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2012 ARCHIVES
PICKS / SCORES
Week 8: 10/16-10/20

2012 RECORD
WEEK W L PCT SEASON W L PCT
Straight Up 43 13 .768 Straight Up 296 101 .746
FBS vs. FCS 0 0 .000 FBS vs. FCS 89 10 .899
Total SU 43 13 .768 Total SU 385 111 .776
ATS 31 25 .554 ATS 216 181 .544
Above records through games of 10/20/12 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 56 games involving 112 teams from the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision).
0 teams play schools from the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision).
12 Teams are IDLE: Arkansas, Arkansas State, Colorado State, Hawaii, Illinois, Miami (O.), Mississippi, MIssouri, Ohio, Texas State, UCLA, Washington 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 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
Tuesday, October 16
23 La.-Lafayette -4.5 -5.99 NORTH TEXAS 30
Thursday, October 18
43 Oregon -12 -12.09 ARIZONA STATE 21
42 Houston -1 -0.65 SMU 72
Friday, October 19
40 SYRACUSE -5 -1.49 Connecticut 10
Saturday, October 20
28 AIR FORCE -11 -8 New Mexico 23
37 Northern Illinois -13.5 -20.58 AKRON 7
44 Alabama -18.5 -14.83 TENNESSEE 13
52 ARIZONA -4.5 *+0.98* Washington 17
38 Army -3.5 *+7.26* EASTERN MICHIGAN 48
17 VANDERBILT -9 -2.01 Auburn 13
41 Ball State -3 -3.41 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 30
56 TEXAS -13 -6.66 Baylor 50
32 BOISE STATE -28.5 -28.86 Unlv 7
37 GEORGIA TECH -13 -10.44 Boston College 17
24 Bowling Green -16 -21.65 MASSACHUSETTS 0
20 Pittsburgh -12 -5.40 BUFFALO 6
17 NOTRE DAME -14 -10.83 Byu 14
21 Stanford -1.5 -7.82 CALIFORNIA 3
23 Cincinnati -5 -5.44 TOLEDO 29
38 CLEMSON -11 -5.11 Virginia Tech 17
50 USC -40 -41.19 Colorado 6
30 North Carolina -10 -4.90 DUKE 33
42 East Carolina -4.5 -6.74 UAB 35
37 SOUTH ALABAMA -2 -1.84 Fau 34 (2 OT)
38 TROY -4.5 -3.58 Fiu 37
44 FLORIDA -3.5 -0.18 South Carolina 11
33 Florida State -17.5 -18.61 MIAMI, FLA. 20
42 FRESNO STATE -15.5 -8.90 Wyoming 14
29 Georgia -27 -19.45 KENTUCKY 24
70 LOUISIANA TECH -30 -36.22 Idaho 28
31 NAVY -3 -1.12 Indiana 30
14 IOWA -1.5 -2.74 Penn State 38
31 OKLAHOMA STATE -13 -14.04 Iowa State 10
52 OKLAHOMA -35.5 -37.53 Kansas 7
14 WEST VIRGINIA -4.5 *+1* Kansas State 55
41 KENT STATE -3 -4.18 Western Michigan 24
42 WESTERN KENTUCKY -2 -8.32 La.-Monroe 43 (OT)
27 LOUISVILLE -9 -10.90 Usf 25
24 Lsu -3 *+3.14* TEXAS A&M 19
24 SOUTHERN MISS -3 -2.64 Marshall 59
20 N. C. State -4.5 -6.81 MARYLAND 18
35 Ucf -24.5 -24.44 MEMPHIS 17
12 MICHIGAN -11.5 -10.75 Michigan State 10
45 MISSISSIPPI STATE -20 -22.69 Middle Tennessee 3
38 WISCONSIN -19.5 -19.34 Minnesota 13
29 Nebraska -7 -11.85 NORTHWESTERN 28
38 NEVADA -6.5 -2.49 San Diego State 39 (OT)
41 UTAH STATE -28.5 -23.15 New Mexico State 7
29 OHIO STATE -14.5 -7.70 Purdue 22 (OT)
21 OREGON STATE -7 *+0.78* Utah 7
28 TULSA -23 -21.81 Rice 24
35 Rutgers -3.5 -5.23 TEMPLE 10
52 San Jose State -15 -3.11 UTSA 24
53 TCU -3.5 -5.61 Texas Tech 56 (3 OT)
24 UTEP -17 -13.88 Tulane 20
10 VIRGINIA -5.5 -6.78 Wake Forest 16