Josh Pate Best Bets: Week 10 College Football Picks, Predictions

On Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, college football analyst Josh Pate provides his picks aboard the Ramen Noodle Express for the coming weekend, offering a preview for Week 10. He dished out his first picks, a pair of Big Ten games, on Sunday night.

Pate made his picks at the end of Sunday’s episode of the Josh Pate’s College Football Show. First, he recapped how last weekend went.

“We finished 6-5, that’s nothing to write home about,” Pate said. “But it felt like we were about 4-8 or something like that. So we weren’t. So soft pat on the back to us.”

With that, here are the picks for Josh Pate in Week 10. They will be updated throughout the week. All lines are courtesy of BetMGM.

Illinois (-12.5) vs. Rutgers

IIllinois is coming off back-to-back losses, neither of them particularly close. The playoff window, if there ever was one, is essentially closed now. Rutgers, on the other hand, finally flipped its fortunes by beating Purdue after four straight losses prior. Can that success continue? Pate doesn’t see it.

Josh Pate: “I’m starting with two Big Ten games for this week’s slate. We are taking Illinois -12.5. We bet them yesterday, they failed us miserably, so we’re going to bet them again. Illinois -12.5 against Rutgers at home.”

Purdue (+20.5) at Michigan

Purdue has lost six straight games after starting out the year 2-0. But two of the last three losses have come by just one score. Pate thinks Purdue can keep it closer than the number against a Michigan team that has won two straight but hasn’t quite been dominant.

Josh Pate: “And we’re going to bet Purdue +21.5 at Michigan. Got a couple other Big Ten games I’m looking at. We may just bet the whole Big Ten this week. I mean when has that ever gone wrong for anyone?”

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