DOES ANY TEAM REALLY HAVE THE POWER AFTER WEEK 8? HELL YEAH!

Let’s get into it.  What a weird, wonderful and heart-wrenching weekend! Five ranked SEC teams were upset, including three that had national title aspirations. There were a few other surprises, and a few survivals.

 

WHO’S STILL GOT A SHOT? In the SEC, Alabama and Missouri are the last two standing with any shot at the national championship. These two should meet for the SEC championship, and, if the winner is undefeated, they should be in the national championship game. Missouri still has three tests on its schedule with SC, Ole Miss and Texas A&M.  Bama still has LSU.

 

In the Big 12, Texas Tech and Baylor are still undefeated, so they’re in the count for now.  Outlook isn’t too good for either. 

In the Big 10, Ohio State is hoping for upsets. Should Ohio State lose a game, a whole bunch of undefeated teams would suddenly be back in the mix.

 

Florida State is the last super strong team left. Miami is undefeated, and Virginia Tech has one loss, but both of these two would need to win out and get a ton of help. If Missouri wins the SEC, Florida State may be the team to play Oregon and end the SEC’s reign.

 

Oregon is the strongest looking team in the land, and we may get a chance to see whether they can deal with SEC defensive lines now.

 

I’ve been called out on last week’s statement that “Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Kentucky all combine to suck.”  I’m standing by it, because, up until then, they had.  I’ll give Tennessee some props.  Maybe their players are starting to buy into Jones’ philosophies, or maybe South Carolina overlooked them.  Either way, nice win!  Vanderbilt beat a team that’s simply lost too many players to injury.  I also need to give Auburn a shoutout because that’s one hell of a win over Texas A&M.  Great start for Malzhan.

 

RANDOM THOUGHTS—North Carolina showed us a text book example of snatching defeat away from the jaws of victory. Talk about swallowing the olive. They had the lead 23-17 with 5 ½ minutes to go.  They had the ball on their 49 with a 3^rd & 1. Fifteen yards away from possibly going up by 9 without leaving Miami enough time to score twice, NC suddenly remembered they were NC. Two procedure penalties later, their QB gets sacked on the 3^rd and 11 play. Miami gets the ball back with 5:04 left and scores in 3:55. NC actually had a chance at the end, but it was a huge longshot by then. Chokers.

 

Who mails it in and quits their team first, Clowney or Manziel?

 

How is it that Bill O’Brien is so much better as a head coach than he ever was as an assistant?

 

THE SEC WEST—It’s Bama and the rest of them. LSU could upset them and still watch them play in the Championship game. Now, some of you may ask why I’m saying this with Bama ranked 6^th below.  This is because I realize that Bama still hasn’t played the meat of its schedule. The downside? As long as they’re winning, Bama will get the benefit of the doubt from the voters. Here’s the average of the top 5 BCS teams’ opponents’ rankings:

		avg opp.		avg w/o
		ranking		1-AA opp
Alabama		62.29		62.29
Florida St		83.17		39.8
Oregon		79.43		42.67
Ohio St		91.57		56.83
Missouri		91		51.17

 

Looks like I just disproved my own point until you consider that Alabama is the only team in this list that hasn’t already played its 1-AA opponent. Factor those rankings out and you get the right column. Even Ohio State’s 1-A opponents are better.

 

This is the third year in a row that Bama’s out of conference schedule has sucked. The least Bama can do is substitute a decent team for Georgia State occasionally. I’m not saying that Bama wasn’t the best team in the country the last two years, because they were.  I’m also not saying that they’re not the best team this year, because they could be. I’d just like to see them play better competition. I’m glad I’m not one of their season ticket holders. The last three weeks, their opponents have an average ranking of 92.333. People are rejoicing at their strength looking at last week’s game, but Arkansas is making a case for being one of the worst teams playing big boy football.

 

LSU, call the proctologist to get that red and blue boot out of your butt. (I can say this. I’m a die-hard LSU fan.)

 

THE SEC EAST—Missouri now has a two game lead, and they get SC playing its own backup QB. He does have some game experience. I wasn’t shocked that they won, but that they dominated. Vandy over Georgia surprised me. I am shocked that Tennessee upset South Carolina.

 

Two games in the conference matter this week, unless there are more upsets. Tennessee vs Alabama is suddenly interesting while Missouri vs South Carolina should decide the East.

 

THE ACC—Nothing to see here, folks, unless Florida State pulls an LSU against NC State. Here’s a test—which non-SEC team swallowed the olive last week?

 

THE BIG 12—Looks like a bunch of entertaining games this weekend, but only Oklahoma vs Texas Tech has any national implications unless Kansas upsets Baylor or injures Bryce Petty.

 

THE PAC 12—Believe it or not, but four of Oregon’s remaining five opponents are either pretty good or have a major skin in their collection, and all but Arizona have at least a chance to beat them. UCLA is the next one up. Do I think the Bruins will do it? Nah, but it could be a close game for three quarters. Besides this, USC vs Utah and Stanford vs Oregon State could both be fun to watch.

 

THE BIG 10—Do you realize that Nebraska, Michigan and Michigan State have each only lost one game? Do you care? Let’s see if Penn State has any of that Michigan mojo left over for Ohio State.

 

THE RANKING—I’m glad a few of you threw a few comments my way. Nobody threw me a curve, and most of the questions were how Virginia Tech could have been ranked ahead of Alabama. I answered that a lot of that was due to how the open dates stacked up, and now those two teams have flopped spots. Now, the reason Virginia Tech is even ranked this close to Alabama is because after losing to Alabama in the opener, Virginia Tech has beaten two teams ranked ahead of them by an average of 20 spots each. This is a great way to rack up some points. On the flip side, you could lose 22 slots in the ranking by getting beat by a team ranked 55 slots below you, right LSU?

 

					PTS FOR				LAST
		WEEK 8			RANKING	WINS		LOSSES	RANK
1		OREGON			25.06355	7	–	0	1
2		MISSOURI			23.93829	7	–	0	3
3		FLORIDA ST			22.92141	6	–	0	15
4		STANFORD			21.16331	6	–	1	13
5		AUBURN			21.15387	6	–	1	20
6		ALABAMA			20.84765	7	–	0	5
7		VIRGINIA TECH			20.72899	6	–	1	4
8		NOTRE DAME			20.72593	5	–	1	14
9		MIAMI			20.66215	6	–	0	7
10		BAYLOR			19.12624	6	–	0	9
11		OHIO ST			18.8574	7	–	0	10
12		ARIZONA ST			18.61602	5	–	2	22
13		BYU			17.79849	5	–	2	19
14		TEXAS TECH			17.48781	7	–	0	24
15		UCLA			16.21298	5	–	1	8
16		MISSISSIPPI			15.62445	4	–	3	57
17		UCF			15.39376	5	–	1	31
18		TEXAS			14.18521	4	–	2	18
19		MICH ST			13.98005	6	–	1	21
20		TENNESSEE			13.46914	4	–	3	59
21		CLEMSON			13.21084	6	–	1	12
22		VANDERBILT			13.13313	4	–	3	69
23		WISCONSIN			12.94837	5	–	2	33
24		LSU			12.3986	6	–	2	2
25		FRESNO ST			11.52467	6	–	0	28
26		OREGON ST			11.26066	6	–	1	27
27		MICHIGAN			11.25104	6	–	1	37
28		OKLAHOMA			10.87401	6	–	1	26
29		TEXAS AM			10.32391	5	–	2	17
30		NORTHERN ILL			10.14848	7	–	0	30
31		ARIZONA			9.911221	4	–	2	63
32		OKLAHOMA ST			9.800879	5	–	1	52
33		GEORGIA			9.743207	4	–	3	6
34		UTAH			9.306257	4	–	3	11
35		PENN ST			8.993104	4	–	2	29
36		NEBRASKA			8.878029	5	–	1	32
37		WAKE FOREST			8.411011	4	–	3	48
38		PITTSBURGH			7.386629	4	–	2	39
39		SOUTH CAROLINA			7.2542	5	–	2	16
40		GA TECH			7.04475	4	–	3	62
41		BALL ST			6.581693	7	–	1	41
42		USC			6.414557	4	–	3	34
43		WASHINGTON			6.126129	4	–	3	25
44		LOUISVILLE			6.123829	6	–	1	23
45		TULANE			6.07635	5	–	2	42
46		MINNESOTA			5.599176	5	–	2	64
47		FLORIDA			5.093986	4	–	3	38
48		WEST VIRGINIA			4.819783	3	–	4	36
49		HOUSTON			4.668364	5	–	1	35
50		RUTGERS			4.612521	4	–	2	43
51		BOISE ST			4.3563	5	–	2	49
52		UL-LAF			4.278086	4	–	2	61
53		WASHINGTON ST			3.446164	4	–	4	47
54		IOWA			2.523879	4	–	3	51
55		MISSISSIPPI ST			1.380293	3	–	3	56
56		INDIANA			1.105919	3	–	4	45
57		ILLINOIS			0.919156	3	–	3	46
58		MARYLAND			0.854616	5	–	2	40
59		RICE			0.564764	5	–	2	58
60		TCU			0.506014	3	–	4	50
61		MARSHALL			0.424279	4	–	2	60
62		SYRACUSE			-0.84334	3	–	4	44
63		BUFFALO			-0.95727	5	–	2	65
64		UNLV			-1.25922	4	–	3	53
65		SAN JOSE ST			-1.39217	3	–	3	67
66		VIRGINIA			-2.49385	3	–	4	93
67		BOSTON COLLEGE			-2.62342	3	–	3	68
68		EAST CAROLINA			-2.88021	5	–	2	70
69		UTAH ST			-3.16881	4	–	4	73
70		COLORADO			-3.37535	3	–	3	72
71		NORTHWESTERN			-3.5153	4	–	3	54
72		TOLEDO			-3.88454	4	–	3	86
73		ARKANSAS			-4.41661	3	–	5	71
74		NORTH TEXAS			-5.17349	4	–	3	80
75		SMU			-5.29225	2	–	4	88
76		OLD DOMINION			-5.81536	4	–	3	74
77		DUKE			-6.00911	4	–	3	55
78		KENTUCKY			-6.27841	1	–	5	76
79		OHIO UNIV			-6.52796	5	–	2	83
80		KANSAS			-7.04506	2	–	4	79
81		COLORADO ST			-7.2008	3	–	4	99
82		CENTRAL MICH			-7.33766	3	–	5	78
83		CINCINNATI			-7.71625	5	–	2	94
84		CALIFORNIA			-8.0176	1	–	6	81
85		BOWLING GREEN			-8.26886	5	–	2	85
86		WESTERN KENTUCKY			-8.7474	4	–	3	66
87		NORTH CAROLINA			-9.05716	1	–	5	84
88		PURDUE			-9.20479	1	–	6	87
89		NC STATE			-9.77729	3	–	3	90
90		TROY			-9.83374	4	–	3	91
91		ARKANSAS ST			-11.983	3	–	3	96
92		NEVADA			-12.2247	3	–	4	95
93		FLORIDA ATLANTIC			-13.0676	2	–	5	97
94		TULSA			-13.32	2	–	4	98
95		MEMPHIS			-13.9159	1	–	5	77
96		ULM			-14.56	3	–	4	102
97		SOUTH ALABAMA			-14.5705	3	–	3	109
98		TEXAS SAN ANTONIO			-14.6062	2	–	5	100
99		MIDDLE TENN			-14.9177	3	–	4	103
100		NAVY			-16.1113	3	–	3	92
101		TEXAS ST			-16.6028	4	–	3	104
102		UAB			-16.7523	2	–	4	105
103		WYOMING			-16.85	4	–	3	75
104		IDAHO			-17.5338	1	–	6	106
105		KENT ST			-17.7194	2	–	6	82
106		NEW MEXICO			-18.7545	2	–	5	101
107		SAN DIEGO ST			-18.9259	3	–	3	107
108		ARMY			-20.5275	3	–	5	89
109		SOUTH FLORIDA			-20.7218	2	–	4	108
110		HAWAII			-22.0127	0	–	6	110
111		KANSAS ST			-22.8962	2	–	4	113
112		IOWA ST			-23.7016	1	–	4	114
113		SOUTHERN MISS			-24.2131	0	–	6	111
114		AKRON			-24.3319	2	–	6	117
115		LA TECH			-25.9305	2	–	5	112
116		AIR FORCE			-26.9683	1	–	6	116
117		EASTERN MICH			-28.0978	1	–	6	115
118		NEW MEXICO ST			-30.6347	0	–	7	118
119		UTEP			-31.2377	1	–	5	119
120		MIAMI (OH)			-40.1561	0	–	7	120
121		CONNECTICUT			-40.751	0	–	6	121
122		TEMPLE			-56.8033	1	–	6	124
123		UMASS			-59.5748	1	–	6	122
124		WESTERN MICH			-62.3261	0	–	8	123
125		FLORIDA INT			-76.277	1	–	5	125
126		GEORGIA STATE			-153.086	0	–	7	126

 

 

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WHO’S GOT THE POWER HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON?–WEEK 7

Howdy, all.  If you haven’t seen this column before (and I’m assuming you haven’t), this is where you’ll find out which teams have played the best against the best.  I can tell you this by looking at the results of my college football power ranking model, which I’ve been designing over the past five years.  I could give you the details of how the model works, but I won’t in this column.  I’d get bored writing it, and you’d never read this again.  If you really want to find out, go to my site, https://collegefootballpowerranking.wordpress.com, and click on the “How it Works” page.  That page may not be completely up to date with the latest model, but I’ll check it soon.

Here’s the model in a nutshell:  just like with every model out there, teams earn points from wins and lose them from losses.  I factor in Home/Away, scoring margins of 17 points or greater and strength of schedule.  A couple of things that make my model different:  every team begins the season evenly ranked.  I also incorporate a historical bias adjustment based on the team’s performance over the past four seasons.  This bias affects the points earned/lost by a team’s opponents and is partly reflected in that team’s strength of schedule.  Points earned or lost vary given the relative ranking of the two teams.  One more thing—I hate 1-AA teams.  Playing them doesn’t usually give a team much in winning points, but it adversely affects its strength of schedule.  Lose to a 1-AA opponent generally leads to free fall.

My rankings won’t look like the AP or the Coaches’ Polls because mine doesn’t suck.  Those polls generally catch up to mine as the season progresses.  Also, you’ll see some teams ranked ahead of some teams that beat them like VA TECH and GEORGIA over ALABAMA and CLEMSON.  This is because these other teams have played MUCH better competition since those early games.  You’ll also see quite a bit of movement at the top of the ranking.  There was a lot from last week because so many teams either got beat or had an open date.  It’s hard to earn points when you’re not playing.

Now, before I get into the rankings for this week, here are a few thoughts.

THE SEC EAST—Like a lot of you, I was surprised to see that Missouri was undefeated heading into their game against Georgia, until I looked at their schedule.  Even though Georgia was ranked #2 entering the game, I wasn’t very surprised with the outcome.  The game may have been different if Georgia hadn’t been down to its 3^rd running back and scout team wide outs.  The game would have been different if Georgia would just play some damn defense.  But, I have to give Missouri their due.  They whipped Georgia at Athens, and would be firmly in control of the East if their QB hadn’t suffered that separated shoulder.  If Missouri beats Florida and South Carolina over the next two weeks, they may still control the East.  It’s no sure thing with their finishing with Ole Miss and A&M.  I think Missouri just opened the door for South Carolina to backdoor Georgia and slip into the championship game.

Georgia—they’ve lost too much on offense, and they’ll probably lose to either Florida or Auburn in the next few weeks, if not both.  Florida could find themselves back around the top 10 if they can find a way to slow down Georgia’s offense in two weeks.  That’s easier said than done since Georgia should have Gurley back to tote the rock.  Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Kentucky all combine to suck.

THE SEC WEST—LSU may have found some defense.  They’ll need it with Ole Miss this weekend and Alabama and A&M lurking.  A&M is still dangerous, but Ole Miss seemed to study LSU’s game film last year and slowed them down, some, at first.  Most of y’all didn’t stay up to watch the whole game, but Ole Miss could have won that game.  Ole Miss won the 4^th quarter 21-20, but their final series consisted of 3 incomplete passes that took 34 seconds off the clock, including the punt.  I think they should have tried running the ball to work the clock, but it may not have worked since A&M had all of their timeouts.

Arkansas shouldn’t be this bad.  Bad enough to give up 52 (FIFTY TWO) unanswered points.  Some teams like Georgia get worse due to injuries, and some like Arkansas seem to find their suck groove.  Florida vs Missouri might be a good one, and LSU vs Ole Miss could be a shoot-out.

THE BIG 12—Pundits nationwide are talking up Baylor.  Yes, they’ve won their games by an average of 63-18, but here’s another number for you.  112.  This is the average rank of their opponents.  You’re still not sure?  Arguably, their toughest opponent so far has been Louisiana-Monroe, and they aren’t playing nearly as well as they were last season when they beat Arkansas.  They have two more bad teams in the next two weeks.  After that, they could realistically lose their final five.  I don’t know that this will happen, but I will be surprised if they win more than 9.  I’m calling it.  Write it down.

How the hell did Texas beat Oklahoma?  The only thing I can figure is that Bob Stoops is worried that Texas’s next hire will beat him badly, so he did his part in helping Mack keep his job.  A lot of people between Austin and Norman think they both should go.

Texas Tech is the other undefeated team left in the Big 12, but they needed some zebra help to beat TCU.  I like Kingsbury, but their next three games could be pretty tough.  By the way, if anyone wants to know, I’ll tell you how the Big 12 is cheating the other major conferences again this season.

Texas Tech vs West Virginia could be a fun one depending on which schizo W VA team shows up.  Same with TCU vs Oklahoma State.  Like Ole Miss, TCU may be the most dangerous 3-3 team out there.

THE ACC—Hell of a game this weekend between Florida State and Clemson.  The winner will be in the thick of the national title conversation and should be as long as it’s Florida State.  I only write this because Clemson is playing two 1-AA teams this season.  But, I’m not completely sold on either of these two.  Both of these teams have that old, Spurrier-esque, shiney pants offense and defenses that don’t scare Wake Forest.  In three weeks, Miami and Virginia Tech square off.  These teams aren’t getting the pub, but their combined record is 12-1, and both of them appear to be more balanced than Clemson and Florida State.  The winners of each of these two games should meet in the ACC championship game, which could be the game they originally envisioned.   By the way, you’ll see below that Virginia Tech and Miami are ranked higher than Clemson and Florida State.

There always seems to be a lot of unforeseen upsets in the ACC every year.  I have no idea how East Carolina was able to beat North Carolina so badly and a lot worse than South Carolina and Virginia Tech beat them, but if there’s one team that could rise up this week, it’s the Tarheels.  Beware, Canes.

THE PAC 12—Right now, the Pac 12 looks like it has finally displaced the Big 12 and is taking its place as the other main power conference along with the SEC.  This may change before the season ends, and the ACC may have something to say about it.  At this time, eight of the twelve teams may really be pretty good.  I don’t believe that USC has the depth to win a lot, but eight wins is possible.  Arizona and Washington State aren’t too bad, and they may be good enough to pull a couple of upsets.  Colorado and Cal are pretty bad, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Dykes can’t right the ship at Cal after a couple of seasons.   The two marque games are Washington vs Arizona State and UCLA vs Stanford.

THE BIG 10—Nice win by Penn State.  Stanford’s loss could be HUGE for the Big 10!  If they go on to win the PAC 12, they may put a less than deserving Ohio State into the national championship game.

THE RANKING—Stanford and Georgia had started building up a nice cushion between them and the rest of the teams before their losses last week.  Almost five points.  This week, the top seven teams are all within five points.  As we get deeper into conference play, we should see less dramatic movement from week-to-week as the teams play more opponents near their own rank.  The teams are starting to find their slots.  Missouri, Utah, Texas and BYU are the big risers this week.  Oklahoma was the big loser, but they’ll get a chance to climb back up in two weeks when they play Texas Tech.

I feel the need to give a shout out to one team that should become bowl-eligible for the first time in a very long time, and that’s Tulane.  They’re 5-2, and they just whipped East Carolina who beat the hell out of North Carolina a few weeks ago.  Also, a buddy of mine here in Atlanta wants me to give a shout out to Georgia State.  I’ve got to say, the Panthers are AWFUL.  Not only are they 0-3 against 1-A opponents, they’re also 0-3 against 1-AA teams.  Georgia State is in its second year of transitioning to 1-A while Old Dominion is in its first.  Appalachian State, Charlotte and Georgia Southern are coming aboard next season.    The Sunbelt and Conference USA are gaining members but losing strength of schedule for the next few seasons.  This could be a win for the American Athletic Conference, but I doubt it.  They have as many teams ranked 100 or worse (3) as they do in the top 40.

				PTS FOR				LAST
	WEEK 7			RANKING	WINS		LOSSES	RANK
1	OREGON			23.63595	6	–	0	8
2	LSU			21.23867	6	–	1	14
3	MISSOURI			20.46564	6	–	0	21
4	VIRGINIA TECH			20.32547	6	–	1	10
5	ALABAMA			19.22687	6	–	0	4
6	GEORGIA			19.14231	4	–	2	2
7	MIAMI			18.90265	5	–	0	3
8	UCLA			18.78483	5	–	0	5
9	BAYLOR			17.62909	5	–	0	9
10	OHIO ST			17.38769	6	–	0	6
11	UTAH			17.33559	4	–	2	43
12	CLEMSON			16.66357	6	–	0	11
13	STANFORD			15.54044	5	–	1	1
14	NOTRE DAME			15.42052	4	–	1	12
15	FLORIDA ST			14.50098	5	–	0	13
16	SOUTH CAROLINA			14.45711	5	–	1	17
17	TEXAS AM			14.07664	5	–	1	22
18	TEXAS			13.96206	4	–	2	59
19	BYU			13.55437	4	–	2	36
20	AUBURN			12.91001	5	–	1	18
21	MICH ST			12.57977	5	–	1	26
22	ARIZONA ST			11.65589	4	–	2	19
23	LOUISVILLE			11.28704	6	–	0	38
24	TEXAS TECH			11.03896	6	–	0	23
25	WASHINGTON			10.43599	4	–	2	15
26	OKLAHOMA			10.06743	5	–	1	7
27	OREGON ST			9.794508	5	–	1	48
28	FRESNO ST			9.128933	5	–	0	25
29	PENN ST			9.085254	4	–	2	73
30	NORTHERN ILL			8.982916	6	–	0	28
31	UCF			8.90191	4	–	1	29
32	NEBRASKA			8.6945	5	–	1	33
33	WISCONSIN			8.447594	4	–	2	54
34	USC			8.443763	4	–	2	46
35	HOUSTON			8.340271	5	–	0	34
36	WEST VIRGINIA			7.568521	3	–	3	32
37	MICHIGAN			6.924423	5	–	1	16
38	FLORIDA			6.891494	4	–	2	24
39	PITTSBURGH			6.405576	3	–	2	27
40	MARYLAND			6.244358	5	–	1	39
41	BALL ST			5.973202	6	–	1	42
42	TULANE			5.645937	5	–	2	64
43	RUTGERS			4.290492	4	–	2	30
44	SYRACUSE			4.155316	3	–	3	68
45	INDIANA			4.114484	3	–	3	37
46	ILLINOIS			3.43832	3	–	2	44
47	WASHINGTON ST			3.395455	4	–	3	20
48	WAKE FOREST			3.281227	3	–	3	45
49	BOISE ST			3.063267	4	–	2	65
50	TCU			2.82388	3	–	3	53
51	IOWA			2.45699	4	–	2	50
52	OKLAHOMA ST			2.378484	4	–	1	49
53	UNLV			1.566802	4	–	2	52
54	NORTHWESTERN			1.439724	4	–	2	40
55	DUKE			1.255006	4	–	2	70
56	MISSISSIPPI ST			1.017578	3	–	3	61
57	MISSISSIPPI			0.271178	3	–	3	51
58	RICE			0.217837	4	–	2	58
59	TENNESSEE			0.173284	3	–	3	55
60	MARSHALL			0.088867	4	–	2	57
61	UL-LAF			-0.28572	3	–	2	56
62	GA TECH			-0.48428	3	–	3	41
63	ARIZONA			-0.87826	3	–	2	47
64	MINNESOTA			-1.36227	4	–	2	60
65	BUFFALO			-1.4087	4	–	2	62
66	WESTERN KENTUCKY			-1.87982	4	–	2	66
67	SAN JOSE ST			-1.94847	3	–	3	76
68	BOSTON COLLEGE			-2.87868	3	–	3	67
69	VANDERBILT			-3.29726	3	–	3	69
70	EAST CAROLINA			-3.46602	4	–	2	31
71	ARKANSAS			-4.27309	3	–	4	71
72	COLORADO			-4.68795	2	–	3	72
73	UTAH ST			-5.37659	3	–	4	63
74	OLD DOMINION			-5.49777	4	–	2	79
75	WYOMING			-5.69586	4	–	2	88
76	KENTUCKY			-5.98584	1	–	5	80
77	MEMPHIS			-6.17033	1	–	4	74
78	CENTRAL MICH			-6.69517	3	–	4	103
79	KANSAS			-6.9318	2	–	3	77
80	NORTH TEXAS			-6.98734	3	–	3	95
81	CALIFORNIA			-7.26754	1	–	5	82
82	KENT ST			-7.71383	2	–	5	81
83	OHIO UNIV			-8.12884	4	–	2	35
84	NORTH CAROLINA			-8.43753	1	–	4	87
85	BOWLING GREEN			-8.62622	5	–	2	83
86	TOLEDO			-8.67499	3	–	3	91
87	PURDUE			-9.06268	1	–	5	89
88	SMU			-9.09509	1	–	4	92
89	ARMY			-9.73553	3	–	4	100
90	NC STATE			-10.0423	3	–	3	78
91	TROY			-10.3728	4	–	3	96
92	NAVY			-10.5203	3	–	2	75
93	VIRGINIA			-10.6512	2	–	4	93
94	CINCINNATI			-11.4468	4	–	2	101
95	NEVADA			-11.9109	3	–	3	99
96	ARKANSAS ST			-12.3441	3	–	3	102
97	FLORIDA ATLANTIC			-13.1365	2	–	5	94
98	TULSA			-13.467	2	–	4	104
99	COLORADO ST			-13.901	2	–	4	86
100	TEXAS SAN ANTONIO			-14.7359	2	–	5	98
101	NEW MEXICO			-14.79	2	–	4	90
102	ULM			-14.8803	3	–	4	106
103	MIDDLE TENN			-15.2722	3	–	4	85
104	TEXAS ST			-17.0989	3	–	3	84
105	UAB			-17.252	2	–	4	107
106	IDAHO			-17.6008	1	–	6	97
107	SAN DIEGO ST			-19.3115	3	–	3	115
108	SOUTH FLORIDA			-21.1255	2	–	4	118
109	SOUTH ALABAMA			-21.581	2	–	3	110
110	HAWAII			-21.9589	0	–	6	108
111	SOUTHERN MISS			-23.1095	0	–	5	111
112	LA TECH			-23.141	2	–	4	113
113	KANSAS ST			-23.3593	2	–	4	112
114	IOWA ST			-23.5712	1	–	3	114
115	EASTERN MICH			-25.2875	1	–	5	105
116	AIR FORCE			-27.2302	1	–	6	109
117	AKRON			-27.5782	1	–	6	117
118	NEW MEXICO ST			-29.1672	0	–	6	120
119	UTEP			-31.3546	1	–	5	119
120	MIAMI (OH)			-31.9226	0	–	6	116
121	CONNECTICUT			-38.444	0	–	5	121
122	UMASS			-58.6301	1	–	5	124
123	WESTERN MICH			-61.1993	0	–	7	122
124	TEMPLE			-62.5671	0	–	6	123
125	FLORIDA INT			-76.5671	1	–	5	125
126	GEORGIA STATE			-149.525	0	–	6	126

I’ll try to get a little more humor into next week’s column.  Let me know what you think about the rankings.  Trust me, I can take it.  I’m planning on updating my projections for the end of the season starting next week.

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WEEK 6 IS IN THE BOOKS—SO, WHO’S THE MOST POWERFUL TEAM IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOW?

WEEK 6 IS IN THE BOOKS–AND HERE’S WHO’S GOT THE POWER!

Howdy, all!  If you haven’t seen this column before, this is where you’ll find out which teams have played the best against the best so far this season.  How?  Through the use of the power ranking model I designed.  It’s similar to a few out there, but probably different than anything you’ve seen.  The main differences are that every team begins the season with an equal ranking and earns its rank from there.  Also, each team is assigned a historical bias based upon its play the previous four years.  This bias does not directly affect this team’s points or ranking.  It does affect the points its opponents gain or lose for playing them.  Other factors considered are home/away, margin of the game, and the team’s strength of schedule.

Before I show you the rankings, I’ve got a few thoughts to share—

MACK BROWN IS STILL EMPLOYED.   I’m not saying he shouldn’t be, and I don’t have anything against him personally, but I don’t believe gift-wrapped win from the refs over Iowa State should be the reason he’s got his job.  I heard some idiots Saturday on one of the Atlanta sports stations talking about how he should be given a little more leeway than Kiffen was.  I couldn’t disagree more.  These guys never mentioned how Texas has underachieved the last few seasons including that fantastic 6-7 season.  Nor did they mention how Kiffen inherited a probation-infested mess and was fielding a team with extreme scholarship restrictions.  Again, they were idiots.

MAYBE TEXAS SHOULD HAVE HELD ON TO GARRETT GILBERT.   Nice two point conversion here on Saturday.  http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/10/smu-makes-incredible-2-point-conversion-to-tie-rutgers/

THE SEC EAST.   Tennessee could have beaten Georgia if they had any defense.  Georgia could have won going away if they had any defense.  Don’t care too much for the smog-colored jerseys.  This doesn’t mean Tennesse may be good, but it may mean that Georgia’s defense is worse than we think.  Florida beat Arkansas like they should have.  What is Clowney’s problem at South Carolina?  He told Spurrier shortly before the game that he was hurt and wouldn’t play.  This is fine except that usually the coach is told at least a day before by one of the trainers or medical staff.  If Clowney doesn’t watch out, he could garner more trouble than he thinks.  What kind?  The kind of trouble that could cause him to slide 5 or spots in the draft.  His head coach probably knows more NFL admin types than the agent/runner whispering in his ear.  With Clowney’s absence, SC barely beat Kentucky 35-28.  This isn’t good because Kentucky is BAAAAAD.  On the other hand, Missouri may be the most unloved, undefeated team in the country.  I know I don’t hear anything about them.  This is probably due to the fact that their two strongest opponents so far are Indiana and Vanderbilt.  Two strongest, by far.  On paper, this is changing for Missouri on Saturday when they take on Georgia.  In reality, maybe not, when you consider that Georgia is now having to pull offensive skill players off its scout team to start this one.  Unfortunately for Georgia, its defense is still fully intact.  Or, more specifically, its defensive staff.  This team, more than any other, is wishing for a flu outbreak to wipe out its defensive staff.

THE SEC WEST.    LSU’s defense showed signs of life late in their blowout over Mississippi State.  This doesn’t change the fact that their defense scares me, and it scares me in a way that no defense should be scaring anyone.  They’ll get another test this week when Florida comes to Baton Rouge.  Alabama beat Georgia State just like the other four teams that played Georgia State.  Georgia State is in its second transition year moving into Division 1, and they suck.  They’ve been beaten by 3 (THREE) 1-AA teams so far this season.  We learned that Ole Miss shouldn’t spot anybody a 20-3 lead.  Arkansas and South Carolina could be pretty good, especially if Clowney is watching it from his dorm.  Ole Miss may play some defense against A&M, but it would be surprising.

THE BIG 12.   Other than Iowa State getting jobbed by the Texas Refs (and their coach getting fined for complaining about it), the other game of any real consequence was Oklahoma’s beating TCU by 3.  I don’t expect the Texas Refs to make enough calls to give Texas the game over Oklahoma.  Besides this one, we’ll see if Iowa State has enough bullets left to upset Texas Tech.  Baylor might really be good.  We won’t know until they play a team with a pulse.  Have I told you how the Big 12 is cheating the other major conferences this season?  If not, ask me.

THE BIG 10.   Michigan looked better, but this could be because Minnesota sucks.  Ohio State looked worse for the second week in a row, but they still won.  They are open next weekend which is a tougher opponent than three they’ve played.  Northwestern vs. Wisconsin and Michigan vs. Penn State are worthy of our attention.

THE ACC.    There aren’t any really good, decisive games this week unless there are unexpected upsets.  There are a few games that look entertaining this weekend like PITT at VA TECH, GA TECH at BYU and DUKE hosting NAVY, assuming the federal government closedown doesn’t prohibit the Midshipmen from traveling—lying governmental bastards.

THE PAC 12.   Three of the best games last weekend involved Pac 12 teams.  Stanford edging Washington by a ref’s nosehair may have been the best of the bunch, but Arizona State and Notre Dame was a good one.  Still impressed with what Jimmy Mora is doing at UCLA, especially since I was able to see close up what he did with the Falcons.  This weekend brings us a few more like Utah vs. Stanford, Arizona vs. USC, Washington vs. Oregon and Washington State vs. Oregon State.

THE RANKINGS.  Only one team made a pretty big jump into the top 25 this weekend, and that was Baylor moving from 39^th to 8^th with its shelling of West Virginia.  For the fourth week in a row, Oregon has slipped a few spots because its strength of schedule is not good.  Hell, it sucks.  Alabama slipped three spots because it played Georgia State, arguably the worst team in the history of Division 1 football.  Here’s how all 126 teams stand so far this season:

				PTS FOR				LAST
	WEEK 6			RANKING	WINS		LOSSES	RANK
1	STANFORD			23.99135	5	–	0	2
2	GEORGIA			23.8145	4	–	1	1
3	MIAMI			18.8813	5	–	0	11
4	UCLA			17.52264	4	–	0	10
5	OKLAHOMA			16.76673	5	–	0	6
6	ALABAMA			16.68898	5	–	0	3
7	OREGON			16.3953	5	–	0	5
8	BAYLOR			16.25066	4	–	0	39
9	VIRGINIA TECH			15.76091	5	–	1	8
10	CLEMSON			15.74915	5	–	0	9
11	NOTRE DAME			15.52136	4	–	1	30
12	FLORIDA ST			14.49904	5	–	0	17
13	LSU			14.29681	5	–	1	13
14	WASHINGTON			13.45307	4	–	1	4
15	MICHIGAN			13.26506	5	–	0	15
16	OHIO ST			13.24309	6	–	0	12
17	SOUTH CAROLINA			13.21785	4	–	1	14
18	AUBURN			12.35885	4	–	1	34
19	ARIZONA ST			10.83286	3	–	2	7
20	WASHINGTON ST			10.70365	4	–	2	18
21	MISSOURI			10.69829	5	–	0	29
22	TEXAS TECH			10.06941	5	–	0	19
23	RUTGERS			9.589133	4	–	1	22
24	FLORIDA			9.290971	4	–	1	27
25	FRESNO ST			9.146752	5	–	0	23
26	MICH ST			9.02101	4	–	1	51
27	TEXAS AM			8.9438	4	–	1	20
28	PITTSBURGH			8.896838	3	–	1	21
29	NORTHERN ILL			8.765619	5	–	0	28
30	UCF			8.673552	4	–	1	26
31	INDIANA			8.006229	3	–	2	58
32	WEST VIRGINIA			7.463501	3	–	3	16
33	NEBRASKA			7.4074	4	–	1	56
34	HOUSTON			7.188867	4	–	0	32
35	OHIO UNIV			6.952552	4	–	1	35
36	BYU			6.787314	3	–	2	49
37	EAST CAROLINA			6.352095	4	–	1	40
38	LOUISVILLE			5.880105	5	–	0	41
39	MARYLAND			5.276461	4	–	1	25
40	NORTHWESTERN			5.154495	4	–	1	33
41	GA TECH			4.630286	3	–	2	31
42	WAKE FOREST			4.396181	3	–	3	87
43	BALL ST			4.170981	5	–	1	66
44	UTAH			3.920981	3	–	2	37
45	ILLINOIS			3.452857	3	–	2	24
46	ARIZONA			2.744819	3	–	1	44
47	OREGON ST			2.573048	4	–	1	46
48	MISSISSIPPI			2.438705	3	–	2	38
49	OKLAHOMA ST			2.316343	4	–	1	50
50	IOWA			2.29679	4	–	2	36
51	USC			1.900971	3	–	2	48
52	UNLV			1.016876	3	–	2	52
53	TCU			0.457486	2	–	3	53
54	WISCONSIN			0.27739	3	–	2	55
55	TENNESSEE			0.196333	3	–	3	54
56	UL-LAF			-0.29271	3	–	2	85
57	MARSHALL			-0.8319	3	–	2	76
58	RICE			-1.00728	3	–	2	63
59	UTAH ST			-1.06313	3	–	3	43
60	TEXAS			-1.16474	3	–	2	74
61	MINNESOTA			-1.3914	4	–	2	57
62	MISSISSIPPI ST			-1.4237	2	–	3	59
63	BUFFALO			-1.59662	3	–	2	67
64	TULANE			-1.85939	4	–	2	83
65	BOISE ST			-1.91815	3	–	2	60
66	WESTERN KENTUCKY			-1.97235	4	–	2	72
67	BOSTON COLLEGE			-2.49025	3	–	2	82
68	SYRACUSE			-2.66981	2	–	3	65
69	VANDERBILT			-3.55942	3	–	3	62
70	DUKE			-3.60144	3	–	2	73
71	COLORADO			-3.89726	2	–	2	71
72	ARKANSAS			-4.02914	3	–	3	70
73	MEMPHIS			-4.17373	1	–	3	69
74	NAVY			-4.94721	3	–	1	96
75	SAN JOSE ST			-5.16575	2	–	3	91
76	KANSAS			-5.28497	2	–	2	77
77	PENN ST			-5.411	3	–	2	47
78	OLD DOMINION			-5.50018	4	–	2	84
79	KENTUCKY			-5.54884	1	–	4	80
80	KENT ST			-5.67715	2	–	4	78
81	NC STATE			-6.33631	3	–	2	45
82	CALIFORNIA			-6.45537	1	–	4	79
83	BOWLING GREEN			-6.63239	5	–	1	89
84	NORTH CAROLINA			-6.89517	1	–	4	86
85	TEXAS ST			-7.13306	3	–	2	42
86	MIDDLE TENN			-7.53634	3	–	3	88
87	COLORADO ST			-7.71527	2	–	3	90
88	WYOMING			-8.34527	3	–	2	93
89	NEW MEXICO			-8.585	2	–	3	98
90	PURDUE			-8.59284	1	–	4	94
91	TOLEDO			-8.95106	3	–	3	99
92	SMU			-9.10558	1	–	4	92
93	VIRGINIA			-9.70771	2	–	3	68
94	FLORIDA ATLANTIC			-10.4613	2	–	4	103
95	NORTH TEXAS			-10.4898	2	–	3	64
96	TROY			-10.7881	3	–	3	102
97	IDAHO			-11.3294	1	–	5	97
98	TEXAS SAN ANTONIO			-11.8725	2	–	4	81
99	NEVADA			-11.9866	3	–	3	61
100	ARMY			-12.8353	2	–	4	95
101	CINCINNATI			-13.4992	3	–	2	75
102	ARKANSAS ST			-15.5844	2	–	3	107
103	CENTRAL MICH			-15.6086	2	–	4	112
104	TULSA			-15.9689	1	–	4	105
105	EASTERN MICH			-17.8461	1	–	4	109
106	ULM			-18.8106	2	–	4	108
107	UAB			-19.4289	1	–	4	100
108	HAWAII			-20.7666	0	–	5	106
109	AIR FORCE			-21.6332	1	–	5	110
110	SOUTH ALABAMA			-21.7189	2	–	3	104
111	SOUTHERN MISS			-23.1346	0	–	5	101
112	KANSAS ST			-23.1835	2	–	3	115
113	LA TECH			-23.2612	2	–	4	118
114	IOWA ST			-23.9246	1	–	3	114
115	MIAMI (OH)			-24.1091	0	–	5	111
116	SAN DIEGO ST			-24.1484	2	–	3	120
117	AKRON			-26.4814	1	–	5	117
118	SOUTH FLORIDA			-26.8854	1	–	4	121
119	UTEP			-26.9066	1	–	4	113
120	NEW MEXICO ST			-29.3436	0	–	6	116
121	CONNECTICUT			-32.5509	0	–	4	119
122	WESTERN MICH			-59.589	0	–	6	122
123	TEMPLE			-59.8742	0	–	5	124
124	UMASS			-61.2813	0	–	5	123
125	FLORIDA INT			-70.5805	1	–	4	125
126	GEORGIA STATE			-144.596	0	–	5	126

 

If you’d like to find out more about the ranking, or how your team has reached their current ranking, please visit my site, https://collegefootballpowerranking.wordpress.com.  On this site, there is a page for each conference which has the information about each team’s ranking.  It should be up-to-date by Tuesday afternoon.  If you have any other questions, you can contact me on Twitter @CFBPOWER_RANKER.

Thanks,

Bill     

Who’s The Most Powerful Team in College Football Heading Into Week 6?

Howdy.  This is where you’ll find out which teams have played the best against the best competition to date.  But first, a few thoughts about last weekend.

If any of you looked at my post last week, you read that I thought the Ole Miss-Alabama game would be closer than the line.  Final Score BAMA 25-0.  Does this prove that I’m an idiot?  Nope.  That’s a given.  Just ask my wife.  What it does prove is that you’ve got to factor in coaching stupidity.

An example from my own experience—two weeks ago, I’m coaching my boy’s flag football team (the highest level of coaching I’m allowed by law).  Now, I’m not the regular coach, and I only had about a half hour prior to the game to install some plays.  I went with the option.  First two series, we reached the other team’s 10 by running straight away at the snap.  On both drives, my option calls helped kill the drives.  I shelved the option after that, and we lost by a touchdown.

Back to Ole Miss— On the opening drive, they had a 3^rd and 2 at 30.  Two runs, 1 yard.  Now, yeah, you’d like to think your team should always be able to pick up a yard, but then again you’re playing BAMA in Tuscaloosa, and you have a chance to take an opening lead by making a 47 yd kick.

Half the game goes by with BAMA getting three field goals and a touchdown.  Then, midway through the 3^rd, Ole Miss moves to BAMA’s 8.  2^nd and 3.  Two incomplete passes later, BAMA has the ball.  Score should have been 16-6.  Four minutes later, Ole Miss intercepts—1^st and 10 on BAMA’s 31.  Drive stalls at BAMA’s 13.  4^th and 5.  False start.  On 4^th and 10 from the 18, and they pass.  PASS?  I understand since they were down 16-0, and you’re 8 seconds into the 4^th quarter, but, if they had kicked before, this is a no-brainer because they’d only be down 16-9.

C’mon, Hugh!  Sometimes, you’ve got to look up beyond the scoreboard and realize what’s going on in the game!  By the way, hell of a call having Treadwell throw that pass in the 1^st quarter.  Damn tricky.  Who’d expect a true freshman WR to throw the ball?  Too bad it was intercepted.

Is defense dead in the SEC?  You might think so just by looking at the scores.  I could bore you with the stats, but the teams are allowing about a touchdown more than last year at this time.  Why?  A couple of reasons.  First of all, a couple of teams (LSU and ALABAMA) lost several of their players to better paying gigs in the NFL, and their young replacements aren’t quite up to the task.  Plus, a few teams (Georgia, A&M and Missouri) simply refuse to play good, solid defense no matter how good their personnel is.  And finally, the third reason is that we’re seeing a major uptick in offensive performance by most of the teams.  A&M, Georgia and Missouri are trying to hit triple digits each game, but what about LSU?  Cam Cameron has Mettenberger throwing the ball downfield to his OWN teammates!  LSU + the FORWARD PASS = CONFUSION.  I like it!  A lot!  But, then again, I went to school there.

Speaking of LSU, their game against Georgia didn’t suck too badly, did it?  Three huge SEC games so far this season, and all have been great!

This week?  Ole Miss and Auburn should be entertaining, and Arkansas and Florida could be pretty good since it’s still hard to get a handle on either team.  Think Vandy will beat Missouri again?  I don’t know how good Vandy is, but they are clearly the best team Missouri has faced so far.

Outside of the SEC—Kiffin got fired.  He probably deserved it, but I was a little surprised it happened this early.  Mack Brown didn’t, though he probably should have.  Texas also edged Iowa State 31-30 last night.  Isn’t that alone grounds for dismissal?  Oklahoma plays TCU in a game that should look better in person than on paper.  We’ll see if West Virginia really has a pulse when they play Baylor.  I think they may hold Baylor to a season low—like 63 points or something.  Ask me sometime why I think the BIG 12 is cheating the other conferences.

UCLA beat Utah last night to remain undefeated.  They may be worth a damn.  They’ve actually played a decent schedule.  Two other good ones in the PAC 12 with Arizona State looking to be the next team to beat Notre Dame while Washington and Stanford battle it out.

In the ACC, Florida State’s defense will still be watching its amazing quarterback instead of figuring out how to stop the opposing team.  One of these opponents will not self-destruct.  I don’t know if Maryland is the one.  Clemson plays Syracuse.  I love watching Clemson play, but I really want them to lose since they play two 1-AA teams this season.  I doubt Syracuse will make my dreams come true.

Ohio State will probably beat Northwestern, but it may be pretty close.  Illinois and Nebraska each only have one loss.  Do you care?  Michigan is the worst 4-0 team I’ve ever seen.  Possibly the worst ever.

THE RANKING

Last week, LSU was number one before slipping to number 2 Georgia.  Alabama has jumped ahead of Oregon for the second spot.  Arizona State and Virginia Tech jumped into the top 10 with their nice wins.  West Virginia vaulted up 78 spots from 91^st to 13^th with that thrashing of Oklahoma State.  Here they are:

				PTS FOR				LAST
	WEEK 5			RANKING	WINS		LOSSES	RANK
1	GEORGIA			22.75024	3	–	1	2
2	ALABAMA			17.98887	4	–	0	5
3	OREGON			17.19113	4	–	0	3
4	WASHINGTON			16.27516	4	–	0	7
5	STANFORD			16.12724	4	–	0	12
6	OKLAHOMA			15.28466	4	–	0	22
7	ARIZONA ST			15.15267	3	–	1	39
8	VIRGINIA TECH			14.91348	4	–	1	32
9	CLEMSON			14.81336	4	–	0	6
10	UCLA			13.85735	3	–	0	4
11	LSU			12.84092	4	–	1	1
12	MIAMI			12.56061	4	–	0	11
13	WEST VIRGINIA			12.09443	3	–	2	91
14	MICHIGAN			12.06817	4	–	0	10
15	OHIO ST			11.93309	5	–	0	35
16	SOUTH CAROLINA			11.21715	3	–	1	43
17	FLORIDA ST			9.931965	4	–	0	20
18	TEXAS AM			9.727355	4	–	1	42
19	WASHINGTON ST			9.689444	3	–	2	9
20	TEXAS TECH			9.624381	4	–	0	16
21	MISSOURI			9.042076	4	–	0	25
22	RUTGERS			9.034827	3	–	1	17
23	FRESNO ST			8.902549	4	–	0	21
24	ILLINOIS			8.862888	3	–	1	23
25	PITTSBURGH			8.470177	3	–	1	38
26	NORTHERN ILL			8.173895	4	–	0	34
27	MARYLAND			8.163579	4	–	0	19
28	IOWA			8.118762	4	–	1	60
29	HOUSTON			8.069265	4	–	0	37
30	FLORIDA			7.860502	3	–	1	26
31	UTAH			7.849304	3	–	1	27
32	UCF			7.726028	3	–	1	8
33	GA TECH			7.485159	3	–	1	13
34	NOTRE DAME			7.410534	3	–	1	14
35	EAST CAROLINA			7.080377	3	–	1	64
36	NORTHWESTERN			6.982387	4	–	0	29
37	OHIO UNIV			6.978688	3	–	1	30
38	MISSISSIPPI			6.649402	3	–	1	24
39	BAYLOR			6.518556	3	–	0	33
40	AUBURN			5.790963	3	–	1	31
41	LOUISVILLE			5.539409	4	–	0	36
42	TEXAS ST			5.497866	3	–	1	51
43	UTAH ST			4.07267	3	–	2	44
44	ARIZONA			3.837104	3	–	1	40
45	NC STATE			2.984862	3	–	1	48
46	OREGON ST			2.521527	4	–	1	79
47	PENN ST			2.13933	3	–	1	46
48	USC			2.037479	3	–	2	15
49	BYU			2.019999	2	–	2	65
50	OKLAHOMA ST			1.648161	3	–	1	18
51	TENNESSEE			1.646272	3	–	2	52
52	MICH ST			1.438166	3	–	1	49
53	WISCONSIN			1.197963	3	–	2	47
54	TCU			1.140959	2	–	2	71
55	UNLV			0.528193	3	–	2	59
56	NEBRASKA			0.176122	3	–	1	55
57	INDIANA			-0.00719	2	–	2	56
58	MISSISSIPPI ST			-0.36991	2	–	2	58
59	MINNESOTA			-0.46478	4	–	1	28
60	BOISE ST			-1.39901	3	–	2	75
61	NEVADA			-1.46565	3	–	2	70
62	VANDERBILT			-1.62788	3	–	2	81
63	BALL ST			-1.63325	4	–	1	96
64	SYRACUSE			-1.66905	2	–	2	66
65	NORTH TEXAS			-1.94458	2	–	2	62
66	VIRGINIA			-1.9903	2	–	2	54
67	BUFFALO			-2.64417	2	–	2	84
68	RICE			-2.80626	2	–	2	72
69	MEMPHIS			-2.95218	1	–	2	69
70	DUKE			-3.02835	3	–	2	89
71	KANSAS			-3.31669	2	–	1	73
72	MARSHALL			-3.55867	2	–	2	76
73	CINCINNATI			-3.59808	3	–	1	74
74	TULANE			-3.65348	3	–	2	100
75	ARKANSAS			-3.72997	3	–	2	61
76	COLORADO			-4.13994	2	–	1	45
77	KENT ST			-4.38881	2	–	3	88
78	OLD DOMINION			-4.49989	3	–	2	92
79	CALIFORNIA			-4.70807	1	–	3	83
80	TEXAS			-4.80461	2	–	2	77
81	WESTERN KENTUCKY			-4.94631	3	–	2	109
82	BOSTON COLLEGE			-5.01577	2	–	2	80
83	KENTUCKY			-5.19927	1	–	3	78
84	UL-LAF			-5.44809	2	–	2	87
85	MIDDLE TENN			-5.4963	3	–	2	53
86	BOWLING GREEN			-5.57554	4	–	1	97
87	TEXAS SAN ANTONIO			-6.18089	2	–	3	63
88	WAKE FOREST			-6.20684	2	–	3	90
89	SAN JOSE ST			-6.57448	1	–	3	86
90	SMU			-7.16021	1	–	3	85
91	NORTH CAROLINA			-7.56692	1	–	3	50
92	WYOMING			-7.93942	3	–	2	57
93	COLORADO ST			-8.11087	2	–	3	101
94	PURDUE			-8.25894	1	–	4	94
95	ARMY			-8.3954	2	–	3	104
96	NAVY			-9.08697	2	–	1	41
97	UAB			-10.1538	1	–	3	93
98	NEW MEXICO			-10.1758	1	–	3	82
99	IDAHO			-10.1987	1	–	4	103
100	TOLEDO			-10.3412	2	–	3	67
101	SOUTHERN MISS			-11.8326	0	–	4	99
102	TROY			-13.2048	2	–	3	98
103	SOUTH ALABAMA			-14.5917	2	–	2	108
104	TULSA			-14.6856	1	–	3	95
105	ARKANSAS ST			-15.0207	2	–	3	107
106	FLORIDA ATLANTIC			-15.2391	1	–	4	102
107	HAWAII			-15.5577	0	–	4	105
108	ULM			-15.6413	2	–	3	68
109	EASTERN MICH			-16.0298	1	–	3	114
110	AIR FORCE			-16.3152	1	–	4	111
111	CENTRAL MICH			-16.6874	1	–	4	113
112	MIAMI (OH)			-16.9077	0	–	4	110
113	IOWA ST			-22.1109	1	–	2	119
114	UTEP			-22.6213	1	–	3	112
115	KANSAS ST			-22.7701	2	–	2	117
116	NEW MEXICO ST			-23.2546	0	–	5	115
117	AKRON			-24.8679	1	–	4	106
118	LA TECH			-26.1646	1	–	4	116
119	CONNECTICUT			-32.1812	0	–	4	118
120	SAN DIEGO ST			-33.1595	1	–	3	121
121	SOUTH FLORIDA			-35.8917	0	–	4	120
122	WESTERN MICH			-55.3874	0	–	5	122
123	UMASS			-56.798	0	–	4	124
124	TEMPLE			-59.9053	0	–	4	123
125	FLORIDA INT			-75.5431	0	–	4	125
126	GEORGIA STATE			-143.252	0	–	4	126

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Enjoy the games, my friends.

Thanks,

Bill