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The total in Lobos games this season is 69, 63, 65, 89, 70 and 85. They score a lot, they give a lot. And both defenses are ranked near the bottom in both scoring (115th and 120th) and S&P+ (125th and 126th). And while New Mexico is 2nd on the ground on offense in FBS (357.2 YPG, 6.5 YPC, 22 TDs) ULM is fourth from bottom against the run (268.2 YPG, 5.6 YPC, 15 TDs).

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Only once this season Texas Tech failed to score 35 points and it was last week against West Virginia. 17:48 debacle against West Virginia raised a lot of questions about coach Kingsbury's future in Lubbock. The good news for Red Raiders is that away from home Oklahoma has allowed 79 points in just two games and despite last week’s outing (38:17 against Kansas St.) Sooners are still only 56th in defensive S&P+. This is a primetime game on FOX and they need a shootout to attract viewers.

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Troy is a win away from its first bowl bid since 2010. Trojans are 5-1 with the only loss coming at #3 Clemson. They are #1 on offense and #2 on defense in Sun Belt. QB Brandon Silvers has thrown conference leading 14TD passes, RB Jordan Chunn is #1 in rushing yards and TDs, WRs Deondre Douglas and Emanuel Thompson both have 4 TD receptions (conference best). According to Football Outsiders Tojans are #43 in S&P+ and today they are facing #121 against the run and #114 against the pass.

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Washington is tied for first in the league with 13 FGs made (2.6 per game), Philadelphia sits at #9 with 10 but is third on average (2.5 per game). Redskins average a FG on every 3.9 drives (#1 in the league) while Eagles are just behind with a FG on every 4.3 drives (good for third) and Caleb Sturgis (PHI) has at least two filed goals in every game in 2016.

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Houston lost three straight at home against Indianapolis and with another tonight they'll match their longest ever. Despite having one of the worst starting QBs in the league (Brock Osweiler) Texans bolster one of the best defenses in the league. They are 3-0 at home this season while the Colts are 0-2 in road games and Football Outsiders ranks them dead last in yards/drive and 29th in points/drive while Houston sits in Top 5 in almost all defensive categories.

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Arizona lost three straight by a combined margin of 41 points and sits bottom of Pac-12 South Division. USC started 1-2 but since the QB change had a heartbreak against 5-1 Utah, routed previously unbeaten Arizona St. and knocked off Colorado. Trojans are 18th on offense and 34th on defense while Arizona sits at 38th on offense while the defense is only 95th allowing 28 or more in any of their last four games.

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Urban Meyer has won 19 straight true road games and I fully expect the streak to continue. However despite having beaten all their opponents by at least 21 points in 2016 this is the biggest test so far for the Buckeyes. Wisconsin is fourth in scoring defense (12.2 PPG) and sixth in S&P+, sixth in rushing (90.4 YPG) and have allowed only 3 passing TDs. Camp Randall will be rocking under the lights and while Ohio St. first primetime game ended in a blowout ABC won't allow this one to repeat.

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What is about to happen when UMass 84th ranked defense is about to face Louisiana Tech's 15th ranked offense? Points, a lot of them. Bulldogs defense is bad (118th is S&P+) but UMass is seventh from bottom on the offensive side of the ball and probably not good enough to score often to keep the game close.

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LSU are well rested after having an unexpected bye week as their visit to Gainesville was wiped out by the hurricane Matthew. Tigers looked excellent in their first game under interim head coach Ed Orgeron running for 418 yards against Missouri. Now they are up against nation's 31-st worst defense against the run (4.6 YPC) and even without Leonard Fournette they should have no problems gashing the Eagles.
Southern Miss played awful at UTSA a week ago giving up 55 points (38 in the first half) and 339 yards on the ground. Star QB Nick Mullens has a sprained thumb and will play but it remains to be seen how effective.
LSU outscored opponents 71-13 in the first half at home in 2016. Southern Miss is 62-80 after 30 minutes in away games and were leading only against 1-5 UTEP.

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Mountaineers were ahead after 30 minutes against 4 of their previous 5 opponents. They even led #9 Tennessee 14:3.
Louisiana-Lafayette were ahead at halftime against FCS McNeese St. by 2 and against bottom feeders South Alabama again by 2.
BTW, since joining Sun Belt in 2014 Appalachian St. is 7-1 away from home winning their last 7!

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Hoyer is coming from back-to-back 300 yards performances and despite losing Kevin White (19 catches, 187 yards in 2016) to injury he's up against NFL's 24th ranked defense against the pass. Last week was the first Colts didn't allow at least 266 pass yards but it was against Blake Bortles. And don't forget the effect of travelling through five time zones to London and back on the Colts.

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Jonathan Cassillas is the MLB responsible for stopping the run. He's averaging 4.5 solo tackles and 4 assists this season and the only time he didn't reach the 7 total was against New Orleans - a pass heavy team that ran only 13 plays on the ground. However Packers are averaging 24 runs per game so tonight Casillas, who BTW played for Wisconsin druing his college career, should have plenty of tackles to make.

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You have to go back all the way to 2001 to find Oakland winning back-to-back home games against San Diego. For Raiders to back their playoff aspirations the win is a must. Moreover against depleted Chargers who week after week lose core players to a season ending injury. Raiders lost their first home game of the season, it's time to make the fans happy.

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For another week I'm going to ride the Kyle Rudolph train. Since Sam Bradford took over as a starting QB Rudolph has been targeted 25 times and caught 15 passes in three games establishing himself as the go-to guy. Short yardage, goal line you name it - Rudolph gets a lot of passes thrown in his direction.

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Tennessee could've been easily 2-3 but because of their luck sit at 5-0! However Volunteers rarely show in the first quarter. They've been outscored 41-10 in the opening period and won only against Ohio. Away from home Tennessee fell 14-0 behind against Virginia Tech and 7-0 against Georgia before waking up. BTW, leading runner Jalen Hurd (101 yards, 2 TDS) didn't make the trip to Texas.

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Both teams are ranked in Top 10 in plays run on offense. Both run 84 in a game on average and since Bowling Green already gave up 77 points in each of its trips away from home this game may take a while to complete. BTW, Frank Solich has lost four straight against the Falcons so it may mean pedal to the metal even if the game is decided early.

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Easy money IMHO. Clemson has allowed 3 points in the first quarter all season. Against 101st ranked offense in the country the trend should continue. Boston College however always plays tough against Clemson especially at home. Eagles' defense is ranked 15th in the country in scoring (17.2 PPG), 1st in YPG (124) and fifth in rushing (78 YPG). Do I think Clemson can go length of the field twice in a quarter for the over? No.

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Memphis is fifth in the nation in scoring offense but it's a product of facing three extremely bad defenses (only Mississippi is inside Top 100 and thy allowed three garbage time TDs in a blowout to pad the stats). Temple is 51st in scoring offense after facing an FCS Stony Brook, 126th Charlotte, 98th SMU, 102nd Penn St. and only one good defense - Army (13th) held them to just 13 points.
Frankly I don't trust the Temple offense and while Memphis is somewhat still explosive it's nowhere near last year's Paxton Lynch-led unit. And to cover the 14 total there must be two TDs and a field goal at least. Not to mention the short week and the physical toll the visit to Mississippi took on Memphis.

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Eli Manning completes over 25 passes on average in a game. More than 15 of them go to the wide receivers. No matter who will be Newman lined up against (Beckham, Cruz, Shepard) he will have enough opportunities to tackle.

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Kyle Rudolph was targeted 16 times in the first two weeks but caught only seven passes. But after he publicly endorsed starting QB Sam Bradford got rewarded with 10 targets and made seven catches against Carolina. QBs like to have a safety blanket and Rudolph is not only a big target but a very sure-handed one.