Posted: August 2, 2013
For the record, I have had the highest “best bet” percentage over the previous 3 seasons in a “fairly legal” college football pool that’s been running for many years. The pool really doesn’t exist though, sssshhhh! The reason I tell you this, is because I have never been the champion of the pool at the end of the season, nor have I won an individual week of the pool in the last 8+ years, which means Im very good at making 3 or 12 picks a week, and terrible with the other 9 games. Are you hearing me? With that said, you can probably eliminate my picks after humoring yourself with reading them. I do believe this can be a very complicated year with several undefeated teams at the end, causing the perfect clusterfoch to end the BCS. I can only pray this happens. Without further ado, here are my predictions for the major conferences, a sampling of what a playoff would look like if it was in place this year, and of course, my pick for this years BCS Champion:
Big Ten Leaders
1. Ohio State 8-0
2. Wisconsin 6-2
3. Indiana 4-4
4. Penn State 4-4
5. Purdue 1-7
6. Illinois 0-8
Big Ten Legends
1. Nebraska 7-1
2. Northwestern 6-2
3. Michigan 6-2
4. Michigan State 4-4
5. Iowa 2-6
6. Minnesota 0-8
Nebraska will win the Big 10 Championship this year.
Big 12
1. Oklahoma 9-0
2. Oklahoma State 8-1
3. Texas 7-2
4. TCU 6-3
5. Baylor 5-4
6. Texas Tech 4-5
7. Kansas State 4-5
8. West Virginia 1-8
9. Iowa State 1-8
10. Kansas 0-9
ACC Atlantic
1. Florida State 8-0
2. Clemson 6-2
3. Maryland 5-3
4. Syracuse 3-5
5. NC State 3-5
6. Wake Forest 3-5
7. Boston College 0-8
ACC Coastal
1. Virginia Tech 7-1
2. Miami 7-1
3. North Carolina 5-3
4. Pittsburgh 4-4
5. Georgia Tech 4-4
6. Virginia 1-7
7. Duke 0-8
Florida State beats Virginia Tech for the ACC title.
SEC East
1. Florida 7-1
2. Georgia 7-1
3. South Carolina 6-2
4. Vanderbilt 4-4
5. Tennessee 2-6
6. Kentucky 1-7
7. Missouri 0-8
SEC West
1. Alabama 8-0
2. LSU 7-1
3. Mississippi 6-2
4. Texas A&M 4-4
5. Mississippi State 3-5
6. Arkansas 1-7
7. Auburn 0-8
Florida beats Alabama for the SEC Championship
PAC 12 North
1. Oregon 9-0
2. Stanford 7-2
3. Oregon State 6-3
4. Washington State 3-6
5. Washington 3-6
6. California 0-9
PAC 12 South
1. USC 8-1
2. Arizona State 6-3
3. UCLA 6-3
4. Arizona 5-4
5. Utah 1-8
6. Colorado 0-9
Oregon beats USC for the PAC 12 title
American Athletic Conference
1. Louisville 8-0
2. Cincinnati 7-1
3. UCF 6-2
4. SMU 5-3
5. Houston 4-4
6. Rutgers 4-4
7. USF 3-5
8. UConn 2-6
9. Temple 1-7
10. Memphis 0-8
If we were in the format to be used next year, my semifinal match-ups would be:
Oregon vs. Louisville
Oklahoma vs. Florida
But since we have one more BCS year, my BCS Championship Game prediction is:
Oregon vs. Oklahoma
Oregon will be your final BCS Champion!!