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College Football Cheat Sheet (10/29)

By Marc Lawrence

It's Halloween weekend and with it the potential of upsets galore on the College Football card. Which teams will be tricking and which teams will be treating? Answers to these questions follow below.

Here are the teams currently ranked in the Top 25 of the current USA Today/Coaches Poll. Listed below as stats, fact and trends surrounding this week's football card. Home team in CAPS. All results are ATS - Against The Spread - unless noted otherwise...

Thursday, October 29th

North Carolina at (14) VIRGINIA TECH

Tar Heels: 5-1 Game Eight... 4-1 aft Fla St... 0-3 A off 3+ HG... 1-4 w/ conf rev

Hokies: SERIES: 3-1 L4... 14-3 SU and ATS reg sea Thursdays (7-0 DD favs)... 4-1 H w/ rest... Beamer: 15-4-1 home off a loss vs. greater than .500 opp... Hokies 0-2 SU this season in Atlanta but 5-0 SU elsewhere this season... lined opp W-L record this season: 33-13

Friday, October 30th

(20) West Virginia at SOUTH FLORIDA

Mountaineers: 0-3 after Connecticut... 1-5 weekdays

Bulls: SERIES: 3-0 L3... 3-1-1 after Pittsburgh... 53-13 SU last 66 home games 5-2 HF / HD 3 < pts... 0-6 weekdays... 0-3 Game Eight

Saturday, October 31st

(1) Florida vs. Georgia

Gators: 4-0-1 aft Miss St... 9-1 A/N vs conf rev... 8-1 as conf favs 20 < pts... have held all six line opp to season low - or 2nd low - yards this season

Bulldogs: SERIES: Dog 5-2-1... 5-1 dogs w/ conf rev... Richt: 5-0 dog 7 or more points / 5-0 dog or fav less than 3 points with rest... playing with revenge from worst loss ever last season

(3) Texas at (13) OKLAHOMA STATE

Longhorns: SERIES: 3-1-1 L5 A... 3-1 after Missouri... 6-2 in 2nd of BB RG... 0-4 Game Eight... 1-6-1 as conf RF's 10 < pts... Brown: 0-8 ATS RF vs .800 opp

Cowboys: 6-0 w/revenge vs 1000 opp... 5-0 H in between RG... 8-1 Game Eight... 1-4-1 after Baylor... 2-6-1 as HD's 10 < pts

(4) Southern Cal at (12) OREGON

Trojans: SERIES: 5-1 L6... 5-0 after Oregon St... *7-1 RF's 8

Ducks: 7-0 H after Wash... 6-2 conf HD's 20 < Pts... 5-2 dogs w/ conf rev... 0-3 H off BB RG... 4-0 atop PAC 10 with 3-1 USC breathing down their backs

San Jose State at (5) BOISE STATE

Spartans: 3-0 Game Seven... 3-1 after Fresno St... 1-4 A w/ conf rev... 1-4 dogs 24 > pts... 2-7 A w/ rest... Tomey: 2-6 as dog of 25 or more points... Spartans lined opp are 25-10 this season

Broncos: SERIES: 3-1 L4 H... 9-1 H off BB RG... 7-1 Game Eight... 5-1-1 as conf favs 24 > pts... 3-1 before LA Tech... 37-0 SU and 28-8-1 home vs. con, but just 6-4-1 ATS when laying 28 or more points

Unlv at (6) TCU

Runnin' Rebels: 0-3 conf dogs 24 > pts... 1-8 in 2nd of BB RG... 1-6 before Colorado St... 1-4 after New Mexico

Horned Frogs: SERIES: 5-1 L6... 8-0 H vs conf rev... 3-1 after BYU... 2-6 H Game Eight... 2-6 favs 27 > pts

(7) Cincinnati at SYRACUSE

Bearcats: SERIES 3-1 / 3-1 L4 A... 5-1 A vs conf rev... 4-1 after Louisville... 1-6 conf RF's 20 < pts... 2-8 favs vs < .500 conf opp

Orange: 15-5 SU and 17-3 ATS at home off a home win of eight or more points... 5-1 before Pittsburgh... 6-2 vs conf off SU non-conf win... 6th straight HG - only 2nd team since 1980 to enjoy this much home cooking

Indiana at (8) IOWA

Hoosiers: 1-7 Game Nine... 1-5 in 2nd of BB RG... 1-4 after N'Western... 2-8 A w/ conf rev... blew 28-3 lead at Northwestern last week... need 2 wins in final 4 games to gain bowl eligibility

Hawkeyes: SERIES: 5-2 L7 / lost here in 2007 as 10-point HF's... 6-0 after Mich St... 14-2 H off BB RG... 4-1 vs conf rev... *2-7 favs 16 > pts

Tulane at (9) LSU

Green Wave: SERIES: Visitor 8-3... 4-1 dogs 27 > pts... 3-1 after S Miss... 1-4 in 2nd of BB RG... 1-3 bef Texas El Paso... 37 straight losses to ranked opp

Tigers: 4-1-1 aft Auburn... 11-3 non-conf favs 24 > Pts... 1-5-1 vs non-conf rev... 1-5-1 before Alabama... 1-4 Game Eight... in middle of Auburn/Alabama sandwich

(10) Penn State at NORTHWESTERN

Nittany Lions: 3-0-1 conf RF's 9 > pts... 10-3 Game Nine... 7-3 after Michigan... 1-4 in 2nd of BB RG... in bad spot off Michigan w/Ohio State up next (3-7 favs before Buckeyes)

Wildcats: SERIES: 4-1 L5 H... 5-0 dogs in 2nd of BB HG... 4-1 Game Nine... 3-1 after Indiana... 2-9 as DD HD's off SU win... rallied from 28-3 deficit to beat Indiana last week

(11) Georgia Tech at VANDERBILT

Yellow Jackets: 5-0 after Virginia... 4-1 A vs SEC... Johnson: 16-3 away vs opp off loss, including 15-0 as a dog or favorite of less than 11 points... 4-1 in 2nd of BB RG

Commodores: 5-1 after S Carolina... 8-2 dogs vs ACC... 1-4 as DD HD's... 2-6 H in between away games

New Mexico State at (15) OHIO STATE

Aggies: 2-0 dogs more than 32 points

Buckeyes: 16-0 SU and 11-5 ATS before PSU - but only 1-3 ATS as a favorite of more than 21 points

Southern Miss at (16) HOUSTON

Eagles: 4-0 conf dogs 8 > pts... 3-0 Game Nine... 4-1 after Toledo... 7-3 A off BB HG... Eagles with over 100 yards the better defense

Cougars: SERIES: 3-1 L4 / 4-1 L5 H... 3-1 before Tulsa... 0-4-1 after SMU... *1-7 conf favs 14 < pts... 1-3 Game Eight... failed to gain 500 yards for time time this season last week vs SMU

(18) Miami Fla at WAKE FOREST

Hurricanes: SERIES: 3-0 L3... 2-0 after Clemson... 1-4 favs Game Eight... 1-4 conf RF's 4 > pts... 2-7 vs conf rev... Shannon: 3-11 con fav

Demon Deacons: 9-1-1 Game Nine... 6-1 conf HD's 2 > pts... 5-1 bef Ga Tech

Wyoming at (19) UTAH

Cowboys: 1-3 SU and ATS off shutout loss... lost last two games to Utes by 90-7 count

Utes: 9-1 L10 double-digit con favs... OT winners at home in conference games are 62-47-1 ATS next

(21) South Carolina at TENNESSEE

Gamecocks: SERIES: 5-1 L6 A... 6-2 vs conf rev... 6-2 after Vandy... 6-2 conf RD's 6 < pts

Volunteers: 8-2 in 1st of BB HG... 7-3 vs conf before non-conf HG... 3-1 before Memphis... 0-5 as HF's w/ conf rev... SEC HF's 9-19 after Alabama

(22) Ole Miss at AUBURN

Rebels: SERIES: 4-17 SU (favored three times - lost twice SU)... 3-9 L12 as road chalk

Tigers: 4-2 L6 as HD... 0-3 SU, ATS and ITS L3G after 5-0 ... low scoring series has seen these two average 26 total PPG last four meetings

Kansas State at (23) OKLAHOMA

Wildcats: SERIES: 7-1 L8 A... 1-3 Game Nine... 2-6 A w/ conf rev... 4-14 conf RD's 4 > pts off BB HG

Sooners: 1-5 conf HF's 22 > pts... 1-4 after RG vs Kansas... 2-8 H Game Eight... held all 7 opponents to season low - or 2nd low - yards this season

(25) Notre Dame vs. Washington State

Fighting Irish: 8-19 L27 as favs of -20 or more points... last six Irish games this season decided by seven or fewer points... game in San Antonio

Cougars: 3-0 non-con dogs of 20 or more... 3-1 this season as dogs of 20 or more

Other ranked teams:

(2) Alabama, (17) Pittsburgh

and (24) Arizonaoff this week.

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