Oct. 4/5 NCAA Football Picks — No. 14 Iowa at No. 19 Michigan; Illinois at Minnesota; Marshall at Middle Tennessee; No. 25 Michigan State at No. 4 Ohio State

These are the condensed versions of picks for Friday and 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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(Justin Fields photo courtesy Joseph Maiorana/USA TODAY Sports)

No. 18 UCF at Cincinnati

Side Prediction/Full Game: UCF -3.5 (-115) – 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 62.5 points (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:  Cincinnati UNDER 29.5 points (-110) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Half: UCF -2.5 (-110) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 31 points (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!

No. 14 Iowa at No. 19 Michigan:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Iowa +4 (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 47.5 points (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Iowa OVER 21.5 points (-115) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Iowa +3 (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 23 points (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Illinois at Minnesota:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Minnesota -14 (-110) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 57 points (-115) — 4/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Minnesota -14/OVER 57.5 points double (+235) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Minnesota -7 (-121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 28.5 points (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Marshall at Middle Tennessee State:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Middle Tennessee +4 (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 53.5 points (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Middle Tennessee OVER 24.5 points (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Middle Tennessee +2.5 (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 26.5 points (-110) — 5/5 — WIN!

No. 25 Michigan State at No. 4 Ohio State:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Ohio State -20 (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 49 points (-105) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Ohio State OVER 35 points (-110) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Ohio State -11 (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 26.5 points (-110) — 4/5 — WIN!

Day’s Record: 10-14-1 (.420)
Previous Day’s Record: 7-7-1 (.500)
October Record: 10-14-1 (.420)

September Record: 33-45-2 (.425)
August Record: 13-7-0 (.650)

Season Record: 56-66-3 (.460)

5-Star Pick Record: 3-2 (.000)          (3-2-0 (.600) in October)            (14-9-2 (.600) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-5-1 (.313)       (2-5-1 (.313) in October)            (14-25-1 (.363) overall)
3-Star Pick Record: 5-7 (.417)          (5-7-0 (.417) in October)            (28-31-0 (.475) 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); September (7-7-2, .500)
4-Star Pick Record by Month: August (2-3-0, .400); September (10-17-0, .370)
3-Star Pick Record by Month: August (7-4-0, .636); September (16-20-0, .444)
2-Star Pick Record by Month: August (0-0-0, .000); September (0-1-0, .000)
1-Star Pick Record by Month: August (0-0-0, .000); September (0-0-0, .000)