Ratings 11/24/07  
Ratings (11/24)

I have been both happy and unhappy with this week's ratings. On the one hand, it's kind of cool that the computer picks out West Virginia and Missouri as 1-2. In such a wild season, the computer could have disagreed thoroughly with the BCS ratings. On the other hand, I was hoping that the computer would pick an Oklahoma "upset" of Missouri, a result that would send Ohio State to the championship game ... probably. Of course, I can't get both of these. For the program to predict an Oklahoma win, it must rate Oklahoma higher (unless points are added for home field, which doesn't exactly exist in a championship game). And is it really an upset if everybody picks Oklahoma?

So, how is it that Miami is in the MAC championship? Their conference record was 5-2, putting them "ahead" of Bowling Green at 6-2. It's odd that a real conference would have unbalanced schedules. I guess once you allow that, you just have to make up some rules. And it is refreshing to see a Miami in a championship game.

The 1-AA playoffs are down to Panthers, Blue Hens, Salukis, Minutemen, Mountaineers, Eagles, Terriers and Spiders. Oh, my. Enjoy the games!

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

ACC: Virginia Tech over Boston College by 1 (might be a rematch worth watching)
Big 12: Missouri over Oklahoma by 2 (another rematch; Buckeyes say Go, Sooners!)
SEC: LSU over Tennessee by 7 (if the Vols can get the Tigers into the third OT, they're golden)
CUSA: Central Florida over Tulsa by 3 (probably a rematch not worth watching)
MAC: Central Michigan over Miami by 3 (not a rematch, probably not worth watching)
Navy over Army by 11 (the best rivalry in college sports)
West Virginia over Pittsburgh by 27 (probably more woodshed than backyard brawl)
USC over UCLA by 12 (another Rose Bowl for the Trojans if they win)
Hawaii over Washington by 8 (an unbeaten season and then over the rainbow to the Sugar Bowl?)
1-AA Playoffs:
Northern Iowa over Delaware by 11
Southern Illinois over Massachusets by 3
Appalachian State over Eastern Washington by 15
Wofford over Richmond by 1

1 West Virginia 94.60
2 Missouri 93.07
3 LSU 92.80
4 Florida 92.72
5 Ohio State 92.12
6 Oklahoma 90.91
7 Kansas 90.54
8 Georgia 90.04
9 Arizona St 89.69
10 Oregon 89.56
11 Southern Cal 89.39
12 Virginia Tech 89.09
13 S. Florida 88.61
14 Boston College 88.17
15 Clemson 88.16
16 Tennessee 85.90
17 Illinois 85.21
18 Cincinnati 85.18
19 BYU 84.51
20 Arkansas 83.37
21 Texas 83.36
22 Auburn 83.24
23 Michigan 83.23
24 Penn State 83.03
25 Kentucky 82.85
26 UConn 82.64
27 Virginia 82.48
28 Wisconsin 82.29
29 Oregon St 81.94
30 Wake Forest 81.68
31 California 81.67
32 Rutgers 81.17
33 UCLA 80.84
34 Boise St 80.75
35 S Carolina 80.41
36 Florida State 80.20
37 Texas Tech 79.99
38 Utah 79.87
39 Hawaii 79.59
40 Michigan St 79.51
41 Maryland 79.37
42 Texas A&M 79.36
43 Oklahoma St 78.94
44 Troy 78.85
45 Air Force 78.83
46 Georgia Tech 78.69
47 Alabama 78.47
48 Purdue 77.51
49 N Iowa 77.29
50 Arizona 77.09
51 Colorado 76.96
52 Miss St 76.66
53 C. Florida 76.29
54 Vanderbilt 76.06
55 Washington 75.83
56 Nebraska 75.32
57 Appalachian 75.23
58 TCU 74.85
59 Kansas State 74.72
60 Louisville 74.69
61 Indiana 73.92
62 Fresno St 73.32
63 New Mexico 73.25
64 UMass 73.23
65 Tulsa 73.15
66 Washington St 73.14
67 NC State 72.92
68 Richmond 72.44
69 S Illinois 72.00
70 UNC 71.84
71 Iowa 71.57
72 Navy 71.47
73 Miami F 71.30
74 Ball State 71.26
75 East Carolina 71.21
76 Pittsburgh 70.89
77 N Dakota St 70.68
78 Bowling Green 70.41
79 Delaware 69.91
80 Northwestern 69.90
81 Wofford 69.72
82 Stanford 68.86
83 Ole Miss 68.72
84 JMU 68.50
85 Central Michigan 68.42
86 Florida Atlantic 68.08
87 Houston 67.68
88 Notre Dame 67.51
89 Wyoming 67.45
90 Southern Miss 66.95
91 Elon 66.95
92 Villanova 66.61
93 Iowa State 66.46
94 Montana 65.95
95 Ga South 65.78
96 Youngstown 65.76
97 S Dakota St 65.75
98 La-Monroe 65.74
99 San Diego St 65.54
100 Miami O 65.50
101 McNeese St 65.40
102 New Hampshire 64.90
103 Colorado St 64.90
104 La Tech 64.50
105 Middle Tenn 64.42
106 West.Michigan 64.33
107 Citadel 63.98
108 E.Wash. 63.79
109 Nevada 63.75
110 Ohio 63.60
111 Buffalo 63.53
112 Furman 63.40
113 Toledo 63.18
114 Hofstra 63.15
115 Syracuse 62.92
116 West.Kentucky 62.62
117 Yale 62.32
118 Memphis 62.26
119 Arkansas St 62.17
120 San Jose 62.02
121 Duke 61.81
122 Minnesota 61.70
123 Akron 61.26
124 W Illinois 61.12
125 Baylor 60.97
126 Army 60.73
127 Harvard 60.41
128 UNLV 60.38
129 Marshall 60.23
130 Holy Cross 59.67
131 East.Michigan 59.18
132 E Kentucky 58.55
133 Temple 58.53
134 Cal Poly 58.11
135 Liberty 58.03
136 Kent State 57.76
137 UTEP 56.97
138 La-Lafayette 56.97
139 Tulane 56.75
140 Wm & Mary 56.43
141 Grambling 56.39
142 Utah State 55.69
143 Missouri St 55.66
144 Delaware St 55.60
145 Illinois St 55.56
146 SC State 55.13
147 Sam Houston 55.13
148 Colgate 55.00
149 UC Davis 54.78
150 N Arizona 54.18
151 Northeastern 54.15
152 Dayton 54.13
153 New Mexico St 53.90
154 Central Ark 53.58
155 Rice 53.53
156 Fordham 53.53
157 Albany 53.48
158 Chattanooga 53.35
159 Northern Illinois 53.25
160 Maine 53.17
161 UAB 52.90
162 North Texas 52.88
163 E Illinois 52.80
164 Lafayette 51.83
165 Rhode Island 51.81
166 Towson 51.74
167 Montana St 51.70
168 Idaho 51.45
169 San Diego 51.14
170 Southern 51.13
171 Stony Brook 50.94
172 Norfolk St 50.89
173 Coastal Car 50.86
174 SMU 50.72
175 Nicholls St 50.58
176 Jackson St 50.50
177 Lehigh 50.15
178 Alabama A&M 50.14
179 Florida Int. 49.91
180 Hampton 49.32
181 Weber St 49.31
182 Brown 49.00
183 Prairie View 48.12
184 Jacksonville St 48.01
185 Penn 47.87
186 Gardner Webb 47.55
187 Texas St 47.32
188 W Carolina 47.27
189 Sacramento St 46.28
190 Portland St 45.78
191 Cornell 45.24
192 S Utah 44.54
193 Princeton 44.41
194 Dartmouth 44.37
195 Winston Salem 44.32
196 NW State 43.87
197 Tenn Martin 43.71
198 SE La 43.17
199 Austin Peay 42.85
200 Alabama St 42.37
201 Tenn St 42.26
202 Idaho St 42.19
203 Morgan St 41.79
204 Morehead 41.52
205 Ark PB 41.20
206 Drake 40.25
207 Davidson 40.00
208 Bethune Cookman 39.15
209 Charleston S 38.51
210 Monmouth 38.50
211 Bucknell 38.08
212 Tenn Tech 38.02
213 Cen Conn 37.34
214 Howard 37.19
215 Samford 36.93
216 N Colorado 36.44
217 Florida A&M 36.01
218 Iona 35.78
219 SF Austin 35.46
220 Wagner 34.40
221 Alcorn 34.31
222 SE Missouri 34.26
223 VMI 34.06
224 Columbia 33.23
225 Miss Valley 32.92
226 Robert Morris 32.55
227 Duquesne 32.29
228 Indiana St 32.24
229 Murray St 31.83
230 Georgetown 30.07
231 Valparaiso 27.85
232 Jacksonville 26.03
233 NC A&T 25.67
234 Texas Southern 25.00
235 St Francis 24.68
236 Marist 23.73
237 Sacred Heart 20.67
238 Butler 18.30
239 Savannah St 12.71
240 LaSalle 1.99