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2011 ARCHIVES
PICKS / SCORES
Week 3: 9/15-9/17

2011 RECORD
WEEK W L PCT SEASON W L PCT
Straight Up 35 13 .729 Straight Up 102 31 .767
FBS vs. FCS 14 2 .875 FBS vs. FCS 70 4 .946
Total SU 49 15 .766 Total SU 172 35 .831
ATS 24 24 .500 ATS 71 62 .534
Above records through games of 9/17/11 ATS=against the spread (opening line)

SCHEDULES, PICKS AND SCORES
Week 1: 9/1-9/5
Week 2: 9/8-9/10
Week 3: 9/15-9/17
Week 4: 9/22-9/24
Week 5: 9/29-10/1
Week 6: 10/6-10/8		 Week 7: 10/13-10/15
Week 8: 10/18-10/22
Week 9: 10/25-10/29
Week 10: 11/1-11/5
Week 11: 11/8-11/12
 Week 12: 11/15-11/19
Week 13: 11/22-11/26
Week 14: 12/1-12/3
Week 15: 12/10-12/10
Week 16: Bowls (12/17-1/9)

THIS WEEK'S PICKS
Notes: There are 64 games involving 112 teams from the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision).
16 teams play schools from the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision).
8 Teams are IDLE: Air Force, East Carolina, FAU, Middle Tennessee, Oregon State, Rice, Rutgers, Utah State

Games are listed in alphabetical order. (Ex. - Air Force at Wyoming would be under "A").
CAPS - Home Team.
* Bold Red * - Computer selects Vegas underdog as outright winner.
LINE - Opening line at VegasInsider.com. Later lines are used in the event of a "pick 'em" opening.
COMPUTER - The computer "line", according to the Congrove Computer Rankings.
NL - Opponent from lower division than FBS. Computer "line" based on avg. result of lower division schools vs. FBS.

Score Favorite Line (Open) Computer Underdog Score
Thursday, September 15
19 Lsu -4 -6.36 MISSISSIPPI STATE 6
Friday, September 16
40 Boise State -20.5 -7.92 TOLEDO 15
20 CONNECTICUT -6.5 -9.62 Iowa State 24
Saturday, September 17
59 CINCINNATI -29.5 -28.05 Akron 14
41 ALABAMA -43.5 -42.11 North Texas 0
37 Stanford -8 -6.13 ARIZONA 10
14 Arizona State -1.5 *+3.01* ILLINOIS 17
38 ARKANSAS -26.5 -20.98 Troy 28
26 VIRGINIA TECH -27.5 -25.90 Arkansas State 7
14 Northwestern -6.5 -10.02 ARMY 21
38 CLEMSON -3 -0.95 Auburn 24
28 BALL STATE -5.5 -8.44 Buffalo 25
#-48 BAYLOR NL -32.74 Stephen F. Austin (FCS) 0
19 BOSTON COLLEGE -9 -16.79 Duke 20
27 BOWLING GREEN -4.5 -1.53 Wyoming 28
10 BYU -5.5 -5.59 Utah 54
63 CALIFORNIA NL -28.68 Presbyterian (FCS) 12
44 WESTERN MICHIGAN -5 -9.26 Central Michigan 14
28 Colorado -10 -11.66 Colorado State (Denver) 14
31 MICHIGAN -30.5 -24.92 Eastern Michigan 3
10 Ucf -5 -3.46 FIU 17
33 FLORIDA -10 -10.07 Tennessee 23
23 Oklahoma -4 -6.95 FLORIDA STATE 13
27 FRESNO STATE NL -25.53 North Dakota (FCS) 22
59 GEORGIA NL -31.33 Coastal Carolina (FCS) 0
66 GEORGIA TECH -14 -10.80 Kansas 24
20 Hawaii -17 -17.11 UNLV 40
35 Houston -8 -5.52 LOUISIANA TECH 34
37 TEXAS A&M -29.5 -27.32 Idaho 7
38 INDIANA NL -18.38 South Carolina St. (FCS) 21
31 IOWA -4 -0.72 Pittsburgh 27
37 KANSAS STATE -18.5 -12.07 Kent State 0
17 KENTUCKY -7.5 -8.69 Louisville 24
38 LA.-LAFAYETTE NL -13.46 Nicholls State (FCS) 21
38 TCU -31 -14.03 La.-Monroe 17
44 OHIO -3.5 -3.29 Marshall 7
37 West Virginia -3 -1.51 MARYLAND 31
6 Austin Peay (FCS) NL -3.29 MEMPHIS 27
24 MIAMI, FLA. -1 *+5.27* Ohio State 6
29 MINNESOTA -1.5 *+12.29* Miami, O. 23
31 NOTRE DAME -3.5 -0.90 Michigan State 13
7 Mississippi -2 -1.80 VANDERBILT 30
69 MISSOURI NL -46.99 Western Illinois (FCS) 0
24 SOUTH CAROLINA -16.5 -14.16 Navy 21
51 NEBRASKA -17.5 -13.64 Washington 38
17 Nevada -7.5 -15.74 SAN JOSE STATE 14
59 Texas Tech -24 -24.60 NEW MEXICO 13
16 Utep -2 *+0.77* NEW MEXICO STATE 10
28 NORTH CAROLINA -11 -3.76 Virginia 17
35 NORTH CAROLINA ST. NL -32.51 South Alabama (FCS) 13
49 Wisconsin -14 -15.48 Northern Illinois (Soldier Field) 7
59 Oklahoma State -11 -4.37 TULSA 33
56 OREGON NL -45.98 Missouri State (FCS) 7
14 Penn State -6.5 -2.06 TEMPLE 10
59 PURDUE NL -26.03 SE Missouri St. (FCS) 0
42 SAN DIEGO STATE -9.5 -11 Washington State 24
40 SMU NL -33.14 NW State, La. (FCS) 7
52 SOUTHERN MISS NL -30.58 SE Louisiana (FCS) 6
38 USC -13 -7.99 Syracuse 17
49 Texas -4.5 -5.42 UCLA 20
10 UAB -11.5 -7.40 Tulane 49
70 USF NL -34.47 Florida A&M (FCS) 17
48 WAKE FOREST NL -25.34 Gardner-Webb (FCS) 5
16 WESTERN KENTUCKY NL -18.20 Indiana State (FCS) 44

#-game called due to lightning after playing just 9:02 of the 3rd quarter.