College Football Picks: Week 3

College Football Picks (Week 1, 2013): 4-1 (+$390)
College Football Picks (Week 2, 2013): 2-3 (-$250)

College Football Picks (2013 Season): 6-4 (+$140)
College Football Picks (2012 Season): 45-34-1 (+$2,500)
College Football Picks (2011 Season): 36-32-2 (-$390)
College Football Picks (2010 Season): 37-31-2 (+$190)
College Football Picks (2009 Season): 34-34-2 (-$3,820)
College Football Picks (2008 Season): 49-38 (+$3,020)

By the way, the fifth-annual Walter/Joker Annual Challenge is on, as I’ll be competing with the Joker’s College Picks. We each pick five games and see who does the best each week.


Louisiana-Monroe at Wake Forest.
Line: Wake Forest by 3.5.

Saturday, 12:30 p.m.

As a disclaimer, don’t go nuts with my college football picks. I’m much better at picking NFL games (at least I used to be). Follow @walterfootball for updates.

This is the only weird matchup I’m picking this week, but I really like Louisiana-Monroe here because the wrong team is favored. I have UL-Monroe as two-point favorites. Wake Forest is terrible and doesn’t deserve to be laying more than a field goal over a competent opponent.

College Football Pick: Louisiana-Monroe +3.5 (2 Units) — Correct; +$200







Nevada at Florida State.
Line: Florida State by 33.5.

Saturday, 3:30 p.m.

I love betting on very talented teams coming off byes that get to take on far inferior foes. It’s almost always a blowout. I know 33.5 seems like a lot, but Florida State could have the number covered by halftime.

College Football Pick: Florida State -33.5 (3 Units) — Correct; +$300






Central Florida at Penn State.
Line: Penn State by 5.5.

Saturday, 6:00 p.m.

As a Penn State alumnus, I’m scared of this matchup. Central Florida is no joke; the team demolished both of its opponents this year and should play a close game against the Nittany Lions.

College Football Pick: Central Florida +5.5 (1 Unit) — Correct; +$100






Ole Miss at Texas.
Line: Texas by 2.5.

Saturday, 8:00 p.m.

There’s usually tons of money to be made when prominent programs tank. Why are the Longhorns favored over a ranked team? They’re very mediocre.

College Football Pick: Ole Miss +2.5 (2 Units) — Correct; +$200






Wisconsin at Arizona State.
Line: Arizona State by 5.5.

Saturday, 10:30 p.m.

Wisconsin is a better team than Arizona State, so I’m not sure why the Badgers are getting 5.5 points. My numbers suggest that the Sun Devils should be -1 or -1.5.

College Football Pick: Wisconsin +5.5 (1 Unit) — Correct; +$100






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