Savvy Index 2024 predictions week 2 Last week: 85 – 10 09/03/24 top 25 wins losses game values commentary Boise St. 1 0 28 Boise State rb Ashotn Jeanty rushed for 14 Oregon 1 0 38 267 yards and 6 tds last week. Oregon St. 1 0 30 Savvy and the experts have this San Diego St. 1 0 24 figured almost exactly the same. E Michigan 1 0 9 Both teams exceeded expectations 23 Washington 1 0 40 last week but UW is just too strong. Texas Tech 1 0 39 TTU gave up 506 passing yards to an FCS but Washington St. 1 0 28 is Savvy-projected to win this game. San Jose St. 1 0 17 Air Force 1 0 30 USF 1 0 7 4 Alabama 1 0 48 FCS N Arizona 1 0 19 NAU played Lincoln U. (Calif) last week. Arizona 1 0 47 LU has 500 students. Mississippi St. 1 0 31 Experts say ASU will win Arizona St. 1 0 22 and I personally think they might be right. Tulsa 1 0 34 Experts say ASU will win but Arkansas St. 1 0 31 Savvy insists it will be Tulsa. California 1 0 23 Cal lost to Auburn 14-10 Auburn 1 0 33 at home last year. FCS Missouri St. 0 1 16 Missouri State nearly upset Ball St. 0 0 37 Montana last week. FCS Duquesne 0 1 6 Duquesne was buried by Toledo last week. 25 Boston Col 1 0 50 It only gets worse this week. Pittsburgh 1 0 33 Experts say Cincinati wins Cincinnati 1 0 25 but Savvy is strong for Pitt. App State 1 0 21 Clemson’s rushing attack came to 19 Clemson 0 1 27 just 46 total yards last week. FCS William & Mary 1 0 14 If Coastal Carolina could stop the pass Coastal Car 1 0 46 it would be a top 25 candidate. FCS N Colorado 0 1 10 Too bad N Colo can’t pass because Colorado St. 0 1 42 Colorado State can’t defend a decent air game. FCS Merrimack 0 1 14 Very high upset potential. Merrimack Connecticut 0 1 32 looked terrific against Air Force. FCS Samford 0 1 17 Florida 0 1 42 Army 1 0 27 Experts say FAU will Florida Atl. 0 1 16 win this by 4.5 points. C Michigan 1 0 34 High upset alert. Florida Intl. 0 1 24 FCS Sacramento St. 0 1 12 Fresno played competitively Fresno St. 0 1 42 at Michigan last week. FCS Tenn Tech 0 1 0 1 Georgia 1 0 59 FCS Chattanooga 0 1 14 Chattanooga was drubbed by Georgia St. 0 1 43 Tennessee last week. Kansas 1 0 30 Illinois 1 0 24 FCS W Illinois 0 1 10 Indiana 1 0 41 Iowa St. 1 0 7 Bookies say Iowa by 2.5 but the 12 Iowa 1 0 30 Hawkeyes actually have an offense now. FCS Gardner-Webb 0 1 10 James Madison 1 0 43 Louisiana 1 0 30 KSU looked good against UTSA Kennesaw St. 0 1 24 last week but must come up with more offensive punch. FCS St. Francis PA 0 1 17 Kent St. 0 1 36 S Carolina 1 0 21 Kentucky 1 0 25 Jacksonville St. 0 1 17 11 Louisville 1 0 44 UAB 1 0 31 ULM receiver Javon Campbell LA Monroe 1 0 22 averages over 20 yards per reception. FCS Nicholls 0 1 10 Nicholls qb McQuaide is completing 18 LSU 0 1 45 just 38.5% of his passes. Michigan St. 1 0 18 Maryland 1 0 27 Troy 0 1 21 Memphis is suddenly Memphis 1 0 32 just one spot out of the top 25. FCS Florida A&M 2 0 10 Florida A&M’s defense hasn’t gotten Miami Fl 1 0 40 a turnover in two games now. 5 Texas 1 0 25 3 Michigan 1 0 24 FCS Rhode Island 1 0 10 Minnesota has the pass defense Minnesota 0 1 37 to win but RIU will make a game of it. Middle Tenn 1 0 10 7 Mississippi 1 0 48 Buffalo 1 0 6 21 Missouri 1 0 43 Temple 0 1 21 This is one of the most solid Navy 1 0 34 predictions on the board this week. Colorado 1 0 24 Nebraska 1 0 30 Georgia So. 0 1 28 Georgia So. is favored by Nevada 1 1 35 the oddsmakers. Liberty 1 0 42 I wasn’t impressed with New Mexico St. 1 0 12 either of these programs last week. Charlotte 0 1 7 N Carolina 1 0 39 Duke 1 0 12 Northwestern 1 0 24 FCS Stephen F Austin 1 0 21 Last week, SFAU played North American N Texas 1 0 50 University which only plays two games per year. N Illinois 1 0 9 Northern Illinois qb Ethan Hampton completed 18 of 28 6 Notre Dame 1 0 42 passes for 328 yards and 5 tds last week. S Alabama 0 1 24 Vegas says South Alabama Ohio 0 1 35 will win by 1.5. W Michigan 0 1 0 8 Ohio St. 1 0 47 Houston 0 1 18 Neither of these outfits looked 13 Oklahoma 1 0 36 very good last week. Arkansas 1 0 23 16 Oklahoma St. 1 0 38 E Carolina 1 0 21 Upset. Bookies Old Dominion 0 1 24 favor East Carolina. Bowling Green 1 0 6 2 Penn St. 1 0 45 FCS Texas Southern 1 0 13 Rice must find a way to rush Rice 0 1 34 the ball or this will be an awful season. Akron 0 1 13 Savvy’s prediction is Rutgers 1 0 36 almost exactly the same as Vegas. BYU 1 0 16 20 SMU 2 0 40 FCS S E Louisiana 0 1 14 SE Louisiana is playing its S Miss 0 1 37 second FBS opponent of this season. FCS Cal Poly 0 1 7 Cal Poly qb Bo Kelly attempted 35 passes Stanford 0 1 47 last week and had 3 intercepted. Georgia Tech 2 0 30 Two surprisingly good programs Syracuse 1 0 23 so far in the 2024 season. FCS Long Island 0 1 6 I personally think LIU scores 20 TCU 1 0 45 and keeps this game competitive. 10 Tennessee 1 0 33 22 N Carolina St. 1 0 24 FCS McNeese St. 1 1 0 McNeese has a terrific defense so Texas A&M 0 1 49 I think Savvy’s spread is a bit high. UTSA 1 0 34 Upset prediction by Savvy Index. Texas St. 0 0 24 Vegas favors TSU. Massachusetts 0 1 6 Experts agree Toledo will win Toledo 1 0 50 by 20. It will probably be more. 9 Kansas St. 1 0 27 I personally like the 10 pt 24 Tulane 1 0 24 spread the bookies give KSU. Sam Houston 1 0 14 Both of these teams UCF 1 0 39 looked good last week. FCS Utah Tech 0 1 0 Utah Tech used to be known as Dixie State until UNLV 1 0 53 adminstrators realized their school is neither in Dixie, nor is it a state. Utah St. 1 0 14 Utah State can score but 17 USC 1 0 45 won’t keep USC from at least 45 points. Baylor 1 0 14 Cameron Rising is STILL in 15 Utah 1 0 35 college football! My hometown boy. FCS So Utah 0 1 17 If UTEP still can’t run the ball, UTEP 0 1 37 this game will be close. FCS Alcorn St. 0 1 14 Alcorn gave up over 300 yards just Vanderbilt 1 0 41 on the ground last week to UAB. Marshall 1 0 23 Virginia Tech 0 1 25 Virginia 1 0 24 Wake Forest 1 0 29 FCS S Dakota 1 0 10 I wasn’t impressed with FCS champ S Dakota’s Wisconsin 1 0 37 win over Div II Nothern State last week. FCS E Kentucky 0 1 14 This is E Kentucky’s second W Kentucky 0 1 46 straight FBS opponent. FCS Albany 1 0 10 Dangerous game for WVU because Albany W Virginia 0 1 38 was an FCS finalist last year and impressive last week. FCS Idaho 0 1 26 FCS upset prediction. Wyoming’s offense Wyoming 0 1 21 gained less than 120 total yards last week.
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