Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Football Predictions - 1 thru 6 Oct

 Upset picks are in italics.

Thursday

Denver at NY Jets - Broncos by 1


Friday

Campbell at Wake Forest - Demon Deacons by 18.5

Louisiana Tech at (22) BYU - Cougars by 27


Saturday

South Carolina at (3) Florida - Gators by 26.5

TCU at (9) Texas - Longhorns by 12.5

Missouri at (21) Tennessee - Volunteers by 10

NC State at (24) Pittsburgh - Panthers by 12

East Carolina at Georgia State - Panthers by 15

Arkansas State at Coastal Carolina - Chanticleers by 0.5

Baylor at West Virginia - Bears by 6

UTSA at UAB - Blazers by 13.5

North Alabama at Liberty - Flames by 18

Abilene Christian at Army - Black Knights by 23.5

(13) Texas A&M at (2) Alabama - Crimson Tide by 30

(12) North Carolina at Boston College - Tar Heels by 4.5

South Florida at (15) Cincinnati - Bearcats by 18

(17) Oklahoma State at Kansas - Cowboys by 16

(25) Memphis at SMU - Mustangs by 3

Texas Tech at Kansas State - Wildcats by 18.5

Charlotte at FAU - Owls by 17.5

Virginia Tech at Duke - Hokies by 8.5

Ole Miss at Kentucky - Wildcats by 10

Jacksonville State at Florida State - Seminoles by 8.5

Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee - Hilltoppers by 4.5

Navy at Air Force - Falcons by 14

Georgia Southern at UL Monroe - Eagles by 18

(7) Auburn at (4) Georgia - Bulldogs by 7

Tulsa at (11) UCF - Knights by 18.5

Arkansas at (16) Mississippi State - Bulldogs by 36.5

(18) Oklahoma at Iowa State - Cyclones by 0.5

(20) LSU at Vanderbilt - Tigers by 4.5

Southern Miss at North Texas - Mean Green by 10

Virginia at (1) Clemson - Tigers by 15


Sunday

Arizona at Carolina - Cardinals by 5

Indianapolis at Chicago - Colts by 3

Jacksonville at Cincinnati - Bengals by 0.5

Cleveland at Dallas - Cowboys by 6.5

New Orleans at Detroit - Saints by 1

Seattle at Miami - Seahawks by 1.5

LA Chargers at Tampa Bay - Buccaneers by 8.5

Baltimore at Washington - Ravens by 17.5

Minnesota at Houston - Texans by 5.5

NY Giants at LA Rams - Rams by 17.5

New England at Kansas City - Chiefs by 8

Buffalo at Las Vegas - Bills by 3

Philadelphia at San Francisco - 49ers by 22


Monday

Atlanta at Green Bay - Packers by 17


Monday or Tuesday

Pittsburgh at Tennessee - Steelers by 1.5


Cancelled

Rice at Marshall

Troy at South Alabama


Results

NCAA: 24-6 (.800) 58-21 overall (.734)

Upsets: 1-3 (.250) 2-7 (.222)

NFL: 8-7 (.533) 33-14 overall (.702)

Upsets: 1-2 (.333) 5-6 overall (.455)

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

NFL Rankings - 29 Sep

 With Kansas City's convincing win at Baltimore last night, a change was necessary at the top of this week's rankings, and who better to take that spot than the team that knocked off the old #1. There are still 7 undefeated teams, but they are scattered throughout the rankings, though all 7 are projected to make the playoffs. Here are my current rankings and playoff picks:

 

 

 

 

Actual

Proj

 

 

 

Rank

LW

Team

Rating

W

L

W

L

MOV

SOS

Seed

1

4

Kansas City

-12.64

3

0

14

2

3

7

A1

2

1

Baltimore

-10.81

2

1

12

4

5

12

A2

3

2

Green Bay

-8.937

3

0

13

3

2

10

N1

4

6

San Francisco

-7.724

2

1

10

6

1

28

N5

5

5

Seattle

-7.074

3

0

12

4

7

18

N2

6

9

New England

-7.072

2

1

10

6

10

8

A3

7

3

LA Rams

-5.329

2

1

10

6

8

21

N6

8

11

Indianapolis

-4.187

2

1

10

6

4

32

A4

9

10

Buffalo

-4.01

3

0

10

6

12

20

A6

10

20

Tampa Bay

-3.376

2

1

10

6

6

24

N3

11

21

Miami

-3.177

1

2

8

8

15

16

 

12

7

Arizona

-2.251

2

1

9

7

12

23

 

13

8

Pittsburgh

-1.662

3

0

10

6

9

31

A5

14

16

Dallas

-0.039

1

2

9

7

18

4

N4

15

18

New Orleans

0.3096

1

2

8

8

20

5

 

16

17

Las Vegas

1.3405

2

1

8

8

16

11

 

17

19

Chicago

1.5319

3

0

9

7

11

30

N7

18

12

Tennessee

2.173

3

0

9

7

14

27

A7

19

13

LA Chargers

2.6938

1

2

7

9

19

19

 

20

22

Houston

2.8845

0

3

6

10

30

1

 

21

23

Cleveland

3.7697

2

1

8

8

21

22

 

22

30

Detroit

3.9396

1

2

7

9

25

3

 

23

15

Jacksonville

4.3742

1

2

6

10

23

14

 

24

32

Carolina

5.2346

1

2

6

10

22

15

 

25

24

Atlanta

5.3162

0

3

5

11

26

13

 

26

29

Minnesota

5.8407

0

3

5

11

28

6

 

27

26

Cincinnati

6.5374

0.5

2.5

5.5

10.5

17

29

 

28

14

Denver

6.7918

0

3

4

12

27

17

 

29

27

Washington

9.0955

1

2

5

11

24

25

 

30

25

NY Giants

9.7904

0

3

4

12

31

9

 

31

28

NY Jets

10.508

0

3

3

13

32

2

 

32

31

Philadelphia

11.663

0.5

2.5

3.5

12.5

29

26

 


Playoff Picks

Wild Card

(2) Ravens over (7) Titans

(3) Patriots over (6) Bills

(4) Colts over (5) Steelers

(2) Seahawks over (7) Bears

(6) Rams over (3) Buccaneers

(5) 49ers over (4) Cowboys


Division

(1) Chiefs over (4) Colts

(2) Ravens over (3) Patriots

(1) Packers over (6) Rams

(5) 49ers over (2) Seahawks


Conference

(1) Chiefs over (2) Ravens

(1) Packers over (5) 49ers


Super Bowl

(1) Chiefs over (1) Packers