NCAA Basketball Rankings - 11 Dec

College basketball has been going on for just over a month now, and already there are only 7 remaining undefeated teams. 6 of those teams are among the top 32 teams in my rankings this week, with Ole Miss considerable lower due to a very weak early schedule. A few teams have gotten off to a very hot start compared with how they finished last season, notably BYU, Princeton, and Colorado State, but all 3 of those teams suffered their first losses in the past few days. Here are my full current rankings, with last season's final ranking under the LW column:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1	9	Arizona	-20	8	0
2	8	Purdue	-18.09	9	1
3	3	Houston	-17.91	10	0
4	84	BYU	-17.76	8	1
5	10	Marquette	-16.87	8	2
6	12	Creighton	-16.82	8	1
7	1	UConn	-15.79	9	1
8	6	Tennessee	-15.76	6	3
9	33	Illinois	-15.52	7	2
10	89	Princeton	-15.35	9	1
11	30	Iowa State	-14.35	8	2
12	26	Auburn	-13.9	6	2
13	130	Colorado State	-13.75	9	1
14	14	Baylor	-12.98	9	0
15	56	Mississippi St	-12.91	7	2
16	65	Oklahoma	-12.57	9	0
17	19	Florida Atlantic	-12.4	7	2
18	18	Memphis	-12.18	7	2
19	71	Clemson	-12.15	9	0
20	73	New Mexico	-12.11	9	1
21	44	Cincinnati	-11.94	7	1
22	69	Wisconsin	-11.91	7	3
23	76	Colorado	-11.87	7	2
24	11	Gonzaga	-11.84	7	2
25	36	North Carolina	-11.75	7	2
26	92	Indiana State	-11.72	9	1
27	31	Texas A&M	-11.6	7	3
28	101	UC Irvine	-11.33	6	4
29	2	Alabama	-11.27	6	3
30	75	Florida	-11.1	6	3
31	25	Utah State	-10.74	9	1
32	90	James Madison	-10.66	9	0
33	7	Kansas	-10.62	9	1
34	34	Virginia	-10.55	8	1
35	21	Duke	-10.52	6	3
36	15	San Diego State	-10.45	8	2
37	77	Washington St	-10.4	8	1
38	79	Utah	-10.37	7	2
39	100	UMass Lowell	-10.33	6	3
40	123	San Francisco	-10.17	6	3
41	61	Villanova	-10.01	7	4
42	111	Grand Canyon	-9.997	8	1
43	50	Ohio State	-9.948	8	2
44	335	McNeese	-9.904	8	2
45	171	Louisiana Tech	-9.457	8	2
46	27	TCU	-9.361	7	1
47	32	Kentucky	-8.951	7	2
48	47	Michigan	-8.934	5	5
49	239	South Carolina	-8.796	8	1
50	232	Delaware	-8.369	6	3
51	5	Texas	-8.226	7	2
52	68	Drake	-8.129	9	1
53	60	Texas Tech	-8.125	6	2
54	216	Fort Wayne	-8.078	10	1
55	126	Washington	-8.054	6	3
56	143	Longwood	-8.054	9	1
57	278	Marist	-7.998	6	2
58	40	Iowa	-7.829	5	5
59	37	Rutgers	-7.7	6	3
60	74	Dayton	-7.694	7	2
61	134	Duquesne	-7.688	7	2
62	82	Hofstra	-7.641	6	3
63	306	UIC	-7.607	6	3
64	118	Cornell	-7.437	7	2
65	54	Oregon	-7.196	6	2
66	43	Liberty	-7.089	7	3
67	13	Xavier	-7.013	5	5
68	357	Evansville	-6.964	7	2
69	181	Appalachian St	-6.917	7	2
70	57	Pittsburgh	-6.902	7	3
71	204	UMass	-6.897	5	2
72	157	Richmond	-6.888	5	5
73	49	NC State	-6.771	6	2
74	88	Wake Forest	-6.73	6	3
75	35	Providence	-6.707	8	2
76	141	UNC Wilmington	-6.651	7	2
77	287	Oakland	-6.584	6	5
78	295	High Point	-6.531	8	3
79	150	George Mason	-6.347	7	2
80	132	Butler	-6.325	8	2
81	195	Boston College	-6.224	8	3
82	196	Saint Joseph's	-6.158	8	2
83	39	Northwestern	-5.973	7	1
84	53	USC	-5.892	5	4
85	188	Drexel	-5.819	5	5
86	105	Akron	-5.68	6	3
87	4	UCLA	-5.675	5	3
88	29	Michigan State	-5.646	4	5
89	135	Southern Illinois	-5.637	6	2
90	80	Virginia Tech	-5.529	7	3
91	119	Syracuse	-5.507	7	3
92	223	West Carolina	-5.486	7	2
93	81	St. John's	-5.472	6	3
94	66	Nevada	-5.426	7	1
95	236	Minnesota	-5.392	7	3
96	291	Saint Peter's	-5.385	3	5
97	114	Youngstown St	-5.274	7	3
98	83	Toledo	-5.203	5	4
99	102	Nebraska	-5.191	8	2
100	133	Stephen F Austin	-5.168	5	5
101	206	Weber State	-5.119	5	3
102	201	St. Bonaventure	-5.051	7	2
103	104	Tulane	-4.995	6	2
104	63	UCF	-4.773	6	3
105	24	Miami	-4.666	7	2
106	106	UNC Greensboro	-4.601	8	1
107	228	Florida State	-4.597	4	4
108	147	Davidson	-4.595	7	3
109	173	Long Beach St	-4.572	7	4
110	207	SMU	-4.533	6	4
111	262	Maine	-4.519	8	4
112	22	Kansas State	-4.473	8	2
113	149	Missouri State	-4.465	7	3
114	266	Southern	-4.392	3	6
115	70	Seton Hall	-4.371	5	4
116	45	Oklahoma St	-4.349	4	5
117	58	Missouri	-4.335	7	3
118	86	Bradley	-4.218	6	3
119	144	Samford	-4.218	7	2
120	270	New Hampshire	-4.194	6	4
121	315	Denver	-4.184	6	4
122	127	Ole Miss	-4.182	9	0
123	16	Saint Mary's	-3.949	5	5
124	224	Morehead State	-3.937	7	3
125	153	Tarleton	-3.9	7	2
126	93	Colgate	-3.885	6	4
127	273	Prairie View A&M	-3.861	4	4
128	160	Harvard	-3.859	7	3
129	139	Lipscomb	-3.842	7	5
130	109	San Jose State	-3.824	6	5
131	108	Charlotte	-3.809	5	4
132	46	Yale	-3.805	6	5
133	269	North Illinois	-3.8	5	4
134	253	Canisius	-3.708	6	5
135	107	Wichita State	-3.705	7	3
136	52	North Texas	-3.644	5	4
137	222	George Washington	-3.643	8	2
138	241	Winthrop	-3.525	8	3
139	59	Arizona State	-3.067	6	3
140	142	Radford	-3.03	7	4
141	170	Bryant	-2.992	6	5
142	20	Arkansas	-2.92	6	4
143	184	Wright State	-2.909	4	5
144	138	Seattle	-2.877	6	3
145	55	VCU	-2.821	5	5
146	219	Northern Iowa	-2.81	3	7
147	72	Sam Houston St	-2.801	5	5
148	176	Air Force	-2.779	7	3
149	251	Boston U	-2.722	4	6
150	124	Belmont	-2.632	8	3
151	155	Utah Tech	-2.627	5	4
152	97	Vermont	-2.564	8	3
153	91	Louisiana	-2.55	5	4
154	62	Kent State	-2.539	7	3
155	264	Portland State	-2.534	8	2
156	225	Texas State	-2.514	3	5
157	205	Howard	-2.473	3	5
158	28	Indiana	-2.345	7	2
159	229	North Arizona	-2.277	5	5
160	256	UT Arlington	-2.197	5	4
161	41	Boise State	-2.17	6	3
162	333	CSU Northridge	-2.02	6	3
163	200	St. Thomas	-2.01	6	4
164	51	Charleston	-1.989	5	4
165	140	Hawaii	-1.964	7	1
166	359	Lamar	-1.955	4	5
167	328	The Citadel	-1.854	6	4
168	110	Southern Utah	-1.854	3	6
169	38	Penn State	-1.842	5	5
170	116	Loyola Marymount	-1.813	6	4
171	341	Albany	-1.804	6	4
172	213	Wofford	-1.786	5	5
173	331	Tulsa	-1.733	5	3
174	294	Georgia State	-1.724	4	5
175	128	Temple	-1.692	6	3
176	23	Maryland	-1.684	5	4
177	353	Monmouth	-1.668	5	4
178	121	Troy	-1.651	4	5
179	96	Santa Clara	-1.606	7	3
180	309	Northeastern	-1.377	4	6
181	178	South Dakota St	-1.376	5	5
182	166	Georgia	-1.319	6	3
183	280	Loyola-Chicago	-1.316	6	4
184	345	Columbia	-1.26	7	3
185	122	Eastern Wash	-1.185	2	6
186	169	Chattanooga	-1.175	6	3
187	293	Binghamton	-1.167	6	4
188	296	Texas Southern	-1.138	0	7
189	189	West Kentucky	-1.129	7	3
190	272	Idaho State	-1.113	4	6
191	230	North Dakota St	-1.086	7	4
192	151	Stetson	-1.056	6	4
193	182	Georgia Tech	-1.002	5	3
194	288	Merrimack	-1.002	5	6
195	48	Iona	-0.991	4	6
196	254	UT Martin	-0.989	6	4
197	234	Jacksonville St	-0.828	4	6
198	259	Nicholls	-0.779	4	6
199	252	Bellarmine	-0.624	4	7
200	292	Bowling Green	-0.591	6	3
201	64	Utah Valley	-0.532	6	4
202	152	N Carolina Cent	-0.531	4	7
203	154	Norfolk State	-0.528	7	3
204	113	Kennesaw St	-0.493	7	3
205	163	South Florida	-0.493	3	4
206	131	UNC Asheville	-0.373	5	5
207	199	Cleveland State	-0.311	6	5
208	78	Oral Roberts	-0.299	4	4
209	125	Ohio	-0.283	5	4
210	87	Furman	-0.222	5	5
211	136	CSU Fullerton	-0.068	6	4
212	94	Stanford	-0.062	4	4
213	248	Fairfield	-0.031	4	6
214	313	South Dakota	0.0668	7	3
215	255	North Alabama	0.0786	5	5
216	355	Delaware State	0.1195	6	7
217	275	Mt. St. Mary's	0.1299	3	6
218	159	Brown	0.1361	3	9
219	175	Montana	0.1567	5	4
220	168	North Kentucky	0.1911	5	5
221	115	Towson	0.1931	5	5
222	330	Central Conn	0.2346	3	6
223	177	Gardner-Webb	0.2361	4	6
224	193	Wyoming	0.2452	6	3
225	120	Penn	0.3229	6	5
226	350	Alabama State	0.3303	4	4
227	183	Queens	0.3574	6	5
228	117	UC Santa Barbara	0.441	5	3
229	194	Abilene Christian	0.4719	4	6
230	247	East Tennessee St	0.4925	5	4
231	283	UL Monroe	0.5218	4	3
232	167	Ball State	0.5561	8	2
233	312	Idaho	0.5849	6	4
234	190	Notre Dame	0.6829	4	5
235	164	LSU	0.7799	5	4
236	302	UC San Diego	0.813	5	5
237	321	UMKC	0.8172	4	6
238	95	UNLV	0.8518	3	4
239	329	Omaha	0.9007	5	6
240	281	Miami (OH)	0.9242	4	5
241	337	Presbyterian	0.9635	6	4
242	217	Murray State	1.099	3	5
243	276	Western Illinois	1.1511	5	6
244	156	Quinnipiac	1.3166	7	2
245	174	Cal Baptist	1.3567	6	2
246	286	Tennessee St	1.4387	6	4
247	338	Incarnate Word	1.5477	3	6
248	233	La Salle	1.5848	8	2
249	145	Eastern Kentucky	1.6426	4	4
250	148	Navy	1.6428	2	6
251	349	New Orleans	1.7417	4	5
252	299	Illinois State	1.7482	6	4
253	237	S Carolina Upstate	1.8095	4	6
254	336	Elon	1.8771	5	5
255	211	Jacksonville	1.8923	6	3
256	220	SIU-Edwardsville	1.9181	6	5
257	277	Rhode Island	1.9575	5	5
258	300	Jackson State	1.9898	2	7
259	197	UTEP	2.063	6	4
260	137	Fordham	2.0869	5	5
261	250	Fairleigh Dickinson	2.1889	6	5
262	325	Stony Brook	2.243	4	5
263	263	Lehigh	2.2494	2	7
264	257	SE Louisiana	2.2517	2	7
265	298	Arkansas State	2.3152	3	7
266	311	William & Mary	2.3215	5	6
267	98	Southern Miss	2.3619	5	4
268	172	Texas A&M-CC	2.3902	4	5
269	282	Bucknell	2.422	3	7
270	146	UC Riverside	2.4361	4	6
271	67	Marshall	2.4478	3	6
272	344	Eastern Illinois	2.4576	5	6
273	348	Bethune-Cookman	2.4903	5	4
274	301	California	2.5473	3	6
275	260	American	2.5694	5	6
276	326	Little Rock	2.7536	4	6
277	304	Texas A&M-Com	2.83	4	6
278	99	Saint Louis	2.8422	6	5
279	362	Green Bay	3.0227	4	6
280	246	Sacramento St	3.0764	2	7
281	323	UT San Antonio	3.0877	5	4
282	242	Georgetown	3.1137	5	4
283	226	Pepperdine	3.2021	5	7
284	305	CSU Bakersfield	3.2092	4	5
285	318	Austin Peay	3.2679	5	6
286	203	Rice	3.2706	3	6
287	179	Fresno State	3.3125	5	4
288	265	San Diego	3.4352	7	4
289	192	Portland	3.4521	6	5
290	274	Tennessee Tech	3.4952	3	7
291	307	Sacred Heart	3.5143	4	7
292	364	Le Moyne	3.6168	3	7
293	180	Old Dominion	3.6753	3	6
294	17	West Virginia	3.6992	4	5
295	297	Manhattan	3.8579	4	5
296	268	Dartmouth	3.8676	2	6
297	284	North Dakota	3.9525	6	4
298	215	North Florida	4.0683	6	5
299	334	Lindenwood	4.1617	3	6
300	258	North Colorado	4.2057	4	4
301	185	Rider	4.2976	2	7
302	231	Robert Morris	4.3029	2	7
303	319	Louisville	4.3621	4	5
304	161	Florida Gulf Coast	4.3935	3	8
305	243	Florida Intl	4.4318	3	7
306	186	New Mexico St	4.4384	4	6
307	279	Wagner	4.472	4	5
308	162	UC Davis	4.5428	3	5
309	214	Milwaukee	4.5945	4	6
310	198	East Carolina	4.6173	6	4
311	352	VMI	4.6271	2	8
312	245	Oregon State	4.7226	6	3
313	317	Ark-Pine Bluff	4.8005	4	7
314	103	South Alabama	4.8965	6	5
315	303	Valparaiso	5.0369	4	6
316	202	Northwestern St	5.074	1	8
317	112	Montana State	5.1393	3	5
318	343	Central Michigan	5.3057	3	6
319	314	Cal Poly	5.3124	3	7
320	285	Morgan State	5.3407	4	8
321	42	UAB	5.3817	4	5
322	208	Campbell	5.4036	3	6
323	261	UT Rio Grande	5.6342	3	7
324	320	St. Francis (PA)	5.6364	4	6
325	165	Grambling	5.6841	2	7
326	158	DePaul	5.7262	2	7
327	332	Eastern Michigan	5.7739	5	4
328	351	Hampton	5.7822	3	5
329	316	Loyola (MD)	6.3491	1	9
330	129	Mid Tennessee	6.4062	5	6
331	227	Army	6.4439	2	8
332	327	West Michigan	6.5247	2	7
333	358	Florida A&M	6.6276	2	5
334	238	SE Missouri St	7.1752	3	7
335	290	Charleston South	7.2329	3	5
336	235	Alcorn State	7.2461	1	8
337	339	Central Arkansas	7.5119	3	9
338	363	Long Island	7.5773	1	7
339	221	UMBC	7.6465	5	7
340	267	Southern Indiana	7.9393	2	9
341	324	NJIT	7.9621	2	7
342	354	Houston Baptist	8.1314	1	7
343	85	Vanderbilt	8.2301	4	5
344	191	Detroit Mercy	8.3403	0	10
345	244	Niagara	8.3717	2	6
346	346	South Carolina St	8.5213	2	8
347	212	Mercer	8.71	3	6
348	271	Chicago State	8.8651	3	9
349	310	Stonehill	9.3414	1	10
350	249	Lafayette	9.3753	1	10
351	342	Holy Cross	9.8854	2	8
352	209	Georgia Southern	9.89	0	9
353	218	Maryland-E Shore	10.23	2	6
354	322	Alabama A&M	10.464	1	7
355	308	N Carolina A&T	10.475	0	8
356	240	Pacific	10.529	4	7
357	356	Miss Valley St	10.904	0	9
358	289	Coastal Carolina	11.757	3	6
359	360	IUPUI	12.397	3	7
360	340	Coppin State	12.568	1	10
361	210	Buffalo	14.478	1	9
362	187	Siena	16.33	2	8

NBA MVP Rankings - 9 Dec

In the past few weeks, the MVP race has become a lot closer and a lot more crowded, with Jokic's lead becoming much slimmer after Denver fell from the top seed in the West down to the middle of the playoff pack. These are my current rankings for this season's MVP and Rookie of the Year, along with a few updates in my All-Time player rankings. Previous ranking is in parentheses:

Most Valuable Player

1 (1) Nikola Jokic - C - DEN

28.4 Pts (#8), 13.0 Reb (#1), 9.6 Ast (#3), 1.1 Stl, 0.8 Blk, .535 FG%, .304 3P%, .774 FT%

2 (2) Joel Embiid - C - PHI

33.3 Pts (#1), 11.5 Reb (#5), 6.4 Ast (#16), 1.0 Stl, 1.9 Blk (#8), .510 FG%, .322 3P%, .875 FT%

3 (3) Luka Doncic - PG - DAL

31.9 Pts (#2), 8.4 Reb, 8.7 Ast (#4), 1.3 Stl, 0.5 Blk, .488 FG%, .382 3P%, .766 FT%

4 (5) Giannis Antetokounmpo - PF - MIL

30.5 Pts (#4), 10.6 Reb (#7), 5.0 Ast, 1.4 Stl, 1.3 Blk (#19), .614 FG% (#8), .243 3P%, .657 FT%

5 (6) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - PG - OKC

30.5 Pts (#6), 5.6 Reb, 6.2 Ast (#19), 2.8 Stl (#1), 0.9 Blk, .544 FG% (#19), .348 3P%, .914 FT% (#6)

6 (4) Tyrese Haliburton - PG - IND

26.9 Pts (#13), 4.2 Reb, 12.1 Ast (#1), 1.0 Stl, 0.7 Blk, .525 FG%, .441 3P% (#14), .884 FT% (#19)

7 (8) LeBron James - PF - LAL

25.0 Pts (#15), 7.5 Reb, 6.6 Ast (#14), 1.5 Stl (#13), 0.7 Blk, .553 FG% (#17), .407 3P%, .717 FT%

8 (10) Trae Young - PG - ATL

27.2 Pts (#11), 2.8 Reb, 10.6 Ast (#2), 1.5 Stl (#12), 0.1 Blk, .412 FG%, .352 3P%, .868 FT%

9 (NR) Anthony Davis - C - LAL

22.7 Pts, 12.7 Reb (#2), 3.2 Ast, 1.0 Stl, 2.7 Blk (#3), .533 FG%, .231 3P%, .837 FT%

10 (NR) Kevin Durant - PF - PHX

31.0 Pts (#3), 6.5 Reb, 5.7 Ast, 0.7 Stl, 1.2 Blk, .521 FG%, .500 3P% (#3), .892 FT% (#14)

Honorable Mention: Jayson Tatum - PF - BOS, Damian Lillard - PG - MIL, Tyrese Maxey - PG - PHI, Rudy Gobert - C - MIN

Rookie of the Year

1 (1) Victor Wembanyama - PF - SAS

19.0 Pts, 10.2 Reb (#12), 2.6 Ast, 1.3 Stl, 2.7 Blk (#2), .430 FG%, .255 3P%, .818 FT%

2 (3) Chet Holmgren - C - OKC

17.1 Pts, 7.8 Reb, 2.5 Ast, 0.9 Stl, 2.4 Blk (#5), .518 FG%, .371 3P%, .878 FT%

3 (5) Dereck Lively II - C - DAL

8.7 Pts, 7.7 Reb, 1.3 Ast, 0.6 Stl, 1.6 Blk (#14), .735 FG%, .000 3P%, .593 FT%

4 (2) Ausar Thompson - SF - DET

10.1 Pts, 8.5 Reb, 2.5 Ast, 1.0 Stl, 1.3 Blk (#20), .441 FG%, .130 3P%, .689 FT%

5 (4) Keyonte George - PG - UTA

10.5 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 5.1 Ast, .0.5 Stl, 0.1 Blk, .344 FG%, .304 3P%, .765 FT%

All-Time Player Rank Updates

Nikola Jokic has passed Artis Gilmore to move up to #38

Kawhi Leonard has passed Manu Ginobili to move up to #63

Draymond Green has passed Sam Jones to move up to #65

Jimmy Butler has passed John Wall to move up to #87

Joel Embiid has entered the top 100 at #98, knocking out Mel Daniels and passing Andre Miller and LaMarcus Aldridge

NCAA Bowl Predictions - 9 Dec thru 8 Jan

Upset picks are in italics.

Dec 9

Army vs. Navy - Black Knights by 2.5

Dec 16

Myrtle Beach - Georgia Southern vs. Ohio - Bobcats by 2

New Orleans - Jacksonville State vs. Louisiana - Gamecocks by 3.5

Cure - Miami (OH) vs. Appalachian State - Redhawks by 0.5

New Mexico - New Mexico State vs. Fresno State - Aggies by 4

LA - UCLA vs. Boise State - Broncos by 0.5

Independence - California vs. Texas Tech - Red Raiders by 2

Dec 18

Famous Toastery - Western Kentucky vs. Old Dominion - Hilltoppers by 5.5

Dec 19

Frisco - UTSA vs. Marshall - Roadrunners by 7.5

Dec 21

Boca Raton - South Florida vs. Syracuse - Orange by 7

Dec 22

Gasparilla - Georgia Tech vs. UCF - Knights by 2.5

Dec 23

Birmingham - Troy vs. Duke - Trojans by 2.5

Camellia - Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois - Red Wolves by 4

Armed Forces - James Madison vs. Air Force - Dukes by 7

Potato - Georgia State vs. Utah State - Aggies by 0.5

68 Ventures - South Alabama vs. Eastern Michigan - Jaguars by 14.5

Las Vegas - Utah vs. Northwestern - Utes by 7

Hawaii - Coastal Carolina vs. San Jose State - Spartans by 3.5

Dec 26

Quick Lane - Bowling Green vs. Minnesota - Falcons by 1.5

First Responder - Texas State vs. Rice - Bobcats by 0.5

Guaranteed Rate - Kansas vs. UNLV - Jayhawks by 7

Dec 27

Military - Virginia Tech vs. Tulane - Hokies by 0.5

Mayo - North Carolina vs. West Virginia - Tar Heels by 1.5

Holiday - (15) Louisville vs. USC - Cardinals by 3

Texas - Texas A&M vs. (20) Oklahoma State - Aggies by 5

Dec 28

Fenway - (24) SMU vs. Boston College - Mustangs by 14.5

Pinstripe - Rutgers vs. Miami - Hurricanes by 6

Pop-Tarts - (18) NC State vs. (25) Kansas State - Wildcats by 9

Alamo - (14) Arizona vs. (12) Oklahoma - Sooners by 6.5

Dec 29

Gator - (22) Clemson vs. Kentucky - Tigers by 5.5

Sun - (19) Oregon State vs. (16) Notre Dame - Irish by 4

Liberty - Memphis vs. Iowa State - Cyclones by 4.5

Cotton - (9) Missouri vs. (7) Ohio State - Buckeyes by 8.5

Dec 30

Peach - (11) Ole Miss vs. (10) Penn State - Nittany Lions by 8.5

Music City - Auburn vs. Maryland - Terrapins by 2

Orange - (6) Georgia vs. (5) Florida State - Seminoles by 0.5

Arizona - Toledo vs. Wyoming - Rockets by 4

Jan 1

ReliaQuest - Wisconsin vs. (13) LSU - Tigers by 10.5

Fiesta - (23) Liberty vs. (8) Oregon - Ducks by 9.5

Citrus - (17) Iowa vs. (21) Tennessee - Volunteers by 2.5

Rose - (4) Alabama vs. (1) Michigan - Wolverines by 7

Sugar - (3) Texas vs. (2) Washington - Longhorns by 4

Jan 8

Championship - (3) Texas vs. (1) Michigan - Wolverines by 3

NFL Predictions - 7 Dec thru 11 Dec

Upset picks are in italics.

Thursday

New England at Pittsburgh - Steelers by 9

Sunday

Tampa Bay at Atlanta - Buccaneers by 1

Detroit at Chicago - Lions by 6.5

Indianapolis at Cincinnati - Bengals by 2.5

Jacksonville at Cleveland - Browns by 0.5

Carolina at New Orleans - Saints by 9.5

Houston at NY Jets - Texans by 6.5

LA Rams at Baltimore - Ravens by 9.5

Minnesota at Las Vegas - Vikings by 5.5

Seattle at San Francisco - 49ers by 15.5

Buffalo at Kansas City - Chiefs by 3

Denver at LA Chargers - Chargers by 4.5

Philadelphia at Dallas - Cowboys by 6

Monday

Tennessee at Miami - Dolphins by 9

Green Bay at NY Giants - Packers by 9.5

Results

NCAA: 6-4 (.600) 653-214 overall (.753)

Upsets: 1-2 (.333) 48-67 overall (.417)

NFL: 8-5 (.615) 115-78 overall (.596)

Upsets: 0-2 (.000) 17-29 overall (.370)

NBA Rankings - 4 Dec

As the In-Season Tournament elimination games are set to start, here is my ranking of all 30 teams in the league, along with their projected final record and playoff seeding. The hottest team over the past 3 weeks has been Oklahoma City, which has climbed to #3 overall, and is currently the best team in the West. The best overall team is still Boston, who is the favorite to win both the real championship and the in-season version happening this week. Here are my full current rankings, with the hottest teams in green and coldest teams in red:

				Record		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	Seed
1	1	Boston	-9.251	15	4	64	17	E1
2	2	Philadelphia	-7.245	12	7	59	23	E2
3	15	Oklahoma City	-6.99	13	6	59	23	W2
4	3	Minnesota	-6.682	15	4	61	21	W1
5	7	New York	-4.605	12	7	52	29	E3
6	4	Denver	-3.894	14	7	53	29	W3
7	11	Orlando	-3.145	14	6	51	31	E4
8	13	Houston	-2.31	8	9	46	36	W4
9	12	Brooklyn	-2.203	10	9	46	36	E6
10	6	Golden State	-1.915	9	11	46	36	W5
11	16	Milwaukee	-1.881	14	6	48	33	E5
12	10	Indiana	-1.606	10	8	44	37	E7
13	14	LA Clippers	-1.451	9	10	43	39	W8
14	20	Sacramento	-1.193	11	7	45	36	W6
15	5	Atlanta	-1.133	9	10	43	39	E8
16	18	Phoenix	-0.918	12	8	44	37	W7
17	19	Miami	-0.606	11	9	43	39	E9
18	17	Cleveland	-0.528	11	9	43	39	E10
19	21	New Orleans	-0.489	11	10	42	39	W9
20	22	LA Lakers	0.0588	12	9	42	39	W10
21	8	Dallas	0.5421	11	8	41	41
22	9	Toronto	0.9009	9	11	38	44
23	24	Chicago	4.6124	7	14	28	54
24	25	Portland	6.0005	6	13	24	58
25	29	Utah	6.646	7	13	23	59
26	30	Memphis	6.7108	5	14	22	60
27	26	Charlotte	7.3595	6	12	22	60
28	27	Washington	7.4018	3	16	19	63
29	23	Detroit	8.4305	2	18	16	66
30	28	San Antonio	8.9796	3	16	17	65

In-Season Tournament Odds

Odds of Reaching Semifinals

Celtics - 68.8%

Kings - 61.5%

Lakers - 55.4%

Knicks - 51.1%

Bucks - 48.9%

Suns - 44.6%

Pelicans - 38.5%

Pacers - 31.2%

Odds of Reaching Championship Game

Celtics - 48.9%

Kings - 32.6%

Lakers - 25.7%

Suns - 22.3%

Knicks - 21.4%

Pelicans - 19.4%

Bucks - 16.0%

Pacers - 13.7%

Odds of Winning Championship

Celtics - 38.8%

Knicks - 13.8%

Kings - 10.8%

Bucks - 8.7%

Lakers - 7.5%

Pacers - 7.3%

Suns - 7.2%

Pelicans - 6.0%

My Picks

Quarterfinals

Suns over Lakers

Kings over Pelicans

Celtics over Pacers

Knicks over Bucks

Semifinals

Suns over Kings

Celtics over Knicks

Championship

Celtics over Suns