Welcome to the Predictem.com college football favorite of the week free picks page. Each week, we'll select one favored team against the spread in which we believe has the best chance of covering. While favorites really aren't our forte, we do still however expect to turn a profit for our readers by seasons end. Expect this pick to be posted by Friday afternoon each week.
Our goal: Winning with favorites is not easy. In all candidness we'd be happy to hit 56% on this page over the course of the season. That's still a hell of a lot better than many can do on their own, it's just not what we're best at. We really do prefer sticking with underdogs and/or totals whenever possible. Enjoy!
Bowl Game Picks: Coming soon!
Week 14: (12/1 through 12/4) San Diego St. -8 (loss)
Week 13: 11/26) Marshall -2.5 (win)
Week 12: (11/19) Texas -7.5 (loss)
Week 11: (11/12) Georgia Bulldogs -12 (win)
Week 10: (11/2 through 11/5) Virginia -3 (win)
Week 9: (10/25 through 10/29) Florida St. -19 (win)
Week 8: (10/18 through 10/22) Temple -13.5 (loss)
Week 7: (10/13 through 10/15) Oregon State -3 (loss)
Week 6: (10/6 through 10/8) Temple -9.5 (win) and Missouri -4 (loss)
Week 5: (9/29 through 10/1) Virginia Tech -7 (loss)
Week 4: (9/22 through 9/24) Clemson -2.5 (win)
Week 3: (9/15 through 9/17) Notre Dame -5 (win) and Bowling Green -9.5 (loss)
Week 2: (9/8 through 9/10) Vanderbilt Commodores -2 (win)
Week 1: (9/1 through 9/4) No games qualified for a fav. of the week play. PASSING.
Previous Year's Results:
Note: We will not be playing any favorite of the week games during bowl season. Please see our Editor's Picks page for all of our Bowl game selections.
Week 14: (12/2) Cincinnati -2 (loss)
Week 13: (11/27) Oklahoma State -2.5 (loss)
Week 12: (11/20) BYU -29.5 (win)
Week 11: (11/13) Kent State -1 (loss)
Week 10: (11/6) Louisiana Tech -2 (loss)
Week 9: (10/30) Texas AM -7 (win)
Week 8: (10/23) Hawaii -3.5 (win)
Week 7: (10/16) Texas A&M -3.5 (loss).
Week 6: (10/9) Louisiana Tech -1.5 (win)
Week 5: (10/2) Oregon -6.5 (win)
Week 4: (9/25) Arizona -6.5 (loss)
Week 3: (9/18) Arizona -1 (win)
Week 2: (9/11) Oklahoma -6.5 (win)
Week 1: (9/4) Notre Dame -10.5 (win)
NO MORE PLAYS WILL BE RELEASED; WE WON'T LIKE ANY FAVS IN THE REMAINING BOWL GAMES.
Sun Bowl: (12/31) Oklahoma -9.5 (loss)
Humanitarian Bowl: (12/30) Idaho -1 (push)
Week 15: (12/12) Passing.
Week 14: (12/5) Clemson -1 (loss)
Week 13: (11/28) Clemson -3.5 (loss)
Week 12: (11/21) Nebraska -16.5 (loss)
Week 11: (11/14) Clemson -8 (win)
Week 10: (11/7/09) Oregon -7 (loss).
Week 9: (10/31/09) Kent -2.5 (win)
Week 8: (10/24/09) Ole Miss -6.5 (win)
Week 7: (10/17/09) Florida -24.5 (loss)
Week 6: (10/10/09) Mississippi State Bulldogs -2.5 (loss).
Week 5: (10/3/09) Florida Atlantic -3.5 (loss)
Week 4: (9/26/09) Temple -2.5 (win)
Week 3: (9/19/09) Arkansas -2.5 (loss)
Week 2: (9/12/09) Oregon -12 (loss)
Week 1: (9/5) Oklahoma State -5.5 (win)
Week 1: (8/30/08) Hawaii vs. Florida. Our Pick: Florida -34.5 (Winner!)
Week 2: (9/06/08) Tulane vs. Alabama. Our Pick: Bama -30. (loss)
Week 3: (9/13/08) Passed!
Week 4: (9/12/08)
UNC -3.5 (loss)
Week 5: (9/27/08) Notre Dame -2 (win)
Week 6: (10/04/08) Michigan -2 (loss)
Week 7: (10/11/08) USC -27.5 (win)
Week 8: (10/18/08) Stanford -2.5 (loss)
Week 9: (10/25/08) Kansas -1.5 (loss)
Week 10: (11/01/08) Oregon State -15 (loss)
Week 11: (11/08/08) Passed.
Week 12: (11/15/08) Oregon State -3 (winner)
Week 13: (11/22/08) Boston College -2 (winner)
Week 14: (11/29/08) Oregon State -3 (loss).
Week 15: (12/06/08) TBA
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