Monday, December 9, 2013

College Basketball Rankings - 9 Dec

Oklahoma State retook the top spot from Iowa this week after beating up on South Carolina while the Hawkeyes struggled with Notre Dame, allowing the Cowboys to sneak back to #1. There are plenty of teams climbing fast in hopes of dethroning the top teams, but for now Marcus Smart has his team on top. Here are my full rankings, including each team's predicted final record:

Rank
LW
Team
Week
Record
Rating
PredRec
1
2
Oklahoma State
1
0
8
1
-27.21604
27
4
2
1
Iowa
2
0
9
1
-26.64419
27
4
3
6
Villanova
2
0
9
0
-23.21667
28
3
4
3
Iowa State
2
0
7
0
-22.43916
24
4
5
4
UCLA
1
1
8
1
-20.33969
26
5
6
19
Louisville
2
0
8
1
-20.31585
26
5
7
8
Kansas
0
1
6
2
-19.6572
22
9
8
5
Arizona
2
0
9
0
-19.3123
25
6
9
11
Memphis
1
0
6
1
-19.30637
26
5
10
21
Michigan
1
1
6
3
-18.78763
20
10
11
15
Massachusetts
2
0
8
0
-18.10459
26
4
12
7
Ohio State
2
0
8
0
-17.87592
23
7
13
33
Oregon
1
0
8
0
-17.52869
24
6
14
9
Utah
1
1
7
1
-17.49122
23
7
15
28
Wisconsin
2
0
10
0
-17.32204
24
7
16
12
Pittsburgh
2
0
9
0
-17.29946
25
6
17
35
Saint Mary's
1
0
7
0
-17.1799
24
5
18
10
Kentucky
0
1
7
2
-16.83738
22
9
19
20
LSU
0
0
5
2
-16.83409
22
8
20
23
Creighton
2
0
7
2
-16.79928
22
8
21
51
Arkansas
2
0
6
2
-16.59324
23
8
22
34
Gonzaga
1
0
8
1
-16.54143
24
7
23
58
North Carolina
2
0
6
2
-16.47948
23
8
24
22
Cincinnati
1
1
7
1
-16.46245
24
7
25
18
Wichita State
1
0
9
0
-16.39933
28
3
26
45
New Mexico
2
0
7
1
-15.90853
23
7
27
13
Michigan State
0
1
7
1
-15.89871
21
10
28
39
Missouri
2
0
9
0
-15.63736
24
6
29
16
San Diego State
2
0
7
1
-15.06687
24
6
30
17
Clemson
1
1
7
2
-14.99681
21
9
31
54
West Virginia
1
1
6
3
-14.97604
20
11
32
40
Duke
1
0
7
2
-14.96044
22
9
33
42
Georgetown
2
0
6
2
-14.74443
20
10
34
47
Harvard
2
0
9
1
-14.55518
25
5
35
14
Louisiana Tech
1
1
7
2
-14.3416
25
6
36
36
Drake
0
1
6
2
-14.31847
24
6
37
37
Charleston Southern
0
1
3
4
-13.91372
22
7
38
48
Delaware
1
1
5
4
-13.90892
22
9
39
32
Virginia Commonwealth
2
0
9
2
-13.79441
24
8
40
24
Florida State
1
1
6
3
-13.68305
19
11
41
29
Virginia
0
2
7
3
-13.66134
20
11
42
25
Boise State
2
0
8
0
-13.46116
22
7
43
38
Florida
0
1
6
2
-13.44672
21
10
44
63
Arizona State
1
0
8
2
-13.17707
21
10
45
30
Saint Louis
2
0
8
2
-13.09121
24
7
46
59
Colorado
2
0
9
1
-12.86008
21
10
47
56
Syracuse
2
0
9
0
-12.78299
22
9
48
52
Brigham Young
1
1
7
3
-12.62096
20
11
49
26
North Carolina Central
1
1
6
2
-12.61751
26
5
50
49
Nebraska-Omaha
1
0
6
3
-12.4713
23
7
51
31
George Washington
2
0
8
1
-12.34745
23
7
52
53
Tennessee
1
0
6
2
-12.09032
20
11
53
27
Connecticut
2
0
9
0
-12.01561
23
8
54
50
Butler
1
0
6
2
-11.76351
19
11
55
41
Indiana
1
1
7
2
-11.1739
19
12
56
81
Pacific
1
0
7
1
-11.01368
20
8
57
43
Drexel
2
0
6
2
-10.87889
21
8
58
61
Southern Methodist
2
0
8
2
-10.83531
21
10
59
64
Marquette
0
1
5
4
-10.56516
17
14
60
57
Baylor
1
0
8
1
-10.44139
20
11
61
44
South Carolina
0
1
2
3
-10.38901
17
12
62
101
North Dakota State
2
0
6
3
-10.35922
20
9
63
60
Illinois
1
1
8
1
-10.23877
18
13
64
70
Xavier
1
0
6
3
-10.22988
17
14
65
65
Louisiana-Monroe
0
0
2
1
-10.22984
18
8
66
72
Hawaii
1
0
6
2
-10.18117
21
7
67
83
Minnesota
2
0
8
2
-10.02192
18
13
68
46
Dayton
1
1
7
2
-9.963639
22
9
69
95
Belmont
1
0
8
2
-9.849337
24
7
70
154
Notre Dame
1
1
6
2
-9.841936
19
13
71
139
St. John's
1
0
6
2
-9.752299
18
13
72
79
Brown
1
0
6
2
-9.705661
21
7
73
78
Oklahoma
3
0
8
1
-9.623124
19
12
74
68
Princeton
1
0
6
1
-9.170741
20
8
75
98
Penn State
1
1
7
3
-9.130864
17
14
76
76
Toledo
2
0
8
0
-9.105943
24
7
77
75
New Mexico State
0
2
7
4
-8.952925
22
10
78
96
UC Santa Barbara
1
1
4
3
-8.90658
20
9
79
69
Southeast Missouri State
1
0
7
2
-8.753289
24
6
80
86
Louisiana-Lafayette
1
1
6
3
-8.749492
23
8
81
91
Bucknell
2
0
5
4
-8.654872
20
9
82
90
Maryland
0
2
5
4
-8.47013
16
15
83
87
Valparaiso
1
1
6
5
-8.377536
20
11
84
88
Southern Miss
2
0
8
1
-8.356374
23
7
85
71
Eastern Kentucky
1
1
7
3
-8.287707
22
8
86
73
North Carolina State
2
0
6
2
-8.109528
17
14
87
103
Alabama
1
1
4
4
-8.097918
15
16
88
80
Texas
2
0
8
1
-7.985241
18
13
89
67
Utah State
0
1
5
2
-7.963845
19
11
90
99
Cal Poly
1
0
3
5
-7.950627
17
12
91
82
Ole Miss
0
2
6
2
-7.838701
18
13
92
173
Akron
1
0
2
2
-7.718837
20
9
93
137
California
1
1
6
3
-7.659484
17
14
94
62
Mercer
1
1
6
4
-7.441252
23
8
95
55
Iona
2
0
5
2
-7.427128
21
8
96
92
Providence
1
0
8
2
-7.06807
17
14
97
122
Colgate
0
1
4
3
-6.992623
19
10
98
114
Sam Houston State
2
0
7
3
-6.848095
23
7
99
77
Morehead State
1
1
7
4
-6.764629
21
10
100
110
Bryant University
1
1
6
3
-6.678982
22
9
101
106
Wake Forest
2
0
8
2
-6.593109
17
14
102
85
Charlotte
1
1
7
2
-6.508167
20
9
103
124
Virgnia Tech
2
0
7
3
-6.44875
16
14
104
66
UC Irvine
0
2
5
5
-6.418131
19
13
105
111
Stanford
0
0
6
2
-6.288912
15
15
106
74
Cleveland State
0
2
4
5
-6.238361
18
13
107
140
Nebraska
1
1
6
3
-6.169501
14
16
108
104
San Diego
0
1
7
3
-6.068344
17
13
109
142
Richmond
1
1
7
3
-6.058695
18
13
110
97
Towson
0
2
6
4
-5.88311
19
12
111
107
Temple
1
1
4
4
-5.786798
14
16
112
144
Green Bay
1
0
5
2
-5.779783
19
10
113
84
Ohio
0
1
6
2
-5.707331
21
11
114
121
Texas A&M
1
0
7
2
-5.647851
18
13
115
94
Holy Cross
1
1
5
4
-5.437971
18
12
116
119
Fresno State
0
1
6
4
-5.433198
16
15
117
165
UNLV
0
1
3
4
-5.412676
15
15
118
133
Portland
1
0
6
3
-5.330629
16
14
119
152
Colorado State
2
1
8
3
-5.100108
19
13
120
89
Wyoming
2
0
7
2
-5.067347
18
13
121
120
Stephen F Austin
2
0
8
2
-5.014404
24
7
122
181
Georgia Tech
2
0
7
3
-4.925611
15
16
123
147
Milwaukee
2
0
9
2
-4.773975
19
11
124
102
St. Bonaventure
1
1
6
3
-4.683259
16
14
125
105
Eastern Michigan
0
2
5
3
-4.590968
18
13
126
100
Manhattan
2
0
6
2
-4.519995
20
8
127
220
Santa Clara
1
1
3
5
-4.474897
14
16
128
136
Northern Iowa
0
2
3
5
-4.428346
15
15
129
125
Columbia
1
1
5
5
-4.398919
17
14
130
168
Purdue
2
0
8
2
-4.341195
14
17
131
161
South Alabama
1
1
5
4
-4.187248
17
14
132
129
Northwestern
1
1
5
5
-4.037591
12
19
133
93
Youngstown State
1
1
7
4
-3.953359
17
14
134
115
Boston University
1
1
6
3
-3.797813
18
13
135
109
Oral Roberts
1
1
5
4
-3.752061
21
10
136
185
Indiana State
1
0
6
2
-3.746515
17
13
137
116
American University
1
1
3
5
-3.573222
14
15
138
145
Washington State
1
0
5
4
-3.556099
13
17
139
187
UAB
1
0
7
2
-3.521797
20
10
140
228
Georgia
1
0
3
4
-3.448855
12
18
141
113
Northeastern
0
2
2
7
-3.438376
13
17
142
157
South Florida
2
0
6
2
-3.423958
16
14
143
175
North Dakota
0
1
2
5
-3.397716
16
13
144
155
Vanderbilt
1
1
5
3
-3.388582
14
16
145
194
Lafayette
2
0
3
5
-3.359328
14
14
146
128
Eastern Washington
0
1
5
3
-3.303139
19
12
147
127
Middle Tennessee
0
1
6
2
-3.302108
19
11
148
151
UTEP
1
0
5
4
-3.27084
19
12
149
138
Nevada
1
0
4
5
-3.259865
14
17
150
118
IPFW
1
1
7
4
-3.258777
19
12
151
167
Albany
0
1
4
4
-3.230114
18
11
152
169
Radford
2
0
6
2
-3.228656
20
10
153
126
Saint Joseph's
0
2
4
4
-3.221994
15
15
154
112
Dartmouth
0
2
3
3
-3.202664
15
13
155
174
Arkansas State
1
0
5
2
-2.934637
18
12
156
150
Texas Tech
0
1
6
3
-2.857408
13
18
157
164
Northern Colorado
0
0
4
2
-2.591396
19
10
158
199
Oakland
1
0
2
7
-2.501448
13
18
159
170
Marshall
0
2
4
5
-2.366471
16
15
160
172
Kansas State
1
0
5
3
-2.304936
13
18
161
131
Kent State
0
1
8
2
-2.200123
19
12
162
251
Utah Valley
1
1
3
5
-2.085991
16
13
163
195
USC
1
0
6
3
-2.023547
13
18
164
212
Seattle
3
0
6
3
-2.018447
18
11
165
182
Weber State
0
0
1
3
-1.989622
16
12
166
130
USC Upstate
0
1
5
4
-1.916689
20
11
167
153
Miami (FL)
0
2
5
5
-1.900648
12
19
168
132
Wright State
0
3
5
6
-1.819022
16
15
169
146
Detroit
1
1
5
5
-1.790951
15
16
170
117
Quinnipiac
1
2
5
3
-1.770165
17
11
171
255
Davidson
2
0
4
5
-1.727389
17
13
172
123
Chattanooga
0
1
3
6
-1.706834
18
12
173
188
Oregon State
0
0
3
2
-1.705027
10
17
174
141
St. Francis (NY)
0
1
5
4
-1.656994
20
11
175
196
Bowling Green
1
1
3
5
-1.61931
15
16
176
156
Yale
1
1
5
4
-1.571662
14
14
177
162
Missouri State
1
0
7
1
-1.299959
17
13
178
163
Idaho State
1
0
3
2
-1.210697
17
12
179
223
San Jose State
1
0
3
6
-1.178567
12
18
180
216
Tulsa
1
0
2
6
-1.118016
13
17
181
159
William & Mary
1
1
5
4
-1.098715
15
14
182
135
Cal State Bakersfield
0
1
5
4
-1.035421
17
13
183
178
Seton Hall
2
0
6
3
-1.032917
13
18
184
224
IUPUI
2
0
3
7
-1.024296
14
17
185
143
DePaul
0
1
4
4
-0.95568
11
20
186
134
Boston College
0
2
3
6
-0.94562
9
22
187
215
Northern Illinois
1
0
3
4
-0.905422
14
16
188
158
Winthrop
0
1
5
2
-0.820224
17
11
189
191
Coastal Carolina
2
0
4
5
-0.689433
17
13
190
148
George Mason
0
2
5
4
-0.609451
11
17
191
204
Elon
1
0
5
4
-0.54909
18
13
192
249
Rider
2
0
4
4
-0.456345
17
12
193
184
Robert Morris
0
2
3
7
-0.309481
14
17
194
180
Gardner-Webb
1
1
5
5
-0.301986
17
14
195
108
East Carolina
2
0
8
2
-0.281801
19
12
196
213
Illinois State
2
0
5
4
-0.183849
14
16
197
205
La Salle
2
0
5
4
-0.124931
13
17
198
197
Western Michigan
0
1
5
3
-0.115333
15
14
199
166
Bradley
0
2
5
4
-0.064758
14
17
200
243
Western Illinois
2
0
4
4
0.0322168
13
16
201
171
UCF
1
1
4
3
0.1439439
12
17
202
246
Cal State Fullerton
1
1
3
7
0.1462869
13
17
203
227
Loyola Marymount
1
1
6
3
0.2523196
13
17
204
236
Pepperdine
1
1
6
4
0.2969077
12
18
205
208
Western Kentucky
1
1
5
3
0.4404173
16
15
206
186
Pennsylvania
0
2
2
6
0.4651847
11
17
207
149
High Point
0
1
3
4
0.4859095
15
14
208
193
Duquesne
1
0
3
3
0.5140779
12
17
209
179
Texas-Arlington
1
0
3
6
0.5388137
13
17
210
211
Northwestern State
0
1
3
4
0.5640749
16
13
211
190
Tennessee Tech
0
2
5
6
0.7234811
15
16
212
217
San Francisco
0
0
5
4
0.9534784
11
19
213
183
Navy
1
0
5
3
0.9740479
14
15
214
214
Old Dominion
0
2
4
5
0.9780539
14
17
215
225
Montana
0
0
1
4
1.0532555
15
14
216
237
James Madison
0
2
2
8
1.1906039
10
20
217
202
Evansville
1
1
6
3
1.1950893
15
16
218
218
North Carolina-Wilmington
1
0
6
5
1.2415421
14
17
219
209
Sacred Heart
1
1
2
7
1.2528274
13
17
220
238
Washington
0
1
4
4
1.3257647
11
20
221
206
Georgia Southern
2
0
5
5
1.4341266
17
14
222
198
Stony Brook
1
1
6
4
1.5465689
18
12
223
231
Liberty
1
0
4
5
1.7213255
16
15
224
252
Lipscomb
1
1
4
5
1.8824407
15
14
225
226
Southern University
0
2
3
6
1.9039384
16
13
226
222
Idaho
0
1
4
5
1.9930521
15
16
227
176
Grand Canyon
1
0
5
3
2.013248
11
12
228
177
Fordham
1
1
4
3
2.0199306
12
17
229
282
TCU
1
0
5
3
2.3997899
11
19
230
200
Southeastern Louisiana
0
2
3
5
2.5539573
16
13
231
242
Vermont
0
0
3
6
2.5540141
15
15
232
241
Charleston
0
0
3
5
2.6253476
13
18
233
221
Lehigh
2
0
5
5
2.6524526
13
18
234
263
Wagner
1
1
5
5
2.6604442
15
15
235
256
Wofford
1
1
3
5
2.8296272
14
15
236
235
Georgia State
1
1
3
6
2.8592419
12
19
237
210
Houston
0
2
6
4
2.8757319
11
20
238
192
Southern Illinois
0
1
2
7
2.9297096
11
20
239
229
Jackson State
0
1
2
7
2.9507968
15
14
240
201
Ball State
0
1
2
5
3.0220819
11
18
241
189
North Florida
1
2
5
6
3.2280545
16
15
242
232
North Texas
0
1
5
4
3.3855044
15
15
243
160
Florida International
1
1
8
4
3.4456139
15
16
244
254
Northern Arizona
0
1
2
7
3.6650653
12
19
245
219
East Tennessee State
1
1
4
6
3.6979482
16
15
246
245
Hampton
1
0
4
5
3.7524725
15
14
247
269
Rutgers
0
2
4
6
3.8102808
9
22
248
274
Troy
2
0
4
3
3.8942836
12
18
249
233
Texas State
1
0
3
6
3.9177689
11
20
250
261
Buffalo
1
0
4
2
3.9991088
13
16
251
250
New Hampshire
0
2
2
6
4.1611863
12
17
252
207
Mississippi State
0
1
5
2
4.2166451
11
18
253
257
Central Michigan
1
0
6
3
4.2768842
14
16
254
279
Rice
1
1
4
5
4.2904298
11
18
255
244
Maryland-Eastern Shore
0
1
2
4
4.4727697
14
15
256
234
Portland State
0
1
4
3
4.4997798
15
14
257
297
Virginia Military
1
1
4
4
4.512288
13
15
258
266
Auburn
0
2
4
3
4.5550967
9
20
259
286
NJIT
2
0
6
4
4.5713524
15
14
260
285
Rhode Island
0
2
6
5
4.6422021
11
20
261
262
South Dakota
1
2
3
5
4.7403773
11
18
262
280
Siena
1
1
3
8
4.7478072
12
18
263
247
Mount St. Mary's
1
1
3
7
4.7500382
11
18
264
293
Florida Atlantic
2
0
3
6
4.7792022
11
20
265
314
Denver
1
1
2
5
4.9157136
9
20
266
264
Western Carolina
0
1
5
6
4.9232462
15
17
267
288
Long Beach State
0
2
1
9
4.9247939
8
22
268
265
Murray State
2
0
4
5
4.9678065
12
16
269
239
Delaware State
1
2
2
7
5.0408585
12
17
270
324
Coppin State
1
0
3
4
5.3987043
12
16
271
240
Campbell
0
1
4
4
5.4627099
15
16
272
283
Fairfield
0
2
1
8
5.4681275
10
21
273
291
New Orleans
0
1
1
4
5.5405138
12
14
274
278
Tennessee State
0
2
0
10
5.7538172
8
22
275
271
Hofstra
0
1
2
6
5.7900988
9
22
276
276
Florida A&M
0
2
2
7
5.8458855
12
17
277
296
Monmouth
0
2
3
6
6.0254045
13
18
278
299
Hartford
1
1
3
7
6.0667304
12
19
279
273
Loyola (IL)
1
0
4
5
6.1309144
10
20
280
248
Arkansas-Little Rock
1
0
3
4
6.1312482
10
19
281
321
Montana State
1
0
3
5
6.3287303
12
19
282
290
South Dakota State
1
0
4
6
6.3651249
10
20
283
320
Central Connecticut State
1
1
2
6
6.6377521
11
18
284
253
Alabama State
0
1
3
3
6.6983198
17
12
285
272
LIU Brooklyn
0
1
2
5
6.842477
10
19
286
309
North Carolina A&T
1
1
3
6
6.8763605
12
19
287
317
Canisius
2
0
5
3
7.0014182
13
18
288
301
Massachusetts Lowell
0
2
1
8
7.1044747
9
19
289
303
Alcorn State
0
1
3
4
7.1798645
13
15
290
287
UC Riverside
1
1
3
4
7.3860785
11
19
291
270
Sacramento State
0
1
2
4
7.4207793
11
18
292
300
Illinois-Chicago
0
2
3
6
7.4215162
8
22
293
203
Loyola (MD)
1
2
5
3
7.4925954
10
19
294
295
Norfolk State
2
0
7
3
7.5755758
14
16
295
313
Morgan State
1
0
2
7
7.5825529
10
18
296
277
St. Peter's
0
2
2
6
7.5830075
9
18
297
281
Kennesaw State
0
0
3
7
7.5937164
11
20
298
267
Texas Southern
0
1
3
6
7.6221574
12
15
299
306
UMBC
1
2
3
7
7.6623153
11
18
300
260
Texas-Pan American
0
2
4
7
7.7050553
11
20
301
294
UNC-Asheville
0
0
1
7
7.9845566
10
20
302
259
Jacksonville
1
1
3
5
8.3026545
12
17
303
289
Savannah State
0
0
2
7
8.3383178
10
21
304
258
Niagara
1
2
2
8
8.3592504
9
21
305
304
Florida Gulf Coast
0
1
4
4
8.4499782
13
17
306
230
UNC Greensboro
0
2
4
5
8.5631832
12
19
307
268
Appalachian State
1
1
2
6
8.7670201
11
18
308
338
Army
1
1
2
6
8.9196883
7
22
309
275
Austin Peay
0
2
4
5
9.2921634
12
18
310
310
Jacksonville State
0
1
3
7
9.390549
9
21
311
325
Cal State Northridge
1
1
5
5
9.390839
11
21
312
328
Air Force
1
0
4
4
9.4633155
8
21
313
298
Northern Kentucky
0
1
1
7
9.5839416
9
21
314
318
Alabama A&M
2
0
3
4
9.6149883
12
16
315
322
Tulane
1
1
5
5
9.6231601
11
20
316
336
UMKC
1
1
2
6
9.6433688
8
21
317
284
Chicago State
1
1
4
5
9.7185605
12
19
318
292
Texas A&M-CC
0
2
3
8
9.7457981
12
19
319
305
St. Francis (PA)
1
1
2
7
9.793908
9
20
320
344
Miami (OH)
1
1
1
5
10.029815
6
23
321
311
Bethune-Cookman
0
2
3
8
10.059376
9
22
322
323
Longwood
1
1
3
7
10.066932
10
21
323
307
UC Davis
0
2
3
7
10.097623
9
22
324
319
Prairie View A&M
0
0
1
7
10.259107
8
19
325
308
Lamar
0
0
1
7
10.564104
8
22
326
315
Stetson
1
1
1
10
10.605095
7
23
327
312
Houston Baptist
1
1
3
6
10.77254
12
19
328
302
Eastern Illinois
0
2
3
6
11.069006
8
21
329
316
Incarnate Word
1
0
7
1
11.10727
15
10
330
332
Citadel
1
2
3
8
11.172879
10
21
331
326
SIU-Edwardsville
1
1
2
7
11.264935
9
21
332
330
Binghamton
1
1
2
7
11.417057
8
21
333
337
Tennessee-Martin
2
0
4
8
11.45543
10
21
334
331
Furman
1
1
4
4
11.971867
11
18
335
329
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
0
0
2
6
12.257604
10
17
336
345
Presbyterian
2
1
3
8
12.608993
8
23
337
341
Abilene Christian
1
0
3
8
12.848689
13
17
338
339
South Carolina State
0
2
2
7
13.142462
7
22
339
342
Nicholls State
1
0
2
4
13.311239
8
19
340
335
Fairleigh Dickinson
0
2
3
8
13.532928
7
23
341
333
Mississippi Valley State
1
0
2
6
13.883618
6
16
342
334
Central Arkansas
0
0
2
4
13.906718
8
21
343
327
Howard
0
2
2
9
14.355033
6
25
344
347
Marist
0
2
0
9
14.616075
4
26
345
343
Maine
0
2
1
7
14.658572
6
22
346
348
UTSA
2
0
3
6
14.847978
6
23
347
340
Samford
1
1
4
7
15.160043
8
23
348
346
UTSA
0
1
2
6
17.937541
7
24
349
349
Cornell
0
1
0
10
18.558505
1
27
350
350
Southern Utah
0
1
1
5
22.38565
2
27
351
351
Grambling State
0
0
0
3
27.017132
1
22

A pair of blowout wins over UMKC and Louisiana-Lafayette, helped Louisville jump into the top 10, where they landed at #6, right where the national polls have also placed the defending champs. They lost in their only real test so far, but they have plenty of chances to beat good teams coming up, including a trip to in-state rival Kentucky in a couple weeks.

Oregon moved up nicely this week to # 13 after finally playing a road game, and what a game it was. The Ducks faced Ole Miss, a team that had only one loss, and Oregon shot nearly 60% for the game, but Marshall Henderson hit 10 3-pointers and scored a career-high 39 points for the Rebels, who forced overtime before falling 115-105 in one of the highest-scoring contests of the year.

North Carolina has lost twice this season, which caused them to be overlooked for a little while, but two huge wins in the last two weeks have propelled the Tar Heels into the top 25. Right before Thanksgiving they upset #3 Louisville 93-84, then followed it up this week with a road upset of #1 Michigan State, which was by an even bigger margin, 79-65. Saturday they have a chance for their 3rd win over a ranked team in a month as they host the Kentucky Wildcats.

Predictions

Upset picks are in italics.

NFL

Dallas at Chicago - Cowboys by 1

NBA

Golden State at Charlotte - Warriors by 6
LA Clippers at Philadelphia - Clippers by 10
Denver at Washington - Nuggets by 3
Orlando at Memphis - Grizzlies by 11
Portland at Utah - Trail Blazers by 10
Dallas at Sacramento - Mavericks by 2

College Basketball

Fairleigh Dickinson at (23) Iowa - Hawkeyes by 46
Bryant at Notre Dame - Fighting Irish by 9
Massachusetts Lowell at Columbia - Lions by 17
Virginia-Lynchburg at VMI - Keydets by 26
Alcorn State at Houston - Cougars by 10
LIU-Brooklyn at Lehigh - Mountain Hawks by 10
Fisk at Middle Tennessee - Blue Raiders by 34
Thomas at Louisiana-Monroe - Warhawks by 41
Manchester at Butler - Bulldogs by 42
Bethune-Cookman at Hampton - Pirates by 12
Western State at Air Force - Falcons by 21

Pick of the Day

Columbia

Today was a difficult day to make a pick. There are only 11 games, 5 feature a Division II team, which I refuse to pick, and two feature teams I've already picked, so I had only 4 choices, and the Columbia Lions are the lucky ones I'm counting on for win # 32.

Prediction Results

NFL: 11-3 (.786) 128-77 overall (.624)
Upsets: 1-3 (.250) 19-28 overall (.404)
NBA: 3-2 (.600) 192-110 overall (.636)
Upsets: 1-1 (.500) 30-29 overall (.508)
College Basketball: 19-3 (.864) 1318-338 overall (.796)
Upsets: 3-2 (.600) 145-88 overall (.622)

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