Every summer since 2007 I have created an intricate set of college football predictions for each upcoming season.  This year is no exception, as I will be using my blog over the next few hours to publish my 17th annual college football preview guide which will contain 18 entries in all. Over the past seven seasons, I have made my college football offseason more expansive by predicting the outcome of every single game that is played by every FBS team over the course of the upcoming season.  I obviously sprinkle a few upsets in there when favored teams matchup poorly with inferior opponents or play them at inopportune times.  Last season, I picked 7 correct upsets including Miami-OH over Northwestern, Kansas over Iowa State, and West Virginia over Oklahoma. This year’s upset picks are listed below in chronological order, and the ten upset picks that will be the most impactful to the college football playoff picture are marked in bold.  Also, the (H), (A), and (N) monikers written on each line represents whether or not the the team pulling off the upset is playing the game at home, away from home, or at a neutral site. This year I have included my reasons why each upset is going to happen in parentheses next to each pick.

	Preseason Upset Picks of the Year
1	St. Francis (A) over Western Michigan- Aug 31 (Early season rust for the Brocons)
2	Hawaii (H) over Stanford- Sept 1 (bad spot, positional matchups)
3	Fresno State (A) over Purdue- Sept 2 (positional matchups, bad spot)
4	Colorado State (A) over Washington State- Sept 2 (positional matchups, bad spot)
5	Coastal Carolina (A) over UCLA- Sept 2 (early season rust for the Bruins, positional matchups)
6	San Jose State (H) over Oregon State- Sept 3 (positional matchups, bad spot, location of matchup)
7	Texas Tech (H) over Oregon- Sept 9 (positional matchups, home field)
8	Miami-OH (A) over Cincinnati- Sept 16 (positional matchups, time of year)
9	Marshall (H) over Virginia Tech (Sept. 23)- bad spot for VT
10	SMU (A) over TCU- Sept 23 (series dominated by road team, more experienced roster)
11	Memphis (N) over Missouri- Sept 23 (positional matchups)
12	Arizona (H) over Washington- Sept 30 (positional matchups, bad spot, Wildcats always play the Huskies well)
13	William & Mary (A) over Virginia- Oct 7 (bad matchup, bad spot for the Cavs)
14	Missouri (H) over LSU- Oct 7 (bad spot for Tigers, positional matchups)
15	Rutgers (H) over Michigan State- Oct 14 (positional matchups, Rutgers almost got them last year)
16	Kentucky (H) over Tennessee- Oct 28 (positional matchups, bad spot for the Vols)
17	Kansas (H) over Oklahoma- Oct 28 (perfect trap game for the Sooners)
18	NC State (H) over Clemson- Oct 28 (positional matchups, trap game for the Tigers)
19	Cal (H) over USC- Oct 28 (Bears played Trojans well the last two years, trap game, positional matchups)
20	Pitt (H) over FSU- Nov. 4 (positional matchups, trap game, historically good results)
21	Holy Cross (A) over Army- Nov 11 (bad spot)
22	Iowa State (H) over Texas- Nov 18 (positional matchups, bad spot)
23	Maryland (H) over Michigan- Nov 18 (positional matchups, trap game, Terps almost got them last year)
24	BC (H) over MIami-FL- Nov 24 (positional matchups, bad spot for the Canes)
25	Auburn (H) over Alabama- Nov 25 (historical struggles for Bama in Jordan-Hare and against Freeze)