This week's 58-game slate is loaded with quality matchups, five of which feature battles between teams in the top 25 of the Congrove Computer Rankings.
No. 2 Texas visits No. 13 Texas Tech. The computer favors the Longhorns by 9.20 over the Red Raiders in Lubbock where the teams have split the last 18 meetings.
No. 25 Air Force heads to No. 8 Oklahoma. The Falcons are coming off a 35-14 home win over then-No. 14 BYU, but the Sooners are favored by 12.78 points after laying a 47-17 whipping on Florida State last week.
No. 10 Iowa goes to No. 19 Arizona. The Hawkeyes have taken four of the last five in the sporadically played series, including a 27-17 win at Iowa City last year. Overall, the series is tied at 6 wins apiece.
No. 15 Cal plays No. 24 Nevada in Reno on Friday in a game that could produce a ton of points. The Wolf Pack is home for the third straight week where it has averaged 51 points per game in wins over FCS member Eastern Washington and Colorado State. The Golden Bears have put 52 on the board in each of their first two games, beating FCS member UC-Davis 52-3 and Colorado 52-7. This game figures to be dramatically closer than any of the previous games these teams have played as Cal gets the computer's nod by a mere 0.22 points.
23rd-ranked Clemson's Tigers visits No. 20 Auburn's Tigers in an ACC-SEC showdown. The Atlantic Coast Conference is in sore need of a victory against a strong interleague opponent. Unfortunately for the ACC, Clemson is a 3.30-point underdog in this clash. Auburn has taken the last two meetings by narrow margins in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl and 1997 Peach Bowl which, of course, is now known as the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
