NCAA Football - Championship Week Predictions

Ringer's Record
Last Week ATS: 6-12
Last Week SU: 12-6

Season ATS: 129-129 (50%)
Season SU: 212-46 (82%)

The BCS seems to have worked itself out yet again. Notre Dame completed their perfect regular season and now await the winner of the SEC Championship in Miami. Now Alabama and Georgia head to the Georgia Dome to settle Notre Dame's opponent. Everybody's worst nightmare came true and an SEC team will undoubtedly have a chance to bring the BCS National Championship home to the south for the 7th consecutive season. I failed to take advantage of my situation and now all the marbles lie on this week. Here is how I expect Championship Week to play out.


SEC Championship @ Atlanta, GA

      
3 Georgia (+7.5) vs. 2 Alabama

Prediction - Alabama 24 Georgia 21

      
20 Texas (+11.5) at 6 Kansas St.

Prediction - Kansas St. 21 Texas 14

Pac-12 Championship @ Palo Alto, CA

      
16 UCLA (+8.5) at 9 Stanford

Prediction - Stanford 28 UCLA 20

ACC Championship @ Charlotte, NC

      
Georgia Tech (+13.5) vs. 10 Florida St.

Prediction - Florida St. 31 Georgia Tech 17

      
12 Oklahoma (-6.5) at TCU

Prediction - Oklahoma 31 TCU 28

Big Ten Championship @ Indianapolis, IN

      
13 Nebraska (-2.5) at Wisconsin

Prediction - Nebraska 23 Wisconsin 20

      
Nicholls St. (+49.5) at 15 Oregon St.

Prediction - Oregon St. 55 Nicholls St. 14

MAC Championship @ Detroit, MI

      
19 N.Illinois (-6.5) vs. 17 Kent St.

Prediction - N. Illinois 24 Kent St. 20

      
18 Boise St. (-9.5) at Nevada

Prediction - Boise St. 33 Nevada 21

      
24 Oklahoma St. (-4.5) at Baylor

Prediction - Oklahoma St. 42 Baylor 35

      
25 Louisville (+3.5) at Rutgers

Prediction - Louisville 21 Rutgers 16

NFL - Week 13 Predictions

Ringer's Record
Last Week ATS: 9-7
Last Week SU: 11-5

Season ATS: 85-91 (48%)
Season SU: 108-68 (61%)

We are headed down the home stretch in the 2012 NFL season. The playoff picture looks clearer than usual at this point in the year. Take the AFC for example, there is not a division in doubt right now. Houston, Baltimore, New England, and Denver will all be clinching their respective divisions in the next couple weeks in all likelihood. It appears that there are only 3 teams battling for the 2 Wild Card slots (Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati). In the NFC, it looks as if 5 of the 6 teams in the playoff field are solidified with the 6th and final spot up for grabs. My playoff positioning is a bit murkier. My record ATS is the equivalent of a 5-6 team. Which means, I got some ground to make up in the last 5 weeks of the season. Here is how I expect Week 13 to unfold.

      
New Orleans (+3.5) at Atlanta

Prediction - Atlanta 27 New Orleans 21

      
Jacksonville (+6.5) at Buffalo

Prediction - Buffalo 27 Jacksonville 22

      
Seattle (+4.5) at Chicago

Prediction - Chicago 23 Seattle 13

      
Indianapolis (+4.5) at Detroit

Prediction - Detroit 31 Indianapolis 27

      
Minnesota (+9.5) at Green Bay

Prediction - Green Bay 26 Minnesota 23

      
Houston (-6.5) at Tennessee

Prediction - Houston 28 Tennessee 14

      
Carolina (-3.5) at Kansas City

Prediction - Carolina 23 Kansas City 19

      
San Francisco (-7.5) at St. Louis

Prediction - San Francisco 23 St. Louis 17

      
New England (-7.5) at Miami

Prediction - New England 31 Miami 19

       
Arizona (+4.5) at NY Jets

Prediction - NY Jets 24 Arizona 23

      
Tampa Bay (+6.5) at Denver

Prediction - Denver 23 Tampa Bay 21

      
Cleveland (+1.5) at Oakland

Prediction - Cleveland 27 Oakland 20

      
Cincinnati (-1.5) at San Diego

Prediction - Cincinnati 27 San Diego 24

      
Pittsburgh (+1.5) at Baltimore

Prediction - Baltimore 24 Pittsburgh 17

      
Philadelphia (+9.5) at Dallas

Prediction - Dallas 28 Philadelphia 24

      
NY Giants (-2.5) at Washington

Prediction - NY Giants 30 Washington 21