Predictions for all 85 FBS games in week 2, 2023

  Savvy Index   2023    
  predictions week 2 09/09/23  
  Savvy last week: 77-10       09/06/23
top 25 This season: 82-12 wins losses game rating notes
  Arizona 1 0 14  
22 Mississippi St. 1 0 36  
           
  Oklahoma St. 1 0 28  
  Arizona St. 1 0 21  
         
  Auburn 1 0 37 Both teams are playing
  California 1 0 28 well above expectations.
         
  Nebraska 0 1 27 CU fans will be wild after the TCU win
  Colorado 1 0 31 and this game at home against a long time rival.
         
6 Oregon 1 0 48 Bookies say UO by 6.5.
  Texas Tech 0 1 28 Really? TTU was upset by Wyoming last eek.
         
FCS UC Davis 1 0 14 UCD has a potent rush attack but
12 Oregon St. 1 0 45 makes too many critical mistakes.
         
  UCLA 1 0 28 UCLA qbs only attempted 19
  San Diego St. 2 0 21 passes and three of them were intercepted.
         
  Stanford 1 0 21 Did you know Stanford leads the
9 USC 2 0 44 nation in rush defense with MINUS yards allowed per carry?
         
5 Utah 1 0 38 Will Rising play? After last week’s awful loss,
  Baylor 0 1 14 I have the same question about the Baylor Bears.
         
  Tulsa 1 0 17 I personally think UW
10 Washington 1 0 38 will win by nearly 30.
         
25 Wisconsin 1 0 33 Savvy & the bookies favor Wisconsin
  Washington St. 1 0 28 but WSU beat Wisconsin on the road last year.
         
FCS Morgan St. 1 0 14 Upset alert. MSU looked good
  Akron 0 1 30 against Richmond. Akron can’t runt the ball.
         
21 Texas 1 0 24 Alabama is back to #1 after
1 Alabama 1 0 33 Georgia fell short of expectations.
         
  Kent St. 0 1 17 KSU is really struggling after
  Arkansas 1 0 42 Sean Lewis left for Colorado.
         
  Memphis 1 0 47 Bookies say 58.5 total points
  Arkansas St. 0 1 21 but it will be more.
         
FCS Delaware St. 0 1 14 Dela St. lost to Bowie (whoie?) last week.
  Army 0 1 27 Army couldn’t rush the ball against ULM.
         
24 UCF 1 0 37  
  Boise St. 0 1 30  
         
FCS Holy Cross 1 0 34 Upset. Holy Cross is an FCS title
  Boston Col 0 1 21 contender this year.
         
FCS E Illinois 1 0 14  
  Bowling Green 0 1 37  
         
FCS Fordham 1 1 27 Fordham is really good but
  Buffalo 0 1 28 Buffalo should take this at home.
         
FCS S Utah 0 1 0 Will Kedon Slovis
  BYU 1 0 48 ever graduate?
         
FCS Charleston S. 1 0 0 Charleston So. could not pass the ball
  Clemson 0 1 45 against N. Greenville from a league with Newberry College, Chowan U, and Shorter U.
         
FCS New Hampshire 1 0 27 Upset.
  C Michigan 0 1 24  
         
  Jacksonville St. 2 0 20  
  Coastal Car 0 1 30  
         
FCS Lafayette (Penn) 1 0 6  
  Duke 1 0 41  
         
  Marshall 1 0 27  
  E Carolina 0 1 17  
         
FCS McNeese St. 0 1 12 McNeese can’t win with qbs completing
  Florida 0 1 45 just 44% of their passes and rbs at 2.4 ypc.
         
  Ohio 1 1 27 Why did Ohio look so good last
  Florida Atl. 1 0 28 year and so bad this year?
         
  N Texas 0 1 28  
  Florida Intl. 1 1 27  
         
  S Miss 1 0 17  
19 Florida St. 1 0 40  
         
FCS E Washington 0 1 10  
20 Fresno St. 1 0 49  
         
  Ball St. 0 1 12 I doubt BSU gets to 12.
3 Georgia 1 0 45 UGA will pull off the ‘Dawgs by the third quarter.
         
  UAB 1 0 27 Upset. Bookies favor
  Georgia So. 1 0 21 GaSo by 6.5.
         
  Connecticut 0 1 27  
  Georgia St. 1 0 37  
         
FCS S Carolina St 0 2 14 SCSU averages just 5 ppg and just 31.5 ypg passing.
  Georgia Tech 0 1 37 But, opponents have been strong.
         
FCS Albany 1 1 17 Albany with an impressive 21
  Hawai’i 0 2 34 point win over Fordham last week.
         
FCS Indiana St. 0 1 6  
  Indiana 0 1 38  
         
18 Iowa 1 0 29 Bookmakers show Iowa
  Iowa St. 1 0 17 by just four points.
         
  Illinois 1 0 28 Oddsmakers favor Kansas so
  Kansas 1 0 21 this is an upset.
         
15 Troy 1 0 24 I believe this margin will
8 Kansas St. 1 0 32 be nearly 20 points.
         
FCS E Kentucky 0 1 14 Neither of these teams lived up
  Kentucky 1 0 45 to expectations last week.
         
  New Mexico St. 1 1 24  
  Liberty 1 0 42  
         
FCS Murray St. 1 0 13  
  Louisville 1 0 48  
         
FCS Lamar 0 1 10  
  LA Monroe 1 0 41  
         
FCS N’western St. 0 1 14 This is NW State’s second straight
  LA Tech 1 1 35 FBS opponent.
         
FCS Grambling St. 0 1 7 Aren’t ya glad Coach Kelly lost last week
  LSU 0 1 54 after his smug pre-game remarks?
         
  Charlotte 1 0 13  
  Maryland 1 0 32  
         
  Miami Oh 0 1 32 I would pile on the $ against the
  Massachusetts 1 1 27 total point betting line of 44. It will be higher.
         
  Texas A&M 1 0 27 Betting lines favor A&M
  Miami Fl 1 0 28 so this is an upset prediction.
         
  UNLV 1 0 13 I like the betting spread
2 Michigan 1 0 40 of 36 points more than Savvy’s 27.
         
FCS Richmond 0 1 13 Watch out for Richmond.
  Michigan St. 1 0 27 This may go the other way.
         
  E Michigan 1 0 14 This looks like a battle to see who
  Minnesota 1 0 28 out-under-performs the other.
         
  Missouri 1 0 35  
  Middle Tenn 0 1 21  
         
FCS Wagner 0 1 13 Seahawks and Midshipmen have both
  Navy 0 1 43 sunk to near the bottom of their divisions.
         
FCS Idaho 1 0 32  
  Nevada 0 1 33  
         
FCS Tenn Tech 0 1 31 Neither team looked good
  New Mexico 0 1 30 last week.
         
  App State 1 0 21  
  N Carolina 1 0 35  
         
7 Notre Dame 2 0 30  
  N Carolina St. 1 0 20  
         
FCS S Illinois 1 0 27  
  N Illinois 1 0 32  
         
  UTEP 1 1 24  
  Northwestern 0 1 16  
         
FCS Youngstown St. 1 0 7 YSU is pretty good. OSU’s offense
4 Ohio St. 1 0 47 has plenty of questions.
         
  SMU 1 0 30  
  Oklahoma 1 0 39  
         
  Louisiana 1 0 40  
  Old Dominion 0 1 20  
         
FCS Delaware 1 0 14 This is a very good Delaware team
11 Penn St. 1 0 40 but PSU is playing really well.
         
14 Cincinnati 1 0 32 Savvy and the bookies have this as a
23 Pittsburgh 1 0 28 single-digit spread. It will be UC by 14+.
         
  Houston 1 0 32  
  Rice 0 1 17  
         
  Temple 1 0 21 Some really good trentds
  Rutgers 1 0 28 for Rutgers in the opener last week.
         
16 Air Force 1 0 34  
  Sam Houston 0 1 14  
         
FCS Cal Poly 1 0 17  
  San Jose St. 0 2 41  
         
FCS S E Louisiana 0 1 24  
  S Alabama 0 1 33  
         
FCS Furman 1 0 24 Furman is a dangerous
  S Carolina 0 1 31 opponent.
         
  W Michigan 1 0 28 I dunno . . . I smell
  Syracuse 1 0 33 an upset here.
         
FCS Nicholls 0 1 14  
  TCU 0 1 41  
         
FCS Austin Peay 0 1 14  
13 Tennessee 1 0 51  
         
FCS Texas Southern 0 1 14 TSU’s Andrew Body has a horrendous
  Toledo 0 1 49 12% interception rate.
         
  Mississippi 1 0 28 Upset.
17 Tulane 1 0 34 Vegas says Miss by 7.5.
         
FCS Florida A&M 1 0 31 Upset.
  USF 0 1 21  
         
FCS Idaho St. 0 1 14 This is Idaho State’s second
  Utah St. 0 1 42 consecutive FBS opponent.
         
  Texas St. 1 0 14 TSU with a surprising upset win last week.
  UTSA 0 1 35 UTSA with a surprising upset loss.
         
  James Madison 1 0 31 Betting lines are 7 pt spread and
  Virginia 0 1 17 40.5 total points. Both are too low.
         
  Purdue 0 1 27 Savvy predicted PU’s upset loss last week.
  Virginia Tech 1 0 21 Now it predicts PU’s upset win this week.
         
  Vanderbilt 2 0 21 Vanderbilt has played the
  Wake Forest 1 0 36 weakest schedule of any FBS team.
         
FCS Houston Christian 1 0 10  
  W Kentucky 1 0 52  
         
FCS Duquesne 1 0 21 Duq beat Edinboro last week. Edinboro only plays
  W Virginia 0 1 35 five games and those are against teams like Shpherd U, Bloomsburg U, and Mercyhurst U.
         
FCS Portland St. 0 1 13  
  Wyoming 1 0 51  
  2023 Savvy Index vs the betting lines        
  Predicting winners: Savvy 9% better    
  Point spreads: Savvy 2 games better    
  Total game points: Savvy 10 games better    
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