With the calendar turning to October, a host of Pac-12 and Associated Press Top 25 teams open with a bye during Week 6 of the college football season.
In fact, seven ranked teams will be watching from home this week, including the top two teams, Alabama and Clemson. Also joining them are No. 17 Utah, No. 20 Arizona State, No. 22 Wake Forest, No. 23 Virginia and No. 25 Texas A&M.
Interestingly, there was a tie for No. 25 in the poll this week, so the Aggies share the spot with Michigan State, which goes on the road to face fourth-ranked Ohio State. The matchup in Columbus is one of two ranked vs. ranked Big 10 games, and one of three such contests overall.
The other two contests include No. 14 Iowa taking an unblemished record on the road to No. 19 Michigan. In the SEC, it’s a major showdown between undefeated programs when No. 7 Auburn clashes with No. 10 Florida in The Swamp.
Elsewhere, there are not many games that jump off the schedule for the first week of October. However, ESPN’s Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) dug up an interesting note that we should keep an eye for Top 15 teams playing as favorites in the otherwise off-the-radar games.
Not to get ahead of ourselves, but it will be interesting to watch some of the ranked teams this week that have big games looming in Week 7. Those include:
• No. 6 Oklahoma vs. No. 11 Texas
• No. 1 Alabama at No. 25 Texas A&M (both are idle this week)
• No. 25 Michigan State at No. 8 Wisconsin
• USC at No. 9 Notre Dame
• No. 12 Penn State at No. 14 Iowa
• No. 10 Florida at No. 5 LSU
Closer to home and back to this week’s matchups, the Pac-12 is the lone Power 5 conference without an unbeaten team and it has only three teams unscathed in conference play. That will change this week when Arizona heads to Colorado as one of teams will drop to 1-1 in league play, while the other moves to 2-0 in the Pac-12 South.
While that contest is not a pick below, No. 13 Oregon is the other squad without a loss in league action, and the Ducks host California, which tumbled from the rankings after a loss to Arizona State last Friday night.
This week’s Picks to Click only have 16 games slated below thanks to three Top 25 games and seven total ranked teams on byes. The Picks to Click were 17-2 straight up last week and 11-7 against the spread, improving the season records to 99-19 overall and 54-46-2 against the spread.
Let’s get to the picks.
Associated Press Top 25
#1 Alabama – Idle
Last Week: Won vs. Ole Miss, 59-31
Next Game: Oct. 12 at Texas A&M
#2 Clemson – Idle
Last Week: Won at North Carolina, 21-20
Next Game: Oct. 12 vs. Florida State
#3 Georgia at
Tennessee
Saturday
| 4 p.m. | ESPN
Spread: -24.5 | O/U: 51.5
Pick: Georgia, 38-17
#25 Michigan State at
#4 Ohio State
Saturday
| 4:30 p.m. | ABC
Spread: Ohio State, -20 | O/U: 49.5
Pick: Ohio State, 31-14
Utah State at #5 LSU
Saturday
| 9 a.m. | SECN
Spread: LSU, -27.5 | O/U: 73.5
Pick: LSU, 45-27
#6 Oklahoma at Kansas
Saturday
| 9 a.m. | ABC
Spread: Oklahoma, -31.5 | O/U: 67.5
Pick: Oklahoma, 41-16
#7 Auburn at #10
Florida
Saturday
| 12:30 p.m. | CBS
Spread: Auburn, -2.5 | O/U: 48.5
Pick: Auburn, 20-13
Kent State at #8
Wisconsin
Saturday
| 9 a.m. | ESPNU
Spread: Wisconsin, -36 | O/U: 59.5
Pick: Wisconsin, 47-10
Bowling Green at #9
Notre Dame
Saturday
| 12:30 p.m. | NBC
Spread: Notre Dame, -46 | O/U: 62
Pick: Notre Dame, 49-7
Purdue at #12 Penn
State
Saturday
| 9 a.m. | ESPN
Spread: Penn State, -28 | O/U: 56.5
Pick: Penn State, 42-14
California at #13
Oregon
Saturday
| 5 p.m. | FOX
Spread: Oregon, -17.5 | O/U: 46
Pick: Oregon, 24-13
#14 Iowa at #19
Michigan
Saturday
| 9 a.m. | FOX
Spread: Michigan, -3.5| O/U: 47.5
Pick: Michigan, 23-17
#15 Washington at
Stanford
Saturday
| 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
Spread: Washington, -16.5 | O/U:
52
Pick: Washington, 28-23
#16 Boise State at
UNLV
Saturday
| 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
Spread: Boise State, -22.5 | O/U:
57
Pick: Boise State, 34-24
#17 Utah – Idle
Last Week: Won vs. Washington State,
38-13
Next Game: Oct. 12 at Oregon State
#18 UCF at Cincinnati
Friday
| 5 p.m. | ESPN
Spread: UCF, -4 | O/U: 60
Pick: UCF, 37-31
#20 Arizona State
Last Week: Won at California, 24-17
Next Game: Oct. 12 vs. Washington
State
#21 Oklahoma State at
Texas Tech
Saturday
| 9 a.m. | FS1
Spread: Oklahoma State, -10 | O/U:
62.5
Pick: Oklahoma State, 42-28
#22 Wake Forest –
Idle
Last Week: Won at Boston College,
27-24
Next Game: Oct. 12 vs. Louisville
#23 Virginia –
Idle
Last Week: Lost at Notre Dame, 35-20
Next Game: Friday, Oct. 11 at Miami
(Fla.)
Tulsa at #24 SMU
Saturday
| 4:30 p.m. | ESPNU
Spread: Tulsa, -12.5 | O/U: 62.5
Pick: SMU, 35-31
#25 Texas A&M –
Idle
Last Week: Won vs. Arkansas, 31-27
Next Game: Oct. 12 vs. Alabama
Other Pac-12 Games
Oregon State at UCLA
Saturday | 6 p.m. | P12N
Spread: UCLA, -6 | O/U: 66
Pick: UCLA, 34-27
Notes:
• All times listed are PT
• Rankings from the Associated Press Top 25
• Point spreads/totals from http://www.sportsbetting.ag as of Thursday at 7 a.m.
• Pac-12 games shaded above in gray
2019 Record (Last Week)
All Games Straight Up: 99-19 (17-2)
All Games ATS: 54-46-2 (11-7)
All Games O/U: 53-47-2 (10-7-1)
Pac-12 Straight Up: 28-13 (2-2)
Pac-12 ATS: 16-17-1 (3-1)
Pac-12 O/U: 20-13-1 (3-0-1)
* Arizona games not included
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