College Football Picks: Week 13

Traditionally, these final two weeks are consistently the hardest to predict.  With rivalry games, the pressure of BCS Bowl bids, and the desire to become bowl eligible.  Nevertheless, here are my best guesses at how this week turn out.  * marks games with high confidence/

Top 25:

Arkansas +12 over LSU – I have a good feeling about how well Arkansas will play in this game.  The question for me is with Arkansas’ defense and if they can slow down LSU’s offense.  I think Arkansas scores 17 pts in this game, let see if their defense can hold them.  My pick here is for LSU to win the game.

*Auburn +21 over Alabama – With the entire country behind them, Auburn comes out fighting.   I am not sold on Alabama’s offense and think they struggle in this game.  Alabama wins it in the end.

Stanford -7 over Notre Dame – Notre Dame is tied for 116^th in turnover margin and this game is at Stanford.  I don’t see an upset happening here.

Clemson +4 over South Carolina – Ever since losing Marcus Lattimore South Carolina has struggled offensively.   I think that Clemson is tired of all the turnovers and comes out firing in this game.  Clemson wins this one on the road.

Georgia -5.5 over Georgia Tech – Georgia has the #2 rush defense in the country and Aaron Murray is on fire right now.    They slow down GT triple option and win by 7 in Atlanta.

*Penn State +15 over Wisconsin – Penn State’s defense is good enough to hold Wisconsin’s offense in check and not let this game get out of hand.  Wisconsin wins at home but its closer than expected. 

ACC:

Boston College +14 over Miami – Boston College’s defense isn’t that bad and Miami has struggle lately on Offense.  Miami still wins but BC keeps it closer than the 2 TDs.

NC State -11.5 over Maryland – I’ve been saying this for the past few weeks.  Maryland is BAD! NC State looked great last week and needs to win this one for a bowl birth.  They will also be looking for revenge from last year’s loss, which kept NC State out of the ACC Championship Game. 

*Virginia Tech – 4 over Virginia – ONLY 4 POINTS!! Come on! VT wins this one by 14. 

*Duke + 13 over UNC – UNC wins this one, but Duke isn’t the Duke of years past and will keep this one very close.  UNC wins this one late.

Wake Forest -1.5 over Vanderbilt – Vandy hasn’t won a game against a decent team all year, and while Wake isn’t great, they are quite good and very well coached.  I’ll take Wake in this toss up. 

*Florida State -1 over Florida – Florida has struggled with quality competition all year and was even down by 15 to Furman in the first half last week.

Big 12:

Iowa St + 28.5 over Oklahoma – Coming off of their win over OSU and a three game winning streak the Cyclones have figured some things out and will make this game closer than 4 TDs.  Oklahoma still wins.

Missouri -24 over Kansas – Kansas looked awful last week and it won’t get any easier this week.  Mizzou wins big.

Baylor -13 over Texas Tech – Baylor doesn’t have a hangover after their win over Oklahoma.  RG3 will lead his team and prove that he is a viable Heisman candidate with this win.