{"id":380807,"date":"2025-11-12T13:46:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=380807"},"modified":"2025-11-12T13:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:46:21","slug":"college-football-picks-week-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/college-football-picks-week-12-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"College football Week 12 picks and predictions: NCAAF best bets on UCLA&#8217;s Nico Iamaleava, Oklahoma vs. Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Saturday afternoon&#8217;s marquee matchup features the Alabama Crimson Tide and Oklahoma Sooners, who square off in a game with major implications for the SEC standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> No. 4 Alabama looks to stay perfect in the SEC with a win, while No. 11 Oklahoma would be on shaky ground in the College Football Playoff picture with a loss. Later on, the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes are home against Nico Iamaleava&#8217;s UCLA Bruins in what should be a laugher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-6c37cb08-cf64-44cf-857a-d9409b9361a5\">Check out the best college football Week 12 picks, featuring a prediction for the TCU Horned Frogs vs. BYU Cougars matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjY1NzMyJnA9MzExMjU%3D\">Join NorthStar Bets to start betting on college football<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-c42e5bcd-3d78-44a9-a94a-015d114981be\">College football picks Week 12<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best bet: Iamaleava under 29.5 rushing yards (-120)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a dearth of talent around him, Iamaleava has been forced to use his legs quite a bit throughout the season for three-win UCLA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sure the third-year quarterback \u2014 who transferred from Tennessee last offseason \u2014 intends to create his own chunk plays on Saturday night in Columbus. But the No. 1-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes should be ready for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohio State has a handful of Sunday-ready talents, including a pair of linebackers that are tracking for first-round draft status this spring (Arvell Reese, Sonny Styles). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I could see Reese wrecking things at the line of scrimmage, with Styles spying from the second level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjcxODMwJnA9MzEwNjg%3D\">Fade UCLA&#8217;s Nico Iamaleava vs. No. 1 Ohio State<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ohio State has allowed the fourth-fewest rushing yards per game (81.5) and the sixth-fewest yards per rush (2.8).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Buckeyes also average the fifth-highest sack rate (9.87%). That&#8217;s notable because sacks count against quarterback rushing yards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iamaleava is averaging over 50 rushing yards per game, so this line would typically seem far too low for him. But the under is 3-1 in his past four games, and now he&#8217;ll face arguably the toughest matchup possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a game script standpoint, UCLA should be in a position to throw most of the game. After all, the Bruins are 33.5-point road dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Opposing quarterbacks have gone under 29.5 rushing yards in seven straight games vs. Ohio State. And five of those QBs finished with negative yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"product_only\"><a href=\"cacheembed:120913\">Embed: #120913<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-c1e817ca-a7f4-4be8-8332-7ac0c6f20f4b\">More college football best bets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oklahoma\/Alabama under 45.5 points (-109):<\/strong> Oklahoma&#8217;s past two games have hit the over, but that was against a pair of run-and-gun offences (Tennessee, Ole Miss).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unders are still 7-2 on the year for the Sooners, and I expect defence to rule the day in Tuscaloosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjcxODMwJnA9MzEwNjg%3D\">Check out Week 12 NCAAF prop markets at NorthStar Bets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Oklahoma&#8217;s defence ranks No. 1 in success rate, No. 7 in points and No. 16 in EPA per play.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alabama&#8217;s defence ranks No. 27 in success rate, No. 13 in points and No. 25 in EPA per play.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With two unequivocally top-30 defences on the field, I can&#8217;t imagine this game getting into the upper-40s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unders are 5-1 in Bama&#8217;s past six games, and last year&#8217;s head-to-head meeting finished with 27 total points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BYU -4.5 (-108):<\/strong> Home-field advantage should mean something in Saturday&#8217;s late-night showdown between unranked TCU and No. 12 BYU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TCU is 0-3 ATS on the road in Big 12 play, including a 13-point loss at Kansas State as a 3-point favourite.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>BYU is 4-0 SU and 3-1 ATS at home this season, most recently earning an upset win over Utah.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjcxODMwJnA9MzEwNjg%3D\">Don&#8217;t miss out \u2014 Bet on Saturday&#8217;s college football action<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, the Horned Frogs lost at home as 7.5-point favourites against Iowa State &#8230; a team the Cougars beat by 14 points two weeks prior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BYU starting running back LJ Martin is reportedly good to go after playing just parts of the past two games due to injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before getting hurt on Oct. 25, Martin led the Big 12 in rushing and was sixth in NCAA Division I. 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The pregame narrative: No. 4 Alabama looks to stay perfect in the SEC with a win, while No. 11 Oklahoma would be on shaky ground in the College Football Playoff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":380838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>College football picks Week 12: NCAAF best bets | The Boost<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our college football Week 12 picks, props and predictions. 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