Rivalry week lived up to the hype with some great games, some surprising upsets, and some impressive results from our expert panel of pickers and prognosticators.
Winners this week included Kirk Herbstreit (7-2), Desmond Howard (7-3), Andrea Adelson (7-2), Skip Bayless (6-1), Stanford Steve (4-2 straight up, 5-1 ATS), Bruce Feldman (8-3 straight up, 8-3 ATS), Pat Forde (21-9 straight up, 1-2 ATS), and Booger McFarland (5-2). This week’s official win may end up being one of our most controversial wins of all time. Lee Corso went 9-1 on the week which is good enough for a win most weeks. Phil Steele went 19-5 straight up and 17-8-1 against the spread, which would almost certainly be a win any other week. However, we had something special happen Saturday which has to be properly credited. Marcus spears went 7-0 on the week, which is a really nice week but not anything too crazy until you look at his picks.
Marcus Spears: 7-0
RIGHT GT over Georgia
RIGHT Kentucky over Louisville
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Vanderbilt over Tennessee
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
Marcus Spears went on SEC Nation Saturday morning and called for FOUR outright upsets amongst his seven picks, going with Georgia Tech over Georgia, Kentucky over Louisville, Miss St oveR Ole Miss, and Vanderbilt over Tennessee. Those teams were a combined 45 point underdog to their opponents and he decided they’d probably just go win outright. I don’t remember the last time I woke up and thought to myself “you know, Kentucky is a 24 point dog to Louisville, and Louisville has the leading Heisman candidate, but I’ve got a really good feeling about this Kentucky team”. So for that reason we have to give this week’s win to Marcus Spears for overcoming tremendous odds on his way to a 7-0 week.
Losers this week included Tim Tebow and Chris Doering dropped a nice 2-5 record on the week picking SEC games. Scott Van Pelt’s Winners continue to slide at another 2-3 week against the spread. But since the SEC Network experts both went 2-5 picking SEC games, let’s give them a split loss on the week.
Coach Corso is continuing a great season picking headgear, going with Ohio State over Michigan. Special guest celebrity Orlando Pace went 7-3 on the week, with another great performance from someone who cares about football. @GamedayJen booked another winner at 9-5, and the race for the season victory continues to tighten. Jen is at 73.91% on the season, with Phil Steele right on her tail at 73.81% on the season, with those two being our top two competitors on the season as of today.
Everyone else is somewhere in between so check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.
Lee Corso: 9-1
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan (headgear pick)
RIGHT Colorado over Utah
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn (Closer than the experts think)
WRONG Louisville over Kentucky
RIGHT GT over Georgia
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT USC over ND
RIGHT Penn St over Mich St
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
Kirk Herbstreit: 7-2
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Colorado over Utah
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
WRONG Louisville over Kentucky
WRONG Georgia over GT
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT USC over ND
RIGHT Penn St over Mich St
Desmond Howard: 7-3
RIGHT Penn St over Mich St
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
WRONG Louisville over Kentucky
WRONG Georgia over GT
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Colorado over Utah
RIGHT USC over ND
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
WRONG Michigan over Ohio St
Orlando Pace: 7-3
WRONG Louisville over Kentucky
WRONG Georgia over GT
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT Colorado over Utah
RIGHT USC over ND
WRONG Mich St over Penn St
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
David Pollack: 2-1
WRONG Mich St over Penn St
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
Jennifer’s Picks: 9-5
WRONG Houston over Memphis
RIGHT TCU over Texas
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
WRONG Boise St over AF
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
WRONG Louisville over Kentucky
WRONG Georgia over GT
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Colorado over Utah
RIGHT USC over ND
RIGHT Penn St over Mich St
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
WRONG Michigan over Ohio St
Tim Tebow: 2-5
WRONG Georgia over GT
WRONG Louisville over Kentucky
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
WRONG Ole Miss over Miss St
WRONG Tennessee over Vanderbilt
WRONG Florida over FSU
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
Marcus Spears: 7-0
RIGHT GT over Georgia
RIGHT Kentucky over Louisville
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Vanderbilt over Tennessee
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
Paul Finebaum: 4-4
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
WRONG Georgia over GT
WRONG Louisville over Kentucky
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
WRONG Ole Miss over Miss St
WRONG Tennessee over Vanderbilt
RIGHT FSU over Florida
Andrea Adelson: 7-2
RIGHT GT over Georgia
RIGHT BC over Wake Forest
RIGHT FSU over Florida
WRONG UNC over NC St
WRONG Louisville over Kentucky
RIGHT VT over UVA
RIGHT Pitt over Syracuse
RIGHT Miami FL over Duke
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
Charles Arbuckle: 2-0
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
Skip Bayless: 6-1
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Penn St over Mich St
WRONG Wash St over Washington
RIGHT Colorado over Utah
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
Stanford Steve Coughlin: 4-2 straight up, 5-1 ATS
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
WRONG Uconn over Tulane (predicted score 5-3)
RIGHT Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Oregon St over Oregon
WRONG UNC over NC St
RIGHT Washington-6 vs Wash St
RIGHT Michigan+6.5 vs Ohio St
WRONG Tulane vs UConn under 38.5
RIGHT Miss St+7.5 vs Ole Miss
RIGHT NC St+11.5 vs UNC
RIGHT Oregon St ML vs Oregon
Colin Cowherd: 1-0
RIGHT USC over ND
Chris Doering: 2-5
WRONG Georgia over GT
WRONG Louisville over Kentucky
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
WRONG Ole Miss over Miss St
WRONG Tennessee over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
WRONG Florida over FSU
Dusty Dvoracek: 4-2 straight up, 1-4 ATS
RIGHT KState over Kansas
RIGHT WVU over Iowa St
WRONG Texas over TCU
RIGHT LSU over TAMU
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
WRONG Georgia over GT
WRONG Wash St+6 vs Washington
RIGHT LSU-6.5 vs TAMU
WRONG Ohio St-6.5 vs Michigan
WRONG Texas-3 vs TCU
WRONG Georgia-4 vs GT
Chris Fallica: 5-3 straight up, 4-6-1 ATS
WRONG Wash St over Washington
RIGHT FSU over Florida
WRONG Ole Miss over Miss St
RIGHT Old Dominion over FIU
RIGHT UNM over Wyoming
WRONG TAMU over LSU
RIGHT Penn St over Mich St
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Wash St+6 vs Washington
WRONG Michigan vs Ohio St under 45.5
WRONG Michigan vs Ohio St under 45 (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT FSU-6.5 vs Florida
RIGHT FSU-7.5 vs Florida (Bear’s Bank)
WRONG Ole Miss-7.5 vs Miss St
WRONG Ole Miss-8.5 vs Miss St (Bear’s Bank)
TIE FIU+14 vs Old Dominion (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT UNM+3 vs Wyoming (Bear’s Bank)
WRONG TAMU+6.5 vs LSU
WRONG TAMU ML vs LSU
Bruce Feldman: 8-3 straight up, 8-3 ATS
WRONG Utah over Colorado
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT Iowa over Nebraska
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
WRONG TAMU over LSU
WRONG Michigan over Ohio St
RIGHT USC over Notre Dame
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Arizona over Ariz St
WRONG TAMU+6.5 vs LSU
RIGHT Iowa-3 vs Nebraska
RIGHT Washington-6 vs Wash St
RIGHT Michigan+6.5 vs Ohio St
WRONG USC-17.5 vs ND
RIGHT Alabama-17.5 vs Auburn
WRONG Wisconsin-14.5 vs Minnesota
RIGHT Clemson-24 vs S.Carolina
RIGHT Utah+10 vs Colorado
RIGHT FSU-7.5 vs Florida
RIGHT Arizona+2.5 vs Ariz St
Pat Forde: 21-9 straight up, 1-2 ATS
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan 16-13
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn 26-10
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina 30-21
WRONG Wash St over Washington 31-28
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota 24-19
WRONG Nebraska over Iowa 21-16
RIGHT Colorado over Utah 20-17
RIGHT USC over ND 45-35
RIGHT FSU over Florida 20-14
RIGHT VT over UVA 28-21
RIGHT NC St over UNC 25-24
WRONG Louisville over Kentucky 56-24
RIGHT USF over UCF 35-24
WRONG Ole Miss over Miss St 49-42
RIGHT Indiana over Purdue 47-28
RIGHT NW over Illinois 23-13
WRONG Oregon over Oregon St 46-31
WRONG Ariz St over Arizona 51-28
RIGHT KState over Kansas 27-13
WRONG Georgia over GT 24-20
WRONG UNLV over Nevada 37-35
RIGHT Penn St over Mich St 27-21
RIGHT W.Michigan over Toledo 41-35
WRONG TAMU over LSU 22-21
RIGHT AF over Boise St
RIGHT UNM over Wyoming
RIGHT Ohio over Akron
RIGHT Miami OH over Ball St
RIGHT WKU over Marshall
RIGHT Old Dominion over FIU
WRONG Wash St+6 vs Washington
RIGHT Michigan+6.5 vs Ohio St
WRONG Auburn+17 vs Alabama
Danny Kanell: 2-0 straight up, 0-3 ATS
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
WRONG Wash St+6 vs Washington
WRONG Auburn+17.5 vs Alabama
WRONG Ohio St-6.5 vs Michigan
Joel Klatt: 3-0
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Colorado over Utah
Matt Leinart: 3-0
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
RIGHT KState over Kansas
RIGHT Colorado over Utah
Tom Luginbill: 1-1
WRONG Wash St over Washington
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
Trevor Matich: 2-1
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
WRONG Mich St over Penn St
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
Mark May: 1-0
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
Greg McElroy: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
Booger McFarland: 5-2
WRONG Georgia over GT
WRONG Louisville over Kentucky
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Vanderbilt over Tennessee
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT FSU over Florida
Ryan McGee: 1-1
WRONG Wash St over Washington
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
Brett McMurphy: 2-0
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
Ryen Russillo: 3-0 straight up, 2-1 ATS
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Alabama-17.5 vs Auburn
RIGHT Washington-6 vs Wash St
WRONG Ohio St-6.5 vs Michigan
Mark Schlabach: 2-1
WRONG Michigan over Ohio St
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT W.Michigan over Toledo
Jason Sehorn: 2-0
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
Robert Smith: 3-0
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
RIGHT KState over Kansas
RIGHT Colorado over Utah
Phil Steele: 19-5 straight up, 17-8-1 ATS
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn (by about 3 TD)
RIGHT Washington over Wash St (by a TD or more)
RIGHT W.Mich over Toledo
RIGHT Colorado over Utah
WRONG UConn over Tulane
WRONG Ariz St over Arizona
RIGHT Navy over SMU (by double digits)
RIGHT Temple over ECU
RIGHT WKU over Marshall
RIGHT BYU over Utah St (by 3 TD or more)
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan (by 8 to 10)
RIGHT BC over Wake Forest
RIGHT USC over Notre Dame
WRONG Georgia over GT (by 7 or more)
WRONG Wyoming over UNM
RIGHT LSU over TAMU (by about 10)
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota (by 17-21 pts)
RIGHT Iowa over Nebraska
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT FSU over Florida
3-1 on ESPN Insider straight up
WVU over Iowa St
UNC over NC St
Penn St over Mich St
USF over UCF
RIGHT Alabama-17 vs Auburn
RIGHT Washington-6 vs Wash St
RIGHT Oregon St+3 vs Oregon
WRONG UConn PK vs Tulane
RIGHT Navy-7 vs SMU
RIGHT WKU-24 vs Marshall
TIE BYU-18 vs Utah St
RIGHT Kentucky+26 vs Louisville
RIGHT Ole Miss vs Miss St over 69.5
RIGHT Miss St+8 vs Ole Miss
WRONG Ohio St-7 vs Michigan
RIGHT BC+3.5 vs Wake Forest
WRONG Mich St+12 vs Penn St
WRONG Georgia-4.5 vs GT
RIGHT UNM+3 vs Wyoming
RIGHT LSU-6.5 vs TAMU
WRONG Wisconsin-14.5 vs Minnesota
RIGHT Iowa-1.5 vs Nebraska
RIGHT NC St+12.5 vs UNC
WRONG S.Carolina+24 vs Clemson
4-2 ATS on ESPN Insider
FSU-6.5 vs Florida
Iowa St+8 vs WVU
NC St+11.5 vs UNC
Ohio St-6.5 vs Michigan
Wisconsin-14 vs Minnesota
USF-10 vs UCF
Clint Stoerner: 4-3
RIGHT LSU over TAMU
RIGHT Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
WRONG Arkansas over Mizzou
WRONG Georgia over GT
WRONG Louisville over Kentucky
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
Scott Van Pelt’s WINNERS: 2-3 ATS
RIGHT Memphis+5.5 vs Houston
WRONG Wash St+7 vs Wash St
WRONG SMU+7 vs Navy
RIGHT Mizzou+7.5 vs Arkansas
WRONG Iowa St+7 vs WVU
Dave Wanndstedt: 3-0
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
RIGHT KState over Kansas
RIGHT Colorado over Utah
Dan Wetzel: 3-0 straight up, 2-1 ATS
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT Washington-6 vs Wash St
RIGHT Michigan+6.5 vs Ohio St
WRONG Auburn+17 vs Alabama