College Football Week 12: 5 bold predictions

After absolute chaos in Week 11, Week 12 will have a big act to follow. Check out five bold predictions for the upcoming week of college football.

November 12th may go down as the biggest day of the college football season. No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 in the College Football Playoff rankings all lost and have sent the committee into a black hole of chaos. After the weekend, there are only two teams left that are still undefeated. Alabama and Western Michigan are the only ones that are left.

With Clemson, Michigan and Washington all losing, every game’s significance increases. There are only two weeks left in the regular season and the hunt for the playoff is truly in full swing. We can only predict what the final CFP rankings will look like and how those games will unfold. It should be an insane final few weeks that produce some hyper competitive games. Here are five bold predictions to get the hype train rolling into the second to last week.

5. Wisconsin clinches the Big Ten West

At the moment, Wisconsin and Nebraska are tied atop the Big Ten West. Both teams sport a 5-2 record in conference play. Wisconsin does hold the advantage of the head-to-head matchup as they defeated Nebraska 23-17. That puts Nebraska in an up hill battle as they would need Wisconsin to lose if they were to make the Big Ten championship.

Nebraska will play host to Maryland this week. Maryland started the year going 4-0. Since then they are just 1-5. The Terrapins are 2-5 in Big Ten play and are currently on a three-game losing streak. They are coming off of back-to-back beat downs at the hands of Michigan and Ohio State. Maryland is still looking for their sixth win and I have a feeling that they will get it this week.

Nebraska QB Tommy Armstrong Jr. is still recovering from his injury that he suffered against Ohio State. He played in last week’s game against Minnesota, but had to be helped off the field due to an ankle injury. Nebraska doesn’t put up points like Michigan and Ohio State. Maryland should be able to hang around in this game for while since Armstrong may not be a huge threat to run the ball.

If Maryland sticks around into the fourth quarter, I believe that they will pull off the upset. As for Wisconsin, they travel to Purdue who is 3-7 and should be no problem for Wisconsin. Their defense has gotten them this far and it should be able to shut down Purdue easily. With Wisconsin winning and Nebraska losing, Wisconsin will take the Big Ten West.