College Football Minded

By Dasol Mashaka CFMinded.com September 30, 2021

The greatest college football day in recent memory is Saturday, October 2, 2021. Here are twelve (12) important games:

Top 10 Match Ups (2): #9 Arkansas at #2 Georgia #7 Cincinnati at #8 Notre Dame

Top 25 Other Match Ups (2): #12 Mississippi at #1 Alabama “winner is offered the USC coaching job”, #21 Baylor at #19 Oklahoma State

Top 25 Against Good Teams (8): #5 Iowa at Maryland 4-0 #6 Oklahoma State at Kansas State 3-1 #10 Florida at Kentucky 4-0 #14 Michigan at Wisconsin 2-2 Arizona State 3-1 at #20 UCLA #22 Auburn at LSU 3-1 #24 Wake Forest at Louisville 3-1 Boston College 4-0 at #23 Clemson

CFMinded.com posts three road maps to keep track of preseason polls:

Road to the Championship Map (7 teams) – Two teams have wrecked and are in the junk yard, Clemson and Iowa St.

Underdogs Road to the Championship Map (5 teams) – Two teams have wrecked and are in the junk yard, North Carolina and Wisconsin. Four new teams have jumped on the Underdogs Road to the Championship, #5 Iowa, #4 Penn State, #9 Arkansas and #12 Mississippi.

Hot Seat Road Map (6 teams) – USC coach has been fired and the new assistant coach has a vote of no confidence. USC may secretly pick their next coach the evening of October 2, 2021 after the Alabama-Mississippi game. Hanging on are coaches for #20 UCLA, Virginia Tech, Arizona State and Nebraska.

Note: Ranking are based on the average of polls.

CFMinded.com picks – *
Favorites	Opponent	Bowl
Utah* -4	USC @	“U In U Out Bowl”
Boise St* @ -7 1/2	Air Force	“Flying High Bowl”
Central Florida* -7 1/2	Pittsburgh @	“Playoff Or Bust Bowl”
Michigan St* -9 1/2	Northwestern @	“Come Back Bowl”
Wisconsin* @ -3 1/2	Michigan	“For Real Bowl”
Washington* -6 1/2	BYU @	“Must Win Bowl”
Arizona St* @ -7 1/2	Colorado	“Desert Storm Bowl”
Mississippi* @ -2 1/2	California	“North Verses South Bowl”
Mississippi St* @ -6	Kentucky	“Just Win Bowl”
Missouri* @ -9 1/2	South Carolina	“Needy Bowl”
West Virginia* -4	Kansas @	“Up And Coming Bowl”
Texas A&M -3 1/2	Auburn* @	“Battle In The Trenches Bowl”
Texas* @ -5 1/2	Oklahoma St	“Ownee And Owner Bowl”
Oregon* -10 1/2	Stanford @	“O Is Back Bowl”
Georgia @ -14 1/2	Norte Dame*	“Playoff Quarter Final Bowl”
WEEK THREE 2019 COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS
RESULTS CFMinded   7 of 15    47%
RESULTS Las Vegas  9 of 15  60%

CFMinded.com picks Underlined;
Favorites	Opponent	Bowl
Wake Forest @	North Carolina	“North Carolina Bowl”
Washington State -9	Houston	“Fast & Fast Bowl”
Central Florida @ -7 1/2	Stanford	“Long States Bowl”
Alabama 25 1/2	South Carolina @	“Tide Gate Bowl”
USC -3 1/2	BYU @	“PAC is Back or Not Bowl”
Iowa -2 1/2	Iowa St @	“Iowa Bowl”
Michigan St @ -14	Arizona St	“Revenge Bowl”
Florida -8	Kentucky @	“Alligator Farm Bowl”
TCU -2 1/2	Purdue @	“Cold & Heat Bowl”
Clemson -28	Syracuse @	“Oranges Bowl”
Virginia @ -7 1/2	Florida St	“Coaches Direction Bowl”
Oklahoma -22 1/2	UCLA @	“Sooner & Later Bowl”
Texas Tech -2	Arizona @	“Dry Desert Bowl”

RESULTS CFMinded   6 – 10    60%
RESULTS Las Vegas  5 – 10  50%
CFMinded.com picks Underlined; Predicted score ( )
Y – Purdue @ -7 =18 (42-24)	Vanderbilt	“Get Out Of Jail Bowl”
Y – Ohio St @ -15 1/2 =4  (35-17 =42-0)	Cincinnati	“Ohio Bowl”
Maryland @ -2 =43 (63-20)	X – Syracuse	“East Bowl”
X – Georgia Tech @ -6 =4 (14-10)	USF	“Get On Up Bowl”
Nebraska -3 1/2 =31 LOST (42-43 =31-34)	Y – Colorado @	“Big 8 Bowl”
X – Clemson @ -17 1/2 = 14 (42-24 = 24-10)	Texas A&M	“Coaches Bowl”
X – UCLA @ -7 1/2 =-9 LOST (14-23)	San Diego St	“Redemption Bowl”
X – Tennessee @ -3 1/2 =-3 LOST (26-29)	BYU	“Must Win Bowl”
Y – LSU -6 1/2 =7  (38-19 =45-38)	Texas @	“Border Fight Bowl”
X – Miami -3 1/2=-1 LOST  (25-29)	North Carolina @	“New Coaches Bowl”
Y – USC @ -1 =25  (21-10 =45-20)	Stanford	“Also Ran Bowl”
Washington @ -14 =-1 LOST (20-17 =19-20)	Y – California	“Northern Bowl”

CFMinded.com picks Underlined; Predicted score ( )
Purdue @ -7	Vanderbilt	“Get Out Of Jail Bowl”
Ohio St @ -15 1/2  (35-17)	Cincinnati	“Ohio Bowl”
Maryland @ -2	Syracuse	“East Bowl”
Georgia Tech @ -6 1/2	USF	“Get On Up Bowl”
Nebraska -3 1/2  (42-43)	Colorado @	“Big 8 Bowl”
Clemson @ -17 1/2  (42-24)	Texas A&M	“Coaches Bowl”
UCLA @ -7 1/2	San Diego St	“Redemption Bowl”
Tennessee @ -3 1/2	BYU	“Must Win Bowl”
LSU -6 1/2  (38-19)	Texas @	“Border Fight Bowl”
Miami -3 1/2	North Carolina @	“New Coaches Bowl”
USC @ -1  (21-10)	Stanford	“Also Ran Bowl”
Washington @ -14  (20-17)	California	“Northern Bowl”