College football upset alert: Expert picks for Week 6 underdogs with the best odds to win
Georgia Tech fired Geoff Collins on Monday and went to Pitt as 21.5-point underdogs on Saturday and won 26-21. Boston College beat Louisville 34-33 thanks to a fourth-quarter injury to quarterback Malik Cunningham. Wake Forest, a seven-points underdog at Florida State, won 31- 21 in a game it hadn't won since 2008. UConn was a 19. 5-5 underdog against Fresno State and picked up the win. FIU won as a 16- points underdog away at New Mexico State.
Northwestern is a 10-point favorite against Wisconsin. Wisconsin fired Paul Chryst after a 2-3 start. Georgia Tech banded together after Geoff Collins was let go.
Washington State is a +11 favorite at No. 6 USC.
Cam Ward is a quarterback capable of pulling off a big upset at Wazzu. Bill Bender doesn't see any unbeatens in the College Football Playoff this year.
North Carolina is the better team and will cover the 3.5-point spread at Miami. Tyler Van Dyke will start for North Carolina after being benched against MTSU.
Purdue is a three-point favorite at Maryland. Aidan O'Connell will lead the game-winning drive.
North Carolina is a 3.5-point favorite at Miami. The Tar Heels have won the last three games in this series.
Oklahoma is a 7-point favorite against Texas. The Sooners have won the last three games by 8 points or less.
Iowa is 4-1 and the favorite at Illinois. The Hawkeyes got cleaned out by Michigan recently. Iowa's offense is showing more life and its defense is sturdy.
Stanford is a 7-point favorite against Oregon State. The Beavers have only five sacks all year. Stanford allowed 41 points against them a week ago.
Houston is a disappointing team in college football. The Cougars haven't been good enough to beat the good teams it's faced. If Houston played the same team as Memphis, they'd be 4-1.
North Carolina is favored by 3.5 points at Miami. The Hurricanes are coming off two bad losses. North Carolina will advance to 5-1 on the season.
Northwestern is 1-4 and Wisconsin is 0-5. Wisconsin fired Paul Chryst and hired Jim Leonhard as interim coach. Northwestern is a 10-point favorite.
Missouri is coming off back-to-back heartbreakers. Florida is inconsistent and has been beaten by Eastern Washington and Tennessee. The Tigers are a better team than Florida.
