College football look ahead: Week 14

by Chris Asbrock

The regular season portion of the season has mostly wrapped up and we are looking ahead to conference championship weekend. This is the weekend that will determine who will be crowned conference champion and who will be possibly left in the dark for the playoff. As things stand now, if things go as planned, the college football playoff will be as is. However, if there is one upset, things could be tossed into complete chaos. Teams like Ohio State, North Carolina and Stanford are hoping for an upset of one of the top four and a possible place into the playoff.

North Carolina is the one team that could control their destiny. If North Carolina, who hasn‘t lost since week one, can defeat Clemson they should find themselves as one of the playoff four. Ohio State will be one of the teams set to benefit from an upset as they are one of the first two teams out. Even with Ohio State losing just two weeks ago, they have benefited from teams in front of them falling within the last couple of games. If things stand as is, it will be the PAC-12 that will be left out. With five power conferences and only four playoff spots, one or more of the power five teams will be left out. All eyes will be focused on this big weekend of football and how the chips will fall. 

College Football Playoff Pairings:

Jin’s game picks (49–41 overall, 2–8 upset)

Northern Illinois over Bowling Green
Houston over Temple
Baylor over Texas
Western Kentucky over Southern Miss
Georgia Southern over Georgia State
Arkansas State over Texas State
New Mexico State over Louisiana Monroe
Alabama over Florida
West Virginia over Kansas State
Louisiana Lafayette over Troy
Appalachian State over South Alabama
San Diego State over Air Force
Stanford over USC
Michigan State over Iowa
Clemson over North Carolina