College football upset alert: Expert picks for Week 12 underdogs with the best odds to win
Washington, Arizona and Boston College were big underdogs last week. The Underdog Challenge is looking for more big upsets. Each expert picks three underdog teams to win. The winner gets as many points as the team was an underdog.
UConn has won five of six games and is 6-5. Army has scored between 42 and 48 points three times since Week 2 and between 7 and 14 points four times.
Kansas beat Texas last year in Austin. Kansas is much better this year. Texas is a team that was giving up 26.9 points per game last week.
No. 10 Utah is on a four-game winning streak and is favored to beat No. 12 Oregon. The Utes beat Oregon 38-7 in the regular season and 38,10 in Pac-12 championship game last season.
No. 22 Oklahoma State is a 7.5-point favorite at Oklahoma. The Cowboys are expected to win. The game is played in the middle of the week.
Kansas is a 9.5-point favorite against Texas. Last week, nobody picked TCU as an underdog against the Longhorns. This week's expert picks are for the underdogs with the best odds to win.
Houston is a 6-point favorite at East Carolina. The game will be like a basketball game. ECU is the better team. Houston knows it has to score big numbers to have a chance.
Iowa has won the last seven games in the series. Kaleb Johnson has rushed for 116.7 yards per game the past three weeks. Iowa's defense will keep the Gophers in check.
Oklahoma State is a 7.5-point favorite at home against Oklahoma. The Cowboys have been the better team this year.
Northwestern is a heavy favorite at Purdue. Northwestern has won its last five visits to Purdue, which is coming off a big win at Illinois.
Jim Mora's team is on a three-game win streak. The team has a 6-5 record. Army is coming off two consecutive games with 10 or fewer points.
Kansas is 6-4 and Texas is despondent after a 17-10 defeat at home to No. 4 TCU in Week 11. The Jayhawks beat TCU 38-31 earlier in the season.
Oklahoma State is favored by 7.5 points over Oklahoma. The Cowboys have struggled on the offensive side of the ball recently. Oklahoma is coming off two losses to Baylor and West Virginia.
