TUCKER’S PICK ‘EM 2015: College football picks and previews for Week 6

No. 7 LSU (4-0, 2-0 SEC) @ South Carolina (2-3, 0-3 SEC)
Saturday, October 10 at 12 p.m. ESPN
Parts of Columbia are still under water, but the school says the game will go on.

Even if they move it somewhere else, LSU will win big:

LSU 31, South Carolina 10

Actual Score: LSU 45, South Carolina 24 (WIN)

No. 10 Oklahoma (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) vs. Texas (1-4, 0-2 Big 12)
Saturday, October 10 at 12 p.m. ABC
I know they say you can throw the records out in rivalry games, but they haven’t seen how bad this Texas team is.

Boomer Sooner:

Oklahoma 42, Texas 14

Actual Score: Texas 24, Oklahoma 17 (LOSS)

Fort Valley State (3-2, 3-0 SIAC) @ Kentucky State (2-3, 2-0 SIAC)
Saturday, October 10 at 1:30 p.m.
The Wildcats take their undefeated SIAC record to the Bluegrass State to face the Thorobreds.

It’s never easy to pick games in this conference:

Fort Valley State 28, Kentucky State 27

Actual Score: Fort Valley State 35, Kentucky State 10 (WIN)

Georgia Tech (2-3, 0-2 ACC) @ No. 6 Clemson (4-0, 1-0 ACC)
Saturday, October 10 at 3:30 p.m. ABC/ESPN2
If Georgia Tech wants to make it back to the ACC Championship Game, it has to win Saturday in Clemson.

There’s always next year, Yellow Jackets:

Clemson 34, Georgia Tech 20

Actual Score: Clemson 43, Georgia Tech 24 (WIN)

No. 19 Georgia (4-1, 2-1 SEC) @ Tennessee (2-3, 0-2 SEC)
Saturday, October 10 at 3:30 p.m. CBS
Georgia gets a chance to prove its worth with a road game at Neyland Stadium.

The Volunteers will give the Dawgs a close game, which apparently isn’t good for Butch Jones:

Georgia 23, Tennessee 20

Actual Score: Tennessee 38, Georgia 31 (LOSS)

Mercer (2-2, 0-1 SoCon) @ Western Carolina (2-2, 0-1 SoCon)
Saturday, October 10 at 3:30 p.m.
The Bears took Wofford to overtime last week, showing they have the ability to compete with the best teams in the Southern Conference.

It’s too bad this game isn’t in Macon:

Western Carolina 35, Mercer 28

Actual Score: Western Carolina 24, Mercer 21 (WIN)

Navy (4-0, 2-0 AAC) @ No. 16 Notre Dame (4-2)
Saturday, October 10 at 3:30 p.m. NBC
The Fighting Irish defense usually has a tough time with Navy’s triple option, but they did just fine against Georgia Tech a few weeks ago.

Still, this game will be closer than it should be:

Notre Dame 37, Navy 30

Actual Score: Notre Dame 41, Navy 24 (WIN)

Arkansas (2-3, 1-1 SEC) @ Alabama (4-1, 1-1 SEC)
Saturday, October 10 at 7 p.m. ESPN
We all saw it last week.

Bama’s back!

This will be nothing like the 14-13 game we saw last year:

Alabama 42, Arkansas 17

Actual Score: Alabama 27, Arkansas 14 (WIN)

No. 11 Florida (5-0, 3-0 SEC) @ Missouri (4-1, 1-1 SEC)
Saturday, October 10 at 7:30 p.m. SEC NETWORK
The Gators are suddenly the team to beat in the SEC East.

After dismantling the two-time defending champ, they’ll head to LSU:

Florida 28, Missouri 10

Actual Score: Florida 21, Missouri 3 (WIN)