College Football: Who Keeps Their BCS Hopes Alive After Week 8 Games?
After another seismic weekend on the college football landscape, this week greets a new chance for the top teams in the nation to make their case for a shot at the number one ranking and a potential trip to a BCS bowl.
In the Big Ten, Wisconsin will travel to Iowa City in a crucial conference game with the Hawkeyes as the Badgers come off the upset of Ohio State in addition to Iowa escaping Ann Arbor with a win this past weekend.
The key matchup of the game this Saturday would be the grinding Badger offense with the duo of Clay and White of Wisconsin against the imposing Iowa defense as the running game will be the key for the two programs try to keep the train rolling in 2010.
In the SEC, the Auburn Tigers will look to keep the offense rolling at an impressive pace as they did against Arkansas when the undefeated Tigers from LSU come to Auburn in a major SEC West game this Saturday.
The LSU defense will need to play extremely well this Saturday against Cam Newton and the Auburn offense that scored 65 points this past Saturday in a game where the two Tigers programs are looking for a trip to the National Championship game.
In other major games this week, the Oregon Ducks will welcome the UCLA Bruins to Eugene on Thursday along with the undefeated matchup of Big 12 rivals Oklahoma and Missouri in Columbia, Missouri on Saturday night.
With that being said, we can get to the picks for the BCS conference games this weekend for week 8…
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Atlantic Coast Conference
1 of 6
Saturday, October 23rd
Maryland at Boston College
PREDICTION: Maryland 21-14
Georgia Tech at Clemson
PREDICTION: Clemson 31-20
Eastern Michigan at Virginia
PREDICTION: Virginia 24-0
Duke at No. 25 Virginia Tech
PREDICTION: Virginia Tech 35-10
North Carolina at Miami (FL)
PREDICTION: North Carolina 30-28
Big East Conference
2 of 6
Friday, October 22nd
South Florida at Cincinnati
PREDICTION: Cincinnati 34-14
Saturday, October 23rd
Connecticut at Louisville
PREDICTION: Louisville28-17
Rutgers at Pittsburgh
PREDICTION: Pittsburgh 28-21
Syracuse at No. 20 West Virginia
PREDICTION: West Virginia 31-17
Big Ten Conference
3 of 6
Saturday, October 23rd
Penn State at Minnesota
PREDICTION: Penn State 21-14
No. 13 Wisconsin at No. 15 Iowa
PREDICTION: Iowa 31-21
Indiana at Illinois
PREDICTION: Indiana 30-20
No. 7 Michigan State at Northwestern
PREDICTION: Michigan State 35-17
Purdue at No. 10 Ohio State
PREDICTION: Ohio State 38-20
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Big 12 Conference
4 of 6
Saturday, October 23rd
Texas Tech at Colorado
PREDICTION: Texas Tech 30-7
No. 22 Kansas State at Baylor
PREDICTION: Baylor 40-35
Texas A&M at Kansas
PREDICTION: Texas A&M 31-17
No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 11 Missouri
PREDICTION: Missouri 31-28
Iowa State at No. 19 Texas
PREDICTION: Texas 28-0
No. 16 Nebraska at No. 14 Oklahoma State
PREDICTION: Nebraska 42-35
Pac-10 Conference
5 of 6
Thursday, October 21st
UCLA at No. 2 Oregon
PREDICTION: Oregon 42-21
Saturday, October 23rd
Arizona State at California
PREDICTION: California 21-17
Washington State at No. 12 Stanford
PREDICTION: Stanford 42-21
Washington at No. 18 Arizona
PREDICTION: Arizona 27-17
Southeastern Conference
6 of 6
Saturday, October 23rd
Georgia at Kentucky
PREDICTION: Georgia 31-17
UAB at No. 24 Mississippi State
PREDICTION: Mississippi State 28-13
No. 6 LSU at No. 4 Auburn
PREDICTION: Auburn 35-21
No. 21 South Carolina at Vanderbilt
PREDICTION: South Carolina 28-10
Mississippi at No. 23 Arkansas
PREDICTION: Arkansas 38-17
No. 8 Alabama at Tennessee
PREDICTION: Alabama 34-14
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