NCAA week 12 picks

A 4-1 week picking Big Ten games last week, putting me at 30-6 on the season as we head into the stretch drive final two weeks. I continue to not be quite as good outside the Big Ten, going 3-2 last week for a 21-16 overall record.

Northwestern at Michigan St: Pick: Michigan St
Iowa at Michigan: Pick: Michigan
Indiana at Penn St: Pick: Penn St
Minnesota at Nebraska: Pick: Nebraska
Ohio st at Wisconsin: Pick: Wisconsin
Purdue at Illinois: Pick: Purdue

Outside the Big Ten
Stanford at Oregon: Pick: Oregon
Oklahoma at West Virginia: Pick: Oklahoma
USC at UCLA: Pick: USC
Texas Tech at Oklahoma st: Pick: Oklahoma St
Rutgers at Cincinatti: Pick: Cincinatti

Big Ten standings: Theres really not to much to be decided anymore with two weeks left, this is one of the more anticlimactic races down the stretch in recent memory. The Badgers clinched their ticket to indy yesterday, while the Cornhuskers and Wolverines are tied, but Nebraska holds the tiebreaker and Michigan still has to go to Ohio st, a likely loss. Put those two factors together and I think its 99.9% likely Nebraska will be the champions of their division. Iowa and Northwestern officially eliminated themselves yesterday, both losing games at the last minute they should have won.

Leaders Division
1. Nebraska (5-1)
2. Michigan (5-1)
3. Northwestern (3-3) E
4. Iowa (2-4) E
5. Minnesota (2-4) E
6. Michigan st (2-4) E

Nebraska is ahead of Michigan in terms of head to head tiebreaker, same for Iowa over Minnesota, and Minnesota is ahead of Michigan st because of one more overall win. Who would have thought Michigan st would be dead last in this division?

Leaders division
1. Wisconsin (4-2) *
2. Indiana (2-4) E
3. Purdue (1-5) E
4. Illinois (0-6) E