Week 14 viewing guide: Breaking down/predicting Michigan vs. Ohio St, plus other key games from around the country
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We’ve reached the end of the college football regular season. And with Michigan not destined for a Conference Championship Game Week appearance for the first time in four years, that means this will be the final weekend viewing guide of 2024. If you need a reminder, my weekly viewing guides typically include the following:
My breakdown and prediction (both straight and against the spread) of Michigan’s game
My choices for the three biggest Big Ten games of the week that don’t involve Michigan, including predictions straight and against the spread
My choices for the three biggest non-Big Ten games of the weekend, including predictions straight and against the spread
Rapid-fire predictions for all other Big Ten games, both straight and against the spread.
…but since this is the final weekend of the regular season, and since it’s a jam-packed slate with plenty of offerings on both Friday and Saturday, I’m going to mix things up a bit.
We’ll still lead with the breakdown and prediction of Michigan’s game, especially since it’s The Game. But after that, instead of highlighting three games to watch within the Big Ten Conference and three outside of the Big Ten Conference and giving those a little more in-depth of a breakdown, I'm going to give a paragraph breakdown of all other 9 games involving Big Ten schools this weekend, plus 10 non-B1G games this weekend that still have College Football Playoff implications or are worth a watch for other reasons — ranked 10-1.
Before we get to the viewing guide, here’s a look at how the picks have gone so far this season:
2024 results
Michigan games
Straight: 10-1
Against the spread: 6-5
B1G games
Straight: 97-28
Against the spread: 63-61-1
Overall
Straight: 127-34
Against the spread: 88-71-2
With that out of the way, let’s get to the final viewing guide of the 2024 season. 👇
