Our Pick 6 college football contest begins Black Friday this week, so line up your picks

It’s rivalry week in college football. And hopefully it’s rebound week for Pick 6 predictors.

After a stellar Week 11, contestants came back down to Earth a bit in Week 12, mostly because of losses by Utah and USC. Here are the winning teams, followed by the percentage of people who correctly picked them: Arizona over Utah (33%), Georgia over Tennessee (92%), Clemson over North Carolina (71%), UCLA over USC (13%), Boise State over Utah State (83%) and Washington over Oregon State (63%).

Two contestants in particular, however, bucked the trend and had a successful week. Mickey’s Granpa and SKHartley both finished in the Top 3 for the second week in a row, with Mickey’s Granpa finishing No. 1 in back-to-back weeks — the first time that’s happened this season. Here’s the full Pick 6 Top 6 for Week 12. Score predictions for the Boise State game were used as a tiebreaker — with margin of victory taking precedence, followed by total points scored.

In the overall standings, GenXMichael managed to maintain his three-game lead.

There was some slight movement in percentage leaders — which is best winning percentage for those who have participated in at least two-thirds of the contests (eight of the 12), but GenXMichael retained his lead here as well.

Ready to try your luck in Week 13? Boise State plays on Friday this week (at 2 p.m. Mountain), so while you’re making your Black Friday shopping list, make sure to include a reminder to get your picks in early. There’s only one more week in the regular season before we release our final bowl-game edition of the Pick 6. Good luck, and Happy Thanksgiving! Here is a rundown of the rules:

1) List your name (optional).

2) List a unique user name if you don’t want your real name used (optional).

3) List your favorite college football team (optional).

4) Pick the winners of our six games.

5) As a tiebreaker, predict the final score of the Boise State-Air Force game.

6) You’ll have until kickoff of the first game on our list to make your picks That’s 2 p.m. Friday this week.

Good luck! If the game format isn’t showing up below on your screen, follow this link.

This story was originally published November 22, 2023 at 3:09 PM.