College Football Expert Picks Predictions Championship Week

College football expert picks and predictions for Championship Week with all the conference title games

College football expert picks, predictions for Championship Week with the conference title games for the American Athletic Conference, ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC and Sun Belt


College Football Expert Picks, Predictions Championship Week

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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

Championship Week College Football Expert Picks 
Akron at Buffalo | North Texas at UTSA
Utah vs USC | Kansas State vs TCU
Ohio vs Toledo | Coastal Carolina at Troy
LSU vs Georgia | UCF at Tulane
Fresno St at Boise St | Purdue vs Michigan
North Carolina vs Clemson | Experts Picks Results
Championship Week Schedule, Game Previews, Predictions
College Football Playoff Final Top 25 Prediction
What it means for CFP: Utah beats USC for Pac-12 title

Akron at Buffalo

Line: Buffalo -11.5, o/u: 55.5

Eric Bolin, RazorbacksWire.com: Buffalo
Evan Bredeson, CornhuskersWire.com: Buffalo
Tony Cosolo, ColoradoBuffaloesWire.com: Buffalo
Jeff Feyerer, CFN: Buffalo*
Pete Fiutak, CFN: Buffalo
Cami Griffin, LonghornsWire.com: Buffalo
Dan Harralson, VolsWire.com: Buffalo
Phil Harrison, BuckeyesWire.com: Buffalo*
Jeremy Mauss, MWwire.com Buffalo
Kevin McGuire, NittanyLionsWire.com: Buffalo*
Big Game Ben Niewoehner, CFN Buffalo*
E, CFN Buffalo
Tyler Nettuno, LSUTigerswire.com Buffalo
Zack Pearson, TarHeelswire.com Buffalo
Johnny Rosenstein, SportsBookWire.com: Buffalo*
Nick Shepkowski, FightingIrishWire.com: Buffalo
Scott Steehn, WinnersandWhiners.com: Buffalo
Joe Vitale, UGAWire.com: Buffalo*
Clucko the Chicken (a coin flip), CFN: Akron
CONSENSUS PICK: Buffalo

NEXT: North Texas at UTSA Expert Picks Predictions

College Football Scoreboard Predictions Week 13

College football schedule, predictions, game previews, lines, scoreboard, and TV listings for Week 13 of the season.

College football predictions, schedule, game previews, lines, scoreboard, and TV listings for Week 13 of the season.


College Football Schedule Predictions Scoreboard Week 13

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Week 13 Schedule Predictions Scoreboard Game Previews
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
CFN Expert Picks: Week 13 | NFL Expert Picks 
Click on each game for the preview and prediction

ACC College Football Schedule Predictions Lines Week 13

Results So Far
Straight Up 71-29, ATS 54-44-2, o/u 64-35-1

Friday, November 25

NC State at North Carolina
Prediction: North Carolina 27, NC State 24
Line: North Carolina -6.5, o/u: 56.5
Final Score: NC State 30, North Carolina 27 2OT

Florida at Florida State
Prediction: Florida State 34, Florida 30
Line: Florida State -9.5, o/u: 57.5
Final Score: Florida State 45, Florida 38

Virginia at Virginia Tech
Cancelled

Saturday, November 26

Georgia Tech at Georgia
Prediction: Georgia 44, Georgia Tech 10
Line: Georgia -36.5, o/u: 48.5
Final Score: Georgia 37, Georgia Tech 14

South Carolina at Clemson
Prediction: Clemson 38, South Carolina 24
Line: Clemson -14.5, o/u: 51.5
Final Score: South Carolina 31, Clemson 30

Louisville at Kentucky
Prediction: Louisville 23, Kentucky 21
Line: Kentucky -2.5, o/u: 43.5
Final Score: Kentucky 26, Louisville 13

Wake Forest at Duke
Prediction: Wake Forest 37, Duke 30
Line: Wake Forest -3.5, o/u: 66.5
Final Score: Duke 34, Wake Forest 31

Syracuse at Boston College
Prediction: Syracuse 27, Boston College 20
Line: Syracuse -10.5, o/u: 47.5
Final Score: Syracuse 32, Boston College 23

Pitt at Miami
Prediction: Pitt 27, Miami 20
Line: Pitt -6.5, o/u: 43.5
Final Score: Pitt 42, Miami 16

Week 13 Schedule Predictions Scoreboard Game Previews
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt 

NEXT: American Athletic Conference College Football Schedule Predictions Lines Week 13

College Football Expert Picks Predictions Week 13

College football expert picks and predictions for Week 13 highlighted by Michigan at Ohio State, Auburn at Alabama, and Notre Dame at USC

College football expert picks, predictions for Week 13, including Michigan at Ohio State, Auburn at Alabama, and Notre Dame at USC


College Football Expert Picks, Predictions Week 13

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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

Week 13 College Football Expert Picks 
Bowling Green at Ohio | Miss State at Ole Miss
Tulane at Cincinnati | Utah State at Boise State
NC State at North Carolina | Arkansas at Missouri
Nebraska at Iowa | UCLA at Cal
Florida at Florida State | Wyoming at Fresno State
Georgia Tech at Georgia | Michigan at Ohio State
South Carolina at Clemson | Auburn at Alabama
Oregon at Oregon State | Minnesota at Wisconsin
Iowa State at TCU | Michigan State at Penn State
LSU at Texas A&M | Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Notre Dame at USC | Oklahoma at Texas Tech
Kansas at Kansas St | Washington at Wash St
BYU at Stanford | Experts Picks Results
Week 13 Schedule, Game Previews, Predictions

Bowling Green at Ohio

Line: Ohio -7, o/u: 55.5

Eric Bolin, RazorbacksWire.com: Ohio
Evan Bredeson, CornhuskersWire.com: Ohio
Tony Cosolo, ColoradoBuffaloesWire.com: Ohio
Jeff Feyerer, CFN: Ohio
Pete Fiutak, CFN: Ohio
Cami Griffin, LonghornsWire.com: Ohio
Dan Harralson, VolsWire.com: Ohio*
Phil Harrison, BuckeyesWire.com: Ohio*
Jeremy Mauss, MWwire.com Ohio
Kevin McGuire, NittanyLionsWire.com: Ohio
Big Game Ben Niewoehner, CFN Ohio*
E, CFN Ohio
Tyler Nettuno, LSUTigerswire.com Ohio
Zack Pearson, TarHeelswire.com Ohio
Johnny Rosenstein, SportsBookWire.com: Ohio*
Nick Shepkowski, FightingIrishWire.com: Ohio
Scott Steehn, WinnersandWhiners.com: Ohio
Joe Vitale, UGAWire.com: Ohio*
Clucko the Chicken (a coin flip), CFN: Bowling Green
CONSENSUS PICK: Ohio

NEXT: Mississippi State at Ole Miss Expert Picks Predictions

College Football Odds: Opening Early Lines, Values Week 13

The early college football lines and odds are out for Week 13. Where are the values and what are the early predictions? Pete Fiutak @PeteFiutak Where are the possible values going into Week 13 of the college football season? What are the early lines …

The early college football lines and odds are out for Week 13. Where are the values and what are the early predictions?


 Pete Fiutak @PeteFiutak

Where are the possible values going into Week 13 of the college football season?

What are the early lines as they first come out, and where are the ones that might be a bit off? In a for-what-it’s-worth sort of way, I take a guess on the lines without looking at what the real ones are, and then go back and add them.

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College Football Week 13 Lines, November 23

Buffalo at Ball State
Fiu Early Guess: Ball State -6.5
Actual Line: Ball State -6

Western Michigan at Northern Illinois
Fiu Early Guess: Northern Illinois -1
Actual Line: Western Michigan -3.5

College Football Week 13 Lines, November 25

Ole Miss at Mississippi State
Fiu Early Guess: Ole Miss -5
Actual Line: Mississippi State -2

College Football Week 13 Lines, November 26

Fresno State at San Jose State
Fiu Early Guess: Fresno State -8
Actual Line: Fresno State -9

Ohio at Bowling Green
Fiu Early Guess: Ohio -3
Actual Line: Ohio -6

Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan
Fiu Early Guess: Central Michigan -8
Actual Line: Central Michigan -8.5

Boise State at San Diego State
Fiu Early Guess: Boise State -3.5
Actual Line: Boise Stae -1.5

Kansas State at Texas
Fiu Early Guess: Kansas State -2
Actual Line: Texas -3

Utah State at New Mexico
Fiu Early Guess: Utah State -15
Actual Line: Utah State -16

Iowa at Nebraska
Fiu Early Guess: Nebraska -3
Actual Line: Nebraska -3.5

UTEP at UAB
Fiu Early Guess: UAB -10
Actual Line: UAB -12.5

North Carolina at NC State
Fiu Early Guess: NC State -5
Actual Line: NC State -7

Missouri at Arkansas
Fiu Early Guess: Arkansas -10
Actual Line: Arkansas -15

USF at UCF
Fiu Early Guess: UCF -11
Actual Line: UCF -14

Coastal Carolina at South Alabama
Fiu Early Guess: Coastal Carolina -13
Actual Line: Coastal Carolina -15

UNLV at Air Force
Fiu Early Guess: Air Force -14
Actual Line: Air Force -18.5

TCU at Iowa State
Fiu Early Guess: Iowa State -17
Actual Line: Iowa State -15

Washington State at Washington
Fiu Early Guess: Washington State -3
Actual Line: Washington State -2

Colorado at Utah
Fiu Early Guess: Utah -20
Actual Line: Utah -24

Cincinnati at East Carolina
Fiu Early Guess: Cincinnati -14
Actual Line: Cincinnati -13.5

NEXT: More College Football Early Week 13 Line Predictions, November 27

College Football Roundup Week 14: What It All Means, Winners, Losers, Overrated, Underrated

College football Week 14 roundup. 5 things that matter, winners, losers, overrated and underrated parts of the weekend and what it all means

College football Week 14 roundup with the 5 things that matter, winners and losers, overrated and underrated parts of the weekend, and what it all means.


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College Football Week 14 Roundup

Week 14 Roundup
Rankings AP | Coaches
CFN 1-127 Rankings | Week 15 Early Lines
Bowl Projections | Week 14 Scoreboard

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5. Winners & Losers From Week 14

– Ohio State looked great: One Really Big Thing
– Not really, but …  : Most Overrated Thing
– Texas A&M and Indiana wins: Most Underrated Thing
– It’s almost over?: What It All Means, Week 14

Winner: Iowa State and QB Brock Purdy

Iowa State started playing college football in 1892, and it has never won an outright conference championship. It won a share of the Missouri Valley titles in 1911 and 1912, but that was it. No championships in the Big 12, or the Big 8, or Big 6, or Big 7. Nothing.

The program throttled a solid West Virginia team 42-6 after veteran QB Brock Purdy completed 20-of-23 passes for 247 yards and three touchdowns along with a rushing score. It’ll be off to the Big 12 Championship in a few weeks to take on Oklahoma – who it beat 37-30 earlier in the year.

Loser: Blocking for Clemson RB Travis Etienne

Etienne is the ACC’s all-time leading rusher, he’s a future NFL star, and he’s been almost criminally underappreciated during Clemson’s run of national championship-level greatness over the last three seasons. But the guy who put up back-to-back 1,600+ yard rushing seasons hasn’t had any room to move.

He’s been great – rushing for over five yards per carry with 12 scores, and catching 41 passes for 512 yards and two touchdowns – but he was held to 66 yards against Virginia Tech for his sixth straight game of the season – and eighth overall – without 100 yards rushing.

Winner: Wisconsin’s defense

The Badgers lead the nation in total defense but a mile. Marshall is No. 2 in the country allowing 254 yards per game, and Wisconsin is allowing 229.

The D is No. 1 against the run, it’s No. 2 in scoring defense, and it’s No. 1 – again, by a huge margin – in third down stops. And yet the program is 2-2 because …

Loser: Wisconsin’s offense

Wisconsin can’t score.

The offense is moving the ball – it came up with 342 yards against Indiana after putting up 366 against Northwestern – but it scored just one touchdown in the last two games and 13 points total in the two losses.

The last time UW failed to score more than seven points in back-to-back games was in early November of 1991, losing to Illinois 22-6 and then Michigan State 20-7.

Winner: USC against Washington State

Kedon Slovis threw five touchdown passes and Amon-Ra St. Brown caught four first quarter scoring throws as USC looked and played the part in a 38-13 win over Washington State.

USC was LA’s most interesting football team on Sunday afternoon.

The Chargers might have been rocked on the other side of town by Cam and the Patriots, and the Rams rolled against the Cardinals earlier in the day, and then the Trojans came up with their best performance of the season by far. But …

Loser: The Pac-12

USC played its game without about five people watching – it went off Sunday night while that Mahomes guy was going against Denver.

It was the type of performance that would’ve won over hearts and minds, but the Trojans will likely struggle to push anywhere near the top ten in the next College Football Playoff rankings.

Meanwhile, Stanford beat Washington – meaning there won’t be any unbeaten team from the Pac-12 North to go to the championship, Colorado and USC won’t play, Oregon lost again, and worst of all, this really, really fun conference is being missed.

Utah’s 30-24 win over Oregon State was a blast, and UCLA’s 25-18 victory over Arizona State was one of the best games of the day.

And it’s all being played in the dark.

Winner: South Carolina new head coach Shane Beamer

South Carolina got its head coach.

Shane Beamer – the son of legendary former Virginia Tech head coach, Frank Beamer – has taken the Gamecock gig after spending the last few years working with the Oklahoma offense. He’s been an assistant on the defensive side at South Carolina and Mississippi State, on the offensive side for a few years at Georgia before going to OU.

He has a whole lot of work to do, because …

Loser: South Carolina football

South Carolina has one won conference championship since 1892 – it took down the 1969 ACC Championship with a 7-3 record before going on to lose the Peach Bowl.

Since joining the SEC in 1992, the program has had just nine seasons with a winning SEC record, 17 with a losing one, and four going .500. It has been to one SEC Championship – 2010, losing 56-17 to Auburn – and hasn’t finished ranked in the top 25 since Steve Spurrier’s 2013 team ended up fourth.

This year’s team started out 2-2, but after stunning Auburn, it has lost six straight including last week’s 41-18 clunker against Kentucky.

– Ohio State looked great: One Really Big Thing
– Not really, but …  : Most Overrated Thing
– Texas A&M and Indiana wins: Most Underrated Thing
– It’s almost over?: What It All Means, Week 14

NEXT: The really big thing was …

College Football Roundup Week 13: What It All Means, Winners, Losers, Overrated, Underrated

College football Week 13 roundup. 5 things that matter, winners, losers, overrated and underrated parts of the weekend and what it all means

College football Week 13 roundup with the 5 things that matter, winners and losers, overrated and underrated parts of the weekend, and what it all means.


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College Football Week 13 Roundup

Rankings AP | Coaches | CFN 1-127 Rankings
CFP Top 25 Prediction | Week 13 Early Lines
Bowl Projections | Week 13 Scoreboard

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5. Winners & Losers From Week 13

Week 13 Winners & Losers
– Sarah Fuller kicked a football: One Really Big Thing
– Rivalry weekend?: Most Overrated Thing
– Oregon St 41, Oregon 38: Most Underrated Thing
– The season is hanging on: What It All Means, Week 13

Winner: RB Jaret Patterson, Buffalo

The 5-9, 195-pound junior ran for 301 yards and four touchdowns against Bowling Green in a 42-17 Buffalo win a few weeks ago. That was good. His 36-carry, 409-yard, eight touchdown game in the 70-41 win over Kent State was better.

Loser: RB Kevin Marks, Buffalo

No, he’s not a loser in any way, except for the attention and spotlight. All he did was run for 90 yards or more in each of the last three games and rip off 97 yards and two scores against Kent State. Did the highlight shows do anything on him? Nope – it was all about that Patterson guy.

Winner: QB Michael Penix Jr., Indiana

It was ugly, the running game saved the day with its best performance of the year, and Indiana got the 27-11 win over Maryland. Nothing went quite right and Penix was awful, completing 6-of-19 passes for 84 yards with no touchdowns with 29 rushing yards. However, he’s a winner – the Hoosiers got the W. It was such a miserable performance, though, that it made a loser out of …

Loser: The Ohio State pass defense

Everyone gets an off day, but it’s not exactly a good look for Ohio State when the guy who looks and plays like he couldn’t hit water if he was standing in a rainstorm got you for 491 passing yards and five touchdowns the week before. Rutgers has the second-worst pass defense in the Big Ten, allowing 260 yards per game. Ohio State is dead last, allowing 291 yards per game.

Winner: QB Trevor Lawrence, Clemson

That’s how you come back after not playing for over a month. Lawrence hit 70% of his passes for 403 yards and two touchdowns without an interception in the 52-17 win over Pitt. He didn’t even put in a full day’s work – DJ Uiagalelei got a TD pass, too.

Loser: Clemson running game

It’s stalling a bit too much. Facing Pitt and its great defensive front had something to do with that this week, but the Tigers have failed to average four yards per carry in any of the last four games.

How many times did they fail to get to four yards per pop last year? Once – the win over Texas A&M.  Clemson ran for four yards or more per carry in 26 out of 27 games before this recent stretch.

Winner: UCF 58, USF 46

Now THAT’S a War on I-4. USF and UCF combined for 1,223 yards of total offense for the game with a combined 59 points in the second half. USF’s Jordan McCloud threw for 404 yards and four scores, UCF’s Dillon Gabriel threw for 336 yards and four touchdowns, and the two teams essentially had the same rushing day – 242 for USF, 241 for UCF.

Loser: UCF defense

UCF was outgained by USF 646 yards to 577, after being outgained the week before by Cincinnati 482 yards to 359.

UCF had gone 26 of its previous 28 games winning the total offense battle. The two outliers? The 2019 Fiesta Bowl against LSU, and last year’s loss to Pitt. The last time UCF lost the total yard battle two games in a row was in mid-October of 2018 against Memphis and East Carolina on the road – UCF won both games.

– Sarah Fuller kicked a football: One Really Big Thing
– Rivalry weekend?: Most Overrated Thing
– Oregon St 41, Oregon 38: Most Underrated Thing
– The season is hanging on: What It All Means, Week 13

NEXT: The really big thing was …