Plenty of key matchups on the board this week including 6 ranked-on-ranked games, all of which we’ll pick against the spread; bonus Bad Defensive Coordinator discussion! Games picked = Penn State @ Michigan, Alabama @ Tennessee, Oklahoma State @ TCU, NC State @ Syracuse, Mississippi State @ Kentucky, and USC @ Utah.

No disastrous upsets in Week 6 but plenty to discuss include JMU’s breach of the Top 25, Texas and Tennessee being fully back, and Alabama/TAMU getting messy once again.

Fewer true top-25 matchups on the board than this week, in part because several brand names (Texas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, etc.) have not taken care of business so far this season. Games picked = Tennessee @ LSU, TCU @ Kansas, Utah @ UCLA, Washington State @ USC, and Kansas State @ Iowa State.

Week 5 was much kinder to our picks! Wisconsin and Colorado fired their head coaches, Clemson is back to winning big-ish games so it’s time to pick on Dabo again, and much more.

Week 5’s schedule looks good on paper (five top-25 matchups!) but might not look so great on the actual field - games picked = Kentucky @ Ole Miss, Alabama @ Arkansas, Oklahoma State @ Baylor, Wake Forest @ FSU, and NC State @ Clemson.

Tough week for several schools close to our collective hearts salvaged by a JMU win in Boone, another head coach has been fired, Kansas might be a football state, and more!

Week 4 brings us a heavier dose of conference matchups and with that, hopefully some additional clarity on who some of these teams actually are/what they're capable of. Games picked = Clemson @ Wake Forest, Duke @ Kansas, Florida @ Tennessee, Notre Dame @ North Carolina, and Arkansas vs Texas A&M.

After a wild Week 2, Week 3 was relatively kind to the schools in the top 25, though we did see some scares at Florida and Arkansas; we also confirmed that Georgia still looks good, Kalen DeBoer gets guys open, and Tommy Rees has some old-school verbal abuse in his coaching toolbox.

In addition to looking at the final week of largely non-conference action ahead, we’ve got some bonus tennis talk and updates on Floridian lawncare and public transportation. Games picked = BYU @ Oregon, Penn State @ Auburn, Texas Tech @ NC State, Michigan State @ Washington, and Miami @ Texas A&M.

The Sun Belt gave us a Blood Week for the ages, delivering not one but two Top-10 upsets on the road AND beating Nebraska in what ultimately became Scott Frost’s final game at the helm.