What an exciting week this is for both the SEC and ACC. The SEC and the ACC have three teams at 4-0 and each is looking at a title.
The ACC has two playing each other this weekend while the third could be knocked off. As for the SEC, three teams are running the Ladder of Teams who want to upset them — and it just could happen.
Watch out, Tennessee! You need to bring your A-game this weekend.
Here are the picks:
Louisville Cardinals vs. Clemson Tigers (ACC Game of the Week): Look for an upset in this game. Both are 4-0 and looking for the national title; last year’s game was very close, this year it’s a runaway. Cardinals by 10.
Virginia Cavaliers vs. Duke Blue Devils: Yes, Virginia, there is a Devil, and they call him Duke — by 21 or more points.
North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Florida State Seminoles: Tar Heels had a good run with two upsets; the run is over. Seminoles by 12.
Miami Hurricanes vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: The rambling wreck will get to see a Hurricane up close and will never know what happened to them. Hurricanes by 23+.
Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. North Carolina St. Wolfpack: Who would have thought that WF would be 4-0? They are looking for an ACC title, so why stop now? Demon Deacons by 3.
Texas A&M Aggies vs. South Carolina Gamecocks: South Carolina needs a lot of help and, this being their home game, is not the place to look bad. Guess what? Aggies by 14.
Tennessee Volunteers vs. Georgia Dawgs: Now if the Vols can get their helmets on over their big heads, just maybe their winning will continue. Heart Attack U by 13.
Florida Gators vs. Vanderbilt Commodores: The Gators sink the Mighty Fleet of Vanderbilt. Yes, they are still mad at the loss to Tennessee, so they are going to take it out on the other Tennessee football team. Gators by 30-plus.
Missouri Tigers vs. LSU Tigers (SEC Game of the Week): Will the real Tiger stand up? And to think this game is at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge. Les Miles is very worried about his job, needs the win and they have not played Missouri. I don’t see LSU losing at home but expect another close game with a wild finish just like Auburn was last week. LSU by 3, with Coach Miles’ left foot out the door.
Kentucky Wildcats vs. Alabama Crimson Tide: Get on the train of the Crimson Tide on the way to a SEC Title with only one worrying stop(Knoxville) Alabama over the Wildcats by 26+
TIE BREAKER: You pick the score and the winner. Purdue Boilermakers vs. Maryland Terrapins. Not too long ago, Maryland was asked whether they would like to come to the ACC. “We are not in the South,” they said, noting, apparently, they wanted to go to the Big Ten where they could be beaten all year long — and can’t do any real recruiting and change coaches every other year.
Bill Everett is the former Military Order of the Purple Heart’s National Junior Vice Commander. He lives in Baker.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: College football picks, week 5