College Football Week 2 Picks, Predictions Against Spread For Top 25 Teams

Week 2 of the college football season doesn’t have as many must-see matchups as the opening weekend, but there’s still lots of good football to watch Saturday.

Here are my predictions for coming week. All spreads are from OddsShark, and my picks are italicized.
Season picks record: 12-7 (12-7 last week)

Friday, Sept. 9
No. 13 Louisville (-13) at Syracuse

Saturday, Sept. 10
Central Michigan at No. 22 Oklahoma State (-19)
UCF at No. 5 Michigan (-34.5)
Lamar at No. 6 Houston (no line)
Nicholls at No. 9 Georgia (no line)
PV A&M at No. 20 Texas A&M (no line)
Charleston Southern at No. 3 Florida State (no line)
Troy at No. 2 Clemson (-34)
Tulsa at No. 4 Ohio State (-28.5)
Akron at No. 10 Wisconsin (-24)
Nevada at No. 18 Notre Dame (-26)
Western Kentucky at No. 1 Alabama (-24)
SMU at No. 23 Baylor (-28.5)
Wofford at No. 19 Ole Miss (no line)
Idaho at No. 8 Washington (-35)
Florida Atlantic at No. 25 Miami (-23)
Louisiana-Monroe at No. 14 Oklahoma  (-44)
UTEP at No. 11 Texas (-26)
Arkansas at No. 15 TCU (-6)
Iowa State at No. 16 Iowa (-18)
Jacksonville State at No. 21 LSU (no line)
Virginia Tech at No. 17 Tennessee  (-9)
Virginia at No. 24 Oregon (-20.5)

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