College Football Picks 11/13-11/14

#25 West Virginia at #5 Cincinnati
QB Zach Collaros is going to get the start for Cincinnati, although Tony Pike is expected to get some playing time against the Mountaineers. Collaros gives the Bearcats' offense another dimension with his ability to run the ball but don't mistake him to be a running quarterback. In fact, if he had the appropriate number of attempts, Collaros would be leading the country in pass efficiency by a wide margin. That trend should continue against a West Virginia pass defense ranked 60th in the country. Noel Devine and Jarrett Brown should help the Mountaineers keep it close for a little while but I expect Cincinnati to win this game handily 45-28.

#16 Utah at #4TCU
I think this is the week that Utah is finally exposed as the biggest fraud in America. They've gotten this far in the season with just 1 loss because they've only played two teams with winning records, Oregon and Air Force. They're playing a freshman QB and while Jordan Wynn is going to be a very good quarterback for the Utes, he's not going to perform well against DE Jerry Hughes and the rest of TCU's top 5 defense. TCU is the most complete team in the country and will show it on Satuday night as they house Utah 41-10.

#15 Iowa at #10 Ohio State
Iowa is going to feel the loss of QB Ricky Stanzi big time in the Horshoe against the Buckeyes. He wasn't great, but he was extremely clutch and made big plays when he needed to. Terrelle Pryor played well last week as Ohio State got the win in Happy Valley but Iowa's defense is better than Penn State's. The Hawkeye defense will have to score if Iowa plans to win this game and I think that they will. I think that Iowa's defense plays out of their minds and shuts down the Ohio State offense and returns a turnover for a TD. However, I don't think that the Hawkeye offense will do anything either. This game will be tied at 10 at the end of regulation and the Buckeyes will score a touchdown in OT to win 16-13.

Stanford at #11 USC
Stanford sure looked good last week in beating the same Oregon team that throttled USC the week prior. And USC sure looked unimpressive in barely escaping Tempe with a 14-9 victory over 4-5 Arizona State. That means Stanford's gonna go down to Pasadena and beat the Trojans, right? Wrong. Stanford beat Oregon at home, where the Cardinal are 5-0. However, despite how impressive John Harbaugh's team has been at home, they haven't been good on the road going 1-3 so far. It's going to be 1-4 after this weekend. Stanford will give USC everything they can handle and more but the Trojans will pull this one out late 38-35.

Quick Picks
#1 Florida 23 South Carolina 12
#2 Alabama 20 Mississippi State 6
#3 Texas 41 Baylor 17
#6 Boise State 45 Idaho 14
#7 Georgia Tech 38 Duke 20
#13 Oregon 27 Arizona State 17
#17 Arizona 28 California 14
#19 Oklahoma State 42 Texas Tech 38
North Carolina 24 #12 Miami(Fl) 20
Clemson 38 NC State 24

Upset Picks
Notre Dame over #12 Pittsburgh
Michigan over #20 Wisconsin
Illinois over Northwestern
Colorado over Iowa State
East Carolina over Tulsa