College Football Picks- Week 13 2025
It was another solid week for my futures as I marked in another 12 units last week. My Texas shorts from the preseason have finally come in- I cashed my Texas under 9.5 wins ticket and am very close to cashing my Texas to miss the playoff ticket. I also won on Oklahoma, Texas Tech, BYU and North Texas. The only thing big that went against me was South Florida losing.
My weekly picks lost a unit last week- LSU failed to cover -5.5 when they purposefully didn’t score a touchdown up 1. Oh well.
Futures*: +50.51 units
Week 0: -3 units
Week 1: -2.57 units
Week 2: +2.61 units
Week 3: +1.05 units
Week 4: +3.43 units
Week 5: -3.13 units
Week 6: +3.83 units
Week 7: +2.04 units
Week 8: +8.16 units
Week 9: +0.84 units
Week 10: 0 units
Week 11: -4 units
Week 12: -1.13 units
Season Total: +58.64 units
*Note: Futures PnL is a mark to market estimate
Utah State @ Fresno State (Saturday, 9:30 PM Central)
It’s pretty rare that we make it this far into a season with a line that I just truly don’t understand. This is one of them. Fresno State is a solid G5 team- they went on the road and killed Boise State. Utah State is not- they’re yet to beat a bowl team. Fresno State also has a much more talented roster. I think Utah State is getting credit for losing in 2OT to a UNLV team that is themselves overrated. I like the Bulldogs here.
Fresno State -2.5 -112 (2 units)
Hawai’i @ UNLV (Friday, 9:30 PM Central)
Remember when I said UNLV was overrated? I’m betting against them here. The Runnin’ Rebels are the most fraudulent 8-2 team in the country, with a bevy of close wins over bad teams. Hawai’i, meanwhile, has an exciting QB in Micah Alejado and a defined scheme under HC Timmy Chang. Give me the ‘Bows.
Hawai’i +3.5 -110 (1 unit)
Illinois @ Wisconsin (Saturday, 6:30 PM Central)
The fact that Illinois was in the AP top 10 back in September is a complete farce. The Illini has crazy close game luck last year, and rode that to a bunch of unnecessary preseason hype this year. They’re 7-3 but haven’t done anything of note other than beating USC. Wisconsin, meanwhile has turned a corner in the last few weeks. I was worried they had quit on HC Luke Fickell, but that wasn’t the case in an inspired win against Washington. Wisconsin’s roster is more talented top to bottom and that makes them appetizing as a decent home underdog here.
Wisconsin +9.5 -105 (1 unit)