Josh Pate Best Bets: Week 11 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 11. He dished out his first pick, an ACC game, 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 did really good yesterday on the Ramen Noodle Express,” Pate said. “Honestly, man, we went 7-4. I thought we were going to do better than that. So that’s what this weekend is for.”

With that, here are the picks for Josh Pate in Week 11. As he makes more picks throughout the week they will be added here.

Florida State (+2.5) at Clemson

Florida State has to go on the road to Clemson, but as Josh Pate points out that hasn’t been a particularly daunting task for teams of late. In fact, Clemson is coming off a 46-45 loss to Duke. Meanwhile, the Seminoles got some mojo back with a 42-7 dusting of Wake Forest the last time out. Could that snowball into some confidence?

Josh Pate: “As I look at the board to start the week, one game stands out to me. One thing stands out to me. And that is that Clemson is laying points this week against Florida State. And at my core, I don’t agree with it. Florida State +2.5, I can’t believe I’m saying it, is going to be our first Best Bet of the week. We think the wrong team is favored. Clemson has lost six consecutive games against Power Four opponents in Death Valley. So it’s not the toughest place to play right now. And yes, it is a bounce-back spot. I don’t care. I’ll take Florida State +2.5.”