Spartan Shadows staff Week 4 college football picks against the spread

It’s Week 4 in college football and that means it’s time for the weekly Spartan Shadows staff pick ’em. Who are we picking?

Hey, Spartan Shadows fans, Week 3 of college football has come and gone. We had some entertaining games, some surprising upsets, and then some games that just surprisingly upset us (*cough* MSU *cough*). Now that most everyone’s non-conference schedule has wrapped up, it’s time to get into conference play.

This should give us some more entertaining games each week to dive into.

But before we do that, let’s check out the results of the Week 3 college football games.

Week 3 results

Here’s how the picks went last week:

• No. 14 LSU at Mississippi State — Line: LSU -9.5; Result: LSU cover
• No. 15 Kansas State at Missouri — Line: Kansas State -5; Result: Missouri cover
• Minnesota at No. 20 North Carolina — Line: UNC -7.5; Result: North Carolina cover
• Virginia Tech at Rutgers — Line: Rutgers -6.5; Result: Rutgers cover
• South Carolina at No. 1 Georgia — Line: Georgia -27.5; Result: South Carolina cover
• No. 11 Tennessee at Florida — Line: Tennessee -6.5; Result: Florida cover
• Bowling Green at No. 2 Michigan — Line: Michigan -40.5; Result: Bowling Green cover
• Syracuse at Purdue — Line: Syracuse -2.5; Result: Syracuse cover
• Pittsburgh at West Virginia — Line: Pitt -1; Result: West Virginia cover
• No. 8 Washington at Michigan State — Line: Washington -16.5; Result: Washington cover

For the staff picks recap: I first will have no official comment on our MSU game picks.

As far as the rest of the weekend goes, our fearless leader Connor Muldowney had a strong showing, going 7-3 overall. HopMan and MSUrecruits also went strong at 6-4. Myself and Daily hitting the .500 mark is a good sign as well. In the sports betting world, .500 is good. On the other end of the pick train, we had Max going a rough 2-8 after starting the season out hot and then Anthony and Joey going 3-7. Emmett also went 4-6 to close out our picks.

Anthony and I have a little side competition going between us and it looks like the pressure of the Cane’s Box Bet may be getting to him a bit. Look for him to have a strong week this week to make up for it.

Updated standings after Week 3

1. HopMan: 18-12
2. (Tie) Connor and Emmett: 17-13
3. (Tie) MSUrecruits and Max: 16-14
4. Chris: 15-15
5. Daily: 14-16
6. (Tie) Joey and Anthony: 13-17

Week 4 college football games

Disclaimer: All lines are as of 11:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Sept. 20 from the ESPN app and Caesars Sportsbook.

• Wisconsin at Purdue — Friday at 7 p.m. ET on FS1 (Line: Wisconsin -6)

Hop: Wisconsin
Connor: Purdue
Emmett: Wisconsin
MSUrecruits: Wisconsin
Max: 
Wisconsin
Chris: Wisconsin
Daily: Wisconsin
Joey: Purdue
Anthony: Wisconsin

• Rutgers at No. 2 Michigan — Saturday at 12 p.m. ET on BTN (Line: Michigan -24)

Hop: Michigan
Connor: Rutgers
Emmett: Michigan
MSUrecruits: Michigan
Max: Rutgers
Chris: Michigan
Daily: Michigan
Joey: Rutgers
Anthony: Rutgers

• No. 4 Florida State at Clemson — Saturday at 12 p.m. ET on ABC (Line: FSU -2.5)

Hop: Florida State
Connor: Clemson
Emmett: Florida State
MSUrecruits: Florida State
Max: Florida State
Chris: Florida State
Daily: Florida State
Joey: Clemson
Anthony: Florida State

• No. 19 Colorado at No. 10 Oregon — Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC (Line: Oregon -21)

Hop: Colorado
Connor: Oregon
Emmett: Oregon
MSUrecruits: Oregon
Max: Oregon
Chris: Oregon
Daily: Oregon
Joey: Oregon
Anthony: Colorado

• No. 22 UCLA at No. 11 Utah — Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX (Line: Utah -4.5)

Hop: UCLA
Connor: Utah
Emmett: UCLA
MSUrecruits: UCLA
Max: Utah
Chris: Utah
Daily: Utah
Joey: UCLA
Anthony: Utah

• No. 15 Ole Miss at No. 13 Alabama — Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS (Line: Alabama -7)

Hop: Ole Miss
Connor: Bama
Emmett: Bama
MSUrecruits: Ole Miss
Max: Ole Miss
Chris: Ole Miss
Daily: Bama
Joey: Ole Miss
Anthony: Ole Miss

• No. 13 Oregon State at No. 21 Washington State — Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on FOX (Line: Oregon State -3)

Hop: Oregon State
Connor: Washington State
Emmett: Washington State
MSUrecruits: Oregon State
Max: Oregon State
Chris: Washington State
Daily: Washington State
Joey: Washington State
Anthony: Oregon State

• No. 6 Ohio State at No. 9 Notre Dame — Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC (Line: OSU -3)

Hop: Ohio State
Connor: Notre Dame
Emmett: Ohio State
MSUrecruits: Notre Dame
Max: Notre Dame
Chris: Ohio State
Daily: Notre Dame
Joey: Ohio State
Anthony: Notre Dame

• No. 24 Iowa at No. 7 Penn State — Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on CBS (Line: PSU -15)

Hop: Iowa
Connor: Penn State
Emmett: Iowa
MSUrecruits: Iowa
Max: Penn State
Chris: Penn State
Daily: Penn State
Joey: Iowa
Anthony: Penn State

• Maryland at Michigan State — Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC (Line: Maryland -7.5)

Hop: Maryland
Connor: Michigan State
Emmett: Maryland
MSUrecruits: Maryland
Max: Maryland
Chris: Michigan State
Daily: Maryland
Joey: Michigan State
Anthony: Michigan State

There you have it folks. The picks are in. Looks like the staff is heavily favoring Wisconsin and Florida State so you should probably place bets for Purdue and Clemson accordingly. All joking aside, this is an excellent slate of college football games this week so enjoy it, folks.

Also, please try to come out Saturday to Spartan Stadium if you’re in the area. The players still need all the support they can get. Go Green.