Game of the Week
#8 Florida (6-0) at #6 LSU (5-0)
Saturday, 7:00 pm ET, ESPN
Favorite: LSU by 9
Stiles on Sports Ranking: Florida- 10th, LSU- 7th
LSU 28, Fla 17… matchup of unbeatens, but Fla playing w/o suspended QB Will Grier; LSU has country’s best back in Fournette, Tigers at home
— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) October 15, 2015
Big Game Guarantee(s)
#17 Iowa (6-0) at #20 Northwestern (5-1)
Saturday, 12:00 pm ET, ABC/ESPN2
Favorite: Iowa by 2
Stiles on Sports Ranking: Iowa- 18th, Northwestern- 24th
Iowa 20, NW 17… Hawkeyes quietly solid start (6-0), and now Big 10 West fav’s; NW coming off shutout by Mich, overrated IMO
— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) October 15, 2015
#10 Alabama (5-1) at #9 Texas A&M (5-0)
Saturday, 3:30 pm ET, CBS
Favorite: Alabama by 4
Stiles on Sports Ranking: Alabama- 6th, Texas A&M- 9th
Bama 45, A&M 35… Intense short-lived SEC West rivalry, last yr Bama won 59-0, A&M def improved from last yr, but Bama still better team
— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) October 15, 2015
#7 Michigan State (6-0) at #12 Michigan (5-1)
Saturday, 3:30 pm ET, ESPN
Favorite: Michigan by 8
Stiles on Sports Ranking: Michigan State- 4th, Michigan- 12th
Mich 24, Mich St 17…What Harbaugh has already built @ Mich is incredible; Mich def vs MSU off is key matchup, Wolverines get big one at home
— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) October 15, 2015
USC (3-2) at #15 Notre Dame (5-1)
Saturday, 7:30 pm ET, NBC
Favorite: Notre Dame by 7
Stiles on Sports Ranking: USC- unranked, Notre Dame- 14th
ND 31, USC 20… tough week for USC facing firing of coach Sarkisian; ND playing solid football, particularly offensively; Irish at home
— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) October 15, 2015
Upset(s) of the Week
#18 UCLA (4-1) at #15 Stanford (4-1)
Thursday, 10:30 pm ET, ESPN
Favorite: Stanford by 7
Stiles on Sports Ranking: UCLA- 15th, Stanford- 16th
UCLA 35, Stan 24… UCLA having solid yr except for ASU loss, Stanford’s biggest win (USC) has lost its luster; Stan is fav, but UCLA rolls
— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) October 15, 2015
#21 Boise State (5-1) at Utah State (3-2)
Friday, 9:00 pm ET, CBSSN
Favorite: Boise State by 10
Stiles on Sports Ranking: both teams are unranked
Utah St 31, Boise St 27… Utah St’s only 2 losses to Utah & Wash; Aggies at home; BSU loss to BYU looks worse now than it did then
— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) October 15, 2015
Closer Than the Experts Think
West Virginia (3-2) at #2 Baylor (5-0)
Saturday, 12:00 pm ET, FOX
Favorite: Baylor by 22
Stiles on Sports Ranking: West Virginia- unranked, Baylor- 5th
Baylor 42, WV 28…Baylor w/ avg of 64.2 ppg, but facing toughest def they’ve seen; WV off losses to Okla and Okla won’t win, but hangs in
— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) October 15, 2015
NFL Game(s) of the Week
Carolina Panthers (4-0) at Seattle Seahawks (2-3)
Sunday, 4:05 pm ET, FOX
Favorite: Seahawks by 7
SEA 19, CAR 13… Panthers enter at 4-0, but the 4 they’ve beat are combined 5-15; now they face 2x defending NFC champs on road, enough said
— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) October 15, 2015
New England Patriots (4-0) at Indianapolis Colts (3-2)
Sunday, 8:30 pm ET, NBC
Favorite: Patriots by 9
NE 34, IND 24… rematch of last yr’s AFC Champ Gm, IND comes in at 3-2 all in close games, while NE 4-0 and utterly dominant
— Chris Stiles (@cstiles24) October 15, 2015
Season to Date
Overall Record: 24-20
Last Week: 6-2
College Overall Record: 21-19
Game of the Week: 4-2
Big Game Guarantee: 13-7
Upset of the Week: 1-7
Closer Than the Experts Think: 3-4
NFL Game of the Week: 3-1
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