Week 13 Standings

1. Corey Aldritt (90-30, 8-2)

2. Chris Conetzkey/Nate Sandell (87-33, 10-0)

3. Luke Plansky (86-34, 8-2)

4. Matt Gubbels (84-36, 9-1)

Assistant sports editor Nate Sandell and Chris Conetzkey collaborated to make Team Sanetzkey’s picks this week

Iowa State @ Kansas State

Corey: Kansas State — Remember Iowa State’s upset win over Mizzou in coach Mac’s last game? Well, the same thing will happen for Kansas State in Ron Prince’s last game.

Luke: Iowa State — Cyclones break their 16-game road curse.

Matt: Iowa State — The Wildcats have mailed it in and they will lose their coach and their quarterback after this one.

Nate: Iowa State — The only thing that could make this game more exciting is moving it to a neutral site in Kansas City, possibly in 2009. You can thank me for the idea later, Mr. Pollard.

Iowa @ Minnesota

Corey: Iowa — Two teams headed in opposite directions, and it doesn’t help that the Metrodome will be half Hawkeye fans.

Luke: Iowa — Gophers are falling apart — Hawkeyes are rolling.

Matt: Iowa — The Gophers continue their slide into the Detroit Motor City Bowl.

Nate: Iowa — Gophers, you just lost four straight games. What are we going to do next? We’re going to Detroit!

Texas Tech @ Oklahoma

Corey: Oklahoma — Nobody is playing as well as Tech right now, except for Oklahoma. TiVo this game if you know what’s good for you.

Luke: Texas Tech — I changed this pick four times. The Red Raiders have to take advantage of early possessions and slow down Bradford and the OU running game.

Matt: Oklahoma — I flipped a coin and it came up on Oklahoma.

Nate: Texas Tech — Harrell and Co. quiet their critics by picking a up a win in Norman.

Michigan @ Ohio State

Corey: Ohio State — This rivalry has lost its luster, but ESPN tells me it’s the greatest rivalry in the history of sports.

Luke: Ohio State — Jim Tressel and Buckeye nation are going to enjoy this one.

Matt: Ohio State — It is great to see Michigan this bad.

Nate: Ohio State — Terrelle Pryor keeps Wolverine fans thinking “what if?” after leading the Buckeyes to a win.

Michigan State @ Penn State

Corey: Penn State — Spartans continue their Rose Bowl drought.

Luke: Penn State — The Spartans have lost 10 straight against ranked foes, but they will be an inspired team that can run with the Nittany Lions.

Matt: Penn State — The Nittany Lions clinch a trip to the Rose Bowl.

Nate: Michigan State — In the words of R. Kelly: “My mind is telling me no, but my body, my body is telling me yes.”

BYU @ Utah

Corey: Utah — One of the most underrated rivalry games in the nation.

Luke: BYU — The undefeated Utes have five wins by seven points or less, but will stub their toes at home in the doorway to a BCS-Bowl Game.

Matt: Utah — The Utes will find a way to win late again and gain themselves a place in the BCS bowl.

Nate: Utah — BYU’s only chance is to start saying they can’t play games on Saturdays, too. [ex. 2003 NCAA B-Ball Tourney]

Air Force @ TCU

Corey: TCU — Even though I’m still mad at TCU for beating Iowa State in the ‘05 Houston Bowl, I’ll go with them.

Luke: TCU — The No. 1 Horned Frog-run defense against the No. 4 rushing offense of the Falcons. Air Force is undefeated on the road this season, but has lost its last 10 games against ranked foes.

Matt: TCU — The Horned Frogs have been dominant at home.

Nate: TCU — TCU avoids a loss to the Falcons like Frogger dodges cars.

Florida State @ Maryland

Corey: Florida State — Both these teams confuse me, but the Terps have everything to lose, so they will.

Luke: Florida State — Maryland is 4-0 against ranked teams this season, but two of those teams have been complete duds.

Matt: Florida State — The Terps are ranked this week and that seems to be a jinx in the ACC.

Nate: Maryland — Bowden and the ‘Noles will bow out, gracefully, to the Terps.

Oregon State @ Arizona

Corey: Arizona — This game reminds me of when Arizona knocked off Oregon last year.

Luke: Oregon State — The USC-slayers have lost to Stanford and Penn State in weeks one and two, but lost only to Utah since.

Matt: Arizona — The Wildcats will knock the Beavers out of the Rose Bowl.

Nate: Oregon State — OSU is No. 2 in the Pac-10. I don’t know who’s worse — The Big 10 or the Pac-10.

Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati

Corey: Cincinnati — Would either of these teams even win two games in the Big 12?

Luke: Cincinnati — The fact that a Dave Wannstedt-coached team is in the coaches’ pool shows how talented Pitt is. But the Panthers’ two losses are to Bowling Green and Rutgers.

Matt: Pittsburgh — I have a bad feeling, though, that Dave Wannstedt will blow this one.

Nate: Cincinnati — It’ll be close, but the Bearcats will emerge as the front-runner in the Big-East.