2023 Week 3 College Football Predictions

We head to week 3 of the college football season! Use our data driven college football predictions to find the upsets, statement wins and results this week that’ll shape the 2023-24 College Football Playoff.

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Week 3 College Football Storylines

Many teams start conference play this week. Who’s going to be upset?
Michigan State tries to focus on football after another scandal that has taken down HC Mel Tucker?
How does Colorado handle being a big favorite for the first time in the Coach Prime era?
Does USF stand any chance against a Alabama team coming off of a loss?
Florida hosts rival Tennessee in a game that could start to warm Billy Napier’s seat
Who does Matt Rhule choose to QB the Cornhuskers this week after a debacle at Colorado?

Week 3 College Football Predictions

Thursday

RANK	TEAM	WIN%	SCORE
107	Navy	30.4%	19
53	Memphis	69.6%	36

Friday

RANK	TEAM	WIN%	SCORE
86	Virginia	39.2%	18
51	Maryland	60.8%	27

88	Army	39.9%	23
56	UTSA	60.1%	32

90	Utah St	43.4%	21
67	Air Force	56.6%	27

Saturday

RANK	TEAM	WIN%	SCORE
48	Iowa St	57.3%	27
72	Ohio	42.7%	21

15	Kansas St	69.5%	38
50	Missouri	30.5%	22

46	Wake Forest	71.8%	37
116	Old Dominion	28.2%	19

1	Florida St	94.9%	44
81	Boston College	5.1%	6

89	Liberty	59.7%	31
112	Buffalo	40.3%	23

87	Indiana	28.0%	17
27	Louisville	72.0%	35

14	LSU	59.4%	32
29	Mississippi St	40.6%	24

79	Georgia Southern	31.0%	20
28	Wisconsin	69.0%	36

11	Penn St	73.2%	33
60	Illinois	26.8%	14

129	UMass	40.3%	22
121	Eastern Michigan	59.7%	30

130	Central Michigan	0.1%	6
18	Notre Dame	99.9%	49

99	East Carolina	35.7%	25
55	Appalachian St	64.3%	37

110	FIU	50.4%	27
111	UConn	49.6%	26

133	Western Michigan	0.1%	3
37	Iowa	99.9%	38

6	Alabama	97.6%	54
119	USF	2.4%	14

31	South Carolina	30.9%	23
3	Georgia	69.1%	38

83	San Diego St	25.4%	17
23	Oregon St	74.6%	37

9	Oklahoma	89.7%	47
102	Tulsa	10.3%	14

74	Virginia Tech	45.4%	20
66	Rutgers	54.6%	24

54	Minnesota	33.3%	19
20	North Carolina	66.7%	33

93	Northwestern	17.1%	10
13	Duke	82.9%	37

34	Tulane	73.8%	36
100	Southern Miss	26.2%	17

109	UL-Monroe	12.7%	13
19	Texas A&M	87.3%	45

69	Western Kentucky	25.3%	19
16	Ohio St	74.7%	39

7	Washington	83.0%	45
78	Michigan St	17.0%	17

85	Georgia St	64.2%	36
124	Charlotte	35.8%	24

77	James Madison	48.9%	24
73	Troy	51.1%	25

114	Miami OH	29.1%	14
49	Cincinnati	70.9%	31

5	Tennessee	67.2%	39
35	Florida	32.8%	25

57	South Alabama	41.7%	25
39	Oklahoma St	58.3%	32

101	Northern Illinois	42.7%	24
82	Nebraska	57.3%	31

92	San Jose St	46.8%	25
76	Toledo	53.2%	28

104	Louisiana	51.2%	26
106	UAB	48.8%	25

122	North Texas	46.2%	31
105	Louisiana Tech	53.8%	35

95	Vanderbilt	51.3%	29
98	UNLV	48.7%	28

62	BYU	42.8%	26
40	Arkansas	57.2%	32

127	Akron	13.2%	9
32	Kentucky	86.8%	40

33	Pittsburgh	63.4%	35
68	West Virginia	36.6%	24

47	Syracuse	58.9%	30
80	Purdue	41.1%	22

65	Georgia Tech	24.1%	15
10	Ole Miss	75.9%	37

123	Bowling Green	2.6%	6
8	Michigan	97.4%	46

58	Wyoming	20.2%	15
4	Texas	79.8%	40

45	TCU	59.6%	38
71	Houston	40.4%	30

108	Hawaii	14.0%	12
21	Oregon	86.0%	42

97	Florida Atlantic	20.6%	16
22	Clemson	79.4%	40

126	New Mexico St	44.4%	20
117	New Mexico	55.6%	24

103	Colorado St	24.9%	15
38	Colorado	75.1%	36

42	Kansas	77.4%	37
120	Nevada	22.6%	14

75	Fresno St	43.9%	27
59	Arizona St	56.1%	32

128	UTEP	17.1%	14
44	Arizona	82.9%	41

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