NCAA Week 14 Picks

I went 4-3 in picking Big Ten games last week, and 2-1 Outside of it. We have approached the final week of the regular season before Championship Saturday. As usual, it is unbelievable to me how fast my favorite time of the year has flown by. This is my third year picking College football on this blog and it is always a blast every year and my favorite thing to do. This years rivalry weekend doesn't have the same amazing matchups we have seen in years past as traditional rivalries such as Auburn-Alabama, FSU-Florida, Ohio St-Michigan, and Oregon-Oregon St dont have the sizzle they usually do. However, games such as Arizona-Arizona St, Georgia-Georgia Tech, and Wisconsin-Minnesota have much more sizzle than in years past. Here are the picks followed by scenarios for conference championshps

81-24 Big Ten
37-12 Interconference Big Ten
23-16 Outside Big Ten

Nebraska @ Iowa: Pick: Iowa
Minnesota @ Wisconsin: Pick: Wisconsin
Illinois @ Northwestern: Pick: Northwestern
Purdue @ Indiana: Pick: Indiana
Michigan @ Ohio St: Pick: Ohio St
Michigan St @ Penn St: Pick: Michigan St
Rutgers @ Maryland: Pick: Maryland

As per what has become tradition the past couple years, I will double my outside the Big Ten picks from 3 games to 6 games.
Arizona St @ Arizona: Pick: Arizona St
Arkansas @ Missouri: Pick: Arkansas
Auburn @ Alabama: Pick: Alabama
Miss St @ Ole Miss: Pick: Miss St
Georgia Tech @ Georgia: Pick: Georgia
Notre Dame @ USC: Pick: USC

Here are the scenarios for each of the Power Five Conferences

Big Ten: The east as was the case last week is officially won by Ohio St. Thanks to Minnesota big upset of Nebraska, the West has turned into a play in game. The winner of the Wisconsin-Minnesota game will win the west and get to take on Ohio State.

ACC: Both Georgia Tech and Florida St have officially clinched their divisions as both take on non-conference rivals this week before their matchup in the ACC Championship. 

SEC: Neither division has been clinched going into the final weekend for the first time in a long time. In the east, if Missouri wins, they clinch the east for a second straight season. If they lose, its Georgia. By the way, an average Big 12 team coming into the SEC and winning their division two years in a row really puts a dent into the "SEC IS AMAZING!!!!' argument. But I digress. In the west, if Alabama takes care of business at home against Auburn then they will win the division. if they lose and Mississippi St wins, Miss St wins the division. If they both lose, Alabama wins the division.

Pac-12: Oregon has had their division wrapped up for an eternity, but their opponent has been very much in doubt, though UCLA's win over USC cleared things up a tad. there is currently a three way tie between Arizona St, Arizona, and UCLA. Since Arizona St and Arizona play each other, they can not finish in a three way tie, only two way, so things will come down to head to head. USC is officially eliminated. If UCLA loses then the winner of Arizona St-Arizona wins the division. If UCLA wins, they will win the division since they own the head to head tiebreaker against both Arizona and Arizona St.

Big 12: Unlike the other conferences, the Big 12 has no championship game, so their is two weeks left in its race, instead of just one. Baylor, TCU, and Kansas St are in a 3 way tie currently. With Kansas St and Baylor playing each other it will most likely finish in a two way tie between the winner of that game and TCU. TCU would lose the tiebreaker to Baylor, but win the tiebreaker to Kansas St. In other words Baylor is the one of the three teams that controls their destiny.

Two weeks before the playoff selection, buckle up.