some respect given to the win over Auburn, it was the team’s best performance of the year at just the right time.

The secondary has the talent to hang with Ohio State’s NFL receiving corps, the backfield has the combination of speed at running back and experience with quarterback Sean Clifford to handle the moment, and …

It’s going to take something special.

+7 on the year in turnover margin, the Nittany Lions have to force mistakes, they have to win the special teams battle, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

There isn’t enough of a consistent Penn State pass rush to bother Stroud.

Michigan was able to beat the Nittany Lions by grinding it out, and eventually the dam broke with 25 unanswered Wolverine points in the second half. That will be a little bit like this.

The energy of the crowd and the excitement of the moment will be enough to carry Penn State in the first half, and then bang, bang, bang – Stroud and the Buckeyes will strike quickly and take over.

The final score will look worse than the actual game will be.

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Ohio State vs Penn State Prediction, Line

Ohio State 40, Penn State 23
Line: Ohio State -15.5, o/u: 60.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Ohio State vs Penn State Must See Rating (out of 5): 4
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Big Ten Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 9

Big Ten college football predictions, schedule, game previews, lines and TV listings for Week 9d of the season.

Big Ten college football predictions, schedule, game previews, lines and TV listings for Week 9 of the season.


Big Ten Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 9

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Results So Far
Straight Up 61-13, ATS 46-26, o/u 38-33

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Saturday, October 29

Ohio State at Penn State

12:00 FOX
Line: Ohio State -15.5, o/u: 60.5
Final Score: COMING

Rutgers at Minnesota

2:30 BTN
Line: Minnesota -14, o/u: 41
Final Score: COMING

Illinois at Nebraska

3:30 ABC
Line: Illinois -8, o/u: 50.5
Final Score: COMING

Northwestern at Iowa

3:30 ESPN2
Line: Iowa -11, o/u: 37.5
Final Score: COMING

Michigan State at Michigan

7:30 ABC
Line: Michigan -21.5, o/u: 53.5
Final Score: COMING

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