Ratings 11/18
One of my oldest memories is of Thanksgiving Day with the relatives eating good food (plus one Brussels sprout) and listening on the radio to find out if Texas A&M could pull off enough trick plays to beat mighty Texas. That rivalry has moved to Thanksgiving weekend, the winner no longer gets a night at the Chicken Ranch and all the games are on TV now. But it's still special to gather with the family and enjoy good food, fellowship and football. (And I still have to eat one Brussels sprout.)
The big buzz in college football is the influence of the computers in jumping Florida State over Miami in the BCS rankings. My computer completely agrees, as it ranks the Noles a solid #1. (I've changed the font color of the rankings from Sooner red to Seminole garnet.) I agree, too, having watched the 54-7 "Child Abuse" game over Clemson and the 30-7 poaching of the Gators.
Several states bragging rights are on the line this weekend, but probably the bowls will remain undecided until the conference championships. Giving 4 points to the home team, the ratings predict
Virginia Tech by 19 over Virginia
1 | Florida State | 67.52 |
2 | Oklahoma | 65.76 |
3 | Miami F | 63.05 |
4 | Nebraska | 61.85 |
5 | Washington | 61.26 |
6 | Oregon State | 58.84 |
7 | Florida | 58.77 |
8 | Kansas State | 58.56 |
9 | Virginia Tech | 58.46 |
10 | Oregon | 56.41 |
11 | Notre Dame | 55.9 |
12 | Michigan | 55.34 |
13 | Ohio State | 54.85 |
14 | Clemson | 54.56 |
15 | Georgia Tech | 53.84 |
16 | Texas A&M | 53.68 |
17 | Purdue | 52.84 |
18 | Wisconsin | 52.72 |
19 | Northwestern | 52.62 |
20 | TCU | 52.56 |
21 | Texas | 51.69 |
22 | Auburn | 50.57 |
23 | Tennessee | 50.42 |
24 | Mississippi State | 50.39 |
25 | UCLA | 49.51 |
26 | Arizona | 49.44 |
27 | Georgia | 48.96 |
28 | LSU | 48.88 |
29 | Toledo | 48.53 |
30 | Western Michigan | 48.24 |
31 | Louisville | 47.99 |
32 | South Carolina | 47.66 |
33 | Iowa State | 47.51 |
34 | West Virginia | 47.02 |
35 | Stanford | 46.76 |
36 | Colorado State | 46.1 |
37 | Boston College | 45.38 |
38 | Syracuse | 45.24 |
39 | Arizona State | 45.16 |
40 | Southern Miss | 45.01 |
41 | Texas El Paso | 44.99 |
42 | Southern Cal | 44.95 |
43 | Michigan State | 44.5 |
44 | Texas Tech | 44.28 |
45 | Boise State | 44.04 |
46 | Pittsburgh | 44.01 |
47 | Minnesota | 43.88 |
48 | NC State | 43.8 |
49 | East Carolina | 43.68 |
50 | Virginia | 43.19 |
51 | Air Force | 42.51 |
52 | North Carolina | 42.45 |
53 | Illinois | 42.26 |
54 | San Jose State | 41.57 |
55 | Mississippi | 41.35 |
56 | Penn State | 41.31 |
57 | Fresno State | 41.25 |
58 | Cincinnati | 41.19 |
59 | Washington State | 40.93 |
60 | Colorado | 40.61 |
61 | California | 40.36 |
62 | Maryland | 40.26 |
63 | Arkansas | 39.82 |
64 | Northern Illinois | 39.68 |
65 | UAB | 39.59 |
66 | Iowa | 38.55 |
67 | Alabama | 38.4 |
68 | BYU | 38.28 |
69 | Central Florida | 38.13 |
70 | Ohio | 37.94 |
71 | UNLV | 37.76 |
72 | Kansas | 37.57 |
73 | Indiana | 37.06 |
74 | Utah | 36.19 |
75 | Marshall | 35.35 |
76 | Temple | 35.14 |
77 | New Mexico | 34.55 |
78 | Missouri | 34.21 |
79 | Tulane | 32.9 |
80 | San Diego State | 32.66 |
81 | Middle Tennessee | 32.51 |
82 | Akron | 32.14 |
83 | Idaho | 32.03 |
84 | Vanderbilt | 31.86 |
85 | Kentucky | 31.61 |
86 | Miami O | 30.87 |
87 | Memphis | 30.61 |
88 | Oklahoma State | 30.55 |
89 | Rice | 30.44 |
90 | Rutgers | 30.22 |
91 | Tulsa | 28.79 |
92 | Utah State | 28.29 |
93 | Houston | 26.86 |
94 | New Mexico State | 26.3 |
95 | Wake Forest | 26.18 |
96 | Baylor | 26.14 |
97 | Ball State | 26.08 |
98 | Hawaii | 24.82 |
99 | Louisiana Tech | 24.49 |
100 | SMU | 24.46 |
101 | Duke | 23.45 |
102 | Eastern Michigan | 23.19 |
103 | Nevada | 22.48 |
104 | Army | 22.26 |
105 | Navy | 21.88 |
106 | Bowling Green | 21.83 |
107 | North Texas | 21.34 |
108 | Arkansas State | 21.17 |
109 | Wyoming | 19.67 |
110 | Central Michigan | 18.81 |
111 | Connecticut | 16.49 |
112 | Buffalo | 14.55 |
113 | Kent | 14.2 |
114 | Louisiana Lafayette | 11.36 |
115 | Louisiana Monroe | 8.44 |