{"id":11112,"date":"2024-09-20T19:06:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T00:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=11112"},"modified":"2024-09-20T19:06:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T00:06:09","slug":"my-top-25-predictions-this-week-big-conference-rankings-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=11112","title":{"rendered":"My Top 25;  Predictions this week.  Big Conference rankings too&#8230;&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>I do not see a lot of upsets this week.\u00a0 For what it is worth:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/09\/14\/NOKL\/75228053007-osu-tulsa-51.jpg?crop=4655,2619,x0,y0&width=3200&height=1801&format=pjpg&auto=webp\" alt=\"Oklahoma State football stock up on Xavier Ross for hurt Collin Oliver\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Top 25 (ESPN)\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Nebraska 30 and Illinois 17<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Oklahoma State 30 and Utah 27<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Ohio State 47 and Marshall 10<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Clemson 28 and N. C. State 14<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Iowa State 24 and Arkansas State\u00a0 7<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Penn State 58 and Kent State 0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>USC 41 and Michigan 24<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Notre Dame 48 and Miami Ohio 7<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Louisville 31 and Georgia Tech 23<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>N. Illinois 39 and Buffalo 21<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Miami (Fla) 35 at South Florida 24<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Kansas State 34 at BYU 24<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>National Rankings for this week:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Georgia<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Texas<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Ohio State<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Ole Miss<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Alabama<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0USC<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Missouri<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Tennessee<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Miami (Fla)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Oregon\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Oklahoma State<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Utah<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Penn State<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Kansas State<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Oklahoma<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Nebraska<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Northern Illinois<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0University of Central Florida<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Louisville<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Notre Dame<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0LSU<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Iowa State<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Washington State<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Memphis<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0Michigan<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Big 12 predictions this week:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Houston 30 at Cincinnati 24<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Kansas 38 at West Virginia 28<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Iowa State 24 and Arkansas State 7<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Texas Tech 27 and Arizona State 25<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Oklahoma State\u00a0 30\u00a0 and Utah 27<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>TCU 31 at SMU 28<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Colorado 29 and Baylor 28<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Kansas State 34 at BYU 24<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>SEC Predictions<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Florida 21 at Mississippi State 17<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Kentucky 31 and Ohio 10<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>LSU 29 and UCLA 17<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Arkansas 38 at Auburn 24<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Missouri 33 and Vanderbilt 7<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Tennessee 24 at Oklahoma 13<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Texas Aggies 37 and Bowling Green 10<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>South Carolina 51 and Akron 0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Ole Miss 55 and Georgia Southern 17<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Texas 49 and UL Monroe 13<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Big 10 Predictions<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Nebraska 30 and Illinois 17<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Ohio State 47 and Marshall 10<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Penn State 58 and Kent State 0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>USC 41 at Michigan 24<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Indiana 35 and Charlotte 14<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Maryland 45 and Villanova 0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Washington 38 and Northwestern 19<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Iowa 17 and Minnesota 14<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Oregon State 52 and Purdue 13<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><em><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">ACC<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Clemson 28 and N. C. State 14<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Miami (Fla) 35 at South Florida 24<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Louisville 31 and Georgia Tech 23<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Syracuse 24 and Stanford 14<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>North Carolina 45 and James Madison 0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Rutgers 21 at Virginia Tech 20<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Pittsburgh 38 and Youngstown State 11<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Duke 24 at Middle Tennessee 14<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>California 24 at Florida State 14<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Boston College 25 and Michigan State 19<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Others<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Washington State 43 and San Jose State 14<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Memphis 54 at Navy 21<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Wyoming 44 and N. Texas State 32<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Tulsa 43 at La. Tech 23<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>In SEC play, I have Tennessee just too much for Oklahoma.\u00a0 The Sooners offense is still not good enough to keep up with the Vols, even in Norman.\u00a0 Look for a close game until the end when OU cannot come back.\u00a0 Turnovers will be key for both teams and yes, OU could pull the upset with stellar defensive play. OU\u2019s big SEC wins are still a few weeks away.\u00a0 Give the Vols this one, 24 to 13.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>Arkansas will win a significant game at Auburn.\u00a0 Arkansas 38 to 24.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>Oklahoma State will nip out a win at home with Utah.\u00a0 The Pokes will finally get some good yards out of Ollie Gordon and the passing game will be too much for the Utes.\u00a0 Pokes close, 30 to 27 in the best national game of the week.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Feature photo Credit:\u00a0 Wrestlingjunkie\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Secondary Photo Credit:\u00a0 The 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