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Iowa State (6-4) scored a big upset last week knocking Oklahoma State from the ranks of the unbeaten and ruining their National Title hopes and they can ruin Oklahoma (9-2) and their Big 12 title hopes with another upset.
Texas Tech (5-6) looked like a lock to make a bowl game a few weeks back when they shocked Oklahoma beating the Sooners in Norman, but they have lost 4 straight since then and must beat Baylor (7-4) to be bowl eligible.
The UCLA Bruins can clinch the Pac-12 South with a win over cross-town rival the AP No. 10 Southern California Trojans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday.
The Huskers (8-3) are out of the Big 10 title race, but with a win over a legit Iowa (7-4) team they can improve the bowl they play in. Nebraska is coming off a bad loss to Michigan and they face an Iowa squad that has won 2 of their last 3 games.
If this game doesn’t have the exact same excitement and charged atmosphere that the earlier LSU-Alabama tilt had, it’ll be mighty close. This is an end of season SEC West clash that has oodles of conference title and National Title implications.
The Wyoming Cowboys will be looking to pull-off the major upset on the road this Saturday when they clash with the Boise State Broncos in a Mountain West Conference tilt at Bronco Stadium.
While it’s unlikely the No. 22 Notre Dame Fighting Irish will be heading to a bowl game this year, they can spoil the No. 6 Stanford Cardinal’s bid for a trip to the Fiesta Bowl or Rose Bowl, with a win to close out the regular season on Saturday.
The Virginia Tech Hokies and the Virginia Cavaliers will have an added incentive in this Saturday’ s in-state rivalry as the winner will come away with this season’s ACC Coastal Division title.
After starting off the 2011 campaign with a record of 5-1, the Arizona State Sun Devils have lost four of its last five, and are in jeopardy of losing out on their chance to play in the inaugural Pacific-12 Conference Championship Game should they lose to a tough Cal team that has nothing to lose.
The annual Backyard Brawl will be renewed this Friday night in Morgantown when the Pittsburgh Panthers cross state lines to tangle with the West Virginia Mountaineers in this classic rivalry. Kick-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPN.
The Boston College Eagles will try and end their season on a high note when they square-off against the Miami Hurricanes at Sun Life Stadium this Friday afternoon. The game is slated to kick-off at 3:30 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on ABC.
Neither of these Big 12 teams will be playing in a BCS bowl game, but both Texas (6-4) and Texas A&M (6-5) can improve their bowl position with a win on Turkey Day.
Miami of Ohio hasn’t parlayed last season’s success into much of anything this year. This is the final game of the year and they have no chance of going to a bowl game or even spoiling the season for their opponent.
This is the Tigers’ last tune-up game before a big end of season showdown with #6 Arkansas. Perhaps that takes some of the mystique away from this game preview, but with all due respect to Ole Miss, that’s really the only way you can look at this game.
The Sooners (9-1) got some luck last week with Stanford and Boise State falling from the ranks of the unbeaten and OU still has an outside chance to play in the BCS title game.
Venue/ Stadium: Kyle Field, COLLEGE STATION, TX
Time/Date: 12 PM EST Saturday, November 19, 2011
NCAA Odds From: BetOnline
Moneyline: OFF
Spread (ATS): Texas A&M -30.5
Over/Under: 66
Kansas Jayhawks vs. Texas A&M Aggies Preview
Texas A&M (5-5) has lost 3 straight games and 2 of those losses came in OT, but they have a good chance to become bowl eligible with their 6th win this Saturday facing a Kansas (2-8) team that has lost their last 8 games and is 0-7 in Big 12 play. NCAAF lines has Texas A&M as HUGE 30.5-point home favorites with a total of 66.
Last week Kansas lost a tough 31-30 game in OT to the Baylor Bears and Texas A&M also lost in OT, 4 of them no less, 53-50 to Kansas State.
It is no surprise why the Aggies as such big favorites, as they have a solid offense ranking 16th in the nation in both passing and rushing yards per game. On top of that Kansas only ranks 113th in the nation defending the pass and 2nd to last in all of college football defending the run.
A&M QB Ryan Tannehill passed for 210 yards with 3 TD and 1 INT last week and RB Cyrus Gray rushed for 218 yards with 2 TD. Is there any way the Jayhawks can stop these guys? I would say no chance.
The reason Kansas almost upset Baylor last week was that they rushed for nearly 300 yards with freshman RB Darrian Miller rushing for 147 yards. However, they were facing a Baylor run defense that ranks 112th in the nation while Texas A&M ranks 20th. [soliloquy id=”82219″]
The Aggies are not a great team defending the run so for the Jayhawks to have any chance in this game they will need Jordan Webb to play well. Easier said than done since the Jayhawks only rank 97th in the nation in passing yards per game and last week Webb only passed for 108 yards with 1 TD and 3 INT.
As you can tell this is not a good match up for the Jayhawks and to add more to the pile the Aggies have the most sacks in the nation this season.
Last season in Kansas the Aggies crushed the Jayhawks 45-10 and Kansas has not beaten A&M since the 2007 season.
Betting Trends
This season Kansas is 5-5 ATS and has an O/U record of 6-4 and Texas A&M is 2-8 ATS and has an O/U record of 6-4.
Kansas is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games and has an Under record of 4-1 in their last 5 games.
Texas A&M is 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games as a favorite, 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games, and has an Over record of 5-1 in their last 6 games as a favorite.
Jason’s Pick: Yeah, the Aggies have not been a good ATS team this season and they are giving 30.5 points in this game, but they will come out and crush the Jayhawks in a blowout and easily cover the spread. Take the Under in this match up, as while the Aggies will light up the scoreboard Kansas will have a hard time scoring.
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