Week 12 College Football Projections: Scores From Every Game

Week 12 NCAA Projections

Scores and standings for every team

By Paul Bessire, WhatIfSports.com

August 22nd, 2008

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Today we preview Week 12.

Game of the Week: Notre Dame 30 (6-4) @ Navy (5-5) 23
This may not be a match-up of elite teams, but it is an interesting game (and more people will read this story if we feature it). For now, it appears as though these teams are headed in opposite directions.

Notre Dame has a great amount of football talent and appears headed for a bowl in 2008. Navy will still probably make a bowl because of its tie-ins (and that it is better than Army), but the team will not be quite as good this year without Paul Johnson running the show.

The Irish try to start another 44-year win streak over Navy by winning 77 percent of the time and by an average score of 30-23. 

Week 12 Scores for Every FBS Game

Matchup	Home Win%	Avg Score
Minn. @ Wisconsin	95	17-35
Duke @ Clemson	95	8-36
San Jose State @ Nevada	95	17-33
Washington St. @ Arizona St.	91.8	17-37
Mississippi State @ Alabama	91.8	10-28
New Mexico State @ Fresno State	91.8	19-38
S. Carolina @ Florida	88.5	19-36
Northwestern @ Michigan	85.2	18-36
Vanderbilt @ Kentucky	85.2	8-28
LA-Laf @ Florida Atlantic	85.2	20-38
LA-Monroe @ Mississippi	82	20-33
Utah State @ Louisiana Tech	75.4	12-27
Boston College @ Florida State	73.8	14-24
Toledo @ W. Michigan	73.8	19-30
Rutgers @ South Florida	67.2	22-34
Indiana @ Penn State	63.9	24-30
Tulsa @ Houston	63.9	29-38
Nebraska @ Kansas State	60.7	26-36
UAB @ Tulane	60.7	18-28
Arizona @ Oregon	52.5	22-30
North Carolina @ Maryland	49.2	29-34
Cincinnati @ Louisville	49.2	35-34
Mid Tenn @ Western Kentucky	49.2	21-20
SMU @ UTEP	45.9	29-28
Ball State @ Miami (OH)	42.6	27-26
California @ Oregon State	37.7	26-20
Texas @ Kansas	34.4	37-34
Purdue @ Iowa	29.5	27-20
Temple @ Kent St.	27.9	23-19
Texas A&M @ Baylor	26.2	33-27
Buffalo @ Akron	26.2	26-18
Oklahoma State @ Colorado	24.6	37-30
Notre Dame @ Navy	23	30-24
East Carolina @ S. Miss	21.3	31-22
New Mexico @ Colorado St.	21.3	25-17
UCLA @ Washington	19.7	33-25
Brigham Young @ Air Force	18	36-26
C. Michigan @ Northern Illinois	16.4	35-25
Wyoming @ UNLV	9.8	28-17
Virginia Tech @ Miami (FL)	8.2	24-12
Connecticut @ Syracuse	8.2	33-16
UCF @ Marshall	8.2	31-15
Boise State @ Idaho	8.2	33-18
Ohio State @ Illinois	5	36-12
WF @ NC St.	5	34-8
Georgia @ Auburn	5	33-10
Missouri @ Iowa State	5	36-11
Utah @ San Diego State	5	37-8
USC @ Stanford	5	36-7

Updated FBS Standings through Week 12

Conference	Team	Abs Record	Exp Record
Atlantic Coast	Clemson	10 - 0	9 - 1