Ratings 11/10/07  
Ratings (11/10)

A couple of times this week, I've used some classic phrases in class and had a roomful of students trying to figure out what I was saying. Language changes very rapidly these days. I was planning on starting off by saying that for several conferences it's down to brass tacks. But maybe brass tacks don't exist anymore. And that's an old expression even for me, so maybe I misunderstood it years ago, because it doesn't make that much sense. A student wrote me a paper once including his opinion that we live in a competitive "doggie-dog world". Well, I defiantly think that we should "definitely" use language correctly.

So, whether or not there are brass tacks present (I would suggest tacky asses, but Spurrier's not involved), some championships will be decided this weekend. There is, of course, Ohio State and Michigan, both coming off of losses. Clemson and Boston College play for the ACC Atlantic crown, to play the winner of next week's Virginia / Virginia Tech game. Harvard and Yale play for the Ivy League championship. West Virginia and Cincinnati are two of the three with reasonable shots at the Big East. Enjoy the games!

The following predictions are straight from the ratings, with 4 points added for home field.

Virginia Tech over Miami by 19 (could be ugly, unless the Canes actually show up this week)
Clemson over Boston College by 7 (in spite of consecutive losses, BC could salvage its season with a win)
West Virginia over Cincinnati by 2 (the Bearcats look for a second straight big win at home)
Oregon over Arizona by 19 (a rare chance to see the Ducks and Dennis Dixon on Thursday night)
Ohio State over Michigan by 4 (the Big House has not been especially kind to Meechigan this year)
Penn State over Michigan State by 3 (for the "Land Grant Trophy" and to tie JoePa with Bowden)
Georgia Southern over Colorado State by 3 (another Southern Conference road win in 1-A?)
Yale over Harvard by 12 (would complete a 10-0 season for Eli)
Lehigh over Lafayette by 5 (meeting #143 for the longest uninterrupted rivalry in the NCAA)

1 LSU 94.25
2 Oregon 93.95
3 Kansas 90.20
4 Ohio State 90.16
5 Arizona St 89.89
6 West Virginia 89.67
7 Florida 89.67
8 Oklahoma 89.66
9 Missouri 89.23
10 Clemson 87.03
11 Georgia 86.92
12 Virginia Tech 85.73
13 S. Florida 85.35
14 Southern Cal 85.27
15 Cincinnati 83.94
16 Boston College 83.90
17 Kentucky 83.79
18 Texas 83.55
19 UConn 83.09
20 Illinois 83.07
21 Penn State 82.83
22 Tennessee 82.66
23 Virginia 82.40
24 Michigan 82.36
25 Wisconsin 81.21
26 California 80.99
27 Auburn 80.81
28 Alabama 80.71
29 Boise St 80.07
30 S Carolina 79.16
31 Florida State 78.79
32 Rutgers 78.52
33 Arkansas 78.33
34 BYU 78.25
35 Wake Forest 77.66
36 Purdue 77.63
37 Oklahoma St 77.63
38 Oregon St 77.43
39 Georgia Tech 76.62
40 N Iowa 76.53
41 Utah 76.42
42 Miss St 76.30
43 Maryland 76.17
44 Michigan St 76.16
45 Vanderbilt 75.75
46 Texas Tech 75.75
47 Hawaii 75.67
48 Kansas State 75.41
49 Texas A&M 75.26
50 Louisville 74.96
51 UCLA 74.89
52 Nebraska 74.89
53 C. Florida 74.77
54 Troy 74.70
55 NC State 74.67
56 Air Force 74.37
57 Colorado 73.72
58 Appalachian 73.60
59 Washington 73.04
60 Iowa 72.02
61 Washington St 71.44
62 Tulsa 71.01
63 N Dakota St 71.00
64 S Illinois 70.88
65 Arizona 70.85
66 Miami F 70.84
67 TCU 70.55
68 Indiana 70.52
69 New Mexico 70.33
70 UNC 70.15
71 Pittsburgh 69.83
72 UMass 69.57
73 Richmond 69.21
74 Fresno St 69.18
75 Northwestern 68.84
76 Central Michigan 68.78
77 East Carolina 68.71
78 Navy 68.63
79 Wofford 68.32
80 Ball State 68.21
81 Delaware 67.80
82 Stanford 67.73
83 Wyoming 67.14
84 Houston 66.83
85 JMU 66.45
86 Ole Miss 66.35
87 Ga South 65.80
88 Iowa State 65.72
89 Bowling Green 65.72
90 McNeese St 65.32
91 San Diego St 65.30
92 Florida Atlantic 65.28
93 Elon 65.14
94 Miami O 64.24
95 Youngstown 63.97
96 Middle Tenn 63.76
97 Nevada 63.63
98 Toledo 63.29
99 Citadel 63.10
100 Southern Miss 62.83
101 Yale 62.53
102 Montana 62.45
103 S Dakota St 62.34
104 West.Kentucky 62.26
105 Duke 62.12
106 Villanova 62.09
107 New Hampshire 61.84
108 Buffalo 61.78
109 Notre Dame 61.63
110 La Tech 61.60
111 Hofstra 61.58
112 Furman 61.05
113 Syracuse 60.97
114 Akron 60.54
115 Ohio 60.33
116 La-Monroe 60.28
117 Arkansas St 60.21
118 W Illinois 59.86
119 Baylor 59.74
120 San Jose 59.60
121 Minnesota 59.60
122 Memphis 59.53
123 E Kentucky 58.95
124 Kent State 58.85
125 UNLV 58.76
126 Colorado St 58.71
127 West.Michigan 58.59
128 Army 58.50
129 Marshall 57.87
130 Grambling 57.67
131 E.Wash. 56.36
132 Temple 56.29
133 UTEP 56.26
134 Holy Cross 56.01
135 Delaware St 55.51
136 Dayton 55.00
137 East.Michigan 54.99
138 Cal Poly 54.82
139 Tulane 54.62
140 Harvard 54.54
141 Illinois St 54.47
142 Liberty 54.40
143 Fordham 54.28
144 Missouri St 54.25
145 La-Lafayette 54.24
146 Sam Houston 53.94
147 Wm & Mary 53.81
148 Colgate 53.64
149 SC State 53.53
150 New Mexico St 53.53
151 Northeastern 53.29
152 Central Ark 53.11
153 Rice 52.73
154 UAB 52.69
155 San Diego 52.61
156 Nicholls St 52.50
157 Chattanooga 52.04
158 Alabama A&M 52.04
159 E Illinois 51.85
160 Maine 51.74
161 Northern Illinois 51.29
162 Utah State 50.89
163 UC Davis 50.50
164 Albany 50.50
165 Jackson St 50.32
166 N Arizona 50.30
167 Jacksonville St 49.84
168 Idaho 49.56
169 Towson 49.33
170 Florida Int. 49.26
171 Southern 49.06
172 Norfolk St 48.74
173 Stony Brook 48.53
174 Lehigh 48.50
175 Montana St 48.49
176 SMU 48.06
177 Rhode Island 48.04
178 North Texas 47.84
179 Gardner Webb 47.82
180 Coastal Car 47.65
181 Hampton 47.44
182 Lafayette 47.43
183 W Carolina 47.35
184 Weber St 46.82
185 Texas St 46.51
186 Brown 46.25
187 Prairie View 45.76
188 Cornell 45.03
189 Winston Salem 43.57
190 Tenn St 43.19
191 Dartmouth 43.05
192 Morehead 42.75
193 Alabama St 42.33
194 Penn 42.15
195 Portland St 41.84
196 Austin Peay 41.75
197 S Utah 41.67
198 NW State 41.38
199 Tenn Martin 41.21
200 Sacramento St 41.20
201 Davidson 41.19
202 Drake 41.01
203 Ark PB 40.87
204 Morgan St 40.47
205 Princeton 40.19
206 SE La 40.00
207 Idaho St 39.67
208 Charleston S 39.00
209 Tenn Tech 37.00
210 Florida A&M 36.77
211 Samford 36.28
212 Bethune Cookman 36.21
213 SF Austin 35.80
214 Cen Conn 35.77
215 Iona 35.54
216 Howard 35.47
217 Monmouth 35.24
218 Alcorn 34.13
219 N Colorado 33.72
220 Bucknell 32.61
221 Miss Valley 32.58
222 VMI 32.18
223 Wagner 31.60
224 Duquesne 31.52
225 Murray St 31.50
226 Robert Morris 31.00
227 Columbia 30.67
228 Indiana St 30.65
229 SE Missouri 30.04
230 Valparaiso 29.04
231 Georgetown 27.74
232 Jacksonville 27.64
233 Texas Southern 25.00
234 NC A&T 24.30
235 St Francis 22.14
236 Marist 22.05
237 Butler 19.49
238 Sacred Heart 18.91
239 Savannah St 12.28
240 LaSalle 1.68