Below are the projections through the games of 9-3-23. Games against non-rated teams are excluded. The favorite is listed first with the projected margin of victory (i.e., the line) in parenthesis. 'TP' represents the total number of points expected to be scored in the game and 'Odds' represents the odds of the favorite winning straight-up (not against-the-spread). Saturday, August 26, 2023 #6-Notre Dame (-20) vs. #90-Navy (TP=52 Odds=.792) @ Dublin, Ireland #39-Southern California (-13) vs. #82-San Jose State (TP=58 Odds=.680) #62-San Diego State (-9) vs. #87-Ohio (TP=51 Odds=.643) #107-Vanderbilt (-3.5) vs. #111-Hawaii (TP=57 Odds=.551) #109-Louisiana Tech (-12) vs. #128-Florida International (TP=60 Odds=.664) #122-New Mexico State (-16.5) vs. #134-Massachusetts (TP=55 Odds=.740) Thursday, August 31, 2023 #29-Minnesota (-13) vs. #94-Nebraska (TP=49 Odds=.712) Friday, September 1, 2023 #102-Stanford (-0.5) @ #111-Hawaii (TP=56 Odds=.509) Saturday, September 2, 2023 #2-Alabama (-33.5) vs. #77-Middle Tennessee State (TP=58 Odds=.900) #3-Ohio State (-28.5) @ #80-Indiana (TP=60 Odds=.849) #5-Michigan (-21) vs. #71-East Carolina (TP=57 Odds=.787) #7-Penn State (-15.5) vs. #66-West Virginia (TP=55 Odds=.728) #9-Tennessee (-21) vs. #96-Virginia (TP=57 Odds=.786) @ Nashville, TN #11-Oklahoma (-27.5) vs. #116-Arkansas State (TP=63 Odds=.829) #12-Texas Christian (-26) vs. #117-Colorado (TP=59 Odds=.831) #13-Texas (-24) vs. #110-Rice (TP=58 Odds=.811) #15-Utah (-4.5) vs. #22-Florida (TP=56 Odds=.567) #19-Iowa (-13) vs. #83-Utah State (TP=47 Odds=.724) #23-Boise State (-1.5) @ #53-Washington (TP=54 Odds=.524) #25-Central Florida (-15.5) vs. #85-Kent State (TP=60 Odds=.709) #27-Wisconsin (-12.5) vs. #81-Buffalo (TP=51 Odds=.694) #28-Kentucky (-13) vs. #92-Ball State (TP=49 Odds=.713) #30-Texas A&M (-22) vs. #129-New Mexico (TP=46 Odds=.851) #32-Baylor (-20.5) vs. #118-Texas State (TP=54 Odds=.792) #33-North Carolina State (-16.5) @ #124-Connecticut (TP=50 Odds=.757) #34-Auburn (-31) vs. #134-Massachusetts (TP=53 Odds=.904) #38-Tulane (-9.5) vs. #73-South Alabama (TP=56 Odds=.643) #39-Southern California (-18) vs. #104-Nevada (TP=60 Odds=.737) #40-Houston (-1) vs. #31-Texas-San Antonio (TP=62 Odds=.515) #46-Texas Tech (-6.5) @ #79-Wyoming (TP=55 Odds=.595) #49-North Carolina (-0.5) vs. #50-South Carolina (TP=59 Odds=.506) @ Charlotte, NC #51-Southern Methodist (-19.5) vs. #109-Louisiana Tech (TP=66 Odds=.736) #54-Oregon State (-5.5) @ #82-San Jose State (TP=54 Odds=.585) #55-Purdue (-1.5) vs. #48-Fresno State (TP=53 Odds=.520) #56-UCLA (-0.5) vs. #42-Coastal Carolina (TP=63 Odds=.509) #58-Western Kentucky (-21) vs. #123-South Florida (TP=62 Odds=.763) #59-Michigan State (-11) vs. #101-Central Michigan (TP=53 Odds=.673) #64-Liberty (-16.5) vs. #119-Bowling Green (TP=56 Odds=.738) #65-Army (-10.5) @ #115-Louisiana-Monroe (TP=55 Odds=.655) #67-Illinois (-3) vs. #69-Toledo (TP=50 Odds=.554) #68-Miami (Florida) (-7.5) vs. #93-Miami (Ohio) (TP=50 Odds=.622) #70-Washington State (-12.5) @ #127-Colorado State (TP=51 Odds=.696) #84-North Texas (-5.5) vs. #103-California (TP=56 Odds=.583) #99-Boston College (-6.5) vs. #114-Northern Illinois (TP=54 Odds=.599) #100-Virginia Tech (-8) vs. #120-Old Dominion (TP=49 Odds=.635) #106-Rutgers (-2.5) vs. #108-Northwestern (TP=45 Odds=.543) #125-Temple (-8.5) vs. #130-Akron (TP=54 Odds=.633) Sunday, September 3, 2023 #8-Louisiana State (-5.5) vs. #36-Florida State (TP=56 Odds=.578) @ Orlando, FL