Big Ten football and big game expert predictions and picks for Week 13
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 12 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 Buckeyes and Wolverines on a massive collision course Saturday. Everyone but Iowa is an average mess with Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, and Wisconsin.
How will Week 13 play out in the Big Ten with rivalry games taking center stage? 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 13 (rivalry week) as we also look to close down the regular season. But first, here’s what the standings look like between our writers after last week’s action.
