The Spun's 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 3

Author:
Dan Lyons
Publish date:
Sep 13, 2018

College Football Week 3 is coming up soon. As has happened a few years in a row, big games are being cancelled or postponed due to hurricane season.

The Carolinas are expected to be hit hard by Hurricane Florence. NC State-West Virginia, a prominent game featuring star quarterback Will Grier, has already been cancelled. ECU isn't heading up to Blacksburg to play Virginia Tech, and UVA's game against Ohio is being moved to Nashville.

There are still plenty of games set to go down this weekend though.

Among the biggest match-ups on Saturday: No. 7 Auburn hosts No. 12 LSU, No. 17 Boise State travels to Stillwater to face No. 24 Oklahoma State, No. 1 Alabama is at Ole Miss for its SEC opener, No. 4 Ohio State heads to Arlington to face No. 15 TCU, and No. 22 USC is on the road to face Texas.

Through two weeks, things are very tight. Only five picks separate the entire The Spun staff in our weekly picks contest.

After Week 2, here are The Spun's staff pick standings.


1.	Dan Lyons	91-17
2.	Steve Driscoll	90-18
3.	Matt Lombardi	89-19
4.	Andrew McCarty	88-20
5.	Chris Rosvoglou	87-21
T-6.	Andrew Holleran	86-22
T-6.	Matt Hladik	86-22

Here are our picks for the upcoming week. We choose every game involving a Power Five/Top 25 team.

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Game	Lombardi	Holleran	Lyons	Hladik	Driscoll	McCarty	Rosvoglou
Boston College at Wake Forest
5 Oklahoma at Iowa State
Kent State at 11 Penn State
21 Miami at Toledo
Florida State at Syracuse
Troy at Nebraska
Rutgers at Kansas
Ball State at Indiana
Temple at Maryland
Murray State at Kentucky
UTEP at Tennessee
Georgia Tech at Pitt
UC Davis at 9 Stanford
Vanderbilt at 8 Notre Dame
Georgia State at 2 Clemson
BYU at 6 Wisconsin
12 LSU at 7 Auburn
17 Boise State at 24 Oklahoma State
SMU at 19 Michigan
South Florida at Illinois (in Chicago)
Duke at Baylor
Miami (OH) at Minnesota
UTSA at Kansas State
Colorado State at Florida
North Texas at Arkansas
Houston at Texas Tech
Ohio vs. Virginia (in Nashville)
San Jose State at 20 Oregon
New Hampshire at Colorado
Idaho State at Cal
1 Alabama at Ole Miss
Oregon State at Nevada
Middle Tennessee at 3 Georgia
Louisiana-Lafayette at 16 Mississippi State
UL Monroe at Texas A&M
Missouri at Purdue
Northern Iowa at Iowa
Akron at Northwestern
Western Kentucky at Louisville
4 Ohio State at 15 TCU (in Arlington)
22 USC at Texas
Eastern Washington at Washington State
10 Washington at Utah
23 Arizona State at San Diego State
Fresno State at UCLA
Southern Utah at Arizona
Season Record	89-19	86-22	91-17	86-22	90-18	88-20	87-21