Week 9: Scott Van Pelt's Winners

6-3 past week, we're 11 implicit .500 but... guys? Guys? I conscionable privation to pass you, I wrote down a batch of things this week. Like a full batch of stuff. Sadly, arsenic the nation's No. 1 Sun Belt tout -- nary are from that conference. But you can't unit it, it conscionable has to happen. Also, we person double-digit picks arsenic it is. Buckle up.

Season: 38-27-2

No. 7 TCU (-7.5, 68) astatine West Virginia
noon p.m. ET connected ESPN, Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, West Virginia

Van Pelt's pick: West Virginia (+7.5)

Noon model is busy. West Virginia is getting 7 and the hook from TCU. The Frogs are truly good, hopefully the Mountaineers don't extremity up connected their 3rd-string QB similar everyone other does again them. Let's spell Mountaineers, let's spell portion immoderate beers.

SVP: 22-9 all-time picking against Big 12 teams successful top-10

Oklahoma (-1, 56.0) astatine Iowa State
noon p.m. ET, Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa

Van Pelt's pick: Iowa State (+1)

Staying successful the Big 12 to instrumentality different location squad successful Iowa State. They've mislaid 4 successful a row, but present is the clip for a Halloween basal successful Jack Trice.

SVP: 7-3 all-time picking location teams vs Oklahoma

Notre Dame astatine No. 16 Syracuse (-2.5, 47)
12 p.m. ET connected ABC, JMA Wireless Dome, Syracuse, New York

Van Pelt's pick: Notre Dame (+2.5)

Things I ne'er thought I'd accidental for $1,000 please... Notre Dame isn't getting capable points from Syracuse. Line is simply a small suspicious. Good Orange squad disconnected a heartbreaking nonaccomplishment astatine Clemson -- bully clip to backmost the Irish successful the dome. I'm connected 'em.

SVP: 2-0 all-time erstwhile picking Notre Dame

Miami (-2.0, 48.0) astatine Virginia
12:30 p.m. ET connected ESPN3, Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia

Van Pelt's pick: Virginia (+2)

Staying successful the ACC... we already person West Virginia. Now we are taking conscionable plain aged regular Virginia -- convey God determination isn't an eastbound oregon a southbound Virginia due to the fact that this week I'd astir apt person them, too. Cavaliers astatine location positive a tiny spot again the Canes.

SVP: 6-3 all-time erstwhile picking Virginia

No. 8 Oregon (-17, 58) astatine California
3:30 p.m. ET, California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

Van Pelt's pick: California (+17)

Ready for Halloween HOTYBS? Hold On To Your Butts Special from Berkley. Ducks are flying -- but that's a full lotta Halloween candy we are handing retired to the Bears astatine home. Trick oregon Treat.

SVP: 7-4 all-time erstwhile picking California

No. 10 Wake Forest (-4, 62) astatine Louisville
3:30 p.m. ET connected ACC Network, Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky

Van Pelt's pick: Louisville (+4)

You cognize what's a scary costume? The Demon Deacon. Enormous caput -- conscionable a furious aged man. Their squad is scary, too. REALLY good. This enactment stinks. We are backing the Cards to marque this a adjacent one, which is not casual against a top-10 scoring offense.

SVP: 7-3 this play picking unranked teams against top-10 teams

Missouri astatine South Carolina (-3.5, 46.5)
4 p.m. ET, Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, South Carolina

Van Pelt's pick: Missouri (+3.5)

Scott -- that's six, however galore more? So galore more, my friend. So galore more. Missouri was successful the conception back-to-back weeks earlier this twelvemonth and covered both. We similar them connected the roadworthy successful Columbia against ranked South Carolina. Only 3 and a half, you say? Fine. We'll instrumentality 'em.

SVP: 19-8-1 this play erstwhile picking the aforesaid squad aggregate times (3rd clip picking Missouri)

No. 19 Kentucky astatine No. 3 Tennessee (-12, 63.5)
7 p.m. connected ESPN, Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee

Van Pelt's pick: Kentucky (+12)

Ok, present we get to the nighttime games -- it's acheronian extracurricular connected Halloween play and it's astir to get ace spooky due to the fact that going against Tennessee is simply a fearfulness show. But quality quality is almighty and who's that coming down the track? A mean instrumentality successful reddish and black. Next week the Vols get Georgia. And portion they cognize Kentucky is acold from a trap game, seems similar this mightiness beryllium a batch to beryllium laying successful this spot. We'll instrumentality the roadworthy double-digit dogs, who are really cats.

SVP: 6-2 all-time erstwhile picking Kentucky

No. 10 USC (-16.5, 75) astatine Arizona
3:30 p.m., Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Van Pelt's pick: Arizona (+16.5)

Have we ever had a treble HOTYBS? We bash now, due to the fact that Arizona's defence has fixed up 49 successful 3 of their past 4 games. Against the mighty Trojans, we are going to beryllium holding connected to our butts successful Tucson hoping the location squad tin debar the blowout. Tucson Slim -- you're 0-1 successful this segment, get your enactment together.

SVP: 7-5 all-time picking against Lincoln Riley

No. 15 Ole Miss (-2, 55.5) astatine Texas A&M
7:30 p.m. connected SEC Network, Kyle Field, College Station, Texas

Van Pelt's pick: Texas A&M (+2)

Last mates are the essence of this conception done the years. You're going to hatred them, it's fine. You either spot the imaginativeness -- oregon you don't. It's good either way. A&M is simply a messiness close present -- they're an Arkansas FG that deed the apical of an upright distant from being connected a four-game losing streak and they're lone a two-point canine astatine location to top-15 Ole Miss. Do the letters G.P.G mean thing to you? The General Principle Game... and connected wide principle, we backmost the Aggies present due to the fact that I don't cognize what other to do.

SVP: 48-34-1 all-time erstwhile picking an unranked SEC team

Pittsburgh astatine No. 21 North Carolina (-3, 64.5)
8:30 p.m. connected ACC Network, Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Van Pelt's pick: Pittsburgh (+3)

Finally, akin woody successful Chapel Hill. Pitt has mislaid 2 of three, Carolina is connected a roll, they're ranked, yet giving conscionable three. Sure. By present you cognize what to do. Say it with maine -- Hail to Pitt.

SVP: 8-4 all-time erstwhile picking against North Carolina