WIAC PROJECTIONS

UW-Oshkosh at UW-Stevens Point
The Titans let down big time last week after playing UW-Whitewater very tough the week before.  This game isn't about how the numbers stack up nearly as much as it is about the internal mettle of UW-Oshkosh.  The Titans lose this one and they are just another WIAC team that possesses talent and toughness but unable to rise above the pack in the best conference in the country.

UW-Oshkosh 27
UW-Stevens Point 20




UW-Platteville at UW-Stout
Each team (both are 5-3, 3-2 in the WIAC) is looking to lock up a winning season and position themselves to be in the WIAC  upper tier. Both have won two straight. Stout has allowed only 10 points over the past two games and UW-Platteville seems to be gaining great offensive momentum, scoring 65 points over the same span.  It will be hard for UW-S to hold UW-P down and hard to keep up with them if they don't.

UW-Platteville 31
UW-Stout 20


UW-River Falls at UW-LaCrosse
UW-RF will be looking to get over the top and earn Coach Matt Walker his first win after narrow misses the last two weeks against Platteville and Stout. UW-LaCrosse's Ben Hertrampf is one of the hottest backs in the WIAC going over 180 yards in two of the last three weeks.  The Eagles shocked UW-Oshkosh last week. Can they carry the momentum forward or will they let down as the Titans appeared to last week?  Hertrampf vs a defense giving up 5.0 yards per carry is hard to overlook.

UW-LaCrosse 24
UW-River Falls 7


UW-Whitewater at UW-Eau Claire
The Blugolds come into Saturday's game having lost 3 of their last 4.  One of the problems has been a defense who allowed only 16.75 points per game the first four games, but 25.75 points over the last four.  Austin Neu, the conference's leading passer will be trying to test a UW-W defense that gave up completions of 36, 34, and 29 yards in the first half last week to UW-Stevens Point's Theo Maglio.   However, once the Warhawks adjusted by shadowing  Maglio with cornerback Noah Timm,  Maglio caught one pass for three yards in the second half.  After clinching a share of the WIAC crown last week, they look to claim it outright Saturday and begin to establish a rhythm offensively and defensively as the playoffs near.

UW-Whitewater 35
UW-Eau Claire 13