Cold Stratifying acorns--should they crack in the fridge?

In the fall (here in Wisconsin) I collected several hundred fresh acorns from wild red, white, and "turkey" oaks.  I threw out all the damaged one, leaving the nice, fat, heavy, healthy ones.

I placed them in heavy zipper bags with some damp paper towels, and put them in the fridge to stratify.  It's been about 8 weeks now, and I do not see any signs of life in any of them.  Not a single one.

Should I expect that they will crack/sprout in the fridge (and then I plant it), or do I just go ahead and plant them, even though they have not sprouted yet?

I was really hoping to have some seedlings by spring.  My brother just expaned his property, and is trying to replant several acres into a kind of wildlife heaven.  Oaks, apples, and other food crops for the critters.  I realize an oak isn't going to produce in the short term, but it's an interesting long term project.

Thanks for any info

I would plant them directly into the ground. I don't feel confidence that my fridge sufficiently mimics natural processes.

I have not cold stratified acorns but I have done other nuts.

When I completed the 'time' they were not cracked. I proceeded to plant them and before I knew it they rooted. I wouldn't worry if you don't see any changes, I think it is just part of the processes that they hit certain triggers before sprouting.

While I don't have any direct experience, I agree with Timothy in theory. The refrigerator is not to germinate the nut, it is to make sure it has gone through a cold period before it germinates. It still probably wants the soil for that part of the process.

Thanks for the info.  I might just go ahead and plant them.  I have a couple hundred--even if I only get 10% germination, who cares?  That still leaves dozens.  

i’m surprised the whites haven’t started trying to root, since they frequently start going during the first wet weather after they drop. the red family ones don’t generally start to move until late winter.