Five College Games To Watch And Our Picks
Five College Games To Watch And Our Picks
We look at the D1 college games this weekend, and make our picks.
We made predictions on 29 games that actually produced results last week (two were called off), and were right in only 23 of them.
The Pacific Western Conference continued to befuddle us as Stanford beat Nevada and San Francisco State beat Fresno State - just imagine our surprise.
The Florida State upset of Florida International throws the SIRC South into a little less clarity. Now FSU, Central Florida, and FIU are all in with a shot at the playoffs.
This weekend, we've got five games to watch:
UC Davis at San Diego State
This is the game for second in the California Conference. Davis is in good shape to take second if the Aggies win here.
Checking in with @UCDMensRugby ... they've got a big game coming up soon. https://t.co/k5ALBueZ0j
— Alex Goff (@goffrugbyreport) February 7, 2018
BYU at Colorado State
After crushing Colorado on Thursday, the Cougars can upend a conference champion, and thus emphasize what is an obvious argument that BYU deserves a D1A playoff spot. CSU needs to hang tough.
Florida International at Central Florida
FIU can regain the upper hand in the SIRC South with a win, but UCF finishes strong, the Knights always do, and could be 1st with a win. This is a tough game to pick.
Arkansas at Oklahoma
There's a playoff spot to be hand in the Red River North, and despite everyone but Baylor having a losing record, it could come down to this game. Oklahoma is playing better, and Arkansas has been hit with injuries.
Utah at Arizona
Arizona looked pretty swank in beating UCLA at the StubHub Center last week. Matt Rogers was excellent and scored two tries while Sinclair Clinton has been doing the dirty work as flanker. Coach Sean Duffy said he was thrilled with his team defense.
OK, well now this will be a challenge. This game likely will decide who finishes second in the PAC Rugby Conference, which will probably garner that team a place in the D1A playoffs. It's huge.
We didn't pick the early-week games, and probably just as well. The scores are below. The less said about them, the better.
Date | Away | at | Home | Our Pick |
2/7/2018 | Cal | 135-0 | Stanford | |
2/8/2018 | BYU | 111-9 | Colorado | |
2/10/2018 | San Jose State | at | Chico State | Chico State by 21 |
2/10/2018 | Stanford | at | San Francisco State | Stanford by 11 |
2/10/2018 | UC Santa Cruz | at | Fresno State | UCSC by 13 |
2/10/2018 | Cal Poly | at | Santa Clara | Cal Poly by 20 |
2/10/2018 | UC Davis | at | San Diego State | UC Davis by 3 |
2/10/2018 | BYU | at | Colorado State | BYU by 42 |
2/10/2018 | Utah Valley | at | California | Cal by 37 |
2/10/2018 | Arkansas | at | Oklahoma | Oklahoma by 5 |
2/10/2018 | TCU | at | Texas Tech | TCU by 13 |
2/10/2018 | Utah | at | Arizona | Arizona by 8 |
2/10/2018 | Life | at | Clemson | Life by 45 |
2/10/2018 | Lindenwood | at | Arkansas State | Lindenwood by 12 |
2/10/2018 | Oregon State | at | Gonzaga | OSU by 7 |
2/10/2018 | Loyola Marymount | at | Long Beach State | CSULB by 33 |
2/10/2018 | Cal State Northridge | at | Claremont | Claremont by 17 |
2/10/2018 | San Diego | at | Cal State Fullerton | USD by 7 |
2/10/2018 | FAU | at | UNF | FAU by 10 |
2/10/2018 | USF | at | FSU | FSU by 20 |
2/10/2018 | FIU | at | UCF | UCF by 5 |
2/10/2018 | Georgia Southern | at | MTSU | MTSU by 14 |
2/10/2018 | Georgia Tech | at | Memphis | GT by 12 |
2/10/2018 | Cal Maritime | at | Cal | Cal by 60 |
2/10/2018 | Central Washington | at | Washington State | CWU by 40 |