Big Ten and big game CFB expert picks and predictions for Week 11

Every year (and every week of the season) we have a little friendly competition among our writers for world domination when it comes to picking the Big Ten football games and some of the bigger college football contests as the season goes on.

After ten weeks of play, it still looks like Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State are the class of the league and the East division with the Wolverines and Nittany Lions set for a cataclysmic meeting on Saturday. The West still looks like a mess, but Iowa is one game up on the likes of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Nebraska. One of those teams will sort it all out eventually — we think.

How will Week 11 play out in the Big Ten? Our writers take turns picking all the games in the Big Ten straight up and against the spread. and since we’re in the full swing of conference play now, we’ll do the same drill on the top six contests in the nation outside of that (our “pick six”).

As a reminder, if there’s an asterisk next to the pick, that means the team will win, but not cover. If there is a tie, rather than have a cage match or old-fashioned duel, we’ll settle it with less violence and go with the tried, yet true, coin flip where George Washington has the say.

EXAMPLE:– If you think Ohio State will win minus -3.5 over an opponent: OSU– If you think Ohio State will win outright: OSU

– If you think Ohio State will win, but NOT cover: OSU*

Get more betting analysis and predictions at Sportsbook Wire.

Here are our expert picks for Week 11 as we also look for what type of separation and improvement we see in the upcoming weeks. But first, here’s what the standings look like between our writers after last week’s action.