Sept. 28 NCAA Football Picks — Indiana at No. 23 Michigan State; No. 1 Clemson at North Carolina

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.

(Brian Lewerke photo courtesy Mike Carter/USA TODAY Sports)

Indiana at No. 25 Michigan State:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Michigan State -14 (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 44 points (-105) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:  Michigan State win/UNDER 44 points double (+123) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Michigan State -7.5 (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 22.5 points (-115) — 4/5 — LOSS!

No. 1 Clemson at North Carolina:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Clemson -26.5 (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 60 points (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Clemson OVER 43.5 points (-115) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Clemson -16.5 (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 32.5 points (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 0-10-0 (.000)
Previous Day’s Record: 7-7-1 (.500)
September Record: 33-45-2 (.425)

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

Season Record: 46-52-2 (.470)

5-Star Pick Record: 0-2 (.000)          (7-7-2 (.500) in September)      (11-7-2 (.600) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 0-4 (.000)          (10-17-0 (.370) in September)  (12-20-0 (.375) overall)
3-Star Pick Record: 0-4 (.000)          (16-20-0 (.444) in September)  (23-24-0 (.489) overall)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.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)