KSL Pick'em: Cougar fans dominate Week 12 leaderboard


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SALT LAKE CITY — Only a few weeks remain in the college football season.

In short, it has been an up-and-down season for the three in-state FBS teams. Utah State beat down Boise State, Utah handed Oregon one of its worst home losses in history and BYU's last-second miracle in Lincoln is sure to make the cut of the season's top moments.

Week 12 had both highs and lows. BYU demolished Fresno State 52-10, and Utah State came from behind to beat Nevada 31-27.

Utah, however, only mustered three field goals in a game that could have set it up for a seat in a Pac-12 championship game, losing 17-9 to UCLA.

In other games this week, Michigan State stunned Ohio State 17-14, and Baylor beat Oklahoma State 45-35.

With the games in the books, how did we do? Here are the results of Week 12 of KSL's College Football Pick'em.

KSL.com user B. Lindsay (BYU fan base) took the top spot in a BYU-heavy Week 12 leaderboard, scoring 194 points on a perfect 5-0 record.

Lindsay's best picks were Utah State 28, Nevada 24 (44 points) and UCLA 21, Utah 17 (42 points). By finishing with the most points in Week 12, Lindsay will receive a $30 Wells Fargo Visa gift card.

Consensus picks were just 2-3 for the week (prediction, actual): BYU vs. Fresno State (36-17, 52-10); Utah State vs. Nevada (26-23, 31-27); Ohio State vs. Michigan State (29-25, 14-17); Oklahoma State vs. Baylor (36-34, 35-45), and Utah vs. UCLA (26-25, 9-17).

BYU fans were the most accurate in Week 12, scoring an average of 18.5 points per game, correctly picking 58 percent. Aggie fans came in second with 17.9 points and 56 percent, while Utah was last with 15.4 points and 50 percent correct.

BYU fans were the most optimistic, with 99.2 percent of the fan base picking the Cougars to beat Fresno State; 89.6 percent of Utah State fans picked the Aggies to beat Nevada, and 83.8 percent of Utah fans picked the Utes to beat UCLA.

For those following the KSL Sports group, Jeremiah Jensen was a perfect 5-0, scoring 176 points. Josh Furlong and Sean Walker are in a two-way tie for first in the overall leaderboard with 1,503 points.

Here is the schedule for Week 13: Houston (10-1) vs. Navy (9-1); Utah (8-3) vs. Colorado (4-8); Utah State (6-5) vs. BYU (8-3); Florida (10-1) vs. Florida State (9-2), and Oklahoma State (10-1) vs. Oklahoma (10-1). Remember that games between in-state teams, as well as bowl games, are worth 100 points, so be sure to put some extra thought into the BYU vs. Utah State game this week.

Remember that in addition to giving away the weekly $30 gift card, we're also giving away a 4K TV to the user with the highest total of the best seven weekly scores.

To play KSL College Football Pick'em, click here.

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