College Football pick'em 2017- Gameplay and scoring thread

[100% pro-life no matter what]

August 26

Oregon State @ Colorado State

Ohio State @ Indiana


September 1

Colorado State @ Colorado

Washington @ Rutgers


September 2

Wyoming @ Iowa

Maryland @ Texas

California @ North Carolina

North Carolina State @ South Carolina (in Charlotte)

Michigan @ Florida (in Arlington, Texas)

Nevada @ Northwestern

Florida State @ Alabama (in Atlanta)

BYU @ LSU (in Houston)


September 3

Texas A&M @ UCLA

West Virginia @ Virginia Tech (in Landover, Maryland)


September 4

Tennessee @ Georgia Tech

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Week one is live...congratulations to all who picked Oregon State.

Sorry for getting the Ohio State/Indiana game's date wrong. That game is tonight.

Also, the BYU/LSU game has been moved from Houston to New Orleans due to the flooding from Hurricane Harvey.

Colorado St. won that game

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Christ, the states of Texas and Florida are not looking good for football this year!

I was flipping back and forth between that A&M-UCLA game at the VT one, but I had a weird feeling that A&M wasn't completely safe the second that UCLA started coming back (even when it was 44-17 or 44-24).

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Scores after Week One

RINO Tom 12-3

JGibson 11-2

NYE 11-4

Serious_Username 11-4

Illinwek 11-4

LTomlinson31 11-4

Alabama_Indy10 11-4

SJoyce 10-5

Extreme Republican 10-5

Sprouts Farmers Market 10-5

Progressive Democrat 10-5

Del Tachi 9-6

CMB222 9-6

Santander 9-6

Dereich 7-7

I was 12-3.  My only misses were Texas, UNC, and Texas A&M.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Cincinnati @ Michigan

Louisville @ North Carolina

Pittsburgh @ Penn State

Indiana @ Virginia

TCU @ Arkansas

Nebraska @ Oregon

Hawaii @ UCLA

Auburn @ Clemson

South Carolina @ Missouri

Oklahoma @ Ohio State

Georgia @ Notre Dame

Stanford @ USC

Minnesota @ Oregon State

Utah @ BYU

Boise State @ Washington State

Houston @ Arizona

San Diego State @ Arizona State

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Air Force at Michgan

Oklahoma State at Pittsburgh

Baylor at Duke

Clemson at Louisville

Wisconsin at BYU

Tennessee at Florida (this game may be rescheduled, depending on the damage to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. I will endeavor to let you know)

SMU at TCU

Purdue at Missouri

Oregon State at Washington State

Colorado State at Alabama

LSU at Mississippi State

Kansas State at Vanderbilt- I see this as a legitimate Top-15 to Top-20 battle.

Kentucky at South Carolina

Arizona State at Texas Tech

Texas at USC

Stanford at San Diego State

Mississippi at California

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LOL @ everyone who picked LSU

Or K-State!

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September 21

Temple at South Florida


September 22

Virginia at Boise State

Utah at Arizona


September 23

NC State at Florida State

Texas Tech at Houston

Texas A&M at Arkansas

Ohio at Eastern Michigan

UCF at Maryland

Alabama at Vanderbilt (I would love to be wrong here- I'm in the mood to storm a field)

USC at California

TCU at Oklahoma State

Toledo at Miami(FL)

Duke at North Carolina

Louisiana Tech at South Carolina

Cincinnati at Navy

Michigan at Purdue

Syracuse at LSU

Mississippi State at Georgia

Penn State at Iowa

Florida at Kentucky

Southern Illinois at Memphis

Notre Dame at Michigan State

Washington at Colorado

UCLA at Stanford

[100% pro-life no matter what]

No way is Georgia beating Alabama in the SEC Championship game.

Yeah, Kentucky will beat Alabama.

No, Mississippi State will beat Vanderbilt.

Honestly, unless Alabama loses to Auburn they're going to win the SEC West...and I find it hard to believe they lose the SEC title game against Georgia/Florida/Kentucky.

I'm picking Alabama over Vandy in the SEC Championship Game right now, but (apart from poor Mizzou), the East is wide open.

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September 28

Texas at Iowa State


September 29

Miami(FL) at Duke

Nebraska at Illinois

USC at Washington State


September 30

Indiana at Penn State

Oklahoma State at Texas Tech

California at Oregon

Arizona State at Stanford

Iowa at Michigan State

Maryland at Minnesota

Northwestern at Wisconsin

Vanderbilt at Florida

Houston at Temple

Syracuse at NC State

Georgia at Tennessee

Florida State at Wake Forest

Eastern Michigan at Kentucky

Miami(OH) at Notre Dame

Mississippi State at Auburn

Marshall at Cincinnati

Memphis at UCF

South Carolina at Texas A&M

Clemson at Virginia Tech

Mississippi at Alabama

Northern Illinois at San Diego State

Colorado at UCLA

[100% pro-life no matter what]

October 5

Louisville at NC State


October 6

Memphis at Connecticut

Boise State at BYU


October 7

California at Washington

Washington State at Oregon

Wake Forest at Clemson

Iowa State at Oklahoma

Penn State at Northwestern

Georgia at Vanderbilt

Mississippi at Auburn

Eastern Michigan at Toledo

Illinois at Iowa

Duke at Virginia

Florida International at Middle Tennessee

West Virginia at TCU

Miami(FL) at Florida State

LSU at Florida

Notre Dame at North Carolina

Air Force at Navy

Minnesota at Purdue

Maryland at Ohio State

Arkansas at South Carolina

Colorado State at Utah State

SMU at Houston

Kansas State at Texas

Alabama at Texas A&M

Michigan State at Michigan

Wisconsin at Nebraska

Arizona at Colorado

UCF at Cincinnati

Stanford at Utah

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October 13

Clemson at Syracuse

Washington State at California


October 14

Arkansas at Alabama

Auburn at LSU (a LSU win wouldn't surprise me at all, though)

Georgia Tech at Miami(FL)

Texas A&M at Florida

Florida State at Duke

Michigan at Indiana

TCU at Kansas State

Texas Tech at West Virginia

BYU at Mississippi State

South Carolina at Tennessee

Eastern Michigan at Army

Old Dominion at Marshall

Oklahoma at Texas (in Dallas)

Purdue at Wisconsin

Virginia at North Carolina

Northwestern at Maryland

Vanderbilt at Mississippi

Toledo at Central Michigan

Navy at Memphis

Wyoming at Utah State

UT San Antonio at North Texas

Tulane at Florida International

Ohio State at Nebraska

Cincinnati at South Florida

Utah at USC

Michigan State at Minnesota

UCLA at Arizona

Boise State at San Diego State

Washington at Arizona State

Oregon at Stanford

[100% pro-life no matter what]

October 19

Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas State

Memphis at Houston


October 20

Marshall at Middle Tennessee

Colorado State at New Mexico


October 21

Oklahoma at Kansas State

Oklahoma State at Texas

South Florida at Tulane

Wake Forest at Georgia Tech

LSU at Mississippi

Maryland at Wisconsin

Iowa State at Texas Tech

Iowa at Northwestern

Temple at Army

Louisville at Florida State

Akron at Toledo

Boston College at Virginia

Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan

Tennessee at Alabama

Syracuse at Miami(FL)

Indiana at Michigan State

UCF at Navy

Illinois at Minnesota

Oregon at UCLA

Kentucky at Mississippi State

North Texas at Florida Atlantic

Michigan at Penn State

USC at Notre Dame

Arizona at California

Wyoming at Boise State

Fresno State at San Diego State

Colorado at Washington State

[100% pro-life no matter what]

October 26

South Alabama at Georgia State

Stanford at Oregon State


October 27

Tulane at Memphis

Florida State at Boston College


October 28

Buffalo at Akron

Wisconsin at Illinois

Oklahoma State at West Virginia

Rutgers at Michigan

Arkansas at Mississippi

Louisville at Wake Forest

Virginia at Pittsburgh

California at Colorado

Florida International at Marshall

Kansas State at Kansas

Air Force at Colorado State

Penn State at Ohio State

Georgia at Florida (in Jacksonville)

TCU at Iowa State

UCLA at Washington

NC State at Notre Dame

Michigan State at Northwestern

Indiana at Maryland

Houston at South Florida

Vanderbilt at South Carolina

Florida Atlantic at Western Kentucky

Utah at Oregon

Minnesota at Iowa

UAB at Southern Mississippi

Mississippi State at Texas A&M

Duke at Virginia Tech

Nebraska at Purdue

New Mexico at Wyoming

Tennessee at Kentucky

Georgia Tech at Clemson

Texas Tech at Oklahoma

Washington State at Arizona

USC at Arizona State

San Diego State at Hawai'i

[100% pro-life no matter what]

October 31
Miami(OH) at Ohio

November 1
Central Michigan at Western Michigan

November 2
Northern Illinois at Toledo
Navy at Temple

November 3
Marshall at Florida Atlantic
UCLA at Utah


November 4
Penn State at Michigan State
Ohio State at Iowa
Clemson at NC State
Virginia Tech at Miami(FL)
Oregon at Washington
Stanford at Washington State
South Florida at Connecticut
UCF at SMU
Arizona at USC
Colorado at Arizona State
Minnesota at Michigan
Wisconsin at Indiana
Auburn at Texas A&M
Illinois at Purdue
Kansas State at Texas Tech
Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Baylor at Kansas
Syracuse at Florida State
Georgia Tech at Virginia
Appalachian State at Louisiana-Monroe
South Carolina at Georgia
Wake Forest at Notre Dame
Iowa State at West Virginia
Maryland at Rutgers
Army at Air Force
Northwestern at Nebraska
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
Mississippi at Kentucky
Colorado State at Wyoming
UT San Antonio at Florida International
Texas at TCU
Southern Mississippi at Tennessee
LSU at Alabama

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I think it's virtually certain that, if Alabama and Georgia play at 12-0, both teams are in regardless of the result of the SEC Championship Game (maybe unless one team gets blown out).  I could even see the loser only dropping to #3.

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I know I missed the start of the Toledo game.  Not sure about the CMU one:

Toledo at Ohio

Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan

November 9

North Carolina at Pittsburgh

November 10

Temple at Cincinnati

Washington at Stanford

November 11

Georgia at Auburn

Alabama at Mississippi State

Florida State at Clemson

TCU at Oklahoma

Oklahoma State at Iowa State

Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech

NC State at Boston College

Washington State at Utah

Virginia at Louisville

Wake Forest at Syracuse

Arizona State at UCLA

Indiana at Illinois

Nebraska at Minnesota

Michigan State at Ohio State

Rutgers at Penn State

Arkansas at LSU

Louisiana-Lafayette at Mississippi

Duke at Army

Iowa at Wisconsin

Michigan at Maryland

West Virginia at Kansas State

SMU at Navy

USC at Colorado

Kentucky at Vanderbilt

Western Kentucky at Marshall

UAB at UT San Antonio

Purdue at Northwestern

Tennessee at Missouri

Notre Dame at Miami(FL)

Boise State at Colorado State

[100% pro-life no matter what]

November 14

Ohio at Akron

November 15

Western Michigan at Northern Illinois

November 17

Middle Tennessee at Western Kentucky

UNLV at New Mexico

November 18

TCU at Texas Tech

Michigan at Wisconsin

UCLA at USC

Maryland at Michigan State

Nebraska at Penn State

Kansas State at Oklahoma State

Mississippi State at Arkansas

Purdue at Iowa

Minnesota at Northwestern

Texas A&M at Mississippi

Texas at West Virginia

Arizona at Oregon

California at Stanford

Rutgers at Indiana

UCF at Temple

SMU at Memphis

Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech

Fresno State at Wyoming

Kentucky at Georgia

Navy at Notre Dame

Georgia Tech at Duke

Syracuse at Louisville

UAB at Florida

Army at North Texas

LSU at Tennessee

Florida International at Florida Atlantic

Marshall at Texas San Antonio

NC State at Wake Forest

Missouri at Vanderbilt

Air Force at Boise State

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Ohio at Akron

November 15

Western Michigan at Northern Illinois

November 17

Middle Tennessee at Western Kentucky
UNLV at New Mexico

November 18

TCU at Texas Tech
Michigan at Wisconsin
UCLA at USC
Maryland at Michigan State
Nebraska at Penn State
Kansas State at Oklahoma State
Mississippi State at Arkansas
Purdue at Iowa
Minnesota at Northwestern
Texas A&M at Mississippi
Texas at West Virginia
Arizona at Oregon
California at Stanford
Rutgers at Indiana
UCF at Temple
SMU at Memphis
Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech
Fresno State at Wyoming
Kentucky at Georgia
Navy at Notre Dame
Georgia Tech at Duke
Syracuse at Louisville
UAB at Florida
Army at North Texas
LSU at Tennessee
Florida International at Florida Atlantic
Marshall at Texas San Antonio
NC State at Wake Forest
Missouri at Vanderbilt
Air Force at Boise State

Dare to dream: UAB vaults over confused and headless Florida for a great end to their first year back. Someone is choking on their cupcake this week and Florida is my bet.

#11 TCU at Texas Tech
#17 Mississippi State at Arkansas
Texas A&M at Ole Miss
Arizona at Oregon
Missouri at Vanderbilt

lol.

Yeah, those picks are absurd.

LOL, the only way I can possibly make up ground at this point is by picking some upsets that no one else picks, so ... why the  not??

If you think Pick Em suicide is the way to go........have at it, Tom. 

Those picks aren't THAT bad though? Texas Tech has played well enough that an upset at home, especially with TCU not really focused after the massive game last week, isn't unthinkable. Neither is Vandy beating Mizzou at home; Mizzou at times this season has looked like the worst team in FBS and Vandy always has a stout defense. And Oregon-Zona? Vegas has that as a pick'em right now; nothing at all crazy about picking Oregon at home. Arkansas over MSU and Ole Miss over A&M (Just saw that Ole Miss is apparently favored? What???) are kinda nuts.

You would be forgiven for thinking that because it is true almost all of the time.  But, this year, Vandy's strength is its offense, as its defense has regressed massively.  In its six conference games, Vandy has given up 59, 38, 45, 57, 34, and 44.  But, its offense isn't nearly as bad as it has been, having scored at least 20 points in every conference game other than Alabama and Georgia.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

November 23


Mississippi at Mississippi State

November 24


Northern Illinois at Central Michigan

Western Michigan at Toledo

Miami(FL) at Pittsburgh

Navy at Houston

Ohio at Buffalo

South Florida at UCF

Iowa at Nebraska

Virginia Tech at Virginia

Texas Tech at Texas

November 25


Alabama at Auburn

West Virginia at Oklahoma

Wisconsin at Minnesota

Georgia at Georgia Tech

Notre Dame at Stanford

Penn State at Maryland

Washington State at Washington

Michigan State at Rutgers

Northwestern at Illinois

Arizona at Arizona State

Colorado at Utah

Iowa State at Kansas State

Tulane at SMU

Ohio State at Michigan

Indiana at Purdue

Louisville at Kentucky

Florida State at Florida

Boston College at Syracuse

Duke at Wake Forest

Appalachian State at Georgia State

Southern Mississippi at Marshall

Old Dominion at Middle Tennessee

Arkansas State at Louisiana Monroe

North Carolina at NC State

Boise State at Fresno State

Vanderbilt at Tennessee

Oregon State at Oregon

Clemson at South Carolina

Texas A&M at LSU

UT San Antonio at Louisiana Tech

BYU at Hawaii

Air Force at Utah State

[100% pro-life no matter what]

December 1

PAC-12 Championship Game (in Santa Clara, California)

Stanford at USC


December 2

AAC Championship Game
Memphis at UCF

Conference USA Championship Game

North Texas at Florida Atlantic

Big Twelve Championship Game (in Arlington, Texas)

TCU at Oklahoma

SEC Championship Game (in Atlanta)

Georgia at Auburn

Mountain West Championship Game

Fresno State at Boise State

ACC Championship Game (in Charlotte)

Miami(FL) at Clemson

Big Ten Championship Game (in Indianapolis)

Ohio State at Wisconsin


December 9

Army at Navy (in Philadelphia)

[100% pro-life no matter what]

1. Clemson
2. Oklahoma
3. Georgia
4. Alabama
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5. Ohio State
6. USC
7. Auburn
8. Penn State
9. Wisconsin
10. UCF
11. Miami
12. TCU

Sugar: Clemson vs. Alabama (III)
Rose: Oklahoma vs. Georgia
Orange: Auburn vs. Miami
Peach: Wisconsin vs. UCF
Fiesta: Ohio State vs. USC
Cotton: Penn State vs. TCU

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1. Oklahoma
2. Georgia
3. Clemson
 4. Alabama

5. Ohio State
6. Wisconsin
7. USC
8. Auburn
9. UCF
10. Penn State
11. Washington
12.

Sugar: Oklahoma vs Alabama
Rose: Georgia vs Clemson

Orange: USC vs Miami(FL) (ACC tie-in)
Peach: Wisconsin vs UCF
Fiesta: Auburn vs Ohio State
Cotton: TCU vs Penn State

I know this means Georgia and Alabama have the potential of playing each other in the final, but they didn't play in the regular season, and I imagine the committee would be much more interested in preserving the option of a Clemson/Alabama match rubber match for all the marbles.

I'm not sure if a conference can have three teams represented in the playoffs/New Year's six bowls. If they can't that could be a problem for Alabama/Auburn/Ohio State/Wisconsin/Penn State.

There's nothing stopping 3 teams from one conference from being in the NY6.

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Troy
Oregon

Rest tomorrow

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Birmingham Bowl: Texas Tech vs USF  (Dec. 23 @ Birmingham, AL)
Armed Forces Bowl: San Diego State vs Army West Point  (Dec. 23 @ Fort Worth, TX)
Dollar General Bowl: Appalachian State vs Toledo  (Dec. 23 @ Mobile, AL)
Hawaii Bowl: Fresno State vs Houston (Dec. 24 @ Honolulu, HI)
Heart of Dallas Bowl: Utah vs West Virginia  (Dec. 26 @ Dallas, TX)
Quick Lane Bowl: Duke vs Northern Illinois  (Dec. 26 @ Detroit, MI)
Cactus Bowl: Kansas State vs UCLA  (Dec. 26 @ Phoenix, AZ)
Independence Bowl: Southern Miss vs Florida State  (Dec. 27 @ Shreveport, LA)
Pinstripe Bowl: Iowa vs Boston College  (Dec. 27 @ New York, NY)
Foster Farms Bowl: Arizona vs Purdue  (Dec. 27 @ Santa Clara, CA)
Texas Bowl: Texas vs Missouri  (Dec. 27 @ Houston, TX)

Military Bowl: Virginia vs Navy  (Dec. 28 @ Annapolis, MD)
Camping World Bowl: #22 Virginia Tech vs #19 Oklahoma State  (Dec. 28 @ Orlando, FL)
Alamo Bowl: #13 Stanford vs #15 TCU  (Dec. 28 @ San Antonio, TX)
Holiday Bowl: #18 Washington State vs #16 Michigan State  (Dec. 28 @ San Diego, CA)
Belk Bowl: Wake Forest vs Texas A&M  (Dec. 29 @ Charlotte, NC)
Sun Bowl: #24 NC State vs Arizona State  (Dec. 29 @ El Paso, TX)
Music City Bowl: Kentucky vs #21 Northwestern  (Dec. 29 @ Nashville, TN)
Arizona Bowl: New Mexico State vs Utah State  (Dec. 30 @ Tucson, AZ)
TaxSlayer Bowl: Louisville vs #23 Mississippi State  (Dec. 30 @ Jacksonville, FL)
Liberty Bowl: Iowa State vs #20 Memphis  (Dec. 30 @ Memphis, TN)
Outback Bowl: Michigan vs South Carolina  (Jan. 1 @ Tampa, FL)
Citrus Bowl: #14 Notre Dame vs #17 LSU  (Jan. 1 @ Orlando, FL)

Cotton Bowl: #8 USC vs #5 Ohio State  (Dec. 29 @ Arlington, TX)
Fiesta Bowl: #11 Washington vs #9 Penn State  (Dec. 30 @ Glendale, AZ)
Orange Bowl: #6 Wisconsin vs #10 Miami  (Dec. 30 @ Miami Gardens, FL)
Peach Bowl: #12 UCF vs #7 Auburn  (Jan. 1 @ Atlanta, GA)
Rose Bowl: #3 Georgia vs #2 Oklahoma  (Jan. 1 @ Pasadena, CA)
Sugar Bowl: #4 Alabama vs #1 Clemson  (Jan. 1 @ New Orleans, LA)

FCS Championship: #2 North Dakota State vs #1 James Madison  (Jan. 6 @ Frisco, TX)