57-59-9. TWO MORE YEARS GOPHERS.
scores and stats gather from the resources at Sports-Reference and CFBStats.
If you're curious about these projections, here's a Google Doc link that you can play around with.
THE RANKINGS
And another view:
I'm putting the visual view to help illustrate a point. Florida State fans bring it up mostly to help rationalize their shitty (yet inexplicably undefeated) team, but the point is still true. There's a major lack of the usual elite teams that populate each year. Should make the playoff exciting, though!
Florida State still sucks. This needs to be re-iterated.
Your updated watch in worst: Vandy makes a late charge, but will it hold?
#108 - Vanderbilt (3-9)
#107 - Wake Forest (3-9)
#106 - Kansas (3-9)
#98 - Iowa State (2-9, 2-10 proj rec)
#92 - Syracuse (3-9)
BONUS COVERAGE: Did SMU win? Lost 9-35 to Houston. Current status? 90% chance of perfection.
THE PICKINGS
I went 32-22-1 last week. 321-353-8 (48%) on the year. Clearly Wk14 is my sweet spot (I'm actually going to check on my MATLAB scripts, because I did almost too well in Wk14. I think I have a mistake in my code).
Also, I'm retro-fitting my current model (still using at-the-time ratings) through the year, so those records against the spread may change.
Lines taken from 5Dimes here. Home teams highlighted in blue.
Date | Overcat | Underdog | Proj Winner | W Lk | Line | Hoegh | Pick vs Spd |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 04 | EastCarolina | CentralFlorida | CentralFlorida | 49% | 5.5 | -0.3 | CentralFlorida |
Dec 05 | NorthernIllinois | BowlingGreen | NorthernIllinois | 66% | 5.5 | 4.8 | BowlingGreen |
Dec 05 | Oregon | Arizona | Oregon | 85% | 13.5 | 12.6 | Arizona |
Dec 06 | TCU | IowaState | TCU | 99% | 32.5 | 36.8 | TCU |
Dec 06 | Cincinnati | Houston | Cincinnati | 76% | 7.0 | 8.7 | Cincinnati |
Dec 06 | Marshall | LouisianaTech | Marshall | 78% | 12.5 | 9.3 | LouisianaTech |
Dec 06 | Connecticut | SMU | Connecticut | 90% | 11.5 | 16.4 | Connecticut |
Dec 06 | Oklahoma | OklahomaState | Oklahoma | 97% | 20.0 | 24.7 | Oklahoma |
Dec 06 | Alabama | Missouri | Alabama | 84% | 14.0 | 12.1 | Missouri |
Dec 06 | Temple | Tulane | Temple | 80% | 4.0 | 10.1 | Temple |
Dec 06 | FloridaState | GeorgiaTech | FloridaState | 57% | 3.5 | 2.0 | GeorgiaTech |
Dec 06 | Wisconsin | OhioState | OhioState | 44% | 4.0 | -1.8 | OhioState |
Dec 06 | BoiseState | FresnoState | BoiseState | 95% | 19.0 | 22.2 | BoiseState |
And the Big Ten in particular...
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