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The Week 13 college football predictions, scoreboard, TV schedules, game previews and game times, broken down by conference.
The Week 13 college football predictions, scoreboard, TV schedules, game previews and game times, broken down by conference.
Prediction links to come throughout the next few days
– CFN Fearless Predictions & Game Previews
Photo Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 12
College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 12
We’re done playing nice-nice with the Big 12.
Oklahoma looks fantastic, but it might be passing the eye test because it’s beating up on mediocre teams.
Coastal Carolina is still unbeaten, and it just got by a strong Appalachian State. Louisiana has one loss – to Coastal Carolina – and it blew out Iowa State 31-14 in Ames. Iowa State beat Oklahoma, and go from there …
Results matter. Non-conference games have consequences. It’s not fair to what happened on the field to rank any Big 12 team ahead of Coastal Carolina or Louisiana unless there’s a big collapse by the Sun Belt stars.
So feel free to fire out your beefs and complaints – this is a work in progress and we try to get this as close to the pin as possible – but before you do, look at your team’s schedule and keep diving in further. You’ll probably have your answer.
Contact @ColFootballNews
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CFN Rankings After Week 12
Top 10 | 11-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100
Week 12: Florida Atlantic 24, UMass 2
Last Week Ranking: 127
Week 13 Opponent: at Liberty
Week 12: WKU 38, FIU 21
Last Week Ranking: 126
Week 13 Opponent: Louisiana Tech
Week 12: Buffalo 42, Bowling Green 17
Last Week Ranking: 125
Week 13 Opponent: Buffalo
Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 124
Week 13 Opponent: Louisiana
Week 12: UTSA 23, Southern Miss 20
Last Week Ranking: 122
Week 13 Opponent: at UAB
Week 12: North Texas 27, Rice 17
Last Week Ranking: 120
Week 13 Opponent: UTEP
Week 12: Kent State 69, Akron 35
Last Week Ranking: 123
Week 13 Opponent: Miami Univ.
Week 12: WKU 38, FIU 21
Last Week Ranking: 119
Week 13 Opponent: at Charlotte
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Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 118
Week 13 Opponent: at Rice
Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 115
Week 13 Opponent: UCF
Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 114
Week 13 Opponent: TCU
Week 12: Ball State 31, Northern Illinois 25
Last Week Ranking: 116
Week 13 Opponent: at Western Michigan
Week 12: Middle Tennessee 20, Troy 17
Last Week Ranking: 121
Week 13 Opponent: Florida Atlantic
Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 113
Week 13 Opponent: at Hawaii
Week 12: East Carolina 28, Temple 3
Last Week Ranking: 112
Week 13 Opponent: Cincinnati
Week 12: North Texas 27, Rice 17
Last Week Ranking: 117
Week 13 Opponent: Southern Miss
Week 12: East Carolina 28, Temple 3
Last Week Ranking: 111
Week 13 Opponent: SMU
Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 110
Week 13 Opponent: WKU
Week 12: Toledo 45, Eastern Michigan 28
Last Week Ranking: 108
Week 13 Opponent: Central Michigan
Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 106
Week 13 Opponent: Southern Miss
Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 105
Week 13 Opponent: at FIU
Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 104
Week 13 Opponent: Air Force
Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 103
Week 13 Opponent: Bowling Green
Week 12: Louisville 30, Syracuse 0
Last Week Ranking: 99
Week 13 Opponent: NC State
Week 12: Georgia State 31, South Alabama 14
Last Week Ranking: 101
Week 13 Opponent: at Arkansas State
Week 12: Air Force 28, New Mexico 0
Last Week Ranking: 100
Week 13 Opponent: at Utah State
Week 12: Florida 38, Vanderbilt 17
Last Week Ranking: 98
Week 13 Opponent: Tennessee
CFN Rankings After Week 12
Top 10 | 11-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100
The Week 12 college football predictions, scoreboard, TV schedules, game previews and game times, broken down by conference.
The Week 12 college football predictions, scoreboard, TV schedules, game previews and game times, broken down by conference.
Week 12 Fearless Predictions, Game Previews
– CFN Fearless Predictions & Game Previews
– Week 12 Expert Picks & Predictions: College
– Week 11 Expert Picks & Predictions: NFL
Photo Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Big 12 college football predictions, schedule, game previews, lines and TV listings for Week 12 of the season.
Big 12 college football predictions, schedule, game previews, lines and TV listings for Week 12 of the season.
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Results So Far
SU: 27-13, ATS: 24-12-1, Point Total: 23-9
3:30 ESPN2
Line: Texas -28.5, o/u: 60.5
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4:00 FOX
Line: Iowa State -11, o/u: 46
7:30 ABC
Line: Oklahoma -7, o/u: 59.5
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Oklahoma Sooners vs Oklahoma State Cowboys prediction and game preview.
Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State prediction and game preview.
Date: Saturday, November 21
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: Memorial Stadium, Norman, OK
Network: ABC
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– All of the CFN Fearless Predictions
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The defense continues to get the job done.
You always have to grade Big 12 defenses on a bit of a curve, but the Cowboys are doing their part, especially against everyone’s passing game. There was a problem against West Virginia early in the season, but no one else has hit the 200-yard mark through the air against the Cowboy secondary.
The Cowboys are dominant defensively on third downs, the pass defense has only allowed more than one touchdown pass once, and even in the one game that the D allowed a ton of points – the 41 against Texas came in a variety of ways – it allowed fewer than 300 total yards.
The offense has found its groove.
It helps to play Texas Tech and Kansas over the last few weeks, but the team with the young starting quarterback needed the tune-ups.
Spencer Rattler might not be running like Kyler Murray or Jalen Hurts, and he’s still not close to being accurate enough, but he’s hitting on enough key plays now that he was missing earlier, and the running game is helping out with 200 yards or more in three of the last four games.
The O is the best in the Big 12 on third downs, the team owns the clock, and crazily enough for a program that was such a defensive nightmare not all that long ago, the run D has been dominant.
Which team wants to step up and be in the Big 12 Championship?
A loss for Oklahoma would be a knockout blow – for all intents and purposes – while an OSU defeat would be a massive issue with a loss to Texas a few weeks ago.
Oklahoma State’s defense is going to be a problem for Rattler.
He has been better, and he has the look of a future superstar, but he hasn’t been consistent enough. The OU offense has the pop and explosion to go on a run, but the Cowboys will make just enough good plays on third downs to keep things moving and make the Sooners press.
OSU will come up with the right offensive mix to go along with a strong defensive performance to pull off the first win in the Bedlam series since 2014.
Oklahoma State 34, Oklahoma 30
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Oklahoma -7, o/u: 59.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5
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5: The Crown: Season 4
1: A Nashville Christmas Carol
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Iowa State Cyclones vs Kansas State Wildcats prediction and game preview.
Iowa State vs Kansas State prediction and game preview.
Date: Saturday, November 21
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: MidAmerican Energy Field at Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA
Network: FOX
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– All of the CFN Fearless Predictions
For latest lines and to bet on the NFL, go to BetMGM
The Wildcat run defense has been solid. If you can’t at least slow the Iowa State ground game, you can’t beat Iowa State.
K-State has only allowed more than 200 rushing yards once, even though they don’t get into the backfield on a regular basis.
The Wildcat passing game has a decent downfield game, the special teams continue to be solid, and the team should be able to tilt the field enough to make a difference. As always, Kansas State does all of the little things right.
The Cyclones might have the best running back in college football – at least the potential top back this year.
Breece Hall has hit the 100-yard mark in every game, getting over 1,000 yards last week with a 133-yard, two-score day in the win over Baylor. The Cyclones are running well against everyone – they lead the Big 12 in rushing – and they might have the formula to work against Kansas State.
The Wildcats aren’t doing much on third downs and they’re last in the Big 12 in first downs. Iowa State is great at controlling the clock, the D is excellent on third downs, and Hall and company should keep things moving.
What’s going wrong for Kansas State? The offense had to go against two of the Big 12’s best defenses – West Virginia and Oklahoma State – and the O stalled.
Third downs and moving the chains have been an issue, failing to convert 30% of its chances in three of the last four games, and that’s going to be a killer against this Cyclone team.
Iowa State won’t do anything fancy. Run Hall, control the clock, rely on the D to keep the Wildcats from going off.
– CFN Experts Picks, Predictions: Week 12
Iowa State 30, Kanas State 20
Bet on Iowa State vs Kansas State with BetMGM
Iowa State -11, o/u: 46
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5
5: The Crown: Season 4
1: A Nashville Christmas Carol
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Texas vs Kansas prediction and game preview.
Texas vs Kansas prediction and game preview.
Date: Saturday, November 21
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS
Network: ESPN2
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– All of the CFN Fearless Predictions
For latest lines and to bet on the NFL, go to BetMGM
Very, very, very, very, very quietly, Texas is on a three game winning streak including a terrific victory over Oklahoma State on the road to stay in the hunt for the Big 12 championship.
So how is this happening? The run defense has been great, the offense has come up with a slew of timely plays, and the defensive is generating enough tackles for loss to be a bother. Most of all, Texas is winning the turnover margin and hasn’t turned it over in the last two games – it’s not going to give Kansas a slew of breaks.
The Texas offense isn’t exactly clicking.
The team has a way of playing up or down to the competition, there isn’t enough of a steady running game to be a concern, and the passing attack hasn’t hit 200 yards in the last few weeks.
Kansas is okay at controlling the clock and slowing things down. If it can speed up the game and keep Texas from hitting the explosive plays, it can keep it close at home.
Kansas is WAY overdue for one of its patented big performances out of the blue, but the team isn’t showing anything lately defensively in blowout loss after blowout loss.
The Texas D isn’t a brick wall, but it’s playing well enough to keep the Jayhawk offense that hasn’t scored more than 17 points in five of the last six games under wraps.
– CFN Experts Picks, Predictions: Week 12
Texas 48, Kansas 16
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Texas -28.5, o/u: 60.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5
5: The Crown: Season 4
1: A Nashville Christmas Carol
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College football expert picks, predictions for Week 12 highlighted by Wisconsin at Northwestern, Indiana at Ohio State, Oklahoma State at OU
College football expert picks, predictions for Week 12 highlighted by Wisconsin at Northwestern, Indiana at Ohio State, Oklahoma State at Oklahoma
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* next to the pick means the team will win, but not cover.
Click on each game for the game preview and CFN Prediction
7:00 CBS Sports Network
Line: Buffalo -31.5, o/u: 59.5
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Gill Alexander, VSIN: Buffalo
Patrick Conn, Longhorns Wire: Buffalo
Jeff Feyerer, Fighting Irish Wire: Buffalo*
Pete Fiutak, CFN: Buffalo
Dan Harralson, Vols Wire: Buffalo
Phil Harrison, Buckeyes Wire: Buffalo*
Jeremy Mauss, MW Wire: Buffalo*
Big Game Ben Niewoehner, CFN: Buffalo
Kegan Reneau, Sooners Wire: Buffalo
Johnny Rosenstein, SportsBookWire: Buffalo*
Nick Shepkowski, Fighting Irish Wire: Buffalo
Scott Steehn, WinnersandWhiners: Buffalo
Keith Stewart, WinnersandWhiners: Buffalo
Brian Stultz, Auburn Wire: Buffalo
Clucko the Chicken, CFN: BGSU
CONSENSUS PICK: Buffalo
8:00 ESPN
Line: Kent State -24, o/u: 57.5
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Gill Alexander, VSIN: Buffalo
Patrick Conn, Longhorns Wire: Buffalo
Jeff Feyerer, Fighting Irish Wire: Buffalo*
Pete Fiutak, CFN: Buffalo
Dan Harralson, Vols Wire: Buffalo
Phil Harrison, Buckeyes Wire: Buffalo*
Jeremy Mauss, MW Wire: Buffalo*
Big Game Ben Niewoehner, CFN: Buffalo
Kegan Reneau, Sooners Wire: Buffalo
Johnny Rosenstein, SportsBookWire: Buffalo*
Nick Shepkowski, Fighting Irish Wire: Buffalo
Scott Steehn, WinnersandWhiners: Buffalo
Keith Stewart, WinnersandWhiners: Buffalo
Brian Stultz, Auburn Wire: Buffalo
Clucko the Chicken, CFN: BGSU
CONSENSUS PICK: Buffalo
Toledo at EMU | WMU at CMU
Tulane at Tulsa | Utah St at Wyoming
Syracuse at Lville | Purdue at Minn
UNM at Air Force | Indiana at Ohio St
Clemson at FSU | Florida at Vandy
Cincinnati at UCF | Wisconsin at NW
Texas at Kansas | Kentucky at Bama
Tenn at Auburn | Miss St at Georgia
Ok St at Oklahoma | Liberty at NC St
USC at Utah | Wash St at Stanford
Boise State at Hawaii | Results So Far
College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 11
College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 11
Who did you beat?
Now it’s really coming down to the various resumés, and there’s a problem.
BYU and Cincinnati haven’t beaten anyone all that great. There’s no Power Five win for either one, and the supposedly big wins they did come up with now seem like no big deal with all the Power Five conference schedules rolling. However, they’ve been so dominant that they get the benefit of the doubt – sort of.
Sorry, but even in their weakened states, beating Penn State and Michigan is still impressive – and Indiana still has to go to Ohio State and Wisconsin.
So feel free to fire out your beefs and complaints – this is a work in progress and we want to make sure we get all of this as close to the pin as possible – but before you do, look at your team’s schedule and keep diving in further. You’ll probably have your answer.
Contact @ColFootballNews
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CFN Rankings After Week 11
Top 10 | 11-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100
Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 127
Week 12 Opponent: Florida Atlantic (Nov. 20)
Week 11: Florida Atlantic 38, FIU 19
Last Week Ranking: 126
Week 12 Opponent: at WKU
Week 11: Kent State 62, Bowling Green 24
Last Week Ranking: 122
Week 12 Opponent: Kent State
Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 125
Week 12 Opponent: Louisiana Tech
Week 11: Ohio 24, Akron 10
Last Week Ranking: 124
Week 12 Opponent: at Kent State
Week 11: WKU 10, Southern Miss 7
Last Week Ranking: 123
Week 12 Opponent: UTSA
Week 11: Marshall 42, Middle Tennessee 14
Last Week Ranking: 120
Week 12 Opponent: at Troy
Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 121
Week 12 Opponent: at North Texas
Week 11: WKU 10, Southern Miss 7
Last Week Ranking: 119
Week 12 Opponent: FIU
Week 11: UTSA 52, UTEP 21
Last Week Ranking: 118
Week 12 Opponent: UAB
Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 117
Week 12 Opponent: Rice
Week 11: Central Michigan 40, Northern Illinois 10
Last Week Ranking: 115
Week 12 Opponent: at Ball State
Week 11: Houston 56, USF 21
Last Week Ranking: 114
Week 12 Opponent: Navy
Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 113
Week 12 Opponent: Texas
Week 11: San Jose State 34, UNLV 17
Last Week Ranking: 112
Week 12 Opponent: at Colorado State
Week 11: UCF 38, Temple 13
Last Week Ranking: 111
Week 12 Opponent: East Carolina
Week 11: Cincinnati 55, East Carolina 17
Last Week Ranking: 110
Week 12 Opponent: at Temple
Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 109
Week 12 Opponent: at Marshall
Week 11: UTSA 52, UTEP 21
Last Week Ranking: 108
Week 12 Opponent: at Southern Miss
Week 11: Ball State 38, Eastern Michigan 31
Last Week Ranking: 106
Week 12 Opponent: Toledo
Week 11: Florida Atlantic 38, FIU 19
Last Week Ranking: 107
Week 12 Opponent: UMass
Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 105
Week 12 Opponent: at UTEP
Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 104
Week 12 Opponent: ULM
Week 11: Fresno State 35, Utah State 16
Last Week Ranking: 102
Week 12 Opponent: at Wyoming
Week 11: Ohio 24, Akron 10
Last Week Ranking: 101
Week 12 Opponent: at Miami University
Week 11: Georgia Southern 40, Texas State 38
Last Week Ranking: 116
Week 12 Opponent: Arkansas State
Week 11: Louisiana 38, South Alabama 10
Last Week Ranking: 99
Week 12 Opponent: Georgia State
CFN Rankings After Week 11
Top 10 | 11-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100
The Week 11 college football predictions, scoreboard, TV schedules, game previews and game times, broken down by conference.
The Week 11 college football predictions, scoreboard, TV schedules, game previews and game times, broken down by conference.
Photo Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
All previews and predictions to come throughout the week.
