NCAA Week 14 picks

Here we are, the 14th and final week of the college football season before the bowl games. Of the six major sports seasons (MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA, NCAA Basketball, NCAA Football) the college football season is probably the one I enjoy the most as a whole. Being able to sit down every Saturday and watch football from noon to past midnight during the fall is amazing to me. I enjoy it more than the NFL because theres more than sixteen games a week, and every games means more. I enjoy watching the conference races take shape, and I enjoy the amazing atmospheres college games provide. As the final week approaches I am a tad gloomy, but the final week promises to pack quite a punch in its own right. I went a perfect 6-0 in Big ten games this year, now standing at 40-8 on the season. I went a less impressive 6-6 outside the Big Ten, now standing at 29-25 in those games.

Big ten championship Game: Nebraska Vs Wisconsin: The winner of this games goes to the Rose Bowl, and despite a not to stellar season, the Badgers still have a chance for history this week. In the 116 year history of the Big ten, only once has a team won three straight conference championships, Ohio State when they won five in a row in the early 1960s. A win on Saturday and the Badgers would be only the second team to do it. The Badgers lost five games during the regular season, but, like a typical fan, I feel they were so close to being undefeated. A bogus onside kick call in oregon st, a blown 17 point lead in Nebraska, and 3 OT losses make up the Badger defeats. The Big ten has been down this year, but the good news is the winner of this game wont have to face Oregon, so the Big will have a chance in this years Rose Bowl. Pick: Badgers head to Pasadena for a third straight year.

PAC-12 Championship game: UCLA at Stanford: Pick: Stanford
SEC Championship game: Alabama vs Georgia: Pick: Alabama
ACC Championship game: Florida st Vs Georgia Tech: Pick: Florida St
MAC Championship game: Northern Illinois vs Kent st Pick: Northern Illinois
C-USA Championship Game: Tulsa Vs UCF: Pick: UCF

Louisville at Rutgers: Pick: Rutgers
Texas at Kansas st: Pick: Kansas St
Oklahoma at TCU: Pick: TCU

Notre Dame has punched its ticket in the National Championship game. Alabama Vs Georgia is a semifinals game, the winner will face them.

The Big East is a cluster with just one week left. If Rutgers wins their last game, they are the Big East champs. If they lose, their could be a 4 way tie for that distinction.

A Kansas st win OR Oklahoma loss makes Kansas st Big 12 champs. A kansas st loss AND Oklahoma win makes Oklahoma Big 12 champs.

Final Big ten standings

Legends
1. Nebraska (7-1)
2. Michigan (6-2)
3. Northwestern (5-3)
4. Michigan st (3-5)
5. Iowa (2-6)
6. Minnesota (2-6)

Leaders
1. Wisconsin (4-4)
2. Purdue (3-5)
3. Indiana (2-6)
4. Illinois (0-8)

Combined final standings including ineligble teams
1. Ohio st (8-0)
2. Nebraska (7-1)
3. Michigan (6-2)
4. Penn st (6-2)
5. Northwestern (5-3)
6. Wisconsin (4-4)
7. Michigan st (3-5)
8. Purdue (3-5)
9 Iowa (2-6)
10. Minnesota (2-6)
11. Indiana (2-6)
12. Illinois (0-8)