College Football Week 9 Picks Against Spread For Top 25 Teams

We’re more than halfway through the college football season, and that means rivalry matchups are making up a larger portion of the weekly schedule.

The best game this weekend is not in the SEC. It’s in the ACC, where No. 3 Clemson battles No. 12 Florida State in a game with College Football Playoff implications. Another much-anticipated matchup is in the Big Ten, where No. 7 Nebraska is a road underdog against No. 11 Wisconsin.

Here are my predictions for Week 9 of the 2016 campaign. All spreads are from OddsShark, and my picks are italicized.

Season picks record: 79-65-3 (8-8-1 last week)

Thursday, Oct. 27
No. 25 Virginia Tech (-4) at Pittsburgh

Friday, Oct. 28
No. 22 Navy (+7) at USF

Saturday, Oct. 29
No. 5 Louisville (-31.5) at Virginia
No. 10 West Virginia (-4) at Oklahoma State
No. 2 Michigan (-24) at Michigan State
No. 24 Penn State (-12) at Purdue
No. 14 Florida (-7.5) at Georgia in Jacksonville
No. 8 Baylor (-3.5) at Texas
No. 4 Washington (-10.5) at No. 17 Utah
Northwestern at No. 6 Ohio State (-26.5)
No. 13 Boise State (-14) at Wyoming
No. 7 Nebraska (+9) at No. 11 Wisconsin
Kansas at No. 16 Oklahoma (-40)
No. 15 Auburn (-4.5) at Ole Miss
No. 18 Tennessee (-13.5) at South Carolina
New Mexico State at No. 9 Texas A&M (-43.5)
No. 3 Clemson (-5) at No. 12 Florida State