The most recent slate of the college football season saw a few surprising results that tripped up the betting experts.

Mississippi State and South Florida were two unranked schools who pulled off upsets against ranked opponents. Georgia prevailed, but failed to cover versus Austin Peay. And in a matchup of Top 25 teams, 3.5-point favorite Oklahoma won by 11 at home over Michigan.

While some bettors struggled in Week 2, others are off to quite a strong start this college football season. Visit our Expert Picks tracker for the latest standings and upcoming picks.

Top 5 College Football Bettors - Moneyline / Straight Up

Pickwatch monitors Experts across the world and tracks their picks. Here are the Pickwatch Experts who are seeing the board best so far this season with Moneyline / Straight Up picks (ranked by profit):

1. Joel Lawless

Record: 35-6 (85.4%)
Profit: +$552
Organization: Belly Up Sports
X: @JoelFlawless
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Lawless went 20-4 to bolster his top spot for the season. Like many, he was on the wrong side of the South Florida-Florida and Baylor-SMU results last week. But unlike most, Lawless correctly called victories for Mississippi State and UNLV at plus odds.

2. Clucko the Chicken

Record: 14-11 (56%)
Profit: +$391
Organization: College Football News (CFN)
X: N/A
Pickwatch Expert Page

This rise near the top of the list for Clucko the Chicken can be attributed to the success of the South Florida Bulls. Taking them at +615 odds, their victory over the Gators netted this expert $308. Other wins over the year include taking Mississippi State over Arizona State in Week 2 and Florida State over Alabama in Week 1.

3. Lia Assimakopoulos

Record: 21-5 (80.8%)
Profit: +$329
Organization: Dallas Morning News
X: @Lassimak
Pickwatch Expert Page

An 86.7% success rate last week included a big $295 win with Army at +590 on the road over Kansas State. Baylor and Oklahoma were her only losses. Lia’s best victory of Week 1 came when Miami made a late comeback to defeat Notre Dame, which netted her $63.

4. Tom Fornelli

Record: 41-5 (89.1%)
Profit: +$301
Organization: CBS Sports
X: @TomFornelli
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Fornelli has projected more games than the others on this list and is enjoying a better win percentage too. He hit on 20 of 23 in Week 2. Only the Gators, SMU, and Iowa let him down. A big Week 1 boost came with LSU’s 17-10 road win at Clemson which earned Fornelli $75.

5. Jordan Mendoza

Record: 20-6 (76.9%)
Profit: +$300
Organization: USA Today
X: @jordan_mendoza5
Pickwatch Expert Page

It was quite the comeback for Mendoza. Recovering from down $71 following Week 1, he made his most significant gains correctly choosing South Florida, Baylor, Oklahoma, and Iowa State.

Top 5 College Football Bettors - Against the Spread (ATS)

Here are the Experts with the most profit so far this season with Point Spread picks:

1. Joel Lawless

Record: 21-7 (75%)
Profit: +$604
Organization: Belly Up Sports
X: @JoelFlawless
Pickwatch Expert Page

His tremendous success was not limited to the moneyline. After going perfect in Week 1, Lawless has seen an even larger profit on ATS bets behind wagers like South Florida covering at +18.5 and Iowa just getting under the +3.5 and losing to its in-state rival by a field goal.

T2. Ryan Kramer

Record: 17-9 (65.4%)
Profit: +$323
Organization: Sports Gambling Podcast Network
X: @KramerCentric
Pickwatch Expert Page

There are no particular winnings that stand out. Kramer is showing tremendous consistency in his picks thus far. He hit on the upsets by South Florida and Mississippi State as well as correctly projecting a close game between Ole Miss and 10.5-point underdog Kentucky.

T2. OddsTrader

Record: 28-19 (59.6%)
Profit: +$323
Organization: OddsTrader
X: @OddsTrader_
Pickwatch Expert Page

It was a slightly worse week relative to the first. After starting out with wins in 13 of the first 20, OddsTracker was slightly over the .500 with setbacks in the Oklahoma State-Oregon matchup as well as Oklahoma-Michigan. Nevertheless, it’s been a steady start that has this expert near the top.

4. Ryan McIntyre

Record: 30-21 (58.8%)
Profit: +$314
Organization: Sports Gambling Podcast Network
X: @Moneyline_Mac
Pickwatch Expert Page

Thanks to narrow victories on Delaware getting 24.5 at Colorado (ultimately losing by 24) and Syracuse at -6.5 winning by seven against visiting UConn, McIntyre is another expert who has been stable in the early going of the season.

5. Doug Reid

Record: 18-11 (62.1%)
Profit: +$268
Organization: SportsEthos
X: @Doug_Reid34
Pickwatch Expert Page

Teams like Ohio State, Tennessee, and Nevada (covering the 44.5 at Penn State) came through for Reid in Week 1. Then it was schools like Army (getting 17.5 at Kansas State), BYU (-17.5 hosting Stanford), and Mississippi State giving him an even better Week 2.

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