As we go into the final regular season games of the season, we still have three undefeated teams remaining. After the dust settles on Saturday, we will have more of an idea of who still has a chance to be in the final playoff poll. But, as usual, the conference championship games will eventually finalize everything. We went an impressive 34-6 last week and are now 338-105 (76%) after twelve weeks. We missed the Lock of the Week dropping our record to 7-5 for the year. However, the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns came through and beat Liberty 42-14 and Missouri beat Florida 24-23, so both of my upset specials cashed, and that boosted my record to 12-5 in that category. Here are our win predictions in week 13 for the Top-25 and other interesting matchups. Keep in mind, these are straight up wins not involving the point spreads. With all the big rivalry games, this week is going to be difficult.
No.1 Georgia 52 Georgia Tech 7 Getting the preliminaries over before the battle with Bama.
No.2 Ohio State 35 No.6 Michigan 24 The Buckeyes score late and pull away from the Wolverines.
No.3 Alabama 42 Auburn 17 The Tide shouldn’t have much trouble in this one, but it is a rivalry game.
No.4 Cincinnati 35 East Carolina 24 This will be a nail-biter down to the last quarter before the Bearcats can put it away.
No.5 Notre Dame 42 Stanford 19 The Irish finish 11-1 and hope enough chaos happens to get them in the Final Four.
No.7 Oklahoma State 27 No.10 Oklahoma 17 The Cowboys have their best chance in years to knock off the hated Sooners.
Mississippi State 35 No.8 Mississippi 34 This might be one of the best Egg Bowls of all time.
No.9 Baylor 35 Texas Tech 14 If Oklahoma loses, the Bears will play for the Big-12 Championship next week.
No.11 Oregon 27 Oregon State 24 This edition of the Civil War will go to the Ducks on a late field goal.
Penn State 28 No.12 Michigan State 25 The Nittany Lions win a close one in East Lansing.
No.13 BYU 28 USC 24 This is an upset alert here. USC just might knock the Cougars off in this one.
No.14 Texas A&M 24 LSU 19 This is another one that has upset written all over it, but the Aggies survivre.
No.15 UTSA 31 North Texas 21 The Roadrunners make it to 12-0 going into the C-USA title game.
No.16 Utah 38 Colorado 16 The Utes will play for the PAC-12 title next week. And poor old Nebraska loses another close one.
No.17 Iowa 22 Nebraska 20 The Hawkeyes win a squeaker and their 10th game. And poor old Nebraska loses another close one.
No.18 Wisconsin 24 Minnesota 21 With this victory, the Badgers will play in the Big Ten title game.
No.19 Houston 52 UCONN 14 A warm-up game before the American Conference title game next week.
No.20 Pittsburgh 31 Syracuse 21 Another team heading for a conference title game next week.
No.21 Wake Forest 38 Boston College 31 If they win, the Deacons play Pittsburgh for the ACC championship.
Boise State 28 No.22 San Diego State 20 Another ranked team comes into the game as an underdog.
No.23 Louisiana 45 Louisiana Monroe 14 The Ragin’ Cajuns win their 11th straight game.
No.24 NC State 37 North Carolina 34 The battle for North Carolina will be a close one.
No.25 Arkansas 35 Missouri 17 The Razorbacks close out a very good 8-4 season.
BEST OF THE REST
UCF 45 South Florida 20
SMU 30 Tulsa 27
Miami 42 Duke 20
Virginia 31 Virginia Tech 26
Kentucky 35 Louisville 31
*PAPA DUDE UPSET SPECIAL* Rutgers 27 Maryland 24
Purdue 35 Indiana 17
Illinois 24 Northwestern 21
Texas 27 Kansas State 24
West Virginia 38 Kansas 27
Iowa State 34 TCU 20
Arizona State 37 Arizona 17
UCLA 37 California 23
Washington State 28 Washington 24
*PAPA DUDE UPSET SPECIAL* Florida State 31 Florida 27
Tennessee 35 Vanderbilt 20
Clemson 27 South Carolina 21
Liberty 25 Army 24
Wyoming 28 Hawaii 22
Nevada 28 Colorado State 23
Air Force 28 UNLV 17
Navy 31 Temple 14
