Sept. 7 NCAA Football Picks — Central Michigan at No. 17 Wisconsin; New Mexico State at No. 2 Alabama; Buffalo at No. 15 Penn State

These are the condensed versions of picks for Saturday’s College Football game(s). There are links to the full preview(s) on the Winners and Whiners and Stat Salt websites below. The confidence rating on a scale from 1 to 5 is in parentheses.

Note: The 5/5 does NOT represent the best overall pick of the day’s games when there are multiple games, simply the best pick(s) from each individual game.

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Central Michigan at No. 15 Wisconsin:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Wisconsin -35 (-110) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 51.5 points (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Wisconsin OVER 43 points (-115) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Wisconsin -21.5 (-110) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 30.5 points (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!

UTSA vs Baylor:

Side Prediction/Full Game: UTSA +25.5 (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 58 points (-110) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Baylor UNDER 41.5 points (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: UTSA +14.5 (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 31 points (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!

New Mexico State vs. No. 2 Alabama:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Alabama -55 (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 65 points (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Alabama UNDER 60 points (-105) — 2/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Alabama -36 (-115) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 38.5 points (-105) — 4/5 — LOSS!

San Diego State at UCLA:

Side Prediction/Full Game: San Diego State +7.5 (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 45.5 points (-110) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: UCLA UNDER 26 points (-105) — 4/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Half: UCLA -4.5 (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 22.5 points (-110) — 4/5 — WIN!

Buffalo at No. 15 Penn State:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Penn State -29.5 (-110) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 56 points (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Penn State OVER 42.5 points (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Penn State -20.5 (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 31 points (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Arkansas State at UNLV:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Arkansas State +1.5 (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 63.5 points (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Arkansas State -1/OVER 63.5 points double (+240) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: UNLV Pick’em (-110) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 32.5 points (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 14-16-0 (.467)
Previous Day’s Record: 1-3-1 (.300)
September Record: 15-19-1 (.443)

August Record: 13-7-0 (.650)

Season Record: 28-26-1 (.518)

5-Star Pick Record: 4-2 (.667)          (4-2-1 (.643) in September)      (8-2-1 (.773) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 4-5 (.444)          (4-7-0 (.364) in September)      (6-10-0 (.375) overall)
3-Star Pick Record: 6-8 (.429)          (7-9-0 (.438) in September)      (14-13-0 (.519) overall)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-1 (.000)          (0-1-0 (.000) in September)      (0-1-0 (.000) overall)
1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in September)      (0-0-0 (.000) overall)

5-Star Pick Record by Month: August (4-0-0, 1.00)
4-Star Pick Record by Month: August (2-3-0, .400)
3-Star Pick Record by Month: August (7-4-0, .636)
2-Star Pick Record by Month: August (0-0-0, .000)
1-Star Pick Record by Month: August (0-0-0, .000)