This is one of those weeks in college football where there is a smorgasbord of tasty games in the top 25 and slim picking anywhere else. Just like every other week, the SEC has two monster games with monster implications with a few other conferences having big games.
This will be the week where we find out a lot about teams like Mississippi State, Oregon State, and Texas A&M. People don't expect a ton from these teams this week, but will they give the favorites a run for their money or even squeak out a win. With that, here are my picks.
Oregon State- 13 Stanford- 10 - The Beavers are finally going to prove to people that they belong up in the top 25. They are a bit one dimensional on offense, but Mannion has been having a wonderful year throwing the ball and will find some big passes against the Cardinal. Stanford looks like they wont have their starting QB Nunes I also think Sanford have already hit their peak for this season against USC. They will keep this game close, but the Beaver defense will be too much.
LSU- 38 Mississippi State- 17 - There's no way the hat loses a second straight game. Les Miles will have his boys ready for this game. It's unfortunate for the Bulldogs because any other week they might have had a chance. The Tigers will come out mad and take out all that hate for Saben out on Mississippi State. Plus the Bulldogs just don't have the offense to hang with LSU and the Tigers running game will get points just by pounding away at the front seven. All in all, it will be Mississippi State's third straight loss to a ranked SEC team by 38 points. How infuriating is that?
Texas A&M-17 Alabama- 30 - Johnny Manziel and this Aggie team are the surprise story of the season. After last year's horrible fourth quarter losses in the Big 12, A&M have reinvented themselves in the SEC. This upcoming week will be a tough one though. This will be the game that ends the Aggies dream run in the SEC. All Alabama needs to win is a solid game from their defense, which is almost a given. The Aggies are 0-2 when their explosive offense is held under 20 points. The Tide haven't allowed more than 17 points in one game and that was to LSU last week. The Tide's offense will have a decent game, they will have better success than last week, but will still looked stumped at times. It was a good run Texas A&M, but it's time to let the big boys take over.
Kansas State- 48 TCU- 38 - This game should be close. A TCU win here vindicates the bad start in the Big 12 and makes them look great. They have really impressed me by not throwing in the towel after Pachall got suspended. Gary Patterson has really done a nice job of keeping his team together. Boykin has turned out to be just as good as Pachall in my opinion. It's hard to compare them this season because of the deference in schedule when the two played, but Boykins seems to have a calm head. Kansas State will just be too much for the Horned Frogs. Playing wise, Colin Klein is on other planet right now and it's going to take a small army to stop him. The TCU defense hasn't faced a guy like this yet and the running attack from K-State will really punish them.
OK State- 47 West Virginia- 40 - OK State will be on the rebound with another big win. They have lost to some really good teams this year, but they will turn the tide here. West Virginia is coming off an emotional loss to TCU and haven't looked that good since the fifth game of the season. I think it's a confidence issue. They have the stats and play to get wins, but they just aren't finishing them. Both offenses will run up the score, but OK State has the better defense. That's what will put them over the Mountaineers and into bowl contention
Quick picks
CMU- 34 EMU- 21
Michigan- 28 Northwestern- 17
Nebraska- 17 Penn State- 3
Tulsa- 48 Houston- 24
Oklahoma-38 Baylor- 28
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