College football teams on Upset Alert in Week 6
Which favorites across college football could fall victim to upsets this weekend? With the nation’s Top two teams strengthening potential trouble spots during their open week, most eyes will be on the other unbeaten inside the Top 10 with a chance to suffer their first blemish. But we’re about avoiding the, as ESPN’s Chris Fallica would say, an underdog with fleas and picking games with the highest probability of going the other way. One team inside the Top 15 may go down as a double-digit favorite on Saturday in a potential look-ahead letdown spot prior to their biggest game of the season next weekend. Can you guess who that is? A few contests that garner the attention that didn’t make the column this week are Auburn-Florida and Michigan State-Ohio State. The Gators are a 3-point home underdog while the Spartans travel to Columbus getting three touchdowns. Picking Florida over the Tigers doesn’t scream upset to me, but Michigan State shocking the Buckeyes — arguably the nation’s most impressive team thus far — would be needle-moving. Here are five games worth taking a closer look at with favorites clearly on Upset Alert in Week 6. For…