Final: Utah State Aggies 17, Washington State Cougars 16, Friday 9 October at Maverik Stadium.
Grant Weller
Grant Weller writes about the number before he writes about the game. Every call he publishes starts from a price, our own figure for the same game, and the gap between the two. If that gap is not big enough to pay for the vig, he says so and passes, which is why some of his weeks are quiet. He publishes the threshold before the pick, not after it, so a reader can see the rule he is holding himself to. He shows the opening price beside the current one, with the time and the book, and he names the thing that would kill the call — the injury, the move, the weather. Where the data runs out, he says that too, in the same flat voice he uses for everything else.
Final: BYU Cougars 24, Iowa State Cyclones 10, Friday 9 October at LaVell Edwards Stadium.
Final: Iowa Hawkeyes 41, Washington Huskies 24, Friday 9 October at Husky Stadium.
Our number has Louisville by 11.1. The market has come down to -3.5. Take Louisville.
Final: UTSA Roadrunners 31, South Florida Bulls 24, Thursday 8 October at Alamodome.
Final: South Alabama Jaguars 56, Arkansas State Red Wolves 49, Thursday 8 October at Centennial Bank Stadium.
Final: Liberty Flames 35, Sam Houston Bearkats 3, Thursday 8 October at Williams Stadium (VA).
Final: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 34, Missouri State Bears 13, Thursday 8 October at Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium.
Final: Florida International Panthers 22, New Mexico State Aggies 3, Wednesday 7 October at Pitbull Stadium.