OU/Okla. State prepare for Bedlam on Saturday; My four for the Final Four; Big Twelve Review; Top 25; National Predictions…….

Big Twelve unsettled as Final Four is the same; Three upsets for the week!

The college football world gets cooking this week with the first ranking by the “committee” for the teams that hope to make the Final Four to play for a “mythical” and “fraudulent” national championship game (no caps here).  It is still an opinion on the four teams that are “voted” to play in a system that many more teams are good enough to be included in the mix.  My OU/OSU pick is to close to call and I will make that selection on Friday 12 noon.

Fred’s Big Twelve Rank

1. Iowa State

2. Oklahoma State

3. Oklahoma

4. TCU

5. West Virginia

6. Texas

7. Kansas State

8. Texas Tech

9. Baylor

10. Kansas

(My top two teams for the Big 12 title game will be noted in my Bedlam post on Friday)

Big Twelve Review

Texas got a nice win at Baylor.  Improvement with Shane Buechele as the quarterback.

Oklahoma State showed improvement on defense and what a healthy offensive line can do in a win at West Virginia.  Pokes kicking game not good.

Kansas State’s 30-20 win was not good in any terms.  Wildcats are not improving but getting worse.  Kansas is really bad.

Iowa State held serve and beat TCU with defense.  Horned Frogs are not all that anymore and must go to Norman.

Sooners continue to show weakness in secondary and if improvements are not made they are not winning out.

This weeks predictions in the Big 12

OU is at OSU and preview and prediction will be out Friday

Kansas State is at Texas Tech and the Wildcats can compete. I like Tech 27 to 20.

Baylor gets their first win in a 38 to 10 win over Kansas in Lawrence.

Iowa State finally gets real as the Mountaineers will give them all they want.  Cyclones run the ball on a bad defense front of West Virginia. State wins 31 to 28.

Last week: 3-2  Season:  37-12

Fred’s Top Twenty-five

(this ranking is for this week only and does not represent my Final Four teams)

1. Georgia

2. Alabama

3. Notre Dame

4. Clemson

5. Wisconsin

6. Miami, Fla

7. TCU

8. Oklahoma State

9. Oklahoma

10. Ohio State

11. Penn State

12. Iowa State

13. Virginia Tech

14. Washington

15. Stanford

16. Univ. of Central Florida

17. USC

18. Auburn

19. Mississippi State

20. Memphis

21. Arizona

22. LSU

23. North Carolina State

24. South Florida

25. Navy

Final Four (will change as the final weeks play through)

Alabama vs Penn State

Georgia vs Washington 

This weeks National Games

Navy 23 at Temple 18  (Thursday)

Memphis 42 at Tulsa 21 (Friday)

Indiana 23 and Wisconsin 21 (upset special)

Penn State 24 at Michigan State 20

Texas A&M 27 and Auburn 24 (upset special)

Mississippi State 56 and UMass 13

Georgia 31 and South Carolina 10

Iowa 31 and Ohio State 23 (upset special)

Notre Dame 27 and Wake Forest 17

North Carolina State 28 and Clemson 20 (upset special)

Washington State 30 and Stanford 26

South Florida 37 and UConn 13

Univ. of Central Florida 48 at SMU 27

Alabama 27 and LSU 6

USC 34 and Arizona 28

Washington 42 and Oregon 17

Feature Photo Credit:  http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/Mayfield-Leads-Oklahoma-to-49-27-Win-Over-Texas-Tech-453948393.html

Secondary photo credit:  Oklahoma State running back J.D. King (27) runs the ball during the first half of an NCAA college football game against West Virginia, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Morgantown, W.Va. Oklahoma State defeated West Virginia 50-39. (AP Photo/Raymond Thompson)(Photo: The Associated Press)