I was going to be out of town this weekend in New York, so I was not writing, but with a Nor’Eastern blowing through the City this weekend, it gives me a chance to predict the games.

I was hopeful I would be spending the weekend with my daughters and son-in-law and doing some fun stuff including going to the Giants-Titans game on Sunday. But such is life. And there is a lot of stellar college football this weekend, so I’ll post the scores without much elaboration as I wasn’t expecting to be writing this. I’ll have a lot more elaboration in week 5 and going forward.

Here are this weekend’s predictions.

Last Week: SU: 13-5, Overall, 52-12, 81%. ATS: 12-6, 33-31, 52%. O/U: 7-11, 35-29, 55%.

All times Central and all games Saturday.

South Carolina (2-1) @ No.8 Alabama (3-0)

Bryant-Denny, 6 P. M. ESPN

Bama by 12 1/2, 54 1/2

Crimson Tide 38, South Carolina 28

Vanderbilt (3-0) @ Auburn (2-1)

Jordan-Hare

3:15 P.M., SEC Network

AU by 9 1/2, 55 1/2

Vanderbilt 28, Auburn 27

No.1 Texas (3-0) @ No. 14 Tennessee (3-0)

Neyland Stadium, Knoxville

11 A.M., ABC

Texas by 4 1/2, 54 1/2

Texas 31, Tennessee 27

No.4 Ole Miss (4-0) @ No.21 Florida (3-0)

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville

2:30 P.M., ABC

Florida by 3 1/2, 59 1/2

Ole Miss 34, Florida 30

Oklahoma (2-1) @ No. 2 Georgia (3-0)

Sanford Stadium, Athens

2:30 P.M., ESPN

Dawgs by 13 1/2, 44 1/2

Georgia 31, Oklahoma 14

No.23 Texas A&M (2-1) @ No. 10 LSU (2-1)

Tiger Stadium, Baaton Rouge

6:30 P.M., ABC

L-S-U by 8 1/2, 52 1/2

LSU 31, A&M 21

No.19 Missouri (3-0) @ No.24 Mississippi State (3-0)

Davis Wade Stadium, Starkvegas

6:45 P.M. S-E-C Network

Mississippi State by 6 1/2, 58 1/2

Mississippi State 31, Mizzou 28

South Alabama (2-1) @ Kentucky (2-1)

Kroger Field, Lexington

11:45 A.M., SEC Network

KY by 20 1/2, 54 1/2

Kentucky 34, South AL. 17

Tulsa (3-0) @ Arkansas (1-2)

Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville

7 P.M., SECN+

Hogs by 6 1/2, 50 1/2

Arkansas 27, Tulsa 23

Key National Game this week

No.20 Oregon (2-1) @ No.12 USC (3-0)

Los Angeles Memorial Stadium

6:30 P.M., NBC

Oregon by 3 1/2, 61 1/2

Oregon 35, USC 31

No.3 Notre Dame (3-0) @ Purdue (1-2)

Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

1 P.M., Peacock

Fighting Irish by 27 1/2, 57 1/2

Notre Dame 42, Purdue 20

Tonight

Northwestern (2-0) @ No.5 Indiana (3-0)

Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN.

7, FOX

Indiana by 20 1/2, 49 1/2

Indiana 35, Northwestern 17

Saturday again for the rest of the games

Illinois (2-1) @ No.7 Ohio State

Ohio Stadium, Columbus

11 A.M. FOX

Ohio State by 27 1/2, 54 1/2

Ohio State 42, Illinois 17

No. 17 Iowa (3-0) @ No. 18 Michigan (3-0)

Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor

2:30 P.M., CBS

Michigan by 5 1/2, 38 1/2

Michigan 20, Iowa 17

Wake Forest (2-1) @ No. 16 Louisville (2-1)

L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, Louisville

11 A.M., ESPN

Louisville by 12 1/2, 57 1/2

Louisville 28, Wake 24

No.15 Utah (3-0) @ Iowa State (2-1)

Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa

2:30 P.M., FOX

Utah by 8 1/2, 47 1/2

Utah 27, Iowa State 24

Wisconsin (2-1) @ No.13 Penn State (3-0)

Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA.

4 P.M., Peacock

Penn State by 9 1/2, 43 1/2

Penn State 28, Wisconsin 17

Central Michigan (2-1) @ No.6 Miami (3-0)

Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL.

5:30 P.M., CW Network

Miami by 41 1/2, 54 1/2

Miami 51, Central Michigan 7