Football Predictions - 12 Dec thru 16 Dec

Upset picks are in italics.

Thursday

LA Rams at San Francisco - 49ers by 3

Saturday

Navy vs. (22) Army - Black Knights by 3.5

Sunday

Kansas City at Cleveland - Chiefs by 11

Cincinnati at Tennessee - Bengals by 4

Washington at New Orleans - Commanders by 5

Baltimore at NY Giants - Ravens by 12.5

Dallas at Carolina - Cowboys by 3.5

NY Jets at Jacksonville - Jets by 0.5

Miami at Houston - Texans by 5.5

Indianapolis at Denver - Broncos by 6

New England at Arizona - Cardinals by 11.5

Buffalo at Detroit - Lions by 4

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia - Eagles by 2.5

Tampa Bay at LA Chargers - Chargers by 1

Green Bay at Seattle - Packers by 4.5

Monday

Chicago at Minnesota - Vikings by 9.5

Atlanta at Las Vegas - Falcons by 5

Results

NCAA: 5-4 (.556) 636-236 overall (.729)

Upsets: 1-1 (.500) 50-64 overall (.439)

NFL: 11-2 (.846) 134-74 overall (.644)

Upsets: 1-0 (1.000) 20-35 overall (.364)

NCAA Football Rankings - 8 Dec

The regular season is over, with the exception of this weekend's Army-Navy game, and the committee will be picking the 12 teams to play in this season's college football playoff in about an hour. There are 5 teams with automatic bids, with the top 4 conference champions getting the top 4 seeds and first-round byes, and there are another 5 teams that seem to be pretty much locks to make the field, leaving 2 open spots to be filled and 6 teams with legitimate arguments to take those spots: SMU, BYU, Alabama, Indiana, Ole Miss, and South Carolina. These are my picks for how the 12 teams will be seeded today, along with my full rankings for the week:

1. Oregon

2. Georgia

3. Boise State

4. Arizona State

5. Notre Dame

6. Ohio State

7. Texas

8. Tennessee

9. Penn State

10. Indiana

11. Alabama

12. Clemson

Out: South Carolina, BYU, SMU, Ole Miss

						Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L
1	1	Notre Dame	-21.8	11	1	11	1
2	2	Ohio State	-20.66	10	2	10	2
3	3	Texas	-19.33	11	2	11	2
4	4	Oregon	-17.97	13	0	13	0
5	5	Ole Miss	-17.12	9	3	9	3
6	6	Alabama	-16.81	9	3	9	3
7	10	Georgia	-16.46	11	2	11	2
8	9	Miami	-16.36	10	2	10	2
9	7	SMU	-16.22	11	2	11	2
10	8	Penn State	-15.82	11	2	11	2
11	11	South Carolina	-15.75	9	3	9	3
12	12	Indiana	-15.59	11	1	11	1
13	13	Louisville	-14.85	8	4	8	4
14	15	Clemson	-13.25	10	3	10	3
15	14	Tennessee	-12.94	10	2	10	2
16	16	Virginia Tech	-12.47	6	6	6	6
17	20	Boise State	-12.12	12	1	12	1
18	26	Arizona State	-12.05	11	2	11	2
19	17	BYU	-11.88	10	2	10	2
20	19	Colorado	-11.45	9	3	9	3
21	21	LSU	-11.12	8	4	8	4
22	23	Texas A&M	-10.87	8	4	8	4
23	24	Iowa	-10.52	8	4	8	4
24	25	USC	-10.39	6	6	6	6
25	27	Kansas State	-9.899	8	4	8	4
26	18	Iowa State	-9.704	10	3	10	3
27	34	Army	-9.568	11	1	12	1
28	28	Baylor	-9.524	8	4	8	4
29	22	Tulane	-9.49	9	4	9	4
30	30	Florida	-9.136	7	5	7	5
31	31	Minnesota	-9.009	7	5	7	5
32	29	UNLV	-8.75	10	3	10	3
33	32	Missouri	-8.424	9	3	9	3
34	33	Kansas	-7.951	5	7	5	7
35	36	Georgia Tech	-7.575	7	5	7	5
36	35	Nebraska	-7.48	6	6	6	6
37	37	Illinois	-7.127	9	3	9	3
38	38	TCU	-6.871	8	4	8	4
39	39	Syracuse	-6.777	9	3	9	3
40	41	Vanderbilt	-6.352	6	6	6	6
41	40	Oklahoma	-6.299	6	6	6	6
42	42	Michigan	-6.278	7	5	7	5
43	43	Navy	-6.017	8	3	8	4
44	55	Marshall	-6.007	10	3	10	3
45	44	Boston College	-5.488	7	5	7	5
46	46	Arkansas	-4.902	6	6	6	6
47	59	Ohio	-4.891	10	3	10	3
48	47	Duke	-4.806	9	3	9	3
49	49	Rutgers	-4.634	7	5	7	5
50	48	Memphis	-4.577	10	2	10	2
51	51	Auburn	-4.283	5	7	5	7
52	50	Washington	-4.249	6	6	6	6
53	52	Pittsburgh	-4.153	7	5	7	5
54	57	James Madison	-3.848	8	4	8	4
55	54	Utah	-3.749	5	7	5	7
56	53	Cincinnati	-3.714	5	7	5	7
57	56	Texas Tech	-3.567	8	4	8	4
58	58	Texas State	-3.396	7	5	7	5
59	45	Louisiana	-3.08	10	3	10	3
60	60	California	-3.064	6	6	6	6
61	61	UCF	-2.883	4	8	4	8
62	65	Kentucky	-2.69	4	8	4	8
63	64	Wisconsin	-2.602	5	7	5	7
64	63	Bowling Green	-2.539	7	5	7	5
65	66	North Carolina	-2.385	6	6	6	6
66	67	Washington St	-1.827	8	4	8	4
67	68	UCLA	-1.62	5	7	5	7
68	70	South Alabama	-1.381	6	6	6	6
69	69	Northern Illinois	-1.378	7	5	7	5
70	71	Georgia Southern	-1.332	8	4	8	4
71	73	Old Dominion	-1.043	5	7	5	7
72	62	Miami (OH)	-0.959	8	5	8	5
73	72	West Virginia	-0.555	6	6	6	6
74	74	NC State	-0.152	6	6	6	6
75	75	Virginia	0.1534	5	7	5	7
76	80	Jacksonville State	0.3324	9	4	9	4
77	77	Connecticut	0.7226	8	4	8	4
78	76	Toledo	0.7956	7	5	7	5
79	79	South Florida	2.0536	6	6	6	6
80	82	UT San Antonio	2.1702	6	6	6	6
81	84	East Carolina	2.2138	7	5	7	5
82	83	Maryland	2.3263	4	8	4	8
83	81	Houston	2.4545	4	8	4	8
84	85	Michigan St	2.6153	5	7	5	7
85	78	West Kentucky	2.7475	8	5	8	5
86	87	Colorado State	3.0121	8	4	8	4
87	86	Wake Forest	3.0214	4	8	4	8
88	88	Fresno State	3.0402	6	6	6	6
89	89	Stanford	3.0464	3	9	3	9
90	91	Buffalo	3.1641	8	4	8	4
91	92	Mississippi St	3.23	2	10	2	10
92	90	Sam Houston	3.3535	9	3	9	3
93	95	Coastal Carolina	3.5576	6	6	6	6
94	93	Oklahoma State	3.6616	3	9	3	9
95	94	North Texas	3.7029	6	6	6	6
96	99	West Michigan	3.7662	6	6	6	6
97	97	San Jose State	3.937	7	5	7	5
98	96	Liberty	3.9604	8	3	8	3
99	98	Northwestern	4.1678	4	8	4	8
100	100	Appalachian St	4.1815	5	6	5	6
101	101	Florida State	4.7217	2	10	2	10
102	102	Arizona	5.0704	4	8	4	8
103	104	Oregon State	5.9346	5	7	5	7
104	103	Troy	6.1196	4	8	4	8
105	105	Nevada	6.6225	3	10	3	10
106	106	Rice	6.7031	4	8	4	8
107	107	Louisiana Monroe	6.895	5	7	5	7
108	108	Hawaii	7.2939	5	7	5	7
109	109	Air Force	8.0085	5	7	5	7
110	110	Eastern Michigan	8.0587	5	7	5	7
111	111	Akron	8.06	4	8	4	8
112	112	Utah State	8.2445	4	8	4	8
113	113	UAB	8.7956	3	9	3	9
114	114	Arkansas State	9.1058	7	5	7	5
115	115	Purdue	9.154	1	11	1	11
116	116	Louisiana Tech	9.2148	5	7	5	7
117	117	Charlotte	9.4566	5	7	5	7
118	118	Florida Intl	9.5671	4	8	4	8
119	119	Georgia State	9.7742	3	9	3	9
120	120	Wyoming	10.026	3	9	3	9
121	121	Ball State	10.568	3	9	3	9
122	122	New Mexico	10.705	5	7	5	7
123	123	Florida Atlantic	10.849	3	9	3	9
124	124	Central Michigan	10.993	4	8	4	8
125	125	San Diego State	12.395	3	9	3	9
126	126	UMass	12.773	2	10	2	10
127	127	Temple	13.417	3	9	3	9
128	128	UTEP	16.211	3	9	3	9
129	129	New Mexico St	18.207	3	9	3	9
130	130	Tulsa	18.689	3	9	3	9
131	131	Mid Tennessee	19.318	3	9	3	9
132	132	Southern Miss	19.516	1	11	1	11
133	133	Kennesaw State	19.937	2	10	2	10
134	134	Kent State	21.379	0	12	0	12