College Football Picks 10/13 Part 2

If you have not see my 5 star picks for today, then please scroll down and check those out.

Here is my next round of picks. Keeping these plays small as I will be loading up on the 5 star plays.

Top Plays

Notre Dame -7 vs Stanford

Leans

Northwestern/Minnesota over 52
Texas Tech +4 vs W. Virginia

Writeups


Notre Dame- Taking away Stanford's big win against USC and their record has not been that impressive. Stanford really needs to be able to run the ball to be successful and they have not proven that their offense can play well away from Palo Alto. ND's defense has been solid all year and they will be all over the Stanford run game and will forcing the pass. I don't see Stanford being very effective.

On the other side of the ball, ND won't score at will against Stanford as the offense vs defense match up is pretty even. However ND will use field position and turnovers to score more than enough to cover the TD.


NWU/Minn- Both teams are coming off a tough road loss and will be looking to get back on their winning ways. Neither team wants to get a 2nd big ten loss and be relegated to the 2nd tier of the big ten race. Both coaches are offensive minded and will rely on their strengths in this one. I don't think this will be a track meet but both teams will score TD's as opposed to settling for field goals and will get over 52.

T. Tech- Counting on the oddsmakers being right in this one. W. Virginia is rolling right now and playing a T. Tech team that got smoked last week. Yet, the line is only 4 points and that seems way to easy for the Mountaineers. Look for W. Virginia to stumble a bit in this game and for T. Tech to cover the 4 in a close game.