Curt Cignetti's No. 6 Indiana Hoosiers (5-0) are heading west, bringing one of the most exciting offenses in college football. But waiting for them are Matt Rhule's Nebraska Cornhuskers (also 5-0), a team that's found new life this season. Nebraska's defense is relentless, its running game pounces on every opening and dual-threat quarterback Anthony Colandrea keeps things steady and mistake-free.
Oddsmakers favor the visiting Hoosiers by more than a touchdown, but with more than 85,000 fans turning the stadium into a roaring sea of red, this isn't your average Big Ten game. Everything is on the line in this high-pressure midseason showdown, one that will reveal which team truly belongs in the national conversation and whether the home underdog can pull off a signature upset.
This week, I have two highly profitable long-term systems to share, one that has landed on the Indiana-Nebraska game and another that has a strong pick for Saturday that feels almost too good to pass up. Both systems have produced a selection, which is rated on a confidence scale from 0 to 5, where 5 means the highest level of confidence. I will also share my model's projection, which is a completely separate predictive metric. When my model and the system agree, that selection is more likely to bring home cash. (No betting approach is perfect, so please bet responsibly.) A confidence level of 0 means I like the other side.
(Below, Hochman, who has hit 59% of his against-the-spread college football selections since the start of the 2021 season, shares his systems, model predictions and two plays for Week 6.)
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