ESPN College Pick Em Week 7: Ohio State Is The Clear Top Option

SAN DIEGO, CA – SEPTEMBER 30: Christian Chapman #10 of the San Diego State Aztecs hands the ball to Rashaad Penny #20 of the San Diego State Aztecs in the first quarter of the Northern Illinois v San Diego State game at Qualcomm Stadium on September 30, 2017 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images) /

ESPN College Pick Em Week 7: Ohio State Is The Clear Top Option

I only had 38 points in Pick Em last week, but it was rough for the entire group. bodog03 led the group with 46 points this week. My subpar week dropped me to sixth. pitt2534 still leads the group with 279 points. I am at 263, so I have some ground to make up!

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Fun facts for week 6: There were three clean sweeps again this week for Georgia, Purdue, and Wisconsin. For the first time this year, we had a clean sweep for Michigan in a loss! MaizeNBlue only had six points on it. The rest of us had more! Gatesy was the only one to pick against Texas, and Brian Prete was the only one to pick against Wazzu.

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DALLAS, TX – OCTOBER 8: Tom Wort #21 of the Oklahoma Sooners celebrates after a touchdown against the Texas Longhorns at the Cotton Bowl on October 8, 2011 in Dallas, Texas. The Sooners defeated the Longhorns 55 to 17. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /

(1) Texas Tech over West Virginia:

Vegas likes the Mountaineers at home as well. Why don’t I? I do, I just trust Texas Tech’s offense a little more than West Virginia’s defense. Tech just destroyed Kansas in Lawrence. The week before that, the Jayhawks put up 34 on the Mountaineers in Lawrence. Both teams have quality losses, and I expect a close one. I know that one point wont gain me much, but I do expect the heavy picking to be on West Virginia, so this is a great place to pick up points in what I feel is essentially a toss up.

(2) Utah over USC:

I am way in the minority here, and if Huntley is out, I will flip to the Trojans. However, USC is more vulnerable now than they were at any time last year after Darnold became the starting quarterback. USC doesn’t have the playmakers at receiver and running back, and Darnold is regressing. The Trojans have struggled against everyone but an awful Oregon State squad, and they beat a different version of Stanford than the one that just ousted the Utes. Utah has the defense to make USC pay for the plethora of mistakes they make.

(3) Arizona over UCLA:

This is a game that could short out the scoreboard in Tucson. UCLA doesn’t have a defense, and Arizona doesn’t really either. The only reason I am picking UCLA is that they have a better quarterback. That hasn’t meant much so far this year, but coming off a bye, the Bruins have a strong advantage here. UPDATE: I am switching this pick to Arizona. I don’t really see how UCLA stops Khalil Tate.

(4) Oklahoma over Texas:

Before the season, I said we would lose to Texas. What changed? Texas is certainly better than most thought. We lost to Iowa State. Oklahoma has not lost back to back regular season games in 18 years. That, and I don’t think Texas can throw to win, which is what they would have to do. I don’t expect Oklahoma to cover. This is going to be really close. I do expect a win though.

(5) Navy over Memphis:

Navy isn’t as strong on offense without Keenan Reynolds, but Zach Abey is a tough runner. He doesn’t have the breakaway speed of Reynolds, but he is tougher to bring down. You just couldn’t catch Reynolds. Navy has a solid offense and a good defense. Memphis can’t say the same about their defense.

FORT WORTH, TX – OCTOBER 07: Kenny Hill #7 of the TCU Horned Frogs celebrates after scoring the game winning touchdown against Dravon Askew-Henry #6 of the West Virginia Mountaineers in the fourth quarter at Amon G. Carter Stadium on October 7, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. The TCU Horned Frogs beat the West Virginia Mountaineers 31-24. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images /

(6) TCU over Kansas State:

The Little Apple is a tough place to go, but that Kansas State offense shouldn’t make TCU’s defense scared anytime soon. They did a solid job of moving the ball against Texas. While Texas is much better than they were last year, they are still a ways from being TCU’s defense. The Wildcats will hang around for a while, and I expect a fairly close game, but TCU is too well coached and disciplined on defense to drop this one.

(7) Stanford over Oregon:

Oregon’s defense has no answer for Bryce Love. That’s as simple as it gets. I may end up moving this up, because it is definitely one of the biggest mismatches on paper.

(8) Auburn over LSU:

That win in Florida was huge for LSU, but Auburn is an entirely different animal. They can actually move the ball on offense. We saw Auburn take a giant step forward once Jarrett Stidham got comfortable in the offense. Now they have a good quarterback and two very good running backs to go with a solid defense. All of the sudden Auburn looks like one of the better put together teams in the SEC.

(9) San Diego State over Boise State:

Boise’s leading rusher only has 284 yards in five games. This offense is too one-dimensional to hang with the balance of the Aztecs. Especially with an inconsistent quarterback. The Aztecs aren’t capable of blowing anyone out, but this wont be all that close either.

(10) Ohio State over Nebraska:

This is right in Mike Riley’s wheelhouse. Stumbling into a game in which he is supposed to have no chance. For that reason, I don’t think Nebraska gets covered, but I just don’t see any way Nebraska comes out with a win here. Even if Ohio State’s entire first team offense got hurt. That is seriously the gap between these two programs right now.

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