The Journal Gazettes Greg Jones and Indiana NewsCenters Dean Pantazi make their weekly football picks. Both went 5-0 last week. Jones leads the overall series, 213-63 to 208-68.
| Semistate games | Gregs pick | Reasoning | Deans pick | Reasoning |
| Class 4A | | | | |
| Bishop Dwenger at Lowell | Dwenger | Tough, tough road win for Saints | Dwenger | Time to win there |
| Class 2A | | | | |
| Renssealer Central at Bishop Luers | Luers | Knights offense too much these days | Luers | Knapke, Mullen and Co. rolling |
| Class A | | | | |
| Central Catholic at Southern Wells | Central Catholic | Raiders succumb to Knights stingy defense | Central Catholic | Nice run by Raiders |