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Week One College Football Picks 2014

By Tyler Smith and Matt Hetzler

2014 College Football Conference Predictions 

American
ACC
Big 12
Big Ten
Conference USA
Independents 
MAC
MWC
PAC-12
SEC
Sun Belt

Tyler's Picks

AAC

Thursday:
Tulane at Tulsa L
Temple at Vanderbilt L

Friday:
BYU at UConn W
UTSA at Houston L


Saturday:
Austin Peay at Memphis W
Western Carolina at South Florida W
North Carolina Central at ECU W
SMU at Baylor W

Game of the Week: Penn State 27 vs. UCF 24 W

ACC

Thursday:
Wake Forest at UL Monroe L

Friday:
Villanova at Syracuse W

Saturday:
Delaware at Pittsburgh W
UCLA at Virginia W
Wofford at Georgia Tech W
Georgia Southern at North Carolina State W
Boston College at UMass W
William & Mary at Virginia Tech W
Clemson at Georgia W
Elon at Duke W
Liberty at North Carolina W
Florida State vs. Oklahoma State W

Game Of The Week:
Miami 32 at Louisville 24

Conference USA

Friday:
Bowling Green at Western Kentucky L

Saturday: 
Troy at UAB L
FAU at Nebraska W
Marshall at Miami (OH) W
Hampton at ODU W
Rice at Notre Dame W
Louisiana Tech at Oklahoma W
Bethune-Cookman at FIU L
Savannah State at MTSU W
Southern Miss. at Miss. State W
North Texas at Texas W
UTEP at New Mexico W


Game Of The Week: UTSA 27 at Houston 35 L

Independents 

Saturday:
Ohio State vs. Navy W
Rice at Notre Dame W



Game Of The Week:
BYU 30 at UConn 20 W

Mountain West

Thursday:
North Dakota at San Jose State W


Friday:
Colorado State vs. Colorado L
UNLV at Arizona W


Saturday:
Nicholls Sate at Air Force W
Southern Utah at Nevada W
Montana at Wyoming W
Northern Arizona at San Diego State W
Fresno State at USC W
UTEP at New Mexico W
Washington at Hawaii W


Game Of The Week:
Boise State 20 vs. Ole Miss 34 W

PAC-12

Thursday: 
Idaho State at Utah W
Rutgers vs. Washington State L
Weber State at Arizona State W


Friday:
Colorado State vs. Colorado L
UNLV at Arizona W


Saturday:
UCLA at Virginia W
California at Northwestern W
Portland State at Oregon State W
UC Davis at Stanford W
Washington at Hawaii W


Game Of The Week:
Fresno State 17 at USC 30 W

Sun Belt

Wednesday:
Abilene Christian at Georgia State W


Thursday:
Wake Forest at UL Monroe L 
Cal Poly at New Mexico State W

Saturday:
Troy at UAB L
Georgia Southern at NC State W
Idaho at Florida NA
Montana State at Arkansas State W
Southern at Louisiana W
Arkansas Pine Bluff at Texas State W

Game Of The Week:
Appalachian State 7 at Michigan 40 (probably not the best game, but who can forget 2007?) W

Matt's Picks

Thursday:
Eastern Illinois at Minnesota W
Rutgers vs. Washington State L


Friday:
Jacksonville State at Michigan State W


Saturday:
Penn State vs. UCF W
Youngstown State at Illinois W
Indiana State at Indiana W
Northern Iowa at Iowa W
Appalachian State at Michigan W
Ohio State vs. Navy W
Western Michigan at Purdue W
James Madison at Maryland W
Florida Atlantic at Nebraska  W
Cal at Northwestern L


Game Of The Week:
LSU 24 vs. WIS 17 W

Big 12

Saturday:
North Dakota State at Iowa State L
West Virginia vs. Alabama W
Louisiana Tech at Oklahoma W
Samford at TCU W
Central Arkansas at Texas Tech W
Stephen F. Austin at Kansas State W
North Texas at Texas W


Sunday:
SMU at Baylor W


Game of the Week: 
FSU 50 vs. OK STATE 22 W


MAC

Thursday:
Howard at Akron W
Presbyterian at Northern Illinois W
Chattanooga at Central Michigan W

Saturday:
Western Michigan at Purdue W
Colgate at Ball State
Boston College at UMass W
Marshall at Miami (OH) W
Duquesne at Buffalo W
Morgan State at Eastern Michigan W
Ohio at Kent State L
New Hampshire at Toledo W

Game of the Week: 
BG 31 at WKU 20 L

SEC

Thursday:
Texas A&M at South Carolina L
Boise State vs. Ole Miss W
Temple at Vanderbilt L

Saturday:
UT Martin at Kentucky W
West Virginia vs. Alabama W
South Dakota at Missouri W
Arkansas at Auburn W
Idaho at Florida NA
Southern Miss. at Miss. State W
Wisconsin vs. LSU W

Sunday:
Utah State at Tennessee L


GAME OF THE WEEK: 
UGA 38 CLEM 27 W

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