{"id":4780,"date":"2018-08-21T13:12:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T19:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/?p=4780"},"modified":"2018-09-03T15:42:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T21:42:59","slug":"2018-college-football-week-1-predictions-and-picks-against-the-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/2018-college-football-week-1-predictions-and-picks-against-the-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 College Football Week 1 Free Picks Against the Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>@media (max-width:480px){#cp_calculatedfieldsf_pform_1{min-height:2672px;}}@media (max-width:1024px){#cp_calculatedfieldsf_pform_1{min-height:172px;}}@media (min-width:1024px){#cp_calculatedfieldsf_pform_1{min-height:782px;}}<\/style><form name=\"cp_calculatedfieldsf_pform_1\" id=\"cp_calculatedfieldsf_pform_1\" 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Many\u00a0other factors are taken into account for the final prediction such as power rankings, returning starters, home field, coaching, strength of schedule, and\u00a0against the spread average. Finally, intangibles\u00a0such as\u00a0injuries, suspensions, weather, and trends will be used in\u00a0the days leading into the game to provide an accurate prediction for each game versus the Vegas spread. The team highlighted in <span style=\"color: #008000;\">green<\/span> is the College Football Game Picker team predicted to cover the spread.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Premium Picks 4-1\u00a0 (80%)<\/span> Against The Spread<\/span> for Week 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">All Picks 24-16-3 (60%)<\/span> Against the Spread<\/span> for Week 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Saturday (August 25th)<\/strong> \u2013<\/span>\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #008000;\"> Wyoming<\/span> Vs New Mexico St \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Wyoming 29 -7 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Winner!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas\u00a0 <b>Wyoming <\/b><strong>-3.5<\/strong>\u00a0)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Wyoming <\/b>by 7.088\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>Hawaii\u00a0 <\/b><\/span><strong>Vs Colorado St \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hawaii 43-34 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Winner!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Colorado St<\/b> <b>-14.5\u00a0<\/b> )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker\u00a0 <b>Colorado St<\/b> by 8.612\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday (August 30th)<span style=\"text-align: left; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; cursor: text; orphans: 2; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"> \u2013 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">C Florida<\/span> Vs Connecticut \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas <b>C Florida<\/b> -22 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)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Colorado St <\/b><b>Vs <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Colorado\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Colorado 46-13<\/span>\u00a0 Winner!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Colorado\u00a0<\/b>-6 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Colorado\u00a0<\/b>by 11.30\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>San Diego St <\/b><b>Vs <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Stanford\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SanDStVsStan.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4766\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/2018-college-football-week-1-premium-picks\/sandstvsstan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SanDStVsStan.png?fit=1252%2C807&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1252,807\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SanDStVsStan.png?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SanDStVsStan.png?resize=768%2C495&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SanDStVsStan.png?resize=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SanDStVsStan.png?w=1252&amp;ssl=1 1252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>( Vegas\u00a0 <strong>Stanford<\/strong> -13.5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(Game Picker <strong>Stanford<\/strong> by 26.13)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Stanford 31-10\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Winner!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"text-align: left; color: #ff0000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; cursor: text; orphans: 2; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Premium Picks\u00a02-0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important;\">This game is a Premium Pick. See Premium Picks for the lock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/2018-college-football-week-1-premium-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here for the Premium Picks for Week 1<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Army<\/span> vs Duke\u00a0 Duke 34-14 <\/b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Loss<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Duke <\/b><b><\/b>-14 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Duke <\/b><b><\/b>by 12.42\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Saturday (September 1st) \u2013<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Florida Atl<\/span> <\/b><b>Vs Oklahoma\u00a0 Oklahoma 61-14 <\/b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Loss<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Oklahoma\u00a0<\/b>-21 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Oklahoma\u00a0<\/b>by 13.87\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Houston <\/b><b>Vs <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Rice\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Houston 46-27\u00a0<\/span> Winner!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Houston <\/b><b><\/b>-26 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Houston <\/b><b><\/b>by 15.05\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Oregon St <\/b><b>Vs <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Ohio St<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Ohio St 77-31\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Winner!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Ohio St<\/b> -38 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Ohio St<\/b> by 47.22\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>App St <\/b><b>Vs <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Penn St\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Penn St 38-31 <\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Loss<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Penn St<\/b> -23.5 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Penn St<\/b> by 34.44\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>Akron <\/b><\/span><b>Vs Nebraska\u00a0Postponed<\/b><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Nebraska\u00a0<\/b>-26 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Nebraska\u00a0<\/b>by 15.24\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>UMass <\/b><b>Vs <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Boston College\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UMassVsBC.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4726\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/2018-college-football-week-1-premium-picks\/umassvsbc-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UMassVsBC.png?fit=1252%2C807&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1252,807\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UMassVsBC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UMassVsBC.png?fit=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UMassVsBC.png?fit=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4726\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UMassVsBC.png?resize=300%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UMassVsBC.png?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UMassVsBC.png?resize=768%2C495&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UMassVsBC.png?resize=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UMassVsBC.png?w=1252&amp;ssl=1 1252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>( Vegas\u00a0 <b>Boston College\u00a0<\/b>-17.5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(Game Picker <b>Boston College\u00a0<\/b>by 27.2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Boston College 55-21\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Winner!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"text-align: left; color: #ff0000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; cursor: text; orphans: 2; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Premium Picks\u00a03-0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: left; color: #ff0000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; cursor: text; orphans: 2; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">This game is a Premium Pick. See Premium Picks for the lock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/2018-college-football-week-1-premium-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here for the Premium Picks for Week 1<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Kent St <\/b><b>Vs <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Illinois\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Illinois 31- 24 <\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Loss<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Illinois\u00a0<\/b>-15 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Illinois\u00a0<\/b>by 14.17\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>Texas St <\/b><\/span><b>Vs Rutgers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rutgers 35-7 <\/b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Loss<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Rutgers\u00a0<\/b>-18.5 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Rutgers\u00a0<\/b>by 14.66\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>Indiana <\/b><\/span><b>Vs Florida Intl\u00a0 Indiana 38-28\u00a0 <\/b>Push<\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Indiana <\/b><b><\/b>-10 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Indiana <\/b><b><\/b>by 12.46\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>N Illinois <\/b><b>Vs <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Iowa\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Iowa 33-7<\/span> Winner!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Iowa\u00a0<\/b>-10 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Iowa\u00a0<\/b>by 11.34\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Texas<\/span> Vs Maryland<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TexVsMary.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4724\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/2018-college-football-week-1-premium-picks\/texvsmary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TexVsMary.png?fit=1252%2C807&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1252,807\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TexVsMary\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TexVsMary.png?fit=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TexVsMary.png?fit=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4724\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TexVsMary.png?resize=300%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TexVsMary.png?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TexVsMary.png?resize=768%2C495&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TexVsMary.png?resize=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TexVsMary.png?w=1252&amp;ssl=1 1252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas\u00a0\u00a0 <b>Texas <\/b>-10 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Texas <\/b>by 16.07\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important;\">This game is a Premium Pick. See Premium Picks for the lock.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Maryland 34-29<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Loss\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Premium Picks 3-1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/2018-college-football-week-1-premium-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here for the Premium Picks for Week 1<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>Boise St <\/b><\/span><b>Vs Troy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoiseVsTroy.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4742\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/2018-college-football-week-1-premium-picks\/boisevstroy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoiseVsTroy.png?fit=1252%2C807&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1252,807\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BoiseVsTroy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoiseVsTroy.png?fit=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoiseVsTroy.png?fit=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4742\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoiseVsTroy.png?resize=300%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoiseVsTroy.png?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoiseVsTroy.png?resize=768%2C495&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoiseVsTroy.png?resize=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/Picker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoiseVsTroy.png?w=1252&amp;ssl=1 1252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Boise 56-20\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Winner!<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0<\/span> Premium Picks 4-1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This game is a Premium Pick. See Premium Picks for the lock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collegefootballgamepicker.com\/2018-college-football-week-1-premium-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here for the Premium Picks for Week 1<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>La Tech <\/b><\/span><b>Vs S Alabama\u00a0La Tech 30-26 <\/b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Loss<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>La Tech<\/b> -10 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>La Tech<\/b> by 10.88\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>Marshall <\/b><\/span><b>Vs Miami OH\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marshall 35-28 <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Winner!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Miami OH<\/b> -2.5 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Marshall <\/b><b><\/b>by 2.711\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>SMU <\/b><b>Vs <span style=\"color: #008000;\">N Texas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">North Texas 46-23\u00a0<\/span> Winner!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>N Texas\u00a0<\/b>-3.5 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>N Texas<\/b> by 4.351\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>Middle Tenn <\/b><\/span><b>Vs Vandy\u00a0\u00a0 Vandy 35-7 <\/b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Loss<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Vandy\u00a0<\/b>-6 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Middle Tenn<\/b> by 1.116\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>BYU <\/b><\/span><b>Vs <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Arizona<\/span>\u00a0 BYU 28-23\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Loss<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Arizona\u00a0<\/b>-10.5 )\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Game Picker <b>Arizona\u00a0<\/b>by 11.67\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Texas San Antonio <\/b><b>Vs <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Arizona St\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arizona St 49-7<\/span> Winner!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>(Vegas \u00a0 <b>Arizona St<\/b> -17.5 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