Thursday, December 27, 2007

Ratings Update


December 2

December 24December 26

December 28

December 29

end of regular season

  1. Oklahoma
  2. Louisiana State
  3. Missouri
  4. Ohio State
  5. Hawaii
  6. Virginia Tech
  7. Kansas
  8. Georgia
  9. West Virginia
  10. Arizona State
  11. Boston College
  12. Illinois
  13. Southern California
  14. Florida
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Louisiana State
  3. Missouri
  4. Ohio State
  5. Virginia Tech
  6. Hawaii
  7. Kansas
  8. Georgia
  9. West Virginia
  10. Arizona State
  11. Brigham Young
  12. Boston College
  13. Illinois
  14. Florida
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Louisiana State
  3. Ohio State
  4. Missouri
  5. Hawaii
  6. Virginia Tech
  7. Kansas
  8. Georgia
  9. West Virginia
  10. Arizona State
  11. Brigham Young
  12. Boston College
  13. Illinois
  14. Florida
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Louisiana State
  3. Ohio State
  4. Missouri
  5. Virginia Tech
  6. Hawaii
  7. Kansas
  8. Georgia
  9. West Virginia
  10. Brigham Young
  11. Boston College
  12. Illinois
  13. Florida
  14. Southern California
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Louisiana State
  3. Missouri
  4. Ohio State
  5. Virginia Tech
  6. Hawaii
  7. Kansas
  8. Georgia
  9. Boston College
  10. West Virginia
  11. Brigham Young
  12. Illinois
  13. Florida
  14. Southern California

Monday, December 24, 2007

Bowl Week Underway--Already Some Changes


December 2December 24
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Louisiana State
  3. Missouri
  4. Ohio State
  5. Hawaii
  6. Virginia Tech
  7. Kansas
  8. Georgia
  9. West Virginia
  10. Arizona State
  11. Boston College
  12. Illinois
  13. Southern California
  14. Florida
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Louisiana State
  3. Missouri
  4. Ohio State
  5. Virginia Tech
  6. Hawaii
  7. Kansas
  8. Georgia
  9. West Virginia
  10. Arizona State
  11. Brigham Young
  12. Boston College
  13. Illinois
  14. Florida
The Poinsettia, New Orleans, papajohns.com, New Mexico, Las Vegas, and Hawaii Bowls have been played. My picks are 4-2, and the higher-ranked teams are 5-1. Already there is a little shuffling going on in the top xiv.

There are nine games this week, and each of them could potentially shuffle things a bit more. Especially interesting is Sunday's Inpendence Bowl between Colorado (who played #1 Oklahoma) and Alabama (who played #2 LSU). If Alabama wins this game, LSU likely moves ahead of Oklahoma to stay until the BCS National Championship Game on January 7.

Friday, December 14, 2007

Projection of Final Rankings

If the higher-ranked team wins every bowl:If my picks win every bowl:
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Louisiana State
  3. Hawaii
  4. Virginia Tech
  5. Missouri
  6. Boston College
  7. Ohio State
  8. Arizona State
  9. Brigham Young
  10. Florida
  11. Kansas
  12. Illinois
  13. South Florida
  14. Georgia
  1. Louisiana State
  2. Oklahoma
  3. Virginia Tech
  4. Georgia
  5. Missouri
  6. Boston College
  7. Ohio State
  8. Florida
  9. Hawaii
  10. Brigham Young
  11. Southern California
  12. Kansas
  13. Tennessee
  14. West Virginia

Sunday, December 9, 2007

2007 Bowl Picks

BowlLocation

Teams (my pick in bold)

Poinsettia BowlSan Diego34 Utah75 Navy
New Orleans BowlNew Orleans57 Florida Atlantic67 Memphis
papajohns.com BowlBirmingham23 Cincinnati63 Southern Mississippi
New Mexico BowlAlbuquerque42 New Mexico81 Nevada
Las Vegas BowlLas Vegas15 Brigham Young52 UCLA
Hawaii BowlHonolulu20 Boise State45 East Carolina
Motor City BowlDetroit48 Purdue77 Central Michigan
Holiday BowlSan Diego10 Arizona State19Texas
Champs Sports BowlOrlando11 Boston College39 Michigan State
Texas BowlHouston51 Texas Christian54 Houston
Emerald BowlSan Francisco28 Oregon State61 Maryland
Meineke Car Care BowlCharlotte25 Connecticut32 Wake Forest
Liberty BowlMemphis22 Central Florida44 Mississippi State
Alamo BowlSan Antonio29 Penn State38 Texas A&M
Independence BowlShreveport50 Colorado59 Alabama
Armed Forces BowlFort Worth27 Air Force58 California
Humanitarian BowlBoise41 Fresno State47 Georgia Tech
Sun BowlEl Paso16 South Florida26 Oregon
Music City BowlNashville35 Kentucky40 Florida State
Insight BowlTempe49 Indiana60 Oklahoma State
Chick-fil-A BowlAtlanta17 Clemson30 Auburn
Outback BowlTampa18 Tennessee24 Wisconsin
Cotton BowlDallas3 Missouri31 Arkansas
Gator BowlJacksonville21 Virginia36 Texas Tech
Capital One BowlOrlando14 Florida 56 Michigan
Rose BowlPasadena12 Illinois13 Southern California
Sugar BowlNew Orleans5 Hawaii8 Georgia
Fiesta BowlGlendale1 Oklahoma9 West Virginia
Orange BowlMiami6 Virginia Tech7 Kansas
International BowlToronto46 Rutgers55 Ball State
GMAC BowlMobile33 Tulsa43 Bowling Green
BCS Championship GameNew Orleans2 Louisiana State4 Ohio State

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Week XIV: Why Am I the Only One Who Gets It Right?

Boomer.





Conference Rankings
1.Southeastern.56680
2.Big East.54688
3.Big XII.54013
4.Big Ten.53419
5.Atlantic Coast.53350
6.Pacific-10.53304
7.Mountain West.49280
8.Western Athletic.44622
9.USA.42503
10.Mid-American.41317
11.Sun Belt.40959
Ohio State likely will be BCS #1 later today, but my math and I believe the 'eyes are a little overrated.
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Louisiana State
  3. Missouri
  4. Ohio State
  5. Hawaii
  6. Virginia Tech
  7. Kansas
  8. Georgia
  9. West Virginia
  10. Arizona State
  11. Boston College
  12. Illinois
  13. Southern California
  14. Florida
  15. Brigham Young
  16. South Florida
  17. Clemson
  18. Tennessee
  19. Texas
  20. Boise State
  21. Virginia
  22. Central Florida
  23. Cincinnati
  24. Wisconsin
  25. Connecticut
  26. Oregon
  27. Air Force
  28. Oregon State
  29. Penn State
  30. Auburn
  31. Arkansas
  32. Wake Forest
  33. Tulsa
  34. Utah
  35. Kentucky
  36. Texas Tech
  37. Troy
  38. Texas A&M
  39. Michigan State
  40. Florida State
  41. Fresno State
  42. New Mexico
  43. Bowling Green
  44. Mississippi State
  45. East Carolina
  46. Rutgers
  47. Georgia Tech
  48. Purdue
  49. Indiana
  50. Colorado
  51. Texas Christian
  52. UCLA
  53. South Carolina
  54. Houston
  55. Ball State
  56. Michigan
  57. Florida Atlantic
  58. California
  59. Alabama
  60. Oklahoma State
  61. Maryland
  62. Louisville
  63. Southern Mississippi
  64. Nebraska
  65. Iowa
  66. Northwestern
  67. Memphis
  68. Miami (FL)
  69. Washington State
  70. North Carolina State
  71. Arizona
  72. Pittsburgh
  73. Wyoming
  74. Louisiana-Monroe
  75. Navy
  76. Vanderbilt
  77. Central Michigan
  78. Miami (OH)
  79. Kansas State
  80. Ohio
  81. Nevada
  82. Middle Tennessee State
  83. Washington
  84. Arkansas State
  85. Stanford
  86. Buffalo
  87. Western Michigan
  88. Louisiana Tech
  89. Toledo
  90. San José State
  91. Akron
  92. North Carolina
  93. San Diego State
  94. Notre Dame
  95. Temple
  96. Mississippi
  97. Texas-El Paso
  98. Eastern Michigan
  99. Baylor
  100. Tulane
  101. Army
  102. Syracuse
  103. Colorado State
  104. Nevada-Las Vegas
  105. Western Kentucky
  106. New Mexico State
  107. Utah State
  108. Kent State
  109. Iowa State
  110. Duke
  111. North Texas
  112. Alabama-Birmingham
  113. Marshall
  114. Florida International
  115. Louisiana-Lafayette
  116. Southern Methodist
  117. Rice
  118. Minnesota
  119. Idaho
  120. Northern Illinois