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2012 ARCHIVES
PICKS / SCORES
Week 5: 9/27-9/29

2012 RECORD
WEEK W L PCT SEASON W L PCT
Straight Up 41 10 .804 Straight Up 177 56 .760
FBS vs. FCS 2 1 .667 FBS vs. FCS 87 10 .897
Total SU 43 11 .796 Total SU 264 66 .800
ATS 25 26 .490 ATS 121 112 .519
Above records through games of 9/29/12 ATS=against the spread (opening line)

WEEKLY SCHEDULES, PICKS, SCORES
Week: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  Bowls 

THIS WEEK'S PICKS
Notes: There are 54 games involving 105 teams from the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision).
3 teams play schools from the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision).
19 Teams are IDLE: Auburn, Eastern Michigan, Florida, Kansas, Kansas State, Maryland, Memphis, Michigan, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, USC, Utah, Vanderbilt, Wyoming.

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 docsports.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.

Matchups
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Score Favorite Line (Open) Computer Underdog Score
Thursday, September 27
13 Stanford -7 -8.76 WASHINGTON 17
Friday, September 28
47 BYU -28.5 -24.83 Hawaii 0
Saturday, September 29
42 AIR FORCE -14.5 -7.52 Colorado State 21
56 Miami, O. -9.5 -9.37 AKRON 49
33 ALABAMA -33 -33.20 Mississippi 14
35 ARIZONA -3 -4.54 Oregon State 38
17 CALIFORNIA -2 -3.47 Arizona State 27
58 TEXAS A&M -11.5 -8.99 Arkansas 10
13 ARKANSAS STATE -1.5 *+4.58* Western Kentucky 26
3 ARMY NL -22.09 Stony Brook (FCS) 23
43 Ball State -2 *+2.05* KENT STATE 45
70 WEST VIRGINIA -10 -6.51 Baylor 63
32 Boise State -30 -23.86 NEW MEXICO 29
45 Clemson -11 -10.26 BOSTON COLLEGE 31
48 BOWLING GREEN NL -27.58 Rhode Island (FCS) 8
24 CONNECTICUT -16 -8.80 Buffalo 17
55 NORTHERN ILLINOIS -12 -9.08 Central Michigan 24
24 Virginia Tech -6 -6.11 Cincinnati (Landover, MD) 27
42 Ucla -21.5 -19.34 COLORADO 14
27 WAKE FOREST -3 *+2.93* Duke 34
28 EAST CAROLINA -4 -6.71 Utep 18
20 North Texas -3.5 -10.47 FAU 14
48 LA.-LAFAYETTE -6 -4.36 Fiu 20
30 Florida State -14 -15.69 USF 17
52 FRESNO STATE -7.5 -1.11 San Diego State 40
51 GEORGIA -15.5 -16.28 Tennessee 44
28 GEORGIA TECH -26 -29.68 Middle Tennessee 48
35 Houston -7 -12.14 Rice (Reliant Stadium) 14
66 NORTH CAROLINA -24 -25.99 Idaho 0
7 ILLINOIS -1.5 -5.16 Penn State 35
44 NORTHWESTERN -14.5 -14.54 Indiana 29
31 IOWA -6 -7.26 Minnesota 13
24 Texas Tech -1 -1.51 IOWA STATE 13
38 South Carolina -21 -20.07 KENTUCKY 17
44 Louisiana Tech -2.5 -7.20 VIRGINIA 38
63 La.-Monroe -16.5 -13.61 TULANE 10
21 Louisville -9.5 -3.08 SOUTHERN MISS 17
38 LSU NL -48.67 Towson (FCS) 22
51 PURDUE -18 -10.34 Marshall 41
37 Ohio -25 -29.74 MASSACHUSETTS 34
44 MIAMI, FLA. -3.5 *+1.49* N. C. State 37
16 MICHIGAN STATE -1.5 -12.31 Ohio State 17
21 Missouri -1.5 -0.61 UCF 16
0 NAVY -1.5 *+6.35* San Jose State 12
30 NEBRASKA -11.5 -16.79 Wisconsin 27
34 Nevada -21 -16.81 TEXAS STATE 21
14 NEW MEXICO STATE -7 *+0.36* Utsa 35
36 OKLAHOMA STATE -5.5 -4.79 Texas 41
51 Oregon -28 -25.62 WASHINGTON STATE 26
24 Tcu -17.5 -12.40 SMU 16
31 Troy -11 -10.06 SOUTH ALABAMA 10
17 WESTERN MICHIGAN -2.5 -3.72 Toledo 37
49 Tulsa -17 -20 UAB 42
35 UTAH STATE -18 -19.26 Unlv 13