8). ET, ABC), Washington State at No. 5 Clemson at Boston College, 7:30 p.m. ET. The Longhorns were on a bye week last weekend, which came at a great time as they try to make a late-season push. ET: Middle Tennessee 21, Louisiana Tech 13, Washington State at Stanford, 3:30 p.m. No. LSU could put up a fight for a half, but the Tigers seem to be a year or two away from competing in games with Top 10 teams under Kelly. "We are getting an NHL caliber defenseman and acquiring very valuable draft capital in this upcoming draft and beyond," said Blackhawks General Manager Kyle Davidson said in the team statement. Led by quarterback Hendon Hooker and running back Jaylen Wright, the unit is tied for second in scoring offense, averaging 48.5 points per game. The Trojans are averaging 307.9 yards in the air, with Williams recording 24 touchdowns and only one interception. But I think Martinez can make some plays with his feet late in this one to win it close. Week 6 of college football looks to continue a chaotic season filled with upsets and surprises. No. It was 24-0 in a heartbeat, 45-6 by halftime and 52-6 early in the third when Buckeyes coach Ryan Day decided to fill the field with backups. The biggest storyline from this game will undoubtedly be the health of Alabama quarterback Bryce Young. The wait is finally over. ET, ESPN+), Auburn at No. This prime-time clash in Blacksburg fits the bill for Week 6. No. Clemson has had two close bouts against Syracuse and Florida State in their last two games. ET: Temple 23, South Florida 18, Marshall at Old Dominion, 2 p.m. South Florida, meanwhile, is having a rough season so far. Last November, BYU destroyed Boise State. ET, Central Michigan (2-3) at Ohio (1-4), 3:30 p.m. So K-State's numbers likely won't be as big against the Cyclones. Predictions for each Week 6 game are broken into three sections: Top 25 teams, best games between unranked teams and the rest of the slate. ET, ESPNU), Texas A&M at No. The Bulls are 1-4, with their only win coming against MEAC opponent Howard earlier in the season. But Oklahoma has held each of its five opponents to 100 rushing yards or fewer. If that mutual recent trend continues, there could be a major upset brewing in Lincoln. Beating South Carolina will help them take the next step in that goal. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. The LSU Tigers snuck into the AP Top 25 to be ranked for the first time under Brian Kelly. Chicago has acquired 31-year-old defenseman Nikita Zaitsev from the Ottawa Senators with a second-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft for nothing. 13 Arkansas (4-1), Noon ET, No. It's been a nice ride for the Green Wave, but the train is coming to a stop with a loss this week. Both SEC West contenders are in desperate need of a bounce-back game if they want to remain in the hunt for a division crown. Travis has thrown for 1,226 yards and eight touchdowns on the year. 2020's meeting was a 53-45 shootout that the Sooners won. ET. Prediction:Coastal Carolina 59, Arkansas State 21, No. The Matchup generator exposes potential mismatches showing strong offensive . They'll be back next Friday for a home game against 1-4 California, which should be an easy victory. But remember last year when Coastal Carolina had that emotional win over BYU and then turned around and needed a last-minute touchdown drive to eke out a win over a .500 Troy team that had already been blown out multiple times that year? I think UNC has too much firepower on offense for this Canes defense. One of the top college football picks the model is recommending for Week 6: No. Although Clemson is the overwhelming favorite to win the ACC, the ACC Coastal is still very much up for grabs. 4 with a 90.2 QBR and 2,671 yards. They won't all be this easy for SDSU, but its first Mountain West Conference win of the season will be a blowout. Fifth-year senior quarterback Devin Leary leads NC State's offense. The LSU Tigers have won five straight against the Vols, dating back to 2006. Kansas will play host to College GameDay for the first time in program history as it attempts to go to 6-0 . College football's Week 8 slate for the 2022 season features 54 games, and our NCAA experts are ready with their predictions and picks. It should be a high-scoring affair with Ewers back in his comfort zone and Texas looking to make a statement. The weekend boasts a quartet of Top 25 showdowns, including a . He's thrown for 1,135 yards and 10 touchdowns on the season, but he threw his third interception of the year against Clemson last week. Prediction:Virginia Tech 27, Notre Dame 24, No. It's the middle of the week in November . ", No. The Beavers were third among others receiving votes this week, and getting to 5-1 would likely push them over the top. And after the Tigers fall to 3-3 with a loss to Kentucky, head coach Ed Orgeron's hot-seat meter is going to get cranked up from "mildly toasty" to "raging inferno. 102: Ohio Bobcats 29.9. The line is moving steadily in the Rebels' favor despite UK getting elite rusher Chris . TCU aided in that process by obliterating the Sooners in Week 5. Texas Tech's defense is allowing 27.6 yards per game. He's now up to 17 total touchdowns on the year. However, Lance Leipold's Jayhawks will need to play better than they did the Week 5 win over Iowa State to stay atop the Big 12 standings after this weekend. But here's hoping you're enjoying the analysis/commentary more than you'd enjoy watching a coin flip 112 times. That includes impressive victories over Arizona State and Utah, as well as considerably less impressive wins over Arizona and South Florida. Top 25 rankings, odds, key match . Headlines have been swirling around both these teams for the past few months, and many of them haven't been favorable. Wake Forest looks like one of the strongest teams in the ACC, barely losing to Clemson 51-45 in overtime in Week 4. 21 NC State, 8 p.m. Washington looked like one of the best teams in the Pac-12, until UCLA defeated the Huskies 40-32 last Friday night. ET: Baylor 32, Oklahoma 23, Georgia State at Southern Miss, 3 p.m. Not only was Rutgers held to 17 points or fewer for a third consecutive game against an FBS opponent, but a defense that had held its first four opponents below 280 total yards was torn to pieces. However, Iowa has done such an incredible job of both forcing turnovers and converting short-field drives into points that a big interception or two almost feels inevitable. The normally high-octane offense of Ole Miss was flummoxed by Alabama. Auburn's Bo Nix has yet to throw an interception in 2021. Bleacher Report's Top plays of the 2020 college football season. And aside from Notre Dame picking off basically everything in the fourth quarter against Wisconsin, neither defense has been all that special, with each allowing more yards per play on defense than it has gained on offense. 17 Ole Miss covers as a six-point favorite against No. If Key keeps winning, he could win the permanent head coaching job. ET. Penn State looks like one of the only possible challengers to Ohio State in the Big Ten. 17 TCU, Noon ETSee No. Bearcat quarterback Ben Bryant, who had to replace longtime starter Desmond Ridder this season, has Cincy's offense running smoothly. No. The Rebels will score a few times. Records: The Bear . Heading into Week 6 of the college football season, we've yet to see too many upsets come from the nation's top five teams. North Carolina beat Virginia Tech 41-10 last week, whereas Miami has yet to begin conference play. ET: Georgia Southern 34, Georgia State 30, Liberty at UMass, 3:30 p.m. And this Arkansas defense has been every bit as stingy as Alabama's thus far this year. ET, Buffalo (2-3) at Kent State (2-3), 7 p.m. No. After this week off, though, they'll be seriously put to the test in road games against Texas and Iowa State. Tennessee still has to go to Louisiana and win, but the circumstances around the game are as ideal as they can be for a visiting team, especially one that does not go to Tiger Stadium on a regular basis. The Midshipmen have averaged 45.8 points against the Mustangs, and they enter this contest right after a 34-30 win over UCF in which they rushed for 348 yards and three touchdowns. 25 LSU vs. No. It should be a classic game that brings hard hits and goal-line attacks for both parties. Some of the other exciting matchups include Alabama at LSU and Texas at Kansas State. ", Rather, it's: "How many upsets will there be?". As Liberty and Florida State have discovered in the past two weeks, that's not easy. See draftkings.com/sportsbook for full terms and conditions. One of the college picks the model is high on in Week 9: No. Here is the full slate of this week's games with predictions for each. Meanwhile, we've seen a few challengers emerge in teams that could create some chaos later in the year. The Volunteers head to Athens, Georgia, where both teams will compete to hand each other their first loss of the season. ET: Mississippi State 37, Auburn 16, South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m. Although Kentucky quarterback Will Levis fumbled twice late in the game against Ole Miss to give the Rebels the victory, I think he will rebound nicely against South Carolina. No. My official position for this week is that only two of the 14 games pitting a ranked team against an unranked opponent will result in an upset, though I do anticipate a few others being way too close for comfort for the favorites. ET, No. College football's Week 6 slate for the 2022 season features 57 games, and our NCAA experts are ready with their predictions and picks. Michigan has impressed the last two weeks, defeating Maryland and beating Iowa on the road handily 27-14. While the sample size is relatively small, Week 6 is unquestionably the biggest week of the 2020 college football season so far. LSU can't run the ball. The pro football world is descending on Indianapolis for the annual NFL Scouting Combine this week, where 2023 draft prospects will be put through a gauntlet of on-field workouts, off-field medical exams, media . The Week 8 slate begins on Wednesday night with Appalachian . If Rutgers had shown frankly any signs of life this past weekend against Ohio State, I'd be all about picking this upset. North Carolina is averaging 41.8 points on the season, but its defense has barely been able to stop anyone. Instead of dealing with quarterback Garret Shrader and running back Sean Tucker in a top-six run game, opponents gain an advantage when they make Syracuse throw. Prediction: Washington 48, Arizona State 13, No. Even if Young can't go on Saturday, the Tide's offense should be fine under backup quarterback Jalen Milroe and running back Jahmyr Gibbs. Aside from USC, UCLA is the last remaining undefeated team in the Pac-12. You can still bet on it, though, and Connecticut has shown an impressive amount of heart in its recent two-point losses to Wyoming and Vandy. 15 Texas A&M, No. The Bruins will be playing in Tempe, which should bring a bigger crowd than they are used to, but those fans will trickle out when the Bruins lead a couple of big-play drives. Gamecocks quarterback Spencer Rattler has been quite turnover prone so far this year, throwing for four touchdowns and seven interceptions. NC State fell 30-20 to Clemson last week, and Florida State suffered its first loss to Wake Forest last week. The Kansas defense is capable of getting a few stops against Max Duggan and the TCU offense. The major factor for this matchup is the Bulldogs defense giving Georgia the better overall talent edge, since Tennessee has had trouble against the pass this season. The Buffaloes average 16.3 points, and that won't be nearly enough to keep up with a high-scoring Ducks offense. Hendon Hooker is in charge of one of the FBS' best offenses and it will test LSU in a different way compared to the Tigers' first five opponents. Georgia Tech made coaching carousel news last week with the announcement that head coach Geoff Collins and athletic director Todd Stansbury were fired. 1 Georgia, 3:30 p.m. ET. The former 4-star recruit from the class of 2018 started his career at Michigan. ET: Hawai'i at San Diego State, 10:30 p.m. The Tar Heels are steamrolling through the ACC, with four straight conference wins. USC has played well at home all season, winning by a combined score of 153-56 against Rice, Fresno State and Arizona State. 15 Wake Forest (-15) (7:30 p.m. Shane Mickle January 8, 2023 at 2:00 PM EST. 8 Tennessee, Noon ETSee No. No. Massachusetts, on the other hand, has lost its last two games by a combined score of 98-10 and fully deserves to be a home underdog against an 0-6 opponent. 1 Georgia. It looks like Saturday will bring the steak to six. 7 Oklahoma State vs. Texas Tech 3:30 p.m. 23 Mississippi State vs. Arkansas, Noon ET. Prediction: Ohio State 56, Michigan State 13. The offense averaged 39 points in the last two weeks, and Martinez combined for 319 yards and five scores on the ground. ND beat Cal 24-17 at home, and went on the road to beat an undefeated UNC team 45-32. He has the Bulldogs winning it all. 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