College Football Handicapping – October Bye Weeks

Evaluating Teams And The October Bye Weeks Schedule

Here is the list of college football teams with October bye weeks during the first three weekends of October, along with their opponents before and after the bye week.  In college football, this is a real benefit to the rested and prepared team and especially playing at home, so review the schedule and the post-bye situational system that is usually quite strong.

This is another piece to add to your handicapping arsenal, but know that you still must evaluate the motivation, match-ups, injuries, statistical profiles and betting lines before you blindly bet on these rested teams off a bye.

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2015 Bye Week Schedule – Early October

Note that the following teams play Saturday, Oct. 3 off a bye last week:

Washington State, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Iowa State, Florida State, Clemson, Miami, FL, Pittsburgh, Temple, South Florida (USF), Tulane, Tulsa, Utah State, Air Force, New Mexico State, Troy, Georgia State

 

Bye	Team	Conference	Pre Bye	Post Bye	Notes
October 3	Rutgers	Big Ten	Kansas	Michigan State	Lost to MSU LY 45-3
	USC	Pac-12	at Arizona State	Washington	First meeting since 2012
	Utah	Pac-12	at Oregon	California	Homecoming
	Washington	Pac-12	California	at USC	1st meeting vs former coach Sark
	Oregon State	Pac-12	Stanford	at Arizona
	Syracuse	ACC	LSU	at USF
	Virginia	ACC	Boise State	at Pittsburgh	Beat Pitt LY 24-19
	W. Michigan	MAC	at Ohio State	Central Michigan
	Florida Atlantic	Conf USA	at Charlotte	Rice
	Texas State	Sun Belt	At Houston	at UL Lafayette	Lost to ULL last yr 34-10
October 10	Auburn	SEC	San Jose State	at Kentucky	8-straight wins in Lexington
	Texas A&M	SEC	Mississippi State	Alabama	59-0 shutout revenge LY
	Kentucky	SEC	Eastern Kentucky	Auburn	Thursday
	Vanderbilt	SEC	at MTSU	at South Carolina	Lost to SC last year 48-34
	UCLA	Pac-12	Arizona State	at Stanford	Thursday
	Stanford	Pac-12	Arizona	UCLA	7-straight wins vs UCLA
	Louisville	ACC	at NC State	at Florida State	Blew 21-0 lead vs No. 1 FSU LY
	North Carolina	ACC	at Georgia Tech	Wake Forest
	Cincinnati	AAC	Miami	at BYU	First ever meeting
	Memphis	AAC	at USF	Mississippi	Lost to Ole Miss LY 24-3
	Buffalo	MAC	Bowling Green	at C. Michigan	Lost to CMU last yr 20-14
	Old Dominion	Conf USA	at Marshall	Charlotte	First ever meeting
	Charlotte	Conf USA	Temple	At Old Dominion	First ever meeting
	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	at ULM	New Mexico St	Homecoming, won LY 34-17
	Idaho	Sun Belt	at Arkansas St	at Troy	Lost to Troy LY 34-17
October 17	Arkansas	SEC	at Alabama	Auburn	Lost to Auburn LY 45-21
	Tennessee	SEC	Georgia	at Alabama	Lost to ‘Bama LY 34-20
	Maryland	Big Ten	at Ohio State	Penn State	Neutral Field, Won LY 20-19
	Illinois	Big Ten	at Ohio State	Wisconsin	Homecoming, Lost LY 38-28
	California	Pac-12	at Utah	at UCLA	Thurs, lost to UCLA LY 36-34
	Oklahoma State	Big 12	at West Virginia	Kansas	Won LY 27-20
	Texas	Big 12	Oklahoma	Kansas State	23-0 shutout revenge vs K-State
	NC State	ACC	at Virginia Tech	at Wake Forest	Won LY 47-13
	Duke	ACC	at Army	at Virginia Tech	Lost to VT last yr 17-16
	SMU	AAC	at Houston	at USF	Lost to USF last yr 14=13
	Rice	Conf USA	at FL Atlantic	Army	Won LY 41-21
	UTEP	Conf USA	at FIU	Florida Atlantic
	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Arkansas State	at Texas State	Won LY 24-20