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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.
But they also try to predict the final scores.
So, naturally, we’ve been tracking their selections and using their projected scores to determine who they’d place a theoretical bet on. Mostly, we’re interested in knowing if any of these conference experts would be any good at betting on or against the teams they know best.
The bloggers have done well so far picking outright winners, but their stats have been padded in non-con play. Only four of them have winning against-the-spread records, led by the two SEC bloggers (Edward Aschoff and Chris Low), who are both hitting at or close to 60 percent.
Interestingly enough, they both think Mississippi State can hang well within the point spread against top-ranked Alabama today.
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ACC
Heather Dinich
Straight Up: 53-12
ATS: 28-30-2 (48.3%)
Week 9 Selections
Clemson 35, Wake Forest 24 — No implied side
Maryland 17, Boston College 10 — Maryland +3
Florida State 38, Duke 14 — Duke +27
North Carolina 24, NC State 21 — NC State +7.5
Georgia Tech 28, BYU 24 — Georgia Tech -2.5
BIG 12
David Ubben
Straight Up: 37-11
ATS: 25-18-1 (58.1%)
Week 9 Selections
Texas 44, Kansas 17 — Texas -19.5
TCU 34, Oklahoma State 31 — TCU +7
Kansas State 31, Texas Tech 24 — Texas Tech +7.5
Baylor 38, Iowa State 34 — Baylor +2.5
Oklahoma 31, Notre Dame 21 — Notre Dame +12.5
BIG EAST
Andrea Adelson
Straight Up: 32-11
ATS: 18-21-1 (46.1%)
Week 9 Selections
Louisville 30, Cincinnati 21 — Louisville -3.5
Pittsburgh 24, Temple 17 — Pittsburgh -6.5
Rutgers 28, Kent State 13 — Rutgers -13.5
South Florida 23, Syracuse 20 — Syracuse +3.5
BIG TEN
Brian Bennett
Straight Up: 49-19
ATS: 33-29 (53.2%)
Week 9 Selections
Northwestern 23, Iowa 17 — Northwestern -5
Indiana 31, Illinois 27 — Indiana +2.5
Minnesota 20, Purdue 19 — Minnesota +3
Wisconsin 20, Michigan State 13 — Wisconsin -6
Penn State 28, Ohio State 21 — Penn State +1
Michigan 26, Nebraska 24 — Michigan +1.5
Adam Rittenberg
Straight Up: 54-14
ATS: 30-30 (50%)
Week 8 Selections
Northwestern 24, Iowa 20 — Iowa +5
Indiana 28, Illinois 27 — Indiana +2.5
Purdue 23, Minnesota 17 — Purdue -3
Wisconsin 17, Michigan State 14 — Michigan State +6
Penn State 27, Ohio State 24 — Penn State +1
Nebraska 28, Michigan 23 — Nebraska -1.5
PAC-12
Ted Miller
Straight Up: 44-15
ATS: 26-30-1 (46.4%)
Week 9 Selections
USC 44, Arizona 28 — USC -6.5
Arizona State 30, UCLA 24 — UCLA +6.5
Cal 24, Utah 17 — Cal +1.5
Stanford 35, Washington State 13 — Washington State +24.5
Oregon 45, Colorado 10 — Colorado +47
Oregon State 28, Washington 24 — Oregon State -3.5
Kevin Gemmell
Straight Up: 43-16
ATS: 26-31 (45.6%)
Week 9 Selections
USC 45, Arizona 35 — USC -6.5
UCLA 35, Arizona State 27 — UCLA +6.5
Utah 17, Cal 10 — Utah -1.5
Stanford 27, Washington State 10 — Washington State +24.5
Oregon 49, Colorado 14 — Colorado +47
Oregon State 24, Washington 14 — Oregon State -3.5
SEC
Chris Low
Straight Up: 60-10
ATS: 35-26-1 (57.4%)
Week 9 Selections
Vanderbilt 45, Massachusetts 10 — Vanderbilt -33
Missouri 30, Kentucky 14 — Missouri -14
Arkansas 34, Ole Miss 27 — Arkansas -6
Texas A&M 38, Auburn 17 — Texas A&M -14.5
South Carolina 35, Tennessee 21 — No implied side
Alabama 28, Mississippi State 10 — Mississippi State +23
Florida 27, Georgia 21 — Georgia +7
Edward Aschoff
Straight Up: 65-5
ATS: 39-23-1 (62.9%)
Week 9 Selections
Vanderbilt 41, Massachusetts 7 — Vanderbilt -33
Missouri 27, Kentucky 14 — Kentucky +14
Arkansas 34, Ole Miss 30 — Ole Miss +6
Texas A&M 31, Auburn 10 — Texas A&M -14.5
South Carolina 31, Tennessee 17 — No implied side
Alabama 31, Mississippi State 20 — Mississippi State +23
Florida 24, Georgia 20 — Georgia +7
