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College football odds, picks, predictions for Week 2, 2022: Proven simulation backing Pittsburgh, Iowa State

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No. 16 Arkansas opened its season with an impressive win over then-No. 23 Cincinnati last week, but the Razorbacks will have to back up that performance when they host South Carolina on Saturday afternoon during the Week 2 college football schedule. South Carolina got off to a strong start of its own, easily covering the 12.5-point spread in a 35-14 win over Georgia State. The Gamecocks have won the past three meetings against Arkansas, but the Razorbacks hold a 13-10 edge in the all-time series. Caesars Sportsbook has Arkansas listed as an 8.5-point favorite in the latest Week 2 college football odds.

Another SEC showdown in Week 2 pits No. 12 Florida vs. No. 20 Kentucky on Saturday night. The Gators are 5.5-point home favorites in the Week 2 college football spreads, but which team should you back with your Week 2 college football bets? Before locking in any Week 2 college football picks for those games or others, be sure to see the latest college football predictions from SportsLine’s advanced computer model.

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every FBS college football game 10,000 times. Over the past six-plus years, the proprietary computer model has generated a stunning profit of almost $3,500 for $100 players on its top-rated college football picks against the spread. It enters Week 2 of the 2022 college football season on a 48-37 run on all top-rated college football spread and money-line picks that dates back to 2021. Anyone who has followed it has seen huge returns.

Now, it has turned its attention to the latest Week 2 college football odds from Caesars and locked in picks for every FBS matchup. Head here to see every pick.

Top college football predictions for Week 2

One of the college picks the model is high on in Week 2: The Pittsburgh Panthers (+6) stay within the spread against the Tennessee Volunteers in a 3:30 p.m. ET matchup at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh. Tennessee cruised to a 59-10 win over Ball State last week, but Pittsburgh picked up a win over a quality opponent with its 38-31

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Here’s how much money Iowa City Council candidates raised, spent

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Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague outraised the other three candidates for City Council, garnering support from his constituents, family members, fellow elected officials and labor organizations ahead of Tuesday’s election.

The Iowa City Council money race is coming into focus as Election Day draws near. All four candidates submitted campaign finance disclosures to the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board’s web reporting system showing how much they raised and spent.

Teague brought in $7,842 from 100 total donors. Megan Alter, another candidate for one of the two at-large seats on the City Council, raised $6,915 from 102 donors. The third at-large candidate, Jason Glass, raised $3,865 from 50 donors. Shawn Harmsen, who is running unopposed for the District B seat, raised $6,259 from 106 donations.

“I think that people really wanted to ensure that the campaign that I was running for this community had some resources,” Teague said.

Like the other candidates, much of Teague’s money went toward expenses like mailers, campaign signs, office supplies and advertising.

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Teague and Glass spend their own money on campaign

While Teague outraised the other candidates, Glass ended up spending more than all of his opponents combined.

In total, Glass spent $650 of the money he fundraised for his campaign, but also chose to finance campaign costs early on with $22,334 of his own cash. By comparison, Teague, Alter and Harmsen only spent $17,217 combined.

Jason Glass poses for a photo, Monday, May 3, 2021, in Iowa City, Iowa.

Glass said campaign startup costs like website creation and design, logo design and advertising, were costs he chose to take on himself. He said he didn’t focus on fundraising during his campaign, but rather reached out in-person and online to potential voters.

“I wanted to make sure I had quality materials and quality web presence and spent what I needed to in order to reasonably do that,” he said. “I am very pleased with the quality of my website, my materials, my Facebook and my logo and yard signs.”

Glass’s disclosure said he spent $6,397 on web fees and $4,627 on printing costs for mailers, among other campaign costs.

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