2020 Lock Of The Week - Week 9

Time to stop the rot.

Minnesota	20.5	Maryland
Michigan	24	Michigan State
Clemson		Boston College
Georgia	17	Kentucky
Cincinnati	7	Memphis
West Virginia	4	Kansas State
Coastal Carolina	2.5	Georgia State
Iowa State	28	Kansas
Indiana	11	Rutgers
Mississippi	16.5	Vanderbilt
Appalachian State	31	ULM
Notre Dame	20	Georgia Tech
Oklahoma State	3.5	Texas
Boise State	14	Air Force
Alabama	31	Mississippi State
Ohio State	12	Penn State
Texas A&M	12.0	Arkansas
Florida	12.5	Missouri
SMU	12.5	Navy
North Carolina	7.0	Virginia
Oklahoma	14.5	Texas Tech
BYU	29.0	Western Kentucky

Oklahoma State -3.5 v. Texas

Texas' offense is surprisingly efficient yet mercurial at the same time, so I will take a short home favorite with an excellent defense.

Last week: Michigan -3 @ Minnesota (incorrect)

Lock 4-3

Season overall 41-60-3

2020 Lock Of The Week - Week 8

 

Michigan State	13.5	Rutgers
Charlotte	14.5	UTEP
South Alabama	15.0	ULM
Wisconsin	19.5	Illinois
Clemson	46.0	Syracuse
Ohio State	26.5	Nebraska
North Carolina	15.0	North Carolina State
Kansas State	20.5	Kansas
Coastal Carolina	6.0	Georgia Southern
Marshall	17.0	Florida Atlantic
Alabama	21.5	Tennessee
Notre Dame	10.0	Pittsburgh
Oklahoma State	3.5	Iowa State
Penn State	5.5	Indiana
Virginia Tech	9.5	Wake Forest
Michigan	3.0	Minnesota
Miami (FL)	13.0	Virginia
SMU	2.5	Cincinnati
BYU	29	Texas State
Oklahoma	7.0	Texas Christian

Michigan -3 @ Minnesota

I'm going to go with the more settled offense at home, for whatever home field means this season.

Last week: Notre Dame -17 v. Louisville (incorrect)

Lock 4-2

Season overall 32-49-3

2020 Big Ten and Mountain West Predictions

Standings reflect the order of finish after 8 games and not the 9th bonus cross-division game.

Big 10	W	L
East
Ohio State	9	0
Michigan	7	2
Penn State	7	2
Indiana	4	5
Michigan State	4	5
Maryland	1	8
Rutgers	0	9
West
Minnesota	7	2
Wisconsin	5	4
Northwestern	4	5
Nebraska	5	4
Illinois	3	6
Purdue	3	6
Iowa	3	6

I think the East is pretty straight forward, and may be a march to the inevitable after Week 2 or 9 whichever way you see it.

The non-Minnesota/Wisconsin teams in the West could win anywhere between 1-4 wins in the regular season (I have Nebraska over Indiana in the crossover) so that's on a real knife edge.  As is the cellar in the East, where Rutgers @ Maryland will result in one team getting it's first (and only) win of the season.  That should be fun.

The Mountain West:

MWC	W	L		W	L
Wyoming	8	1
Boise State	7	1		8	1
Nevada	6	2
Air Force	4	2		6	2
Utah State	4	4
San Diego State	4	4
Hawaii	4	4
Fresno State	3	4
San Jose State	3	5
Colorado State	1	6
UNLV	1	7
New Mexico	0	9

(Air Force and Boise are playing noncons and their overall record is to the right)

The Pac-12 and MAC, two conferences historically linked, will be in a couple weeks.