CFN Week 3, Scoreboard, Roundup & Recaps

The season took a wild turn this weekend as Jake Locker and Washington stunned USC. Before we start to dive into an interesting Week Four, check out the scoreboard, links to the CFN recaps, and predictions for all the Week 3 games.

2009 Scoreboard ... Week 3

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Scoreboards
- Week 1 | Week 2

ACC
Atlantic Boston Coll | Clemson | Florida St | Maryland | NC St | Wake Forest
Coastal Duke | Georgia Tech | Miami | North Carolina | Virginia | Virginia Tech

Thursday, September 17

at Miami 33 ... Georgia Tech 17
- Miami gets revenge on Georgia Tech in win 
- Georgia Tech gets shut down by Miami 
CFN Prediction: Miami 31-24 ... Line: Miami -4.5

Saturday, September 19

at Clemson 25 ... Boston College 7
- Boston College O goes nowhere in ugly loss 
- Clemson gets six field goals in sloppy win 
CFN Prediction: Clemson 27-17 ... Line: Clemson -7

at Kansas 44 ... Duke 16
Duke can't keep up with Kansas passing game 
CFN Prediction: Kansas 38-14 ... Line: Kansas -21
 
at North Carolina 31 ... East Carolina 17
North Carolina young targets shine vs. ECU 
CFN Prediction: North Carolina 23-14 ... Line: UNC -6.5

Middle Tennessee 32 ... at Maryland 31
Maryland loses to Middle Tennessee on late FG 
CFN Prediction: Maryland 31-21 ... Line: Maryland -6

at Southern Miss 37 ... Virginia 34
Virginia can't hold on late in tough loss 
CFN Prediction: Southern Miss 34-16 ... Line: USM -15

at Virginia Tech 16 ... Nebraska 15
Virginia Tech & Taylor come back in thriller 
CFN Prediction: Nebraska 23-20 ... Line: Virginia Tech -3.5

at NC State 45 ... Gardner-Webb 14
NC State's Wilson sets NCAA record in win 
CFN Prediction: NC State 37-13 ... Line: No Line

at Wake Forest 35 ... Elon 7
Wake Forest's passing game blows past Elon 
CFN Prediction: Wake Forest 37-14 ... Line: No Line

Florida State 54 ... at BYU 28
Florida State blows away BYU in statement win 
CFN Prediction: BYU 34-20 ... Line: BYU -7
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Big East 
Cincinnati | Connecticut | Louisville | Pittsburgh | Rutgers
South Florida | Syracuse | West Virginia

at Kentucky 31 ... Louisville 27
Louisville battles well in loss to Kentucky 
CFN Prediction: Kentucky 37-14 ... Line: UK -12.5

at Auburn 41 ... West Virginia 30
West Virginia gets picked off by Auburn 
CFN Prediction: Auburn 31-20 ... Line: Auburn -6.5

Connecticut 30 ...  at Baylor 22
Connecticut runs wild in win over Baylor 
CFN Prediction: Baylor 30-16 ... Line: Baylor -10

at Rutgers 23 ... FIU 15
Rutgers' D holds FIU in check for easy win 
CFN Prediction: Rutgers 35-19 ... Line: Rutgers -15

at Pitt 27 ... Navy 14
Pitt gets good game out of Stull in win 
CFN Prediction: Pitt 28-20 ... Line: Pitt -7

Cincinnati 28 ... at Oregon State 18
Cincinnati comes up with big win in Corvallis 
CFN Prediction: Cincinnati 34-28 ... Line: Oregon State -1.5

at Syracuse 37 ... Northwestern 34
Syracuse wins shootout over Northwestern 
CFN Prediction: Northwestern 23-17... Line: Northwestern -4

at South Florida 59 ... Charleston Southern 0
South Florida wins game, but loses Grothe 
CFN Prediction: USF 41-10... Line: No Line
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Big Ten 
Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Michigan | Michigan State | Minnesota
Northwestern | Ohio State | Penn State | Purdue | Wisconsin 

at Penn State 31 ... Temple 6
Penn State runs over Temple in easy win
CFN Prediction: Penn State 38-6 ... Line: Penn State -29.5

Ohio State 38 ... vs. Toledo 0  (in Cleveland)
Ohio State gets Pryor going in easy win 
CFN Prediction: Ohio State 40-26 ... Line: OSU -20.5

at Michigan 45 ... Eastern Michigan 17
Michigan & Carlos Brown roll past EMU 
CFN Prediction: Michigan 34-10 ... Line: Michigan -22.5

at Wisconsin 44 ... Wofford 14
Wisconsin bumbles in blowout over Wofford 
CFN Prediction: Wisconsin 48-14 ... Line: No Line

Northern Illinois 28 ... at Purdue 21
Purdue gets stunned by Northern Illinois
CFN Prediction: Purdue 31-23 ... Line: Purdue -12.5

at Notre Dame 33 ... Michigan State 30
Michigan State misfires late in loss to Irish 
CFN Prediction: Notre Dame 34-30 ... Line: Notre Dame -11

Indiana 38 ... at Akron 21
Indiana picks off Akron to get to 3-0 
CFN Prediction: Indiana 26-20 ... Line: Indiana -4.5

at Iowa 27 ... Arizona 17
Iowa's Robinson runs well, D stuffs Arizona 
CFN Prediction: Iowa 23-16 ... Line: Iowa -4.5

California 35 ...  at Minnesota 21
Minnesota can't stop Best in loss to Cal 
CFN Prediction: California 31-21 ... Line: Cal -14

at Syracuse 37 ... Northwestern 34
Northwestern loses to Syracuse in shootout 
CFN Prediction: Northwestern 23-17 ... Line: Northwestern -4
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Big 12
North Colorado | Iowa St | Kansas | Kansas State | Missouri | Nebraska
South Baylor | Oklahoma | Oklahoma State | Texas | Texas A&M | Texas Tech

Connecticut 30 ... at Baylor 22
Baylor gets steamrolled by Connecticut 
CFN Prediction: Baylor 30-16 ... Line: Baylor -10

at Colorado 24 ... Wyoming 0
Colorado shuts down and shuts out Wyoming 
CFN Prediction: Colorado 31-16 ... Line: Colorado -7

Iowa State 34 ... at Kent State 14
Iowa State & Alexander rumble past Kent State 
CFN Prediction: Iowa State 27-17 ... Line: Iowa State -2.5

at Kansas 44 ... Duke 16
Kansas & Reesing have no problems with Duke 
CFN Prediction: Kansas 38-14 ... Line: Kansas -21

at UCLA  41 ... Kansas State 24
Kansas State can't run in loss to UCLA 
CFN Prediction: UCLA 24-10 ... Line: UCLA -11.5

at Missouri 52 ... Furman 12
Missouri's Gabbert nearly perfect in easy win 
CFN Prediction: Missouri 45-17 ... Line: No Line

at Virginia Tech 16 ... Nebraska 15
Nebraska can't stop Hokies in late loss 
CFN Prediction: Nebraska 23-20 ... Line: Virginia Tech -3.5

at Oklahoma  45 ... Tulsa 0
Oklahoma gets record day from Jones in win 
CFN Prediction: Oklahoma 40 ... Tulsa 17 ... Line: OU -15.5

at Oklahoma State 41 ... Rice 24
Oklahoma State underwhelms in win over Rice 
CFN Prediction: Oklahoma State 63-20 ... Line: OSU -31.5

at Texas 34 ... Texas Tech 24
Texas gets revenge (sort of) in win over Tech 
CFN Prediction: Texas 38-27 ... Line: Texas -16.5

at Texas A&M 38 ... Utah State 30
Texas A&M loses two stars, but finds another 
CFN Prediction: Texas A&M 40-13 ... Line: Texas A&M -17.5

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Conference USA
East  UAB | UCF | East Carolina | Marshall | Memphis | Southern Miss
West  Houston | Rice | SMU | Tulane | Tulsa | UTEP

at Oklahoma 45 ... Tulsa 0
Tulsa gets ripped up by Jones & Oklahoma 
CFN Prediction: Oklahoma 40 ... Tulsa 17 ... Line: OU -15.5

at North Carolina 31 ... East Carolina 17
East Carolina's 2nd half woes continue vs. NC 
CFN Prediction: North Carolina 23-14 ... Line: UNC -6.5

at Southern Miss 37 ... Virginia 34
Southern Miss rallies to beat Virginia 
CFN Prediction: Southern Miss 34-16 ... Line: Southern Miss -15

at Troy 27 ... UAB 14
UAB gets bombed on by Troy 
CFN Prediction: Troy 34-2 ... Line: Troy -7

at Marshall 17 ... Bowling Green 10
Marshall holds off high-powered BGSU 
CFN Prediction: Bowling Green 28-24 ... Line: Marshall -3

at Washington State 30 ... SMU 27 OT
SMU gets picked off in overtime loss to Wazzu 
CFN Prediction: SMU 35-23 ... Line: SMU -6.5

at UCF23 ... Buffalo 17
UCF stuffs Buffalo in 2nd half to get the win 
CFN Prediction: Buffalo 26-21 ... Line: UCF -4

at Oklahoma State 41 ... Rice 24
Rice battles back in loss to Oklahoma State 
CFN Prediction: Oklahoma State 62-20... Line: OSU -31.5

UTEP 38 ...  at New Mexico State 12
UTEP blows away NMSU, but passing struggles 
CFN Prediction: UTEP 35-13 ... Line: UTEP -13

at Memphis 41 ... Tenn-Martin 14
Memphis gets big game out of Bass for win 
CFN Prediction: Memphis 37-17 ... Line: No Line
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Independents 
Army | Navy | Notre Dame 

at Army 24 ... Ball State 17
Army picks off Ball State to get the win 
CFN Prediction: Army 34-20 ... Line: Army -8

at Pitt 27 ... Navy 14
Navy gets stuffed by Pitt 
CFN Prediction: Pitt 28-20 ... Line: Pitt -7

at Notre Dame 33 ... Michigan State 30
Notre Dame hangs on to get by the Spartans 
CFN Prediction: Notre Dame 34-30 ... Line: Notre Dame -11

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MAC 
East | Akron | Bowling Green | Buffalo | Kent State | Miami Univ. | Ohio | Temple
West  Ball State | Central Mich | Eastern Mich | Northern Illinois | Toledo | West Michigan  

at Penn State 31 ... Temple 6
Temple gets stopped cold by the Nittany Lions
CFN Prediction: Penn State 38-6 ... Line: Penn State -29.5

at Army 24 ... Ball State 17
Ball State gets picked off in loss to Army 
CFN Prediction: Army 34-20 ... Line: Army -8

Ohio State 38 ... vs. Toledo 0  (in Cleveland)
Toledo & Opelt get shut down by the Buckeyes 
CFN Prediction: Ohio State 40-26 ... Line: OSU -20.5
 
Northern Illinois 28 ... at Purdue 21
Northern Illinois & Meco Brown stun Purdue 
CFN Prediction: Purdue 31-23 ... Line: Purdue -12.5

at Michigan 45 ... Eastern Michigan 17
Eastern Michigan loses Schmitt in loss to UM 
CFN Prediction: Michigan 34-10 ... Line: Michigan -22.5

Indiana 38 ... at Akron 21
Akron can't overcome turnovers in loss to IU 
CFN Prediction: Indiana 26-20 ... Line: Indiana -4.5

at UCF23 ... Buffalo 17
Buffalo shut down in 2nd half loss to UCF 
CFN Prediction: Buffalo 26-21 ... Line: UCF -4

at Marshall 17 ... Bowling Green 10
Bowling Green bombs away in loss to Marshall 
CFN Prediction: Bowling Green 28-24 ... Line: Marshall -3

at Central Michigan 48 ... Alcorn State 0
Central Michigan shuts down Alcorn State 
CFN Prediction: Central Michigan 48-7 ... Line: No Line

at Western Michigan 48 ... Miami Univ. 26
Miami Univ. offense finally scores in blowout 
Western Michigan & Hiller blow away RedHawks 
CFN Prediction: Western Michigan 34-10 ... Line: WMU -17

at Ohio 28 ... Cal Poly 10
Ohio's defense shuts down Cal Poly in win 
CFN Prediction: Ohio 30 ... Cal Poly 27 ... Line: No Line

Iowa State 34 ... at Kent State 14
Kent State loses, but QB Keith plays well 
CFN Prediction: Iowa State 27-17 ... Line: Iowa State -2.5
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Mountain West
Air Force | BYU | Colorado State | New Mexico
San Diego State | TCU | UNLV | Utah | Wyoming

at Colorado 24 ... Wyoming 0
Wyoming gets no O in ugly loss to Colorado 
CFN Prediction: Colorado 31-16 ... Line: Colorado -7

at UNLV 34 ... Hawaii 33
UNLV gets late scoring pass to beat Hawaii 
CFN Prediction: UNLV 34-24 ... Line: UNLV -7

Florida State 54 ... at BYU 28
BYU gets blasted at home by faster Seminoles 
CFN Prediction: BYU 34-20 ... Line: BYU -7

at Oregon 31 ... Utah 24
Utah's 16-game winning streak stopped 
CFN Prediction: Utah 34-31 ... Line: Oregon -4.5

at Colorado State 35 ... Nevada 20
Colorado State gets to 3-0 with strong win 
CFN Prediction: Colorado State 27-24 ... Line: Nevada -3.5

at Idaho 34 ... San Diego State 20
San Diego State falls flat in loss to Idaho 
CFN Prediction: SDSU 31-23 ... Line: SDSU -3.5

at TCU 56 ... Texas State 21
TCU makes several errors in easy win over TSU 
CFN Prediction: TCU 52-0 ... Line No Line

Air Force 37 ... at New Mexico 13
- Air Force loses Jefferson in easy win 
- New Mexico sputters again on O in loss 
CFN Prediction: Air Force 38-14 ... Line: Air Force -17.5

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Pac 10
Arizona | Arizona St | California | Oregon | Oregon St | Stanford
UCLA | USC | Washington | Washington St 

at Iowa 27 ... Arizona 17
Arizona & Grigsby run wild over NAU 
CFN Prediction: Iowa 23-16 ... Line: Iowa -4.5

at Arizona State 38 ... ULM 14
Arizona State's D allows just 37 yards 
CFN Prediction: Arizona State 37-21 ... Line: ASU -18

California 35 ... at Minnesota 21
Cal gets 5 TDs from Best in win at Minnesota 
CFN Prediction: California 31-21 ... Line: Cal -14

at Oregon 31 ... Utah 24
Oregon gets big day from RB James in win 
CFN Prediction: Utah 34-31 ... Line: Oregon -4.5

Cincinnati 28 ... at Oregon State 18
Oregon State's long home streak is halted 
CFN Prediction: Cincinnati 34-28 ... Line: Oregon State -1.5

at Stanford 42 ... San Jose State 17
Stanford sacks San Jose State 6 times in win 
CFN Prediction: Stanford 31-20 ... Line: Stanford -17.5

at UCLA 23 ... Kansas State 9
UCLA & Craft get by Kansas State to go 3-0 
CFN Prediction: UCLA 24-10 ... Line: UCLA -11.5

at Washington 16 ... USC 13
- Washington shocks USC in 16-13 thriller
- USC & Corp get stunned by Washington 
CFN Prediction: USC 35-23 ... Line: USC -21

at Washington State 30 ... SMU 27 OT
Washington State comes back to win in OT 
CFN Prediction: SMU 35-23 ... Line: SMU -6.5
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SEC 
East | Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | South Carolina | Tennessee | Vanderbilt 
West Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | LSU | Ole Miss | Miss State 

at Alabama 53 ... North Texas 7
Alabama & McElroy ease past North Texas 
CFN Prediction: Alabama 41-9 ... Line: Alabama -27

Georgia 52 ... at Arkansas 41
- Arkansas bombs away in loss to Georgia 
- Georgia beats Arkansas in wild shootout 
CFN Prediction: Georgia 30-27... Line: Arkansas -1

Mississippi State 15 ... at Vanderbilt 3
- Miss State runs past Vandy in slugfest
- Vandy gets stuffed by Miss State 
CFN Prediction: Vanderbilt 23-17 ... Line: Vandy -8

at Auburn 41 ... West Virginia 30
- Auburn picks off explosive West Virginia
CFN Prediction: Auburn 31-20 ... Line: Auburn -6.5

at Florida 23 ... Tennessee 13
- Florida is all Tebow in tough win over Vols 
- Tennessee plays Florida tough in loss 
CFN Prediction: Florida 38-8 ... Line: Florida 28.5

at Kentucky 31 ... Louisville 27
- Kentucky rallies to get by the game Cardinals 
CFN Prediction: Kentucky 37-14 ... Line: UK -12.5

at LSU 31 ... Louisiana-Lafayette 3
- LSU's defense stuffs Louisiana in easy win 
CFN Prediction: LSU 27-13... Line: LSU -26

at Ole Miss 52 ... SE Louisiana 6
- Ole Miss & Snead tune up with easy win
CFN Prediction: Ole Miss 63-14... Line: No Line

at South Carolina 38 ... Florida Atlantic 16
- South Carolina's O hums for over 500 yards 
CFN Prediction: South Carolina 24-6 ... Line: USC -21
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Sun Belt
Arkansas State | Florida Atlantic | Florida International | MTSU
North Texas | Troy | UL Lafayette | UL Monroe | Western Kentucky

at Alabama 53 ... North Texas 7
North Texas gets blown away by Bama 
CFN Prediction: Alabama 41-9 ... Line: Alabama -27

at LSU 31 ... Louisiana-Lafayette 3
Louisiana gets no O in loss to LSU 
CFN Prediction: LSU 27-13... Line: LSU -26

at South Carolina 38 ... Florida Atlantic 16
Florida Atlantic can't keep pace in loss 
CFN Prediction: South Carolina 24-6 ... Line: USC -21

Middle Tennessee 32 ... at Maryland 31
Middle Tenn. beats Maryland on last second FG 
CFN Prediction: Maryland 31-21 ... Line: Maryland -6

at Troy 27 ... UAB 14
Troy & passing game bombs away on UAB 
CFN Prediction: Troy 34-24 ... Line: Troy -7

at Rutgers 23 ... FIU 15
FIU's late rally falls short vs. Rutgers 
CFN Prediction: Rutgers 35-19 ... Line: Rutgers -15

Central Arkansas 28 ... at Western Kentucky 7
WKU gets picked apart in loss to Central Ark. 
CFN Prediction: Central Arkansas 26-23 ... Line: No Line

at Arizona State 38 ... ULM 14
ULM makes too many mistakes in loss to ASU 
CFN Prediction: Arizona State 37-21 ... Line: Arizona State -18
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WAC  
Boise State | Fresno State | Hawaii | Idaho | Louisiana Tech
Nevada | New Mexico St | San Jose State | Utah State 

Friday, September 18
Boise State 51 ... at Fresno State 34
CFN Prediction: Fresno State 26-17 ... Line: Boise State -7.5

Saturday, September 19

at UNLV 34 ... Hawaii 33
- Boise State gets by Fresno State in shootout 
- Fresno St gets huge day from Mathews in loss 
CFN Prediction: UNLV 34-24 ... Line: UNLV -7

at Idaho 34 .... San Diego State 20
Idaho shuts down San Diego State in good win 
CFN Prediction: SDSU 31-23 ... Line: SDSU -3.5

at Louisiana Tech 48 ... Nicholls State 13
Louisiana Tech rolls at will over Nicholls St 
CFN Prediction: Louisiana Tech 52-10 ... Line: No Line

at Colorado State 35 ... Nevada 20
Nevada makes too many mistakes in loss 
CFN Prediction: Colorado State 27-24 ... Line: Nevada -3.5

UTEP 38 .. at New Mexico State 12
NMSU gets no offense in rout 
CFN Prediction: UTEP 35-13 ... Line: UTEP -13

at Stanford 42 ... San Jose State 17
San Jose State gets sacked by Stanford 
CFN Prediction: Stanford 31-20... Line: Stanford -17.5

at Texas A&M 38 ... Utah State 30
Utah State gets O going in loss to Texas A&M 
CFN Prediction: Texas A&M 40-13 ... Line: Texas A&M -17.5