College Football Picks Week 12: Odds, Score Predictions for Top 25 Teams
Time is running out in the 2015 college football regular season. As teams prepare for Week 12, conference championship and bowl season is just around the corner, and for some, moves still have to be made if they have any hope to compete for a national championship.
Here are the current College Football Playoff rankings:
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The Top Five teams in the newest edition of the committee's rankings stayed the same after Week 11's matchups, but there are some big games left to finish off the regular season that could adversely affect the championship landscape.
Let's take a look at the upcoming schedule and predictions for the Top 25 teams in college football, with odds courtesy of OddsShark.com:
| No. 21 Memphis at Temple | 12 p.m. | MEM -1.5 | Temple wins 30-24 |
| Florida Atlantic at No. 8 Florida | 12 p.m. | UF -31 | Florida wins 48-14 |
| No. 17 North Carolina at Virginia | 12 p.m. | UNC -7.5 | UNC wins 38-21 |
| Purdue at No. 5 Iowa | 12 p.m. | IOWA -17 | Iowa wins 34-10 |
| No. 12 Michigan at Penn State | 12 p.m. | UM -5 | Michigan wins 28-27 |
| Chattanooga at No. 14 Florida State | 3 p.m. | FSU -30.5 | FSU wins 55-16 |
| No. 19 Houston at UConn | 3:30 p.m. | N/A | Houston wins 35-20 |
| No. 15 LSU at No. 22 Ole Miss | 3:30 p.m. | MISS -4.5 | LSU wins 31-28 |
| Wake Forest at No. 1 Clemson | 3:30 p.m. | CLEM -29 | Clemson wins 49-10 |
| No. 24 USC at No. 23 Oregon | 3:30 p.m. | OU -2.5 | Oregon wins 42-37 |
| UCLA at No. 13 Utah | 3:30 p.m. | UCLA -2 | Utah wins 34-31 |
| No. 20 Northwestern at No. 25 Wisconsin | 3:30 p.m. | WIS -10.5 | Wisconsin wins 21-17 |
| No. 9 Michigan St. at No. 3 Ohio St. | 3:30 p.m. | OSU -13 | Ohio State wins 28-21 |
| Charleston Southern at No. 2 Alabama | 4 p.m. | BAMA -38.5 | Alabama wins 63-7 |
| No. 16 Navy at Tulsa | 7 p.m. | NAVY -9.5 | Navy wins 43-28 |
| Boston College at No. 4 Note Dame | 7:30 p.m. | ND -16 | Notre Dame wins 38-14 |
| No. 10 Baylor at No. 6 Oklahoma St. | 7:30 p.m. | Even | Oklahoma St. wins 56-49 |
| No. 18 TCU at No. 7 Oklahoma | 8 p.m. | N/A | Oklahoma wins 42-40 |
| California at No. 11 Stanford | 10:30 p.m. | STAN -12.5 | Stanford wins 34-20 |
| Colorado at No. 24 Washington St. | 10:45 p.m. | WSU -15.5 | Washington St. wins 31-24 |
Game of the Week
No. 10 Baylor at No. 6 Oklahoma State
This is just one of three gargantuan matchups that will play out in the Big 12 over the next two weeks. While Baylor and Oklahoma State battle it out on Saturday, No. 7 Oklahoma battles No. 18 TCU.
If both Oklahoman teams win, then the Bedlam rivalry will be exactly that on Nov. 28, because the winner of that game should get a spot in the CFP.
No matter the outcome, this game is going to be an absolute shootout with Baylor averaging 54.8 points per game and Oklahoma State averaging 43.6.
While Baylor has one of the best offenses in the nation, putting up over 630 yards per game, the Bears are beatable, especially when playing a team that can score while playing some defense (see Week 11 against Oklahoma).
To make matters worse for Baylor, backup quarterback-turned-starter Jarrett Stidham is uncertain to play on Saturday after injuring his back against Oklahoma. If he is unable to go, Baylor's next option is sophomore Chris Johnson, hardly the starting quarterback the Bears want going into such a big game.
Both teams are giving up over 24 points per game, but Baylor's unclear quarterback situation is why I'm picking Oklahoma State.
Prediction: Oklahoma State defeats Baylor 56-49
Stats courtesy of ESPN.com.
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