NFL Predictions - 29 Dec thru 2 Jan

Upset picks are in italics.

Thursday

Dallas at Tennessee - Cowboys by 8

Sunday

Arizona at Atlanta - Falcons by 4.5

Chicago at Detroit - Lions by 6.5

Denver at Kansas City - Chiefs by 13

Miami at New England - Patriots by 2

Indianapolis at NY Giants - Giants by 6.5

New Orleans at Philadelphia - Eagles by 11.5

Carolina at Tampa Bay - Buccaneers by 2.5

Cleveland at Washington - Commanders by 0.5

Jacksonville at Houston - Jaguars by 5.5

San Francisco at Las Vegas - 49ers by 7.5

NY Jets at Seattle - Jets by 2

Minnesota at Green Bay - Vikings by 0.5

LA Rams at LA Chargers - Chargers by 4.5

Pittsburgh at Baltimore - Ravens by 6.5

Monday

Buffalo at Cincinnati - Bills by 2

Results

NFL: 9-7 (.563) 147-93 overall (.613)

Upsets: 0-1 (.000) 22-28 overall (.440)

NCAA Basketball Rankings - 26 Dec

There weren't a ton of games this week due to the holiday weekend, but most teams played at least once, and some teams were able to make some significant moves even on a short week. Arkansas entered the top 10, becoming the third SEC team in that group, and Ohio State jumped 17 spots to #13, the biggest move by a ranked team this week. Here are my full current rankings:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1	1	UConn	-19.7	13	0
2	4	Tennessee	-17.04	10	2
3	3	Houston	-16.97	12	1
4	5	UCLA	-16.62	11	2
5	2	Purdue	-15.37	12	0
6	9	Arizona	-15.04	12	1
7	6	West Virginia	-14.51	10	2
8	8	Kansas	-14.32	11	1
9	7	Alabama	-14.3	10	2
10	14	Arkansas	-13.41	11	1
11	18	Yale	-12.77	10	3
12	20	Texas	-12.55	10	1
13	30	Ohio State	-12.36	8	3
14	19	Kent State	-12.15	10	3
15	11	Sam Houston St	-12.12	10	2
16	10	Florida Atlantic	-12.06	11	1
17	13	Marquette	-11.98	9	4
18	12	Gonzaga	-11.6	10	3
19	27	Rutgers	-11.49	8	4
20	25	Maryland	-11.39	9	3
21	15	Iona	-11.14	9	4
22	16	Utah State	-11.13	11	2
23	29	North Carolina	-11.09	9	4
24	17	Xavier	-11.04	10	3
25	33	Oklahoma St	-10.92	8	4
26	28	Marshall	-10.79	11	2
27	26	Indiana	-10.77	10	3
28	21	Mississippi St	-10.73	11	1
29	22	Duke	-10.71	10	3
30	63	Auburn	-10.51	10	2
31	32	Saint Mary's	-10.47	10	4
32	42	Creighton	-10.41	8	6
33	24	Baylor	-10.32	9	2
34	36	Memphis	-10.3	10	3
35	31	James Madison	-10.25	9	4
36	23	Arizona State	-10.09	11	2
37	49	New Mexico	-9.972	12	0
38	40	Southern Miss	-9.923	11	2
39	44	UAB	-9.809	10	2
40	57	Northwestern	-9.806	9	2
41	45	Virginia	-9.516	8	2
42	43	Kansas State	-9.504	11	1
43	34	Kentucky	-9.49	8	3
44	46	Penn State	-9.184	9	3
45	55	Oklahoma	-9.104	9	3
46	41	UMass Lowell	-9.087	12	2
47	39	Colorado	-8.874	8	5
48	64	Charleston	-8.866	12	1
49	48	San Diego State	-8.792	9	3
50	53	Wisconsin	-8.5	9	2
51	37	Illinois	-8.472	8	4
52	38	Utah	-8.465	9	4
53	61	UNLV	-8.439	11	1
54	60	Pittsburgh	-8.405	9	4
55	54	Nevada	-8.24	10	3
56	51	Virginia Tech	-8.156	11	2
57	78	Missouri	-8.124	11	1
58	58	Iowa State	-8.09	9	2
59	74	Youngstown St	-8.054	9	4
60	76	Texas Tech	-7.947	9	2
61	35	Iowa	-7.947	8	4
62	80	North Texas	-7.806	10	2
63	50	Boise State	-7.642	10	3
64	47	UC Irvine	-7.516	7	5
65	70	UCF	-7.502	9	3
66	66	Charlotte	-7.494	9	3
67	52	NC State	-7.46	11	3
68	59	Florida	-7.459	7	5
69	77	UNC Wilmington	-7.429	10	3
70	56	Troy	-7.341	8	5
71	62	Florida Gulf Coast	-7.311	10	3
72	71	Miami	-7.206	12	1
73	122	Cornell	-6.723	9	3
74	104	TCU	-6.63	10	1
75	75	New Mexico St	-6.611	7	5
76	85	Providence	-6.468	10	3
77	107	Bradley	-6.335	9	4
78	73	Butler	-6.292	8	5
79	86	Michigan	-6.185	7	4
80	98	Oral Roberts	-6.076	10	3
81	68	St. John's	-6.049	11	2
82	81	Nebraska	-5.985	7	6
83	117	Clemson	-5.952	10	3
84	69	Michigan State	-5.924	8	4
85	138	Ohio	-5.865	7	5
86	97	Liberty	-5.849	9	4
87	112	Dayton	-5.824	8	5
88	102	Utah Valley	-5.814	9	4
89	72	Princeton	-5.751	9	4
90	65	Oregon	-5.75	7	6
91	106	Jacksonville	-5.637	7	3
92	105	Queens	-5.457	10	3
93	153	Toledo	-5.338	8	4
94	67	Washington St	-5.311	5	8
95	88	Montana State	-5.23	7	6
96	131	Drake	-5.215	10	3
97	115	Longwood	-5.14	8	5
98	118	Cincinnati	-5.025	9	4
99	100	Chattanooga	-5.008	8	5
100	83	South Alabama	-4.992	6	6
101	119	Radford	-4.97	6	7
102	94	Gardner-Webb	-4.965	5	7
103	113	Mid Tennessee	-4.943	8	4
104	127	Seton Hall	-4.924	7	6
105	101	Utah Tech	-4.9	8	5
106	150	Fort Wayne	-4.729	9	4
107	89	Loyola Marymount	-4.673	10	4
108	108	Towson	-4.654	8	5
109	82	Texas A&M	-4.602	6	5
110	99	UMass	-4.579	9	3
111	120	San Francisco	-4.568	11	4
112	93	Ball State	-4.558	8	4
113	95	Hofstra	-4.52	7	6
114	148	SIU-Edwardsville	-4.52	9	4
115	114	Southern Illinois	-4.452	9	4
116	121	Quinnipiac	-4.408	9	4
117	87	Ole Miss	-4.402	8	4
118	130	Villanova	-4.298	7	5
119	79	Indiana State	-4.269	9	4
120	132	Bryant	-4.26	9	4
121	90	Seattle	-4.201	9	4
122	147	USC	-4.197	10	3
123	91	American	-4.173	8	3
124	137	Wake Forest	-4.148	9	4
125	134	Southern Utah	-4.126	8	5
126	103	Colorado State	-4.088	8	5
127	133	Louisiana	-4.043	10	2
128	84	UC Riverside	-4.042	7	5
129	92	Navy	-4.016	7	5
130	110	Wichita State	-4.001	7	5
131	135	Richmond	-3.972	6	6
132	123	Saint Louis	-3.614	8	5
133	164	Mercer	-3.611	7	6
134	124	N Carolina Cent	-3.591	6	7
135	96	Colgate	-3.578	6	7
136	129	Detroit Mercy	-3.556	5	8
137	149	Missouri State	-3.526	5	7
138	141	Montana	-3.396	6	6
139	176	UC Santa Barbara	-3.375	9	2
140	128	St. Thomas	-3.296	11	4
141	205	George Mason	-3.281	8	5
142	178	VCU	-3.272	9	4
143	152	Stanford	-3.228	5	7
144	145	UC Davis	-3.197	7	5
145	140	Kennesaw St	-3.189	8	5
146	136	Stetson	-3.17	5	6
147	157	Tarleton	-3.086	6	6
148	185	Belmont	-3.006	8	5
149	144	Long Beach St	-3	6	6
150	116	Vermont	-2.928	6	8
151	175	San Jose State	-2.906	9	4
152	161	BYU	-2.885	10	5
153	126	Grand Canyon	-2.866	9	4
154	160	Georgia	-2.852	9	3
155	142	UNC Asheville	-2.831	8	5
156	165	Tulane	-2.752	7	4
157	158	Pepperdine	-2.723	7	7
158	155	Robert Morris	-2.691	6	7
159	169	Louisiana Tech	-2.565	7	5
160	171	Rice	-2.553	9	3
161	125	Grambling	-2.543	6	5
162	109	Washington	-2.471	9	4
163	162	Norfolk State	-2.456	9	5
164	154	LSU	-2.398	11	1
165	146	Hawaii	-2.38	9	3
166	163	Portland	-2.322	8	7
167	186	Akron	-2.248	7	5
168	159	Furman	-2.23	9	4
169	151	Southern	-2.171	4	9
170	173	Milwaukee	-2.109	8	4
171	201	Wofford	-2.069	8	5
172	172	Syracuse	-2.069	8	5
173	166	Stephen F Austin	-1.935	8	5
174	143	Georgia Tech	-1.911	7	5
175	156	Texas A&M-CC	-1.85	6	6
176	181	Air Force	-1.817	9	4
177	204	Santa Clara	-1.791	12	3
178	183	Duquesne	-1.61	10	3
179	111	Maine	-1.58	6	6
180	179	Brown	-1.535	7	5
181	170	Southern Indiana	-1.476	7	6
182	177	Murray State	-1.455	7	5
183	197	Boston U	-1.435	7	6
184	190	UMBC	-1.327	9	4
185	174	Fordham	-1.313	12	1
186	252	Harvard	-1.249	8	5
187	199	Nicholls	-1.247	6	6
188	200	Lipscomb	-1.237	8	5
189	195	Abilene Christian	-1.206	8	5
190	196	UNC Greensboro	-1.187	6	7
191	194	High Point	-1.06	8	4
192	237	Siena	-1.034	7	5
193	203	Morgan State	-1.019	4	8
194	225	Northwestern St	-1.012	8	4
195	193	Mt. St. Mary's	-0.88	5	8
196	168	Davidson	-0.875	7	5
197	139	Rider	-0.829	5	5
198	220	SE Louisiana	-0.814	6	7
199	191	Old Dominion	-0.811	8	4
200	216	Jacksonville St	-0.785	6	6
201	214	Cleveland State	-0.725	7	6
202	188	Campbell	-0.704	5	7
203	180	Bucknell	-0.647	7	6
204	198	Penn	-0.626	6	7
205	219	Eastern Wash	-0.603	6	7
206	208	St. Bonaventure	-0.547	6	7
207	209	West Kentucky	-0.499	8	3
208	221	Portland State	-0.475	6	7
209	218	DePaul	-0.451	6	7
210	182	Vanderbilt	-0.426	6	6
211	224	East Carolina	-0.402	9	4
212	251	Lafayette	-0.332	2	11
213	232	Wright State	-0.283	7	6
214	212	Sacramento St	-0.279	6	6
215	206	Appalachian St	-0.279	7	6
216	167	Alcorn State	-0.273	3	9
217	223	UT Martin	-0.228	8	5
218	187	South Dakota St	-0.168	5	8
219	233	Idaho	-0.158	6	7
220	217	North Florida	-0.115	5	7
221	189	Delaware	-0.104	8	5
222	215	SE Missouri St	-0.101	5	8
223	192	Coastal Carolina	-0.082	6	5
224	242	Fresno State	-0.002	4	7
225	243	South Florida	-8E-04	7	6
226	253	North Alabama	0.0219	8	5
227	184	Niagara	0.0466	6	5
228	211	Samford	0.1498	6	7
229	213	Drexel	0.172	6	6
230	261	Weber State	0.1857	5	8
231	207	Prairie View A&M	0.2016	4	8
232	236	CSU Fullerton	0.2549	6	6
233	235	West Carolina	0.4224	7	6
234	238	Buffalo	0.4781	6	6
235	254	Western Illinois	0.5567	8	4
236	239	UTEP	0.58	8	4
237	250	Wagner	0.6203	7	4
238	210	Cal Baptist	0.6231	8	5
239	226	Denver	0.6632	9	5
240	259	San Diego	0.7345	7	7
241	269	Canisius	0.8259	2	9
242	234	Eastern Kentucky	0.8945	7	6
243	202	Texas A&M-Com	0.9221	4	9
244	248	Notre Dame	1.0417	7	5
245	246	Fairfield	1.066	5	7
246	231	Chicago State	1.0739	3	12
247	260	Northern Iowa	1.1771	5	7
248	229	N Carolina A&T	1.2331	5	8
249	228	Bellarmine	1.2351	5	8
250	324	SMU	1.254	5	8
251	249	UT Rio Grande	1.3572	8	4
252	241	UIC	1.4614	8	5
253	222	Temple	1.5323	6	7
254	244	Austin Peay	1.6168	6	7
255	255	North Arizona	1.6219	4	9
256	270	The Citadel	1.6952	5	7
257	257	Wyoming	1.7063	5	7
258	245	Coppin State	1.7166	5	10
259	263	Omaha	1.7612	5	8
260	230	George Washington	1.8594	6	7
261	227	CSU Bakersfield	1.9005	4	7
262	240	North Colorado	2.0354	5	7
263	268	VMI	2.13	5	8
264	256	Winthrop	2.1333	5	8
265	280	Charleston South	2.1939	4	7
266	286	Maryland-E Shore	2.2615	5	7
267	274	Texas Southern	2.4009	3	9
268	300	Army	2.4437	6	7
269	290	Georgia Southern	2.5889	7	6
270	262	Loyola-Chicago	2.6821	6	6
271	271	North Dakota	2.739	6	8
272	296	East Tennessee St	2.7676	4	9
273	272	William & Mary	2.7695	5	8
274	277	Tulsa	2.793	4	7
275	283	S Carolina Upstate	2.8685	5	6
276	297	Pacific	2.8709	7	8
277	293	North Kentucky	2.9106	7	6
278	285	Idaho State	2.9498	3	10
279	267	Fairleigh Dickinson	2.9594	6	8
280	276	Bowling Green	3.0037	5	7
281	292	Boston College	3.0269	7	6
282	278	Ark-Pine Bluff	3.0702	4	9
283	313	Georgetown	3.0807	5	8
284	288	UT Arlington	3.1281	5	8
285	320	Northeastern	3.1861	4	7
286	247	Sacred Heart	3.1914	6	8
287	309	Jackson State	3.2516	1	12
288	318	North Illinois	3.3616	4	9
289	314	Illinois State	3.3779	6	7
290	321	Saint Joseph's	3.3888	6	6
291	266	Texas State	3.3889	7	6
292	258	CSU Northridge	3.403	3	8
293	264	Stonehill	3.4847	4	10
294	275	Morehead State	3.5013	7	6
295	282	New Hampshire	3.5583	5	7
296	299	Tennessee Tech	3.6096	4	9
297	294	Howard	3.6618	7	8
298	284	North Dakota St	3.6781	3	11
299	287	Dartmouth	3.704	4	10
300	317	Georgia State	3.8226	7	5
301	265	Cal Poly	3.8492	6	6
302	295	Saint Peter's	3.8559	6	6
303	279	Central Michigan	3.8732	4	8
304	289	Oregon State	3.9049	7	6
305	315	Loyola (MD)	4.1103	5	8
306	298	Florida State	4.1412	4	10
307	312	UMKC	4.2125	5	9
308	281	Arkansas State	4.2549	8	5
309	316	Rhode Island	4.4007	4	8
310	326	Albany	4.4226	5	9
311	307	St. Francis (BKN)	4.4552	6	6
312	302	Florida Intl	4.6881	5	6
313	301	Minnesota	4.8417	6	6
314	306	Tennessee St	4.8445	8	5
315	322	Presbyterian	4.8667	4	9
316	291	Lindenwood	4.9021	5	8
317	336	Stony Brook	4.9298	4	9
318	273	Marist	5.0769	4	7
319	311	Columbia	5.1202	5	9
320	319	Incarnate Word	5.1541	6	7
321	332	Little Rock	5.1979	4	9
322	330	UC San Diego	5.2752	5	7
323	325	Valparaiso	5.3086	6	7
324	308	NJIT	5.3503	2	10
325	303	South Dakota	5.3561	5	8
326	348	Eastern Illinois	5.4082	4	9
327	310	Lehigh	5.4265	5	6
328	329	Eastern Michigan	5.5808	3	9
329	337	Evansville	5.6218	4	9
330	331	West Michigan	5.6516	4	8
331	333	South Carolina	5.6852	6	6
332	340	Alabama State	5.7823	1	11
333	335	St. Francis (PA)	5.9123	3	10
334	327	Central Arkansas	5.9162	5	7
335	323	UL Monroe	5.935	4	9
336	304	Central Conn	6.2106	2	12
337	305	La Salle	6.4396	5	7
338	352	Manhattan	6.6611	4	7
339	334	South Carolina St	6.6615	2	12
340	328	Miami (OH)	6.6643	5	7
341	339	McNeese	6.7518	3	10
342	347	California	6.8453	1	12
343	341	Hampton	6.8627	3	9
344	344	Oakland	7.1769	2	11
345	345	Elon	7.5054	2	11
346	342	Merrimack	7.7547	2	12
347	343	Bethune-Cookman	7.8884	4	8
348	349	Binghamton	8.5531	4	8
349	338	UT San Antonio	8.6116	6	6
350	350	Houston Baptist	8.8586	3	10
351	351	Miss Valley St	8.9489	1	13
352	346	Delaware State	9.1586	1	11
353	354	Holy Cross	9.1743	3	10
354	356	Alabama A&M	9.4804	3	8
355	355	Long Island	9.6556	2	10
356	359	IUPUI	10.273	3	10
357	353	Monmouth	10.854	1	12
358	357	Lamar	10.855	4	9
359	358	Florida A&M	11.578	2	8
360	362	Louisville	11.647	2	11
361	360	Green Bay	12.405	2	11
362	363	New Orleans	12.502	3	8
363	361	Hartford	12.931	4	11