NCAA Bowl and Playoff Predictions

Upset picks are in italics.

13 Dec

Army vs. Navy - Midshipmen by 6

LA - Boise State vs. Washington - Huskies by 5.5

16 Dec

Salute to Veterans - Troy vs. Jacksonville State - Trojans by 2

17 Dec

Cure - Old Dominion vs. South Florida - Bulls by 7.5

68 Ventures - Louisiana vs. Delaware - Ragin Cajuns by 2

18 Dec

Xbox - Missouri State vs. Arkansas State - Bears by 1.5

19 Dec

Myrtle Beach - Kennesaw State vs. Western Michigan - Owls by 1

Gasparilla - Memphis vs. NC State - Tigers by 1

(9) Alabama at (8) Oklahoma - Sooners by 3.5

20 Dec

(10) Miami at (7) Texas A&M - Aggies by 1.5

(11) Tulane at (6) Ole Miss - Rebels by 11.5

(12) James Madison at (5) Oregon - Ducks by 11

22 Dec

Potato - Washington State vs. Utah State - Cougars by 4.5

23 Dec

Boca Raton - Toledo vs. Louisville - Cardinals by 2.5

New Orleans - Western Kentucky vs. Southern Miss - Hilltoppers by 2

Frisco - UNLV vs. Ohio - Rebels by 3.5

24 Dec

Hawai'i - California vs. Hawai'i - Warriors by 2

26 Dec

Sports - Central Michigan vs. Northwestern - Wildcats by 6.5

Rate - New Mexico vs. Minnesota - Lobos by 0.5

First Responder - FIU vs. UTSA - Roadrunners by 6.5

27 Dec

Military - Pittsburgh vs. East Carolina - Panthers by 3

Pinstripe - Penn State vs. Clemson - Nittany Lions by 3.5

Fenway - UConn vs. Army - Huskies by 3

Pop-Tarts - (22) Georgia Tech vs. (12) BYU - Cougars by 9

Arizona - Miami (OH) vs. Fresno State - Bulldogs by 5

New Mexico - (25) North Texas vs. San Diego State - Mean Green by 5.5

Gator - (19) Virginia vs. Missouri - Tigers by 0.5

Texas - LSU vs. (21) Houston - Tigers by 1.5

29 Dec

Birmingham - Georgia Southern vs. App State - Eagles by 1

30 Dec

Independence - Coastal Carolina vs. Louisiana Tech - Bulldogs by 6.5

Music City - Tennessee vs. Illinois - Volunteers by 0.5

Alamo - (16) USC vs. TCU - Trojans by 7

31 Dec

ReliaQuest - (23) Iowa vs. (14) Vanderbilt - Commodores by 3

Sun - Arizona State vs. Duke - Blue Devils by 0.5

Citrus - (18) Michigan vs. (13) Texas - Longhorns by 0.5

Las Vegas - Nebraska vs. (15) Utah - Utes by 16

2 Jan

Armed Forces - Rice vs. Texas State - Bobcats by 10.5

Liberty - Navy vs. Cincinnati - Bearcats by 1

Holiday - (17) Arizona vs. SMU - Mustangs by 0.5

Mayo - Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State - Demon Deacons by 1

My Playoff Picks

First Round

(5) Oregon over (12) James Madison

(6) Ole Miss over (11) Tulane

(10) Miami over (7) Texas A&M

(8) Oklahoma over (9) Alabama

Second Round

(1) Indiana over (8) Oklahoma

(2) Ohio State over (10) Miami

(3) Georgia over (6) Ole Miss

(4) Texas Tech over (5) Oregon

Semifinals

(4) Texas Tech over (1) Indiana

(2) Ohio State over (3) Georgia

Championship

(4) Texas Tech over (2) Ohio State

NCAA Football Rankings - 7 Dec

With Indiana's win over Ohio State last night, the Hoosiers are the only undefeated team remaining in the country, and they will almost definitely be the #1 overall seed in the upcoming playoffs, but they actually dropped a spot in my rankings this week, because the close game with the Buckeyes didn't change either team's rating much, and Texas Tech made a big jump after blowing out BYU again. Here are my full current rankings:

						Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L
1	1	Ohio State	-24	12	1	12	1
2	4	Texas Tech	-23.5	12	1	12	1
3	2	Indiana	-23.28	13	0	13	0
4	3	Notre Dame	-22.84	10	2	10	2
5	5	Oregon	-19.21	11	1	11	1
6	6	Miami	-19	10	2	10	2
7	7	Utah	-18.52	10	2	10	2
8	11	Georgia	-16.76	12	1	12	1
9	9	Texas A&M	-16.74	11	1	11	1
10	10	Vanderbilt	-15.94	10	2	10	2
11	8	BYU	-15.75	11	2	11	2
12	13	USC	-15.18	9	3	9	3
13	14	Ole Miss	-14.11	11	1	11	1
14	12	Alabama	-13.74	10	3	10	3
15	15	South Florida	-13.49	9	3	9	3
16	16	Oklahoma	-13.36	10	2	10	2
17	17	Iowa	-12.96	8	4	8	4
18	18	James Madison	-11.96	12	1	12	1
19	19	Washington	-11.91	8	4	8	4
20	21	Texas	-11.78	9	3	9	3
21	23	SMU	-11.53	8	4	8	4
22	22	Arizona	-11.51	9	3	9	3
23	24	Michigan	-11.44	9	3	9	3
24	25	Penn State	-10.92	6	6	6	6
25	20	North Texas	-10.64	11	2	11	2
26	28	Tennessee	-9.858	8	4	8	4
27	29	Illinois	-9.736	8	4	8	4
28	26	Missouri	-9.73	8	4	8	4
29	30	Pittsburgh	-9.492	8	4	8	4
30	31	Louisville	-9.069	8	4	8	4
31	27	Virginia	-9.065	10	3	10	3
32	32	TCU	-7.991	8	4	8	4
33	33	LSU	-7.586	7	5	7	5
34	34	Auburn	-7.552	5	7	5	7
35	35	Iowa State	-7.409	8	4	8	4
36	36	Clemson	-7.295	7	5	7	5
37	37	Florida State	-6.707	5	7	5	7
38	40	Georgia Tech	-6.668	9	3	9	3
39	38	Toledo	-6.668	8	4	8	4
40	41	Memphis	-6.587	8	4	8	4
41	39	East Carolina	-6.561	8	4	8	4
42	46	Duke	-6.507	8	5	8	5
43	45	Boise State	-6.445	9	4	9	4
44	49	Tulane	-6.434	11	2	11	2
45	42	Arizona State	-6.221	8	4	8	4
46	43	Old Dominion	-6.051	9	3	9	3
47	44	Houston	-5.928	9	3	9	3
48	47	Kansas State	-5.598	6	6	6	6
49	48	NC State	-5.407	7	5	7	5
50	50	San Diego State	-5.171	9	3	9	3
51	51	Cincinnati	-4.924	7	5	7	5
52	52	Washington St	-4.871	6	6	6	6
53	53	Arkansas	-4.242	2	10	2	10
54	55	Florida	-4.204	4	8	4	8
55	54	South Carolina	-3.949	4	8	4	8
56	57	Wake Forest	-3.778	8	4	8	4
57	56	Navy	-3.709	9	2	10	2
58	59	Northwestern	-2.866	6	6	6	6
59	58	Nebraska	-2.756	7	5	7	5
60	61	Mississippi St	-2.627	5	7	5	7
61	62	Fresno State	-2.305	8	4	8	4
62	63	Kentucky	-2.257	5	7	5	7
63	64	UT San Antonio	-1.976	6	6	6	6
64	60	UNLV	-1.862	10	3	10	3
65	66	Baylor	-1.646	5	7	5	7
66	65	New Mexico	-1.64	9	3	9	3
67	67	Rutgers	-1.488	5	7	5	7
68	70	Kansas	-1.14	5	7	5	7
69	68	Minnesota	-1.054	7	5	7	5
70	69	Wisconsin	-0.899	4	8	4	8
71	72	Connecticut	-0.7	9	3	9	3
72	71	Utah State	-0.597	6	6	6	6
73	75	Kennesaw State	-0.564	10	3	10	3
74	73	Hawaii	-0.403	8	4	8	4
75	74	Texas State	-0.4	6	6	6	6
76	76	UCF	0.401	5	7	5	7
77	78	West Michigan	0.6718	9	4	9	4
78	77	Michigan St	0.6883	4	8	4	8
79	79	West Virginia	1.3139	4	8	4	8
80	80	Louisiana Tech	1.3687	7	5	7	5
81	81	Ohio	1.4781	8	4	8	4
82	82	California	1.5477	7	5	7	5
83	83	Maryland	1.7313	4	8	4	8
84	84	UCLA	2.0824	3	9	3	9
85	86	West Kentucky	2.2352	8	4	8	4
86	88	Army	2.2883	6	5	6	6
87	87	Colorado	2.3591	3	9	3	9
88	89	Stanford	2.591	4	8	4	8
89	85	Miami (OH)	2.8844	7	6	7	6
90	90	Marshall	3.0028	5	7	5	7
91	91	Troy	3.0118	8	5	8	5
92	92	Purdue	3.398	2	10	2	10
93	93	Central Michigan	3.4123	7	5	7	5
94	94	Air Force	4.2358	4	8	4	8
95	95	Southern Miss	4.3702	7	5	7	5
96	96	Virginia Tech	4.5407	3	9	3	9
97	97	Florida Intl	4.6596	7	5	7	5
98	99	Missouri State	4.8234	7	5	7	5
99	100	Temple	4.8604	5	7	5	7
100	101	Boston College	4.9392	2	10	2	10
101	98	Jacksonville State	5.0208	8	5	8	5
102	102	North Carolina	5.2477	4	8	4	8
103	103	Liberty	6.1912	4	8	4	8
104	104	Arkansas State	6.3321	6	6	6	6
105	105	Louisiana	6.5263	6	6	6	6
106	106	Syracuse	6.5895	3	9	3	9
107	108	Florida Atlantic	6.8708	4	8	4	8
108	107	Georgia Southern	6.9569	6	6	6	6
109	109	Coastal Carolina	7.7577	6	6	6	6
110	110	South Alabama	7.7926	4	8	4	8
111	112	Appalachian St	8.1181	5	7	5	7
112	111	Wyoming	8.1393	4	8	4	8
113	113	Delaware	8.6599	6	5	6	5
114	115	Tulsa	9.459	4	8	4	8
115	114	Buffalo	9.5139	5	7	5	7
116	116	Oklahoma State	10.167	1	11	1	11
117	118	Oregon State	10.227	2	10	2	10
118	117	Rice	10.331	5	7	5	7
119	119	Bowling Green	10.408	4	8	4	8
120	120	Nevada	10.875	3	9	3	9
121	121	San Jose State	10.887	3	9	3	9
122	122	Kent State	11.3	5	7	5	7
123	123	New Mexico St	11.381	4	8	4	8
124	124	Colorado State	11.457	2	10	2	10
125	125	UAB	11.589	4	8	4	8
126	126	Akron	11.696	5	7	5	7
127	127	Eastern Michigan	11.74	4	8	4	8
128	128	Northern Illinois	13.041	3	9	3	9
129	129	UTEP	13.141	2	10	2	10
130	130	Louisiana Monroe	13.666	3	9	3	9
131	131	Georgia State	13.972	1	11	1	11
132	132	Mid Tennessee	14.893	3	9	3	9
133	133	Ball State	15.182	4	8	4	8
134	134	Charlotte	18.711	1	11	1	11
135	135	Sam Houston	19.62	2	10	2	10
136	136	UMass	26.551	0	12	0	12