NCAA Bowl and Playoff Predictions

Upset picks are in italics.

13 Dec

Army vs. Navy - Midshipmen by 6

LA - Boise State vs. Washington - Huskies by 5.5

16 Dec

Salute to Veterans - Troy vs. Jacksonville State - Trojans by 2

17 Dec

Cure - Old Dominion vs. South Florida - Bulls by 7.5

68 Ventures - Louisiana vs. Delaware - Ragin Cajuns by 2

18 Dec

Xbox - Missouri State vs. Arkansas State - Bears by 1.5

19 Dec

Myrtle Beach - Kennesaw State vs. Western Michigan - Owls by 1

Gasparilla - Memphis vs. NC State - Tigers by 1

(9) Alabama at (8) Oklahoma - Sooners by 3.5

20 Dec

(10) Miami at (7) Texas A&M - Aggies by 1.5

(11) Tulane at (6) Ole Miss - Rebels by 11.5

(12) James Madison at (5) Oregon - Ducks by 11

22 Dec

Potato - Washington State vs. Utah State - Cougars by 4.5

23 Dec

Boca Raton - Toledo vs. Louisville - Cardinals by 2.5

New Orleans - Western Kentucky vs. Southern Miss - Hilltoppers by 2

Frisco - UNLV vs. Ohio - Rebels by 3.5

24 Dec

Hawai'i - California vs. Hawai'i - Warriors by 2

26 Dec

Sports - Central Michigan vs. Northwestern - Wildcats by 6.5

Rate - New Mexico vs. Minnesota - Lobos by 0.5

First Responder - FIU vs. UTSA - Roadrunners by 6.5

27 Dec

Military - Pittsburgh vs. East Carolina - Panthers by 3

Pinstripe - Penn State vs. Clemson - Nittany Lions by 3.5

Fenway - UConn vs. Army - Huskies by 3

Pop-Tarts - (22) Georgia Tech vs. (12) BYU - Cougars by 9

Arizona - Miami (OH) vs. Fresno State - Bulldogs by 5

New Mexico - (25) North Texas vs. San Diego State - Mean Green by 5.5

Gator - (19) Virginia vs. Missouri - Tigers by 0.5

Texas - LSU vs. (21) Houston - Tigers by 1.5

29 Dec

Birmingham - Georgia Southern vs. App State - Eagles by 1

30 Dec

Independence - Coastal Carolina vs. Louisiana Tech - Bulldogs by 6.5

Music City - Tennessee vs. Illinois - Volunteers by 0.5

Alamo - (16) USC vs. TCU - Trojans by 7

31 Dec

ReliaQuest - (23) Iowa vs. (14) Vanderbilt - Commodores by 3

Sun - Arizona State vs. Duke - Blue Devils by 0.5

Citrus - (18) Michigan vs. (13) Texas - Longhorns by 0.5

Las Vegas - Nebraska vs. (15) Utah - Utes by 16

2 Jan

Armed Forces - Rice vs. Texas State - Bobcats by 10.5

Liberty - Navy vs. Cincinnati - Bearcats by 1

Holiday - (17) Arizona vs. SMU - Mustangs by 0.5

Mayo - Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State - Demon Deacons by 1

My Playoff Picks

First Round

(5) Oregon over (12) James Madison

(6) Ole Miss over (11) Tulane

(10) Miami over (7) Texas A&M

(8) Oklahoma over (9) Alabama

Second Round

(1) Indiana over (8) Oklahoma

(2) Ohio State over (10) Miami

(3) Georgia over (6) Ole Miss

(4) Texas Tech over (5) Oregon

Semifinals

(4) Texas Tech over (1) Indiana

(2) Ohio State over (3) Georgia

Championship

(4) Texas Tech over (2) Ohio State

NFL Predictions - 11 Dec thru 15 Dec

Upset picks are in italics.

Thursday

Atlanta at Tampa Bay - Buccaneers by 6.5

Sunday

Arizona at Houston - Texans by 11.5

Cleveland at Chicago - Bears by 8

Baltimore at Cincinnati - Ravens by 3.5

LA Chargers at Kansas City - Chiefs by 6.5

Buffalo at New England - Patriots by 1

Washington at NY Giants - Giants by 3

Las Vegas at Philadelphia - Eagles by 13.5

NY Jets at Jacksonville - Jaguars by 17

Green Bay at Denver - Broncos by 1

Detroit at LA Rams - Rams by 10

Carolina at New Orleans - Panthers by 1.5

Tennessee at San Francisco - 49ers by 15

Indianapolis at Seattle - Seahawks by 7

Minnesota at Dallas - Cowboys by 4

Monday

Miami at Pittsburgh - Steelers by 4

Results

NCAA: 6-3 (.667) 668-219 overall (.753)

Upsets: 0-1 (.000) 64-75 overall (.460)

NFL: 8-6 (.571) 131-76 overall (.633)

Upsets: 10-20 overall (.333)

NCAA Basketball Rankings - 8 Dec

The Michigan Wolverines have been red-hot to start the season, which includes a blowout of Gonzaga during Thanksgiving week, and as a result, they are the runaway #1 in my first rankings of the season. Here is where all 365 teams stand as of Monday morning:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1		Michigan	-25.228	8	0
2		Iowa State	-20.947	9	0
3		Vanderbilt	-20.911	9	0
4		Duke	-19.617	10	0
5		Gonzaga	-19.609	9	1
6		Arizona	-18.897	8	0
7		UConn	-16.877	8	1
8		Purdue	-16.259	8	1
9		Alabama	-15.656	7	2
10		BYU	-15.646	7	1
11		Virginia	-15.119	8	1
12		Florida	-14.451	5	3
13		Kansas	-14.107	7	3
14		Illinois	-14.057	7	2
15		Michigan State	-13.783	8	1
16		Texas Tech	-13.474	7	2
17		Tennessee	-13.416	7	3
18		Saint Louis	-13.292	8	1
19		Georgia	-13.214	8	1
20		Houston	-13.14	8	1
21		Louisville	-13.133	8	1
22		VCU	-12.473	6	3
23		St. John's	-12.43	5	3
24		Miami	-12.227	8	2
25		George Washington	-12.227	8	2
26		Belmont	-12.01	9	1
27		Arkansas	-11.804	7	2
28		Akron	-11.71	8	2
29		Indiana	-11.672	7	2
30		Utah State	-11.555	8	1
31		Winthrop	-11.481	5	5
32		Clemson	-11.419	7	2
33		LSU	-11.385	8	1
34		Oklahoma St	-11.373	9	0
35		North Carolina	-11.355	8	1
36		Iowa	-10.95	8	1
37		Saint Mary's	-10.925	9	1
38		Hofstra	-10.86	6	4
39		SMU	-10.849	9	1
40		Lipscomb	-10.832	6	4
41		Butler	-10.644	7	2
42		Columbia	-10.571	9	1
43		Nebraska	-10.538	9	0
44		Wisconsin	-10.272	7	2
45		Tulsa	-10.251	8	1
46		USC	-10.147	8	1
47		Seton Hall	-9.9925	9	1
48		Villanova	-9.9526	7	1
49		South Florida	-9.9433	5	4
50		William & Mary	-9.8838	8	3
51		McNeese	-9.7981	7	2
52		Washington	-9.5664	6	3
53		Yale	-9.5217	10	1
54		NC State	-9.4614	6	3
55		Auburn	-9.4158	7	3
56		Ohio State	-9.3795	7	1
57		UC San Diego	-9.3698	8	1
58		UCF	-9.286	8	1
59		Colorado	-9.2268	8	1
60		Utah Valley	-9.1754	6	3
61		Kentucky	-9.1518	5	4
62		Sam Houston St	-8.9265	6	3
63		Colorado State	-8.7894	7	2
64		Missouri	-8.5889	8	2
65		George Mason	-8.5684	9	1
66		Oklahoma	-8.3183	6	3
67		Wake Forest	-8.097	7	3
68		Santa Clara	-8.0749	8	2
69		Notre Dame	-7.8719	7	3
70		Wyoming	-7.6083	7	2
71		Baylor	-7.4532	6	2
72		Wichita State	-7.371	6	4
73		Virginia Tech	-7.2335	8	2
74		Oakland	-7.1113	5	5
75		Pacific	-7.0971	7	3
76		Cal Baptist	-7.0699	7	3
77		Texas A&M	-7.0689	7	3
78		Providence	-7.0572	6	4
79		High Point	-6.9406	8	2
80		Austin Peay	-6.9234	4	5
81		Rhode Island	-6.8306	7	3
82		TCU	-6.8134	6	3
83		Stephen F Austin	-6.5916	7	2
84		Montana State	-6.5553	4	6
85		Northwestern	-6.519	5	4
86		Bowling Green	-6.4918	7	3
87		New Mexico	-6.4401	7	2
88		California	-6.3402	8	1
89		UT Rio Grande	-6.2849	3	5
90		Texas	-6.2483	6	3
91		Boise State	-6.2408	6	3
92		Miami (OH)	-6.2001	8	0
93		UCLA	-6.1297	7	2
94		Arizona State	-6.0955	7	2
95		Murray State	-6.0484	7	3
96		Coastal Carolina	-5.9837	6	4
97		Wright State	-5.9665	5	5
98		Dayton	-5.8975	7	3
99		West Kentucky	-5.7935	6	2
100		Cornell	-5.7919	5	5
101		Mercer	-5.7875	7	2
102		Southern Miss	-5.604	5	4
103		Illinois State	-5.5523	8	2
104		Penn State	-5.4771	8	1
105		Colgate	-5.435	6	4
106		Siena	-5.3565	9	2
107		St. Bonaventure	-5.3129	9	1
108		UAB	-5.3098	7	3
109		East Tennessee St	-5.2369	8	2
110		Quinnipiac	-5.2122	7	3
111		Syracuse	-5.1598	5	3
112		South Alabama	-5.0308	8	2
113		UT Martin	-5.0018	7	2
114		San Diego State	-4.9787	4	3
115		Hampton	-4.9011	5	5
116		Idaho State	-4.7881	6	4
117		Marshall	-4.747	5	4
118		Youngstown St	-4.7013	6	4
119		Idaho	-4.6144	6	3
120		Troy	-4.6055	6	5
121		North Colorado	-4.6019	9	1
122		St. Thomas	-4.5409	7	4
123		Florida State	-4.4781	5	4
124		Richmond	-4.4617	8	1
125		Creighton	-4.4524	5	4
126		Northern Iowa	-4.4184	7	2
127		Towson	-4.4038	6	4
128		Nevada	-4.3569	7	3
129		Lindenwood	-4.3414	5	4
130		South Carolina	-4.2551	6	3
131		West Virginia	-4.1768	7	3
132		Tennessee St	-4.1341	5	4
133		Ole Miss	-4.1287	5	4
134		Toledo	-4.03	5	4
135		Liberty	-4.0113	6	2
136		Florida Atlantic	-4.0027	6	3
137		Tennessee Tech	-3.7781	4	6
138		Elon	-3.7123	5	4
139		Seattle	-3.6429	7	2
140		Southern Illinois	-3.6285	5	4
141		UNC Wilmington	-3.4517	9	1
142		Grand Canyon	-3.4442	5	4
143		Arkansas State	-3.4047	7	3
144		Robert Morris	-3.382	7	4
145		Mid Tennessee	-3.2837	5	4
146		Texas A&M-CC	-3.2395	3	5
147		Kansas State	-3.1318	5	4
148		North Dakota St	-3.1272	7	3
149		Cincinnati	-3.0885	6	3
150		Norfolk State	-2.9983	4	6
151		UT Arlington	-2.8931	6	3
152		North Kentucky	-2.8347	7	3
153		UC Irvine	-2.7338	7	4
154		Georgetown	-2.7064	6	3
155		Central Conn	-2.7011	5	4
156		Bradley	-2.6455	6	4
157		Northeastern	-2.6223	4	5
158		Xavier	-2.621	7	3
159		UC Davis	-2.6196	5	3
160		Iona	-2.593	7	3
161		UC Riverside	-2.5559	5	5
162		Long Island	-2.5137	5	4
163		UNC Asheville	-2.4094	4	5
164		Stanford	-2.3964	7	2
165		Wagner	-2.3462	2	6
166		Eastern Michigan	-2.2715	6	4
167		S Carolina Upstate	-2.2324	6	5
168		Kent State	-2.1947	9	1
169		Grambling	-2.1269	3	5
170		Memphis	-2.0661	4	4
171		SIU-Edwardsville	-1.9954	6	4
172		Alabama State	-1.9816	3	6
173		Weber State	-1.9744	4	5
174		Indiana State	-1.9439	6	4
175		Hawaii	-1.935	8	2
176		Loyola Marymount	-1.9238	7	3
177		Marist	-1.8354	6	2
178		Incarnate Word	-1.7817	5	4
179		Boston U	-1.7255	4	6
180		Denver	-1.6727	3	6
181		Southern	-1.658	4	4
182		Portland State	-1.6533	5	3
183		Drake	-1.4642	6	4
184		Kennesaw St	-1.3901	7	2
185		UIC	-1.3147	4	5
186		Campbell	-1.2837	4	5
187		New Mexico St	-1.1657	6	2
188		SE Missouri St	-1.1575	4	6
189		East Texas A&M	-1.146	5	4
190		Old Dominion	-1.1211	3	7
191		Maryland	-1.1146	6	4
192		Harvard	-1.0739	5	6
193		Vermont	-1.0186	6	5
194		Utah Tech	-0.8898	5	6
195		Buffalo	-0.8084	8	1
196		San Francisco	-0.7545	6	4
197		Prairie View A&M	-0.7344	4	5
198		Bethune-Cookman	-0.6681	3	6
199		New Orleans	-0.6393	2	7
200		Louisiana Tech	-0.5947	5	3
201		Lamar	-0.5102	5	3
202		Eastern Wash	-0.4506	2	7
203		Brown	-0.3513	5	6
204		Tarleton	-0.3313	7	4
205		Furman	-0.3221	6	4
206		Davidson	-0.2986	7	2
207		UC Santa Barbara	-0.2944	8	2
208		UMBC	-0.2639	6	3
209		Milwaukee	-0.1976	4	5
210		Alabama A&M	-0.1717	4	4
211		James Madison	-0.0811	7	4
212		Charleston South	0.0043	6	5
213		Stony Brook	0.0935	6	3
214		Navy	0.1183	6	5
215		Holy Cross	0.1758	4	6
216		Utah	0.1781	7	3
217		Mississippi St	0.2276	4	5
218		Minnesota	0.2993	5	4
219		UMass	0.3366	6	3
220		Marquette	0.4001	5	5
221		Monmouth	0.4014	5	5
222		Duquesne	0.6235	6	3
223		Cal Poly	0.6493	5	6
224		American	0.6522	7	4
225		Fort Wayne	0.6845	5	6
226		Fairfield	0.7274	5	5
227		Pittsburgh	0.7344	5	5
228		Green Bay	0.7475	4	7
229		Queens	0.8792	4	5
230		Montana	0.9037	5	5
231		Abilene Christian	0.9336	7	3
232		South Dakota St	0.9427	5	5
233		Boston College	0.9986	5	5
234		Central Arkansas	1.0005	4	6
235		UNLV	1.1864	4	5
236		Mercyhurst	1.2016	7	2
237		Bellarmine	1.2343	4	5
238		West Carolina	1.2707	4	5
239		Valparaiso	1.3203	6	3
240		Samford	1.3277	5	6
241		Rutgers	1.3636	5	5
242		Florida Gulf Coast	1.3682	5	5
243		Penn	1.3688	5	4
244		North Texas	1.4142	7	3
245		Houston Christian	1.464	5	4
246		Florida Intl	1.6049	5	3
247		Wofford	1.6497	6	4
248		San Jose State	1.7922	4	5
249		UMass Lowell	1.8029	3	7
250		West Michigan	2.054	5	5
251		North Florida	2.0876	2	7
252		N Carolina A&T	2.1353	4	3
253		Nicholls	2.1405	1	7
254		Temple	2.1475	4	5
255		Fordham	2.2077	6	4
256		Sacred Heart	2.2237	3	6
257		Georgia Southern	2.2988	6	5
258		Presbyterian	2.318	6	6
259		North Arizona	2.5135	4	4
260		Fresno State	2.5154	6	4
261		Jacksonville	2.5335	4	5
262		Detroit Mercy	2.6014	4	6
263		New Hampshire	2.6081	3	7
264		Drexel	2.638	4	6
265		Washington St	2.6842	3	7
266		CSU Fullerton	2.8299	3	7
267		Omaha	2.852	4	7
268		CSU Northridge	2.8906	4	5
269		Le Moyne	2.9117	5	5
270		UAlbany	2.983	3	7
271		Merrimack	3.013	5	6
272		Appalachian St	3.1417	5	5
273		Eastern Kentucky	3.2082	2	7
274		Southern Utah	3.2094	4	7
275		Chattanooga	3.2839	4	5
276		Ark-Pine Bluff	3.2906	1	9
277		West Georgia	3.2918	5	4
278		DePaul	3.3149	6	3
279		Texas State	3.3561	6	5
280		South Dakota	3.4481	5	5
281		Saint Joseph's	3.4815	5	3
282		North Alabama	3.4969	5	4
283		Jacksonville St	3.5402	4	4
284		Loyola (MD)	3.593	4	6
285		La Salle	3.6012	4	6
286		New Haven	3.6222	5	5
287		Oregon	3.7174	4	5
288		Charlotte	3.7314	4	6
289		Princeton	3.7541	3	9
290		Bryant	3.7701	3	7
291		Charleston	3.7803	4	5
292		Georgia Tech	3.8017	6	4
293		Rice	3.8625	4	6
294		Morehead State	3.8807	3	7
295		Alcorn State	3.9255	1	9
296		Manhattan	3.9275	4	6
297		Dartmouth	4.0356	3	4
298		Howard	4.147	5	5
299		Maryland-E Shore	4.2023	4	8
300		UT San Antonio	4.2712	4	5
301		North Illinois	4.3144	3	6
302		Oregon State	4.4641	5	5
303		Texas Southern	4.4706	1	6
304		Oral Roberts	4.5145	4	7
305		Ohio	4.6386	3	6
306		Northwestern St	4.6498	2	7
307		Longwood	4.6766	6	5
308		Portland	4.7382	6	4
309		Sacramento St	4.7987	4	6
310		Central Michigan	4.9429	3	6
311		Stonehill	5.0407	2	8
312		Missouri State	5.0757	4	4
313		North Dakota	5.0889	3	8
314		N Carolina Cent	5.1073	3	8
315		Lehigh	5.2004	3	8
316		CSU Bakersfield	5.2765	4	6
317		Evansville	5.2822	4	6
318		Southern Indiana	5.3051	3	7
319		SE Louisiana	5.3251	3	6
320		UNC Greensboro	5.3344	2	8
321		Long Beach St	5.4393	2	8
322		VMI	5.5385	4	7
323		San Diego	5.6094	3	5
324		NJIT	5.8225	3	7
325		UTEP	5.8939	3	5
326		Army	5.9439	4	7
327		Maine	5.9833	0	11
328		Jackson State	6.0394	1	7
329		IU Indianapolis	6.1391	3	8
330		Rider	6.1539	1	7
331		Radford	6.3312	4	7
332		Eastern Illinois	6.4345	2	6
333		Tulane	6.5137	6	3
334		Bucknell	6.7026	2	9
335		Stetson	6.7457	3	8
336		Little Rock	6.8239	2	7
337		Fairleigh Dickinson	7.0189	2	7
338		Mt. St. Mary's	7.047	2	8
339		Chicago State	7.1624	1	9
340		Ball State	7.6018	3	6
341		Georgia State	7.7065	1	9
342		Saint Peter's	8.1218	4	4
343		UL Monroe	8.3551	2	7
344		South Carolina St	8.6134	0	9
345		Niagara	8.8066	2	7
346		Florida A&M	9.1079	1	5
347		Western Illinois	9.3642	3	7
348		Lafayette	9.3665	3	7
349		Pepperdine	9.4079	3	7
350		Coppin State	9.4319	2	10
351		Air Force	9.5225	3	8
352		Miss Valley St	9.9948	1	8
353		Canisius	10.057	4	6
354		Delaware	10.092	2	6
355		Cleveland State	10.129	3	8
356		Kansas City	10.29	1	8
357		Louisiana	10.528	1	9
358		St. Francis (PA)	10.716	2	8
359		East Carolina	11.265	3	6
360		Morgan State	11.6	1	7
361		Delaware State	12.319	3	8
362		Loyola-Chicago	12.877	3	7
363		Binghamton	12.979	3	7
364		The Citadel	13.319	2	7
365		Gardner-Webb	15.23	0	11