CFN Expert Picks & Predictions for Week 3 of the college football season.
And now we’re back. After a rough week of games – the pickings were slim – the college football slate is loaded with huge showdowns again. CFN enlisted the help of experts and dignitaries to give their picks for the biggest games.
Scroll to the bottom of the picks for info on each of the prognosticators. Picks in bold are the all-time, sure-thing ATS locks of the century this week. CONSEN are the consensus of all the expert selections.
Click on each link for the full Fearless Prediction Game Preview & Prediction (game previews not linked up coming soon).
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CFN Week 3 Expert Picks & Predictions
Fiu
Russ
Rich
Phil
Crow
CON
Hou -7.5 at Cin
CI
UH*
UH
UH
UH
UH
Bay -30 at Rice
BU
BU*
BU
BU
BU
BU
Ark St at USU -9
US
US
US
US
US
US
WMU -3.5 at Ill
IL
IL
WM
WM
WM
WM
ECU at Scar -4.5
SC
EC
SC
SC
EC
SC
FSU -3.5 at UL
UL
UL
UL
UL
FS
FS
Tem at PSU -9
PS
PS*
PS
PS*
PS
PS
Col at Mich -19.5
MI
MI*
MI
MI
MI
MI
Ohio at Ten -27.5
TN
TN
TN*
TN*
TN*
TN*
Ore at Neb -3
UO
UO
NE
UO
NE
UO
UCLA -3.5 at BYU
LA
BY
LA
LA
BY
LA
Pitt at Ok St -6.5
OS
OS
OS*
PI
OS
OS
MSU at ND -7.5
MS
MS
ND*
ND*
MS
ND*
TAM at Aub -4
AM
AM
AM
AU
AU
AM
OSU -2.5 at OU
OS
OU
OS
OS
OS
OS
Bama -9.5 at OM
AL
AL*
AL
AL
AL
AL
UGA -6.5 at Miz
GA*
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA*
MSU at LSU -9.5
LS
LS*
LS
LS*
LS
LS
USC at Stan -6.5
SC
ST*
ST
ST
ST
ST
Tex -7.5 at Cal
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
Straight Up
31-7
27-11
28-10
30-8
30-8
31-7
Against Spread
22-15
21-16
20-17
15-22
22-15
23-14
Sure Thing ATS
4-2
3-3
3-3
2-4
5-1
Dave
Jere
Chris
Schmo
Clucko
Hou -7.5 at Cin
UH
UH
UH*
UH*
CI
Bay -30 at Rice
BU*
BU
BU
BU
RI
Ark St at USU -9
AS
US*
US
US
US
WMU -3.5 at Ill
WM
WM
IL
IL
IL
ECU at Scar -4.5
EC
EC
SC
EC
SC
FSU -3.5 at UL
FS*
FS
FS
FS*
FS
Tem at PSU -9
TU
PS*
PS
PS
PS
Col at Mich -19.5
MI*
MI
MI
MI*
CO
Ohio at Ten -27.5
TN*
TN*
TN*
TN
TN
Ore at Neb -3
UO
UO
NE
UO
NE
UCLA -3.5 at BYU
BY
LA
LA
LA
BY
Pitt at Ok St -6.5
PI
OS
OS
PI
OS
MSU at ND -7.5
MS
ND*
ND*
ND
ND
TAM at Aub -4
AU*
AM
AM
AU
AM
OSU -2.5 at OU
OS*
OS
OU
OU
OS
Bama -9.5 at OM
AL
AL
AL
AL*
AL
UGA -6.5 at Miz
GA*
GA*
GA
GA*
MZ
MSU at LSU -9.5
LS
LS*
LS
LS
MS
USC at Stan -6.5
ST*
ST
ST
ST
ST
Tex -7.5 at Cal
CA
TX
TX
CA
CA
Straight Up
26-12
31-7
28-10
27-11
22-16
Against Spread
19-18
23-14
20-17
21-16
19-18
Sure Thing ATS
2-4
4-2
1-5
3-3
4-2
Expert Prognosticators
Russ Mitchell is the lead SEC Columnist and America’s college football radio guest of choice for College Football News. Is always right when it comes to SEC football.
Phil Harrison has been writing for CollegeFootballNews.com for nine years. He is the leading Big Ten featured writer, and can be followed on Twitter @PhilHarrisonCFB.
The Schmo is a brash, overzealous sports junkie that generates a story out of anything he gets his hands on. The Schmo sees himself as an ‘oustider’ on a mission to become an ‘insider’ in the world of sports. Watch him generate the most interesting takes in his video series The Schmo and The Pro.
Crowley Sullivan is a 20-year sports-media veteran having spent ten years at ESPN as a producer, programmer, content creator, business developer, and brand manager. He now serves a EVP, Planning/GM, Sports for MandtVR, a content creation platform that emphasizes Virtual Reality initiatives.
Jeremy Simon is the owner of BlueGoldSports.com covering West Virginia University. He’s also is a contributor to USA Today Sports, CFN and Athlon Sports.
Based out of the heartland, Chris Williams is the publisher of CycloneFanatic.com. He can also be heard every day from 4-7 ct on Des Moines’ Sports Station, 1460 KXNO.
Dave Congrove – Owner of CollegeFootballPoll.com and creator of the Congrove Computer Rankings (1993). The computer’s preseason forecast has picked half of the final 4 in each of the first 2 years of the playoff system, and 11 BCS title participants in the 16 BCS seasons. The picks provided are the computer’s picks.
Rich Cirminiello joined Campus Insiders in 2013 as the Associate Editor following a long career with College Football News and FoxSports.com. Rich is a frequent contributor to the New York Jets, and he volunteers as the Director of College Awards for the Maxwell Football Club, which annually honors the premier high school, college and NFL players.
Clucko the Chicken has been America’s premier poultry prognosticator since winning the 2000 Pro Football Weekly college football confidence pool among 37 entries. Clucko makes picks based on two feed dishes representing each team – or on a coin-flip.
Pete Fiutak writes a lot of articles about college football stuff for CollegeFootballNews.com and is “talent” – not talented – for Campus Insiders.