College Football Week 12 Picks and Odds

College Football Week 12 Picks and Odds: Better known for its rivaly games, college football week 12 odds week is upon us but there is something lacking from the traditional build up preceding the week. You know things are amiss when Ohio State heads to Ann Arbor to play its annual hate game with Michigan, and is a near two touchdown favorite. Also this week we have the nations No. 8  ranked BCS team, LSU, travelling to play unranked Ole Miss and getting four points as a road dog. Actually, Week 12 should be labeled 'Rivalry Week Part 1' as many of the traditional games are strung out over the next couple of weeks.

As you have probably noticed for college football odds week 12, the Ohio State/Michigan game is no big deal in 2009. The BIG TEN championship usually hangs on the winner of this game. Well, the Buckeyes have already clinched the conference championship via their win over Iowa in Week 11 while the Wolverines will not go bowling at all unless they beat the Buckeyes. There is the slight hint of a trap for OSU providing they don't take the Maize and Blue seriously.

Only one head-to-head top-25 BCS matchup is featured this week and we head way out west to the Pac-10 in order to find it with No. 25 California visiting No.17 Stanford. While this rivalry does not get the national attention as does Ohio State/Michigan, it is no less intense. Both teams have plenty to play for in this one. Cal is trying to overcome injury and other set backs to strenghten its bowl position while Stanford still has an outside shot of winning a share of the Pac 10 title. Both teams are coming off wins last weekend, as Stanford defeated previously 11th-ranked USC, 55-21 while Cal scored a 24-16 victory over Arizona. The Cardinal have won three straight but have dropped six out of the last seven games to Cal.

Other Pac-10 action drawing national interest has Oregon, currently in the conference drivers seat, heading down to Tucson, Ariz., to play the Arizona Wildcats. This game has trap written all over it if Arizona can catch the Ducks looking ahead to their civil war battle with Oregon State in two weeks. The Ducks are lined as -6 point road favorites here.

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