NCAA Week Eight Picks

I went a meek 3-3 in Big Ten play and a paltry 1-2 outside of it. Not my best week. Currently stand at 15-7 in Big Ten games and 14-6 outside of it.

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

Outside the Big Ten
Texas A&M @ Alabama: Pick: Alabama
TCU @ West Virginia: Pick: West Virginia
Ole Miss @ LSU: Pick: LSU

Big Ten Standings: In one division it is all about Ohio State and Michigan, with the final game of the year between the two all but guaranteed to decide the winner of the division. The other division is much crazier. Iowa and Northwestern looked pathetic early in the year, but have turned it up a notch and look to potentially be in the middle of the race. Nebraska leads the pack with an undefeated record, but back to back weeks head to Madison and Columbus so that 0 in the loss column doesnt seem like it will last much longer. Things may look dire on the surface for two loss Wisconsin but they face every team ahead of them yet, and as long as Nebraska loses to Ohio State, a somewhat safe assumption, then the Badgers actually still control their destiny for a division title.

East
1. Ohio St: 3-0
2. Michigan: 3-0
3. Penn State: 2-1
4. Maryland: 1-2
5. Indiana: 1-2
6. Michigan St: 0-3
7. Rutgers: 0-4

West
1. Nebraska: 3-0
2. Iowa: 3-1
3. Northwestern: 2-1
4. Wisconsin: 1-2
5. Minnesota: 1-2
6. Purdue: 1-2
7. Illinois: 1-2

NCAA Week Seven Picks

I went 4-1 in Big Ten Games, 0-1 in Big Ten nonconference games and 2-0 outside the Big Ten. I am 12-4 in Big Ten games and 13-4 outside of it.

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

Outside the Big Ten
Alabama @ Tennessee: Pick: Alabama
Ole Miss @ Arkansas: Pick: Ole Miss
North Carolina @ Miami: Pick: Miami

Big Ten Standings
East
1. Michigan: 3-0
2. Ohio St: 2-0
3. Penn St: 2-1
4. Maryland: 1-1
5. Indiana: 1-1
6. Michigan St: 0-2
7. Rutgers: 0-3

West
1. Nebraska: 2-0
2. Iowa: 2-1
3. Wisconsin: 1-1
4. Purdue: 1-1
5. Northwestern: 1-1
6. Minnesota: 0-2
7. Illinois: 0-2

NCAA Week Six Picks

I went 5-2 in Big Ten Play, and 1-2 outside of it. I am 8-3 in Big Ten play and 11-4 outside of it.

Iowa @ Minnesota: Pick: Iowa
Maryland @ Penn St: Pick: Penn St
BYU @ Michigan St: Pick: Michigan St
Indiana @ Ohio St: Pick: Ohio St
Purdue @ Illinois: Pick: Illinois
Michigan @ Rutgers: Pick: Michigan

Outside the Big Ten
LSU @ Florida: Pick: LSU
Tennessee @ Texas A&M: Pick: Texas A&M
Florida St @ Miami: Pick: Florida St

Big Ten Standings
East
1. Michigan: 2-0
2. Ohio St: 1-0
3. Maryland: 1-0
4. Indiana: 1-0
5. Penn St: 1-1
6. Michigan St: 0-2
7. Rutgers: 0-2

West
1. Nebraska: 2-0
2. Wisconsin: 1-1
3. Iowa: 1-1
4. Northwestern: 1-1
5. Minnesota: 0-1
6. Illinois: 0-1
7. Purdue: 0-1

NCAA Week Five Picks

I went 5-2 picking Big Ten games (3-1 Interconference) and 3-0 outside it. Putting me at 35-10 (3-1) and 10-2.

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

Outside the Big Ten
Stanford @ Washington: Pick: Stanford
Tennessee @ Georgia: Pick: Georgia
Louisville @ Clemson: Pick: Clemson

NCAA Week Four Picks

I went 7-4 picking Big Ten games and 3-0 outside the Big Ten putting me at 30-8 and 7-2 respectively. As we head to the final Saturday in September we start to head into Conference play and playoff favorites begin to emerge and teams with very high preseason hopes already have had them dashed (Oklahoma, USC, Notre Dame,Ole Miss) or are seeing them start to slip away (Florida St, TCU, LSU). Here are the week four picks

Colorado St @ Minnesota: Pick: Minnesota
Nevada @ Purdue: Pick: Purdue
Iowa @ Rutgers: Pick: Iowa
Wisconsin @ Michigan St: Pick: Michigan St
Penn St @ Michigan: Pick: Michigan
Wake Forest @ Indiana: Pick: Indiana
Nebraska @ Northwestern: Pick: Nebraska

Outside the Big Ten
Georgia @ Ole Miss: Pick: Ole Miss
Florida @ Tennessee: Pick: Tennessee
Arkansas @ Texas A&M: Pick: Texas A&M

NCAA Week Three Picks

Week two was relatively quiet which was to be expected, but we did get one incredible high profile game in TCU-Arkansas. The SEC continued to disappoint as Georgia beat Nichols by a mere two points as a 55.5 point favorite. I went 11-2 picking Big Ten games and 2-1 outside the Big Ten, putting me at 23-4 outside the Big Ten and 4-2 in the Big Ten so far. There are some amazing games on tap this weekend, as the top three teams in the country all play a ranked opponent on the road for the first time in the same week in more than twenty years.

New Mexico @ Rutgers: Pick: New Mexico
Temple @ Penn St: Pick: Penn St
North Dakota St @ Iowa: Pick: Iowa
Georgia St @ Wisconsin: Pick: Wisconsin
Colorado @ Michigan: Pick: Michigan
Oregon @ Nebraska: Pick: Nebraska
Western Michigan @ Illinois: Pick: Western Michigan
Maryland @ UCF: Pick Maryland
Michigan St @ Notre Dame: Pick: Notre Dame
Ohio St @ Oklahoma: Pick: Ohio St
Duke @ Northwestern: Pick: Duke

Outside the Big Ten
Florida St @ Louisville: Pick: Louisville
Alabama @ Ole Miss: Pick: Alabama
USC @ Stanford: Pick: Stanford

NCAA Week Two Picks

Holey moley what a week it was for college football! Crazy upsets (Houston, Wisconsin, South Alabama!) Crazy finishes (Texas-Notre Dame, Texas A&M-UCLA), if this is the kind of college football season we are in store for then buckle up! Lets also take a moment to talk about how pathetic the SEC looked this week. Tennessee got outplayed by App St, LSU lost, Mississippi st and Kentucky both lost as 25+ point favorites, Ole Miss lost, Florida led 10-7 in the 4th quarter against UMass, Arkansas beat a team they were favored to beat by 20 by only one point. The only SEC teams who have anything to brag about right now are Alabama, Texas A&M, and Georgia. Anyway, I went 12-2 in picking Big Ten games in week one, and 2-1 outside of it.

Maryland @ Florida International: Pick: Maryland
Wyoming @ Nebraska: Pick: Nebraska
Penn St @ Pittsburgh: Pick: Penn St
UCF @ Michigan: Pick: Michigan
Cincinnati @ Purdue: Pick: Cincinnati
Howard @ Rutgers: Pick: Rutgers
Indiana St @ Minnesota: Pick: Minnesota
Illinois St @ Northwestern: Pick: Northwestern
Tulsa @ Ohio St: Pick: Ohio St
Akron @ Wisconsin: Pick: Wisconsin
Ball St @ Indiana: Pick: Indiana
North Carolina @ Illinois: Pick: North Carolina
Iowa St @ Iowa: Pick: Iowa

Outside the Big Ten
Louisville @ Syracuse: Pick: Louisville
Arkansas @ TCU: Pick: TCU
Tennessee Vs Virginia Tech: Pick: Tennessee