EASTERN MICHIGAN OVER CENTRAL MICHIGAN. I don’t honestly want to pick EMU after last week. But it’s Central Week, and I can’t go against Eastern during Central Week.

MIAMI OVER OHIO. Battle for the Bricks is a classic MAC rivalry. I love Parker Navarro’s ability to work Ohio’s option run game, but I think Miami's defense should be well-prepared for it.

BOWLING GREEN OVER KENT STATE. If any team has a future NFL draft pick on its roster (cough cough Harold Fannin cough cough), I hope that becomes a deciding factor here.

BUFFALO OVER WESTERN MICHIGAN. Winner goes home 3-0 in MAC play. As a noted Pete Lembo enthusiast, I like Buffalo to stay on-script better than WMU.

TOLEDO OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS. If the Mountain West announces the addition of Toledo and/or NIU this weekend, I’m going to be very mad for a long time about the timing of it all.

VANDERBILT OVER BALL STATE. Wrong year to schedule Vanderbilt in the middle of the year, huh?

#25 NAVY OVER CHARLOTTE.

#23 ARMY OVER EAST CAROLINA.

#22 ILLINOIS OVER #24 MICHIGAN. Sometimes it’s tough for me to know how I’m actually picking. Am I picking games based on what I think will happen, or am I leaning towards what I hope happens? There’s no mystery here. I want Illinois to win this one.

#21 SMU OVER STANFORD.

#19 MISSOURI OVER AUBURN. Yawn.

#17 KANSAS STATE OVER WEST VIRGINIA.

UNDEFEATED #16 INDIANA OVER NEBRASKA.

#14 TEXAS A&M OVER MISSISSIPPI STATE. Yawn.

#13 BYU OVER OKLAHOMA STATE.

#12 NOTRE DAME OVER GEORGIA TECH.

#11 TENNESSEE OVER #7 ALABAMA.

#10 CLEMSON OVER VIRGINIA. Yawn.

#9 IOWA STATE OVER UCF.

#8 LSU OVER ARKANSAS.

LOUISVILLE OVER #6 MIAMI. It’s too boring of a game picks post if I don’t call my shot here.

#2 OREGON OVER PURDUE. Talk about a Friday night game I have negative amounts of interest in.

#1 TEXAS OVER #5 GEORGIA. Do you realize that at this point last year we had zero Top-5 matchups, and this will be our third of the season? There was Texas-Alabama two weeks ago and Ohio State-Oregon last week.

My personal rule here: No boring picks. I’ll define that however I wish.

FLORIDA STATE OVER DUKE.

COLORADO OVER ARIZONA.

ARIZONA STATE OVER CINCINNATI.

TEXAS TECH OVER BAYLOR.

SOUTH CAROLINA OVER OKLAHOMA.

WISCONSIN OVER NORTHWESTERN.

UNLV OVER OREGON STATE.

NORTH TEXAS OVER MEMPHIS.