Ole Miss should have no problems winning this one, even on the road. 16 Kentucky (5-0) vs. LSU (3-2), 7:30 p.m. The Aggies were one of just two teams to beat Alabama last season, upsetting the Tide 41-38 at home. ET. Neither Notre Dame nor Virginia Tech has looked particularly good on offense yet this season, save for the first three quarters of Notre Dame's opener against Florida State in which Jack Coan looked like a Heisman Trophy contender. While the sample size is relatively small, Week 6 is unquestionably the biggest week of the 2020 college football season so far. No. ET. The Horned Frogs are putting an average of 518.6 yards on the board, and no team has been able to find the blueprint to stop them. Iowa at No. 13 Kentucky vs. South Carolina, 7:30 p.m. ET. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. Washington has also played relatively well throughout the season, except for a major hiccup against Arizona State. ET: Fresno State 28, Hawai'i 14. 18 Auburn (4-1) vs. No. He played in 13 games over three . 21 NC State, 8 p.m. Not only was Rutgers held to 17 points or fewer for a third consecutive game against an FBS opponent, but a defense that had held its first four opponents below 280 total yards was torn to pieces. ET (Friday)Charlotte 28-21, West Virginia (2-3) at Baylor (4-1), Noon ETBaylor 24-17, South Carolina (3-2) at Tennessee (3-2), Noon ETTennessee 35-20, Akron (1-4) at Bowling Green (2-3), Noon ETBowling Green 28-14, Northern Illinois (3-2) at Toledo (3-2), Noon ETToledo 31-17, Georgia Tech (2-3) at Duke (3-2), 12:30 p.m. ETGeorgia Tech 31-27, Old Dominion (1-4) at Marshall (2-3), 2 p.m. ETMarshall 42-13, Florida State (1-4) at North Carolina (3-2), 3:30 p.m. ETNorth Carolina 45-21, Wisconsin (1-3) at Illinois (2-4), 3:30 p.m. ETWisconsin 24-17, Central Michigan (2-3) at Ohio (1-4), 3:30 p.m. ETOhio 28-27, Miami-Ohio (2-3) at Eastern Michigan (3-2), 3:30 p.m. ETEastern Michigan 35-24, Ball State (2-3) at Western Michigan (4-1), 3:30 p.m. ETWestern Michigan 35-24, Middle Tennessee (2-3) at Liberty (4-1), 3:30 p.m. ETLiberty 34-20, San Jose State (3-2) at Colorado State (1-3), 3:30 p.m. ETSan Jose State 27-23, Florida Atlantic (3-2) at UAB (3-2), 3:30 p.m. ETUAB 28-17, North Texas (1-3) at Missouri (2-3), 4 p.m. ETMissouri 45-21, East Carolina (3-2) at UCF (2-2), 6 p.m. ETUCF 35-31, UTSA (5-0) at Western Kentucky (1-3), 7 p.m. ETUTSA 34-31, Georgia Southern (2-3) at Troy (2-3), 7 p.m. ETGeorgia Southern 28-24, Buffalo (2-3) at Kent State (2-3), 7 p.m. ETBuffalo 31-27, South Alabama (3-1) at Texas State (1-3), 7 p.m. ETSouth Alabama 28-21, UTEP (4-1) at Southern Miss (1-4), 7 p.m. ETUTEP 24-21, Georgia State (1-4) at Louisiana-Monroe (2-2), 8 p.m. ETGeorgia State 27-20, Memphis (3-2) at Tulsa (1-4), 9 p.m. ETTulsa 35-28, New Mexico State (1-5) at Nevada (3-1), 10:30 p.m. ETNevada 45-10, UCLA (3-2) at Arizona (0-4), 10:30 p.m. ETUCLA 31-21. The Wildcats are 3-2 on the season, and looking like they could finish with their first season at .500 since 2017. After failing to find the end zone all game, the Dawgs finally scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to win 26-22. And that means the Ducks still have a College Football Playoff pulse if they can get healthy and rally from poor showings over the past two weeks. 9 Oklahoma State (+1.5) pulls off the outright upset and easily covers against No. ET. ET, SEC Network), No. TCU's defense is 65th nationally, and Kansas' is 79th, so this could potentially be a shootout. ET: Appalachian State 32, Coastal Carolina 17, UMass at UConn, 7 p.m. The Wolverines are rolling through their schedule. Penn State won't be a riser after a win against Indiana, unless it demolishes the Hoosiers on the road. With Notre Dame's offense hitting over 40 points in two straight games, the Fighting Irish may have found the key to saving their season. Notre Dame has back-to-back wins, defeating Syracuse and UNLV. It's been an up-and-down road for the Tigers, but they've had back-to-back weeks scoring more than 40 points against SEC opponents. ET. Michigan is a 22-point favorite, which sounds about right. In each of the past seven years, the regular-season meeting between Oklahoma and Texas was decided by a single possession. A win on Saturday would give Oklahoma State three straight over the Red Raiders. 25 San Diego State (4-0) vs. New Mexico (2-3), 9 p.m. Still, Cincinnati is a quality 4-1 team that beat a Power 5 squad in Indiana in Week 4. ET: Hawai'i at San Diego State, 10:30 p.m. They welcome the Tennessee Volunteers to Tiger Stadium on Saturday. Fresh off a seven-turnover masterpiece against Maryland, Iowa has a nation-best turnover margin of plus-12. The weekend boasts a quartet of Top 25 showdowns, including a . Given how great both of these defenses have beenonly Georgia (4.6 points allowed per game) has a better scoring defense than Iowa (11.6) and Penn State (12.0)a similar result seems likely. 17 TCU for prediction, No. The Bruins will be playing in Tempe, which should bring a bigger crowd than they are used to, but those fans will trickle out when the Bruins lead a couple of big-play drives. Vanderbilt's defense checks in at 114th in scoring defense nationally. Head coach Jeff Scott, who is in his third season in Tampa, hasn't won more than three games in a season as a head coach. The 2022 College Football Week 6 will feature Tennessee Vs LSU and Texas Tech Vs Oklahoma St. We will have 6 more Premium Picks against the spread this week! Vegas: Florida -11.5. The Beavers are 6-2, with their only downfalls coming against Utah and USC. The Utes are still in the hunt for the top spot in the Pac-12 rankings, currently trailing USC, Oregon and UCLA. ET: Georgia Southern 24, South Alabama 16, FIU at North Texas, 4 p.m. Now, the Horned Frogs have to play on the road for the first time in 2021, and they must do so against a Texas Tech defense which has held four out of five opponents below 100 rushing yards and below 23 points. Quarterback Max Duggan and the TCU Horned Frogs continue to be underrated, despite multiple wins against ranked opponents. Not only has Ohio State's offense been relentless, but the Buckeyes have also turned a corner on defense as of late, albeit against Akron and Rutgers. But Kansas is facing a very good TCU team. 12 Oregon (-12.5) at Arizona (8 p.m. The Chanticleers won this game 52-23 last year, and 52 feels like too conservative of an estimate for what they are liable to do in this one, considering they have already scored at least 49 points in four of five games this season. Both offenses are led by a pair of talented quarterbacks in TAMU's Will Rogers and Arky's KJ Jefferson. Still, Washington can still make some noise in the Pac-12 this season. Chicago has acquired 31-year-old defenseman Nikita Zaitsev from the Ottawa Senators with a second-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft for nothing. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. The Vols have beaten the Gators twice in the last 17 tries. No. All Top 25 games Saturday unless otherwise noted. 6 USC (-11) (7:30 p.m. College football's Week 8 slate for the 2022 season features 54 games, and our NCAA experts are ready with their predictions and picks. In the exception to that rule, though, Texas scored 70 and ran all over the Red Raiders, so it wouldn't be much of a surprise if Zach Evans has a field day for TCU. 6 USC vs. Washington State, 7:30 p.m. But MSU has lost its last three games to Washington, Minnesota and Maryland. ET: Coastal Carolina at UL Monroe, 8 p.m. The Falcons should be the favorites in this matchup, since they have the better defense that's allowing just 16.8 points a game. The Buckeyes are facing a struggling Michigan State team. ET, Georgia Southern (2-3) at Troy (2-3), 7 p.m. If Sanders is able to suit up against Kansas, the Cowboys will leave town with a victory, but it's a toss-up if Daniels is back in the lineup. As we enter October, we should know how for real this PSU team is. 7 Ohio State (4-1) vs. Maryland (4-1), Noon ET. No. Saturday's game against Utah will prove if this UCLA team is for real or not. TCU is going to be one of the few undefeated teams left in the country after this week, which should give it a bright spotlight. 1 in the nation with 29 touchdown passes, and No. Arkansas lost 37-0 to Georgia. 23 Liberty at Arkansas, 4 p.m. The Tigers would have a good chance to keep the streak alive if they were playing basically anyone other than Alabama in their division. It's just disrespectful at this point that he's not talked about with higher regard. Purdue pulled off an upset last week, putting together two scoring drives in the fourth quarter to beat No. Bill Bender. Headlines have been swirling around both these teams for the past few months, and many of them haven't been favorable. This all depends on the health of Oklahoma State quarterback Spencer Sanders. The teams have a combined 3-5 record in the last month, and both are in need of a victory. They gave up 322 rushing yards in the loss to Oregon State two weeks ago, and Utah has averaged better than 6.0 yards per carry in three of its four games. Tennessee having the week off between the Florida and LSU games should help with its preparation, and it should handle the Tigers if its offense flexes its muscle, as it has in the first four games. There were nine losses by AP Top 25 teams in Week 5 as the Tilt-A-Whirl known as the 2021 college football season kicked into an even higher gear for the start of October. Michigan has impressed the last two weeks, defeating Maryland and beating Iowa on the road handily 27-14. 9 Michigan (5-0) at Nebraska (3-3), 7:30 p.m. No. 1 Alabama (-24) (8 p.m. No. ET. The Aggies suffered a shocking upset at home to Appalachian State in Week 2, and lost 42-24 to Mississippi State last week. You can still bet on it, though, and Connecticut has shown an impressive amount of heart in its recent two-point losses to Wyoming and Vandy. ET, ABC), No. ET: Middle Tennessee 21, Louisiana Tech 13, Washington State at Stanford, 3:30 p.m. 17 Ole Miss (3-1) vs. No. The Week 6 slate begins on Wednesday night with SMU taking . It's a fair line, because Vanderbilt's defense is just plain awful. USC has played well at home all season, winning by a combined score of 153-56 against Rice, Fresno State and Arizona State. The Jayhawks moved to 5-0 after beating Iowa State 14-11 last week. 6 Oklahoma (5-0), Noon ET (in Dallas), No. We will have 6 more Premium Picks against the spread this week! 21 Texas, and No. All signs are pointing to another Michigan-Ohio State game to decide the Big Ten East this season. ET, UTSA (5-0) at Western Kentucky (1-3), 7 p.m. The Hawkeyes will be the beneficiary of a game-changing swing midway through the fourth quarter to keep the dream of a perfect season intact. These two SEC teams will play each other for the first time since 2017. 21 Minnesota 20-10. As was the case heading into last week's big Cincinnati-Notre Dame game, the million dollar question is: Which turnover-forcing defense will win that momentum-shifting battle? Penn State has lost two of its last three games, which is discouraging, but the recent competition has been fierce. . ET: Utah State 24, New Mexico 18, UTSA at UAB, 3:30 p.m. These are two football states, though, so eyes will be on the SEC matchup, even if the teams are substandard. I suspect quarterback Tanner Mordecai and Co. will have enough firepower to get this W. But it's going to come right down to the wire. In the last three weeks, he's combined for seven passing touchdowns and five scores on the ground. Against Alabama, Arkansas pulled within five points in the second half before Bama pulled away to win 49-26. 8 min read. 17 TCU . Considering LSU jumped out to an early 13-0 lead this past weekend and considering Auburn trailed Georgia State 24-12 at halftime the week before, it's easy to see something similar happening in this one. One of the college picks the model is high on in Week 3: The Notre Dame Fighting Irish cover the 12-point spread against the Cal Golden Bears at home . Aside from USC, UCLA is the last remaining undefeated team in the Pac-12. It's just not the best matchup on the schedule. ET, Wisconsin (1-3) at Illinois (2-4), 3:30 p.m. As far as this week's four head-to-head battles within the AP Top 25 are concerned, you'll just have to read on to see why I like Georgia, Iowa, Oklahoma and Arkansas to hold serve as the higher-ranked teams. 18 UCLA (3:30 p.m. ET: Toledo 45, NIU 30, Kent State at Miami (OH), 3:30 p.m. 19 Wake Forest (5-0) at Syracuse (3-2), 3:30 p.m. They've put up at least 40 points seven times during this streak, as well. AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/LA/MI/NH/NJ/NY/OR/PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. There's trap games every week and Tulane is going to get caught in one this weekend. Let's start with a quick recap of Week 7 of NCAAF, as there were major shifts in the power . October 3, 2022 30A Sports Picks Free Content 0. Two undefeated Big 12 teams will be in the spotlight in Week 6, but just not the two we expected to be talking about. The 2021 college football season is underway. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/MI/NJ/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/NH), 888-789-7777/visiting ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), 1-877-770-STOP (7867) (LA), visiting OPGR.org (OR), or calling/texting TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) or 1-888-532-3500 (VA). 3 Ohio State (-25.5) at Michigan State (4 p.m. But fast forward to Week 6 of 2022, and Texas A&M looks like a much different team than this time last year. Memphis may be able to go shot-for-shot with UCF's offense, but the Knights are only allowing 17.6 points per game, while the Tigers have given up an average of 31.1 points. But Penn State has yet to cough up the ball more than once in a game and has an impressive plus-six mark of its own. Prediction: TCU 38, Texas Tech 31, Second-Best: Virginia (3-2) at Louisville (3-2), 3 p.m. This should be another classic in-state rivalry that gives FSU its second straight head-to-head win against the Canes. Circa Sports reopened its conference future odds ahead of Week 6 with six different ACC teams at 8-to-1 or less to win the title Clemson at +180 (risking $1 to win 41.80), Pittsburgh at +470 . No. I think UNC has the upper hand offensively. Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke entered 2022 with plenty of offseason hype, but he hasn't performed as well as expected early in the year. Still, a fight for the top four will get even tougher in the next few weeks. Prediction: Kansas State 28, Iowa State 21, No. California started the season with some solid showings, but now it is riding a four-game losing streak, all of which came against Pac-12 opponents. 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