Predictions for all FBS games in week 1, 2024

  Savvy Index   2024    
  predictions week 1    
    08/25/24      
top 25   wins losses game values notes
FCS Idaho     3  
2 Oregon     57  
           
FCS Idaho St.     19 I expect total points to exceed
  Oregon St.     45 52.5 set by oddsmakers.
           
FCS Weber St.     14  
  Washington     41  
           
FCS Portland St.     19 I think WSU is going to have its
  Washington St.     42 hands full through much of this game.
           
FCS Merrimack     0  
21 Air Force     48  
           
  W Kentucky     14  
12 Alabama     38  
           
FCS E Tennesse St.     10  
  App State     44  
           
  New Mexico 0 1 21 If New Mexico can fix its run defense,
  Arizona     39 this will be a close game.
           
  Wyoming     17  
  Arizona St.     33  
           
FCS Ark Pine Bluff     6  
  Arkansas     45  
           
FCS C Arkansas     18 C Arkansas is pretty good
  Arkansas St.     36 but ASU will win going away.
           
FCS Lehigh     7  
  Army     45  
           
FCS Alabama A&M     13  
  Auburn     42  
           
FCS Tarleton St     17  
  Baylor     41  
           
FCS Fordham     16  
  Bowling Green     40  
           
FCS Lafayette (Penn)     14  
  Buffalo     34  
           
FCS S Illinois     16  
  BYU     37  
           
FCS UC Davis     19  
  California     41  
           
  James Madison     38  
  Charlotte     14  
           
FCS Towson     17 Towson will keep the score
  Cincinnati     39 under the 30.5 Vegas spread.
           
FCS C Conn St.     16 This game carries a
  C Michigan     38 high upset alert.
           
FCS N Dakota St.     23  
  Colorado     35  
           
FCS Elon     12  
  Duke     38  
           
FCS Norfolk St.     13  
  E Carolina     37  
           
  Miami Fl     31  
  Florida     27  
           
  Boston Col     21 FSU lost last week and yet
20 Florida St. 0 1 32 is still in the coach’s top 10.
           
11 Clemson     27 This is going to be
1 Georgia     32 an exciting, well-played game.
           
  Boise St.     43  
  Georgia So.     17  
           
  Georgia St.     21 Georgia Tech’s win over Florida State was
  Georgia Tech 1 0 34 impressive. Are the Jackets for real?
           
  UCLA     35  
  Hawai’i 1 0 14  
           
  UNLV     24 Big upset alert on
  Houston     35 this game.
           
FCS E Illinois     10  
  Illinois     36  
           
  Florida Intl.     21  
  Indiana     35  
           
FCS Illinois St.     10 ISU is a good outfit and Iowa has
16 Iowa     35 Ferentz distractions.
           
FCS N Dakota     14  
  Iowa St.     38  
           
  Coastal Car     24 Savvy agrees JSU will win
  Jacksonville St.     29 but by more than Vegas’ 2.5.
           
FCS Lindenwood     6  
  Kansas     55  
           
FCS Tenn-Martin     10  
7 Kansas St.     44  
           
  S Miss     14  
  Kentucky     40  
           
FCS Campbell     12  
  Liberty     49  
           
FCS Grambling St.     17  
  Louisiana     45  
           
FCS Austin Peay     14  
17 Louisville     42  
           
FCS Jackson St.     15  
  LA Monroe     35  
           
FCS Nicholls     21 Upset potential is very
  LA Tech     35 high here.
           
FCS Stony Brook     13  
  Marshall     43  
           
  Connecticut     11  
  Maryland     42  
           
  E Michigan     32 Savvy disagrees with bookies
  Massachusetts     21 calling for a Umass win.
           
FCS N Alabama     6 Memphis should exceed
25 Memphis     52 37.5 spread set by bookmaketrs.
           
  Fresno St.     17  
4 Michigan     35  
           
  Florida Atl.     11  
  Michigan St.     38  
           
FCS Tenn Tech     15  
  Middle Tenn     41  
           
  N Carolina     27 Upset. Expect the “over”
  Minnesota     28 in 50.5 total points.
           
FCS Furman     13  
10 Mississippi     45  
           
FCS E Kentucky     14  
  Mississippi St.     41  
           
FCS Murray St.     6 This looks to be a
24 Missouri     50 solid prediction.
           
FCS Bucknell     11  
  Navy     38  
           
  UTEP     21 Bookies have Nebraska as a huge
  Nebraska     25 favorite but Savvy says it will be competitive.
           
FCS S E Missouri     15  
  New Mexico St.     37  
           
FCS W Carolina     0 Vegas spread is 34.5 but
14 N Carolina St.     54 it will be much,much higher.
           
FCS W Illinois     10  
  N Illinois     40  
           
  Miami Oh     24  
  Northwestern     27  
           
  Akron     0  
3 Ohio St.     48  
           
  Temple     9  
13 Oklahoma     51  
           
FCS S Dakota St.     15 Bookies didn’t pick a winner
19 Oklahoma St.     42 when Savvy predictions posted.
           
  Kent St.     16 I personally think Vegas’ 24-pt
  Pittsburgh     35 margin is better.
           
FCS Indiana St.     12  
  Purdue     40  
           
  Sam Houston     24  
  Rice     30  
           
FCS Howard     14 Betting lines say Rutgers
  Rutgers     39 wins by 36+. That is too high.
           
FCS Texas A&M C     0 Wide open Sean Lewis offense at
  San Diego St.     45 SDSU should be fun to watch.
           
FCS Sacramento St.     17 SacSt won’t be as good in 2024.
  San Jose St.     39 Vegas says 3.5 but itwill be more.
           
FCS Houston Christian     17  
  SMU 1 0 43  
           
  N Texas     26  
  S Alabama     35  
           
  Old Dominion     17  
  S Carolina     36  
           
  TCU     32  
  Stanford     24  
           
  Ohio     32 Savvy says Ohio by 15. Vegas says
  Syracuse     17 Syracuse by 17.5.
           
FCS Chattanooga     11 I don’t think Savvy or Vegas have
15 Tennessee     43 enough total pts predicted.
           
  Colorado St.     14  
9 Texas     45  
           
5 Notre Dame     34 Bookmakers are projecting
  Texas A&M     21 Texas A&M to upset Notre Dame.
           
FCS Lamar     17  
  Texas St.     42  
           
FCS Abilene Christian     12  
  Texas Tech     44  
           
FCS Duquesne     13 Can Toledo move the ball
  Toledo     45 without qb Daquan Finn?
           
  Nevada 0 1 21 Nevada was fantastic last week
  Troy     34 but Troy is better.
           
FCS S E Louisiana     9  
  Tulane     44  
           
FCS N’western St.     17  
  Tulsa     39  
           
FCS Alcorn St.     18 UAB may have found a star
  UAB     41 in Baylor qb transfer Jacob Zeno.
           
FCS New Hampshire     19 Experts say UCF by 41.5
  UCF     43 but NHU will be within 32.
           
  USC     28 Interesting that bookies only give
8 LSU     39 LSU a 4.5 advantage.
           
FCS Bethune-Cookman     18  
  USF     40  
           
FCS So Utah     8 Savvy and the oddsmakers are
18 Utah     45 nearly identical in predicting thisgame.
           
FCS Robert Morris     17 Utah State athletics has
  Utah St.     38 been awful in 2024.
           
  Kennesaw St.     13  
22 UTSA     43  
           
  Virginia Tech     36  
  Vanderbilt     13  
           
FCS Richmond     16  
  Virginia     37  
           
FCS N Carolina A&T     14 Wake should have
  Wake Forest     35 little trouble with the Aggies.
           
  W Michigan     13  
  Wisconsin     38  
           
6 Penn St.     28 WVU is a dangerous opponent
23 W Virginia     21 this season.
           

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