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PrintEach week during the college football season, a group of nine ESPN bloggers covering the ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC attempt to pick outright winners for every game involving their conference’s teams.
We’ve been tracking their selections and using their predicted final scores to determine who they’d place a theoretical bet on. Mostly, we’re interested in knowing if any of these conference “experts” are any good.
The bloggers have done well so far picking outright winners, but their stats have been padded in non-con play. Only three of them have winning against-the-spread records, led by SEC blogger Edward Aschoff, who is 36-21 ATS (63.1%).
Below is the straight up and ATS records for each ESPN blogger.
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ACC
Heather Dinich
Straight Up: 48-11
ATS: 26-27-1 (49.0%)
Week 8 Selections
Georgia Tech 45, Boston College 34 — Boston College +14
Clemson 35, Virginia Tech 31 — Virginia Tech +8
Florida State 38, Miami 21 — Miami +21
NC State 17, Maryland 14 — No implied side
North Carolina 45, Duke 28 — North Carolina -10.5
Wake Forest 24, Virginia 17 — Wake Forest +3.5
BIG 12
David Ubben
Straight Up: 33-10
ATS: 21-17-1 (55.2%)
Week 8 Selections
Oklahoma State 34, Iowa State 30 — Oklahoma State -13
Texas Tech 31, TCU 27 — Texas Tech -1.5
Kansas State 37, West Virginia 34 — K-State +2.5
Oklahoma 51, Kansas 10 — Oklahoma -35
Baylor 44, Texas 38 — Baylor +8.5
BIG EAST
Andrea Adelson
Straight Up: 28-10
ATS: 16-18-1 (47.0%)
Week 8 Selections
Syracuse 20, Connecticut 17 — Connecticut +4
Rutgers 24, Temple 13 — Rutgers -4.5
Louisville 31, USF 24 — Louisville -5.5
Pittsburgh 35, Buffalo 17 — Pittsburgh -9
Cincinnati 30, Toldeo 20 — Cincinnati -5
BIG TEN
Brian Bennett
Straight Up: 45-17
ATS: 29-27 (51.7%)
Week 8 Selections
Ohio State 38, Purdue 17 — Ohio State -18.5
Wisconsin 34, Minnesota 17 — Wisconsin -16.5
Nebraska 38, Northwestern 31 — Nebraska -6.5
Michigan 16, Michigan State 9 — Michigan State +9.5
Indiana 24, Navy 21 — Indiana +2.5
Iowa 19, Penn State 17 — Penn State +2.5
Adam Rittenberg
Straight Up: 48-14
ATS: 26-28 (48.1%)
Week 8 Selections
Ohio State 42, Purdue 17 — Ohio State -18.5
Wisconsin 38, Minnesota 20 — Wisconsin -16.5
Nebraska 34, Northwestern 28 — Northwestern +6.5
Michigan 24, Michigan State 16 — Michigan State +9.5
Navy 38, Indiana 35 — Navy -2.5
Penn State 21, Iowa 17 — Penn State +2.5
PAC-12
Ted Miller
Straight Up: 40-14
ATS: 25-26-1 (49.0%)
Week 8 Selections
Oregon 34, Arizona State 24 — Oregon -8
Arizona 40, Washington 35 — Washington +7.5
USC 40, Colorado 13 — Colorado +40.5
California 20, Stanford 17 — California +2.5
Oregon State 28, Utah 20 — Utah +10
Kevin Gemmell
Straight Up: 39-15
ATS: 23-29 (44.2%)
Week 8 Selections
Oregon 49, Arizona State 31 — Oregon -8
Arizona 38, Washington 27 — Arizona -7.5
USC 42, Colorado 10 — Colorado +40.5
California 24, Stanford 17 — California +2.5
Oregon State 31, Utah 17 — Oregon State -10
SEC
Chris Low
Straight Up: 55-9
ATS: 34-22 (60.7%)
Week 8 Selections
Mississippi State 37, Middle Tennessee 20 — Mid-Tennessee +19
Georgia 45, Kentucky 13 — Georgia -26
Vanderbilt 24, Auburn 17 — No implied side
Alabama 38, Tennessee 14 — Alabama -20
Texas A&M 28, LSU 24 — Texas A&M +3
Florida 24, South Carolina 21 — South Carolina +3.5
Edward Aschoff
Straight Up: 59-5
ATS: 36-21 (63.1%)
Week 8 Selections
Mississippi State 34, Middle Tennessee 14 — Miss State -19
Georgia 45, Kentucky 13 — Georgia -26
Vanderbilt 24, Auburn 17 — No implied side
Alabama 41, Tennessee 14 — Alabama -20
LSU 24, Texas A&M 20 — LSU -3
Florida 20, South Carolina 17 — South Carolina +3.5
