This Week's ARGH Game Predictions

These are the ARGH system predictions for the weekend of September 16, 2017. IMPORTANT: These are predictions, not betting lines! If you are looking for betting lines, please go to www.vegasinsider.com!

Revised 9-14-17

9/14

BOISE STATE 11 over New Mexico; total 59

9/15

Arizona 11 over TEXAS-EL PASO; total 57
SOUTH FLORIDA 12 over Illinois; total 54
TEMPLE 13 over Massachusetts; total 52

9/16

MICHIGAN 20 over Air Force; total 57
Appalachian State 14 over TEXAS STATE; total 49
TEXAS TECH 4 over Arizona State; total 70
OHIO STATE 17 over Army; total 55
DUKE 12 over Baylor; total 58
NORTHWESTERN 18 over Bowling Green State; total 54
SYRACUSE 11 over Central Michigan; total 60
MIAMI, OHIO 3 over Cincinnati; total 48
Clemson 7 over LOUISVILLE; total 57
ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM 3 over Coastal Carolina; total 60
ALABAMA 22 over Colorado State; total 52
VIRGINIA 7 over Connecticut; total 47
WASHINGTON 20 over Fresno State; total 55
PENN STATE 25 over Georgia State; total 51
WESTERN MICHIGAN 13 over Idaho; total 57
AKRON 2 over Iowa State; total 60
OHIO 10 over Kansas; total 56
VANDERBILT 3 over Kansas State; total 51
MARSHALL 6 over Kent; total 57
SOUTH CAROLINA 4 over Kentucky; total 52
Louisiana State 4 over MISSISSIPPI STATE; total 53
WESTERN KENTUCKY 9 over Louisiana Tech; total 62
TEXAS A&M 17 over Louisiana-Lafayette; total 65
MINNESOTA 10 over Middle Tennessee State; total 54
CALIFORNIA 3 over Mississippi; total 65
OLD DOMINION 2 over North Carolina; total 54
IOWA 20 over North Texas; total 59
NEBRASKA 14 over Northern Illinois; total 58
Notre Dame 6 over BOSTON COLLEGE; total 51
Oklahoma State 9 over PITTSBURGH; total 59
Oregon 6 over WYOMING; total 62
WASHINGTON STATE 23 over Oregon State; total 65
MISSOURI 8 over Purdue; total 64
HOUSTON 16 over Rice; total 55
UTAH 18 over San Jose State; total 51
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 14 over Southern Methodist; total 61
Southern Mississippi 1 over LOUISIANA-MONROE; total 56
Stanford 6 over SAN DIEGO STATE; total 53
FLORIDA 2 over Tennessee; total 56
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 18 over Texas; total 63
Troy 3 over NEW MEXICO STATE; total 55
OKLAHOMA 25 over Tulane; total 55
TOLEDO 8 over Tulsa; total 69
MEMPHIS 3 over UCLA; total 64
WAKE FOREST 12 over Utah State; total 53
Virginia Tech 19 over EAST CAROLINA; total 55
Wisconsin 13 over BRIGHAM YOUNG; total 43


ATS picks for all games are evaluated against the first available spread, with my pick'em games treated as a one point spread for this purpose only because there are no ties in college football.

ARGH Picks this week are:


More picks may be added later as lines change. Very late picks may be posted on the ARGH Power Ratings Facebook page. Picks found to be against incorrectly posted lines will be removed.

2017 Results (includes late picks posted on Facebook):

Last WeekOverall
Straight-up32-14.69668-23.747
Against the spread22-24.47843-47-1.478
Over-under24-22.52253-38.582
ARGH Picks9-7.56316-9.640

Retrodictive standings measure how the ratings explain the games that have already happened.

ARGH Retrodictive standings
Record83-8
Percentage.91209
Bias toward home team-0.79945
Mean error10.9588
Mean square error191.865

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