PiRate Ratings–NFL Conference Championship Games

Margins

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Green Bay	Tampa Bay	1.1	1.3	1.4
Kansas City	Buffalo	-1.6	-2.4	-2.9

Totals

Home	Visitor	Total
Green Bay	Tampa Bay	56.0
Kansas City	Buffalo	49.0

Sunday, Jan. 25th
Home	Visitors	Time (ET)	TV
Green Bay	Tampa Bay	3:05 PM	FOX
Kansas City	Buffalo	6:40 PM	CBS

PiRate Ratings 2020-2021 Final College Football Rankings

#	Team
1	Alabama
2	Ohio St.
3	Clemson
4	Oklahoma
5	Georgia
6	Texas A&M
7	Iowa St.
8	Notre Dame
9	Iowa
10	Texas
11	Florida
12	Wisconsin
13	BYU
14	Cincinnati
15	Oklahoma St.
16	Indiana
17	U S C
18	Oregon
19	N. Carolina
20	Northwestern
21	Auburn
22	L S U
23	Penn St.
24	T C U
25	Miami (Fla.)
26	UCF
27	Arizona St.
28	Kentucky
29	Utah
30	Ole Miss
31	Washington
32	Minnesota
33	U C L A
34	Coastal Car.
35	Louisville
36	Pittsburgh
37	Miss. St.
38	Tennessee
39	Nebraska
40	Louisiana
41	Michigan
42	Wake Forest
43	California
44	Buffalo
45	W. Virginia
46	Virginia
47	Virginia Tech
48	Missouri
49	Tulane
50	Boise St.
51	Stanford
52	Boston Coll.
53	Tulsa
54	Memphis
55	Appal. St.
56	Purdue
57	Oregon St.
58	Arkansas
59	Washington St.
60	Baylor
61	Liberty
62	NC State
63	Houston
64	Air Force
65	Colorado
66	San Jose St.
67	Illinois
68	Kansas St.
69	Rutgers
70	SMU
71	S. Carolina
72	Ball St.
73	Michigan St.
74	San Diego St.
75	Texas Tech
76	Nevada
77	Marshall
78	Florida St.
79	U A B
80	Wyoming
81	Army
82	Georgia Sou.
83	Georgia Tech
84	Hawaii
85	E. Carolina
86	Maryland
87	Ohio
88	Arizona
89	Fresno St.
90	Western Mich.
91	Georgia St.
92	Toledo
93	Troy
94	Central Mich.
95	Miami (O)
96	Navy
97	W. Kentucky
98	Kent St.
99	Syracuse
100	Duke
101	Colorado St.
102	Vanderbilt
103	Arkansas St.
104	Temple
105	Rice
106	USF
107	Fla. Atlantic
108	New Mexico
109	Florida Int’l.
110	U T S A
111	Eastern Mich.
112	Utah St.
113	La. Tech
114	Charlotte
115	Middle Tenn.
116	Southern Miss.
117	S. Alabama
118	N. Illinois
119	Texas St.
120	U N L V
121	Kansas
122	North Texas
123	U T E P
124	Akron
125	UL-Monroe
126	Bowling Green
127	Mass.

PiRate Ratings–NFL Playoffs Divisional Round

Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Green Bay	LA Rams	6.0	6.1	6.5
Buffalo	Baltimore	2.3	3.0	2.8
Kansas City	Cleveland	9.7	9.5	9.0
New Orleans	Tampa Bay	0.2	-0.1	-0.3

Totals

Home	Visitor	Total
Green Bay	LA Rams	46.5
Buffalo	Baltimore	48
Kansas City	Cleveland	53.5
New Orleans	Tampa Bay	58.5

Schedule

Saturday	January 16
Home	Visitor	Network	Time (EST)
Green Bay	LA Rams	FOX	4:35 PM
Buffalo	Baltimore	NBC	8:15 PM
Sunday	January 17
Home	Visitor	Network	Time (EST)
Kansas City	Cleveland	CBS	3:05 PM
New Orleans	Tampa Bay	FOX	6:40 PM

NCAA FBS Football Championship Spreads

Jan 11	Championship
Team	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Alabama	Ohio St.	6.2	7.6	5.8

PiRate Ratings For NFL Wildcard Round

PiRate Ratings Spreads For Wildcard Round

Margins

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Buffalo	Indianapolis	8.5	9.4	9.8
Seattle	LA Rams	3.0	3.3	3.1
Washington	Tampa Bay	-9.0	-9.1	-9.9
Tennessee	Baltimore	-6.4	-6.3	-6.4
New Orleans	Chicago	8.6	8.9	8.9
Pittsburgh	Cleveland	4.5	4.6	4.4

Totals

Home	Visitor	Total
Buffalo	Indianapolis	49.5
Seattle	LA Rams	49.5
Washington	Tampa Bay	51.5
Tennessee	Baltimore	55
New Orleans	Chicago	46.5
Pittsburgh	Cleveland	44.5

NFL Playoff Schedule–Wildcard Round

Day	Date	Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor
Sat	Jan 9	1:05 PM	CBS	Buffalo	Indianapolis
Sat	Jan 9	4:40 PM	FOX	Seattle	LA Rams
Sat	Jan 9	8:15 PM	NBC	Washington	Tampa Bay
Sun	Jan 10	1:05 PM	ESPN	Tennessee	Baltimore
Sun	Jan 10	4:40 PM	CBS	New Orleans	Chicago
Sun	Jan 10	8:15 PM	NBC	Pittsburgh	Cleveland

PiRate Ratings For NFL Week 17: January 3, 2021

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Buffalo	Miami	9.3	9.1	9.7
Chicago	Green Bay	-4.7	-5.3	-5.4
Cincinnati	Baltimore	-14.7	-14.2	-14.4
Cleveland	Pittsburgh	-1.0	-1.1	-0.9
Detroit	Minnesota	-4.4	-4.3	-4.3
Indianapolis	Jacksonville	17.7	18.0	18.0
Kansas City	LA Chargers	14.7	14.6	14.4
New England	N.Y. Jets	8.1	6.9	7.3
N.Y. Giants	Dallas	-1.2	-0.7	-0.6
Philadelphia	Washington	-0.8	-0.9	-1.3
Tampa Bay	Atlanta	6.8	7.5	7.5
Carolina	New Orleans	-5.1	-5.1	-4.9
Houston	Tennessee	-3.4	-3.9	-4.1
Denver	Las Vegas	-0.6	-0.6	-0.1
LA Rams	Arizona	2.6	3.0	3.1
San Francisco	Seattle	-2.4	-3.3	-3.2

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Totals

Home	Visitor	Total
Buffalo	Miami	48
Chicago	Green Bay	45
Cincinnati	Baltimore	45.5
Cleveland	Pittsburgh	44.5
Detroit	Minnesota	54.5
Indianapolis	Jacksonville	47.5
Kansas City	LA Chargers	48.5
New England	N.Y. Jets	37.5
N.Y. Giants	Dallas	47
Philadelphia	Washington	43.5
Tampa Bay	Atlanta	56
Carolina	New Orleans	53.5
Houston	Tennessee	56
Denver	Las Vegas	49
LA Rams	Arizona	51
San Francisco	Seattle	52.5

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

Dec. 29, 2020
A F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Buffalo	109.2	110.0	110.1	109.8	22.5	12-3
Miami	101.4	102.4	101.9	101.9	25.5	10-5
New England	97.1	96.6	96.2	96.6	19.5	6-9
N. Y. Jets	90.0	90.7	89.9	90.2	18	2-13
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Baltimore	107.9	107.8	108.0	107.9	25	10-5
Pittsburgh	101.5	101.8	101.8	101.7	19	12-3
Cleveland	99.0	99.2	99.4	99.2	25.5	10-5
Cincinnati	92.2	92.6	92.6	92.4	20.5	4-10-1
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Indianapolis	104.7	104.6	104.5	104.6	25.5	10-5
Tennessee	101.5	101.6	101.8	101.6	29	10-5
Houston	96.6	96.2	96.2	96.3	27	4-11
Jacksonville	88.5	88.1	88.0	88.2	22	1-14
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Kansas City	109.5	109.6	109.4	109.5	26.5	14-1
Las Vegas	99.1	99.0	98.6	98.9	29.5	7-8
Denver	97.0	96.9	97.0	97.0	19.5	5-10
LA Chargers	96.3	96.5	96.5	96.4	22	6-9
N F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Washington	97.7	97.6	97.5	97.6	20	6-9
Dallas	96.6	96.8	96.5	96.6	26.5	6-9
Philadelphia	95.9	95.7	95.2	95.6	23.5	4-10-1
N.Y. Giants	93.9	94.6	94.4	94.3	20.5	5-10
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Green Bay	107.8	108.0	108.6	108.1	24.5	12-3
Chicago	102.1	101.7	102.2	102.0	20.5	8-7
Minnesota	97.3	96.7	96.6	96.8	26.5	6-9
Detroit	91.9	91.4	91.3	91.5	28	5-10
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Tampa Bay	108.0	108.0	108.5	108.2	31	10-5
New Orleans	105.8	105.5	105.8	105.7	27	11-4
Atlanta	102.7	102.0	102.5	102.4	25	4-11
Carolina	99.2	98.9	99.4	99.2	26.5	5-10
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Seattle	104.2	104.7	104.7	104.6	27.5	11-4
LA Rams	102.9	102.9	103.0	102.9	23	9-6
Arizona	101.8	101.4	101.4	101.5	28	8-7
San Francisco	100.8	100.4	100.5	100.6	25	6-9

This Week’s Playoff Projections

A F C

1-Seed: Kansas City

2-Seed: Buffalo

3-Seed: Pittsburgh

4- Seed: Indianapolis

5-Seed: Baltimore

6-Seed: Cleveland

7-Seed: Tennessee

NFC

1-Seed: Green Bay

2- Seed: New Orleans

3-Seed: Seattle

4-Seed: Washington

5-Seed: Tampa Bay

6-Seed: LA Rams

7-Seed: Chicago

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Wild Card Round

Buffalo over Tennessee

Cleveland over Pittsburgh

Baltimore over Indianapolis

New Orleans over Chicago

Seattle over LA Rams

Tampa Bay over Washington

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Divisional Round

Cleveland over Kansas City

Buffalo over Baltimore

Green Bay over Tampa Bay

New Orleans over Seattle

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Conference Championships

Buffalo over Cleveland

Green Bay over New Orleans

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Super Bowl

Buffalo over Green Bay

PiRate Picks for December 24-28, 2020

All NFL This Week

A minor profit last week led us to a conclusion. In December, our NFL picks have been somewhat more successful than our college picks. The Virus has added an intangible to game outcomes at the college level, while only mildly affecting NFL games. Additionally, once students left schools and finished their semesters virtually at home, the college football players were left isolated on little islands. Rather than desire to play meaningless bowl games for a little compensation of bowl bling, many desired to spend the Holidays at home with family and friends. Other than the Fiesta Bowl, where all players will receive PS5’s, maybe a better prize in their eyes than anything the FBS Playoffs can offer.

The NFL is a totally different story. Week 16 is usually the most crucial week of the regular season. The best teams usually need one more win to secure the playoff spot they will secure or make the playoffs. The eliminated teams begin to experiment with roster changes. The worst teams may sabotage their chances to win meaningless games at the end of the season, especially when there is a generational superstar ready to become the next John Elway.

Before you read this and say, “this will be an easy week!” realize something else. Those clever folks in Nevada with all the positive revenue streams know this bit of information and have adequately padded the spreads to reflect this information.

So, in the end, the spreads are about as accurate in Week 16 as they are in Week 6. And, for our purposes, understanding that the numbers themselves are more important than the names attached to those numbers, we are issuing selections based on trying to “steal” an extra couple of percentage points in our favor. That small gain basically removes the vigorish that the books have. It still boils down to a 50-50 wager, so it is still highly speculative.

Our Christmas gift to you is knowledge. That knowledge is in our case an expert knowledge. Our expertise is knowing that we don’t know enough for you to take these selections and wager real money on the picks. This is an experiment in mathematics to be read for enjoyment and maybe to understand that without real inside information, none of us non-sharps can consistently pick winning selections.

As an FYI, the State of Tennessee legalized sports betting on November 1 of this year. According to Legal Sports Report, in the first 30 days, the citizens of the Volunteer State volunteered a record $131.4 million to the state’s four authorized sports books. Four more sports books, including the giant William Hill, will commence operations in Tennessee in 2021. These companies vacuum up money quickly, as a large majority of their customers get poor slowly. The state is very conservative, and the overwhelming majority disapprove of any tax, yet they willingly agree to pay the state exorbitant taxes in the way of gambling. Try showing this to an average sports bettor, and he or she will laugh at you, telling you that they can win money unlike when they pay taxes. Yet, if you look at their accounts, very few show a profit. We found one person willing to “experiment” for one calendar year. He usually allots himself $2,000 to play during the football season, and in most years, that two grand is gone by Thanksgiving. At the end of 2019, we convinced him to open an account with a broker and deposit the $2,000 and not bet for the 2020-2021 football season. When the Virus outbreak apparently doomed all sports for the year in March, he was able to stick to his convictions, thinking there would be no games to bet that money and lose. Simply reading a few periodicals on value investing, he quickly discovered an equal love for “wagering” on corporations in a sport where the bettor investor has the advantage.

He didn’t lose all his money by Thanksgiving. In fact, by the time he sat down to enjoy his moist and juicy turkey, his investment had already returned close to 18%. As 2020 limps to the finish line, his original $2,000 investment is now pushing $2,400. He doesn’t plan on withdrawing the money or placing the next $2,000 in one of the sports books. If you learn anything from this site, let it be this: If you have a couple decades or more remaining in your pre-retirement lives, or even if you have reached retirement age and figure on sticking around for another score or so, a buy and hold strategy in high-quality value stocks with a long history of positive earnings and dividends is going to make you a lot wealthier than betting on State to beat Tech by 7 1/2 points.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night. Here are our selections for the week.

1. NFL 6 1/2 Point Teaser		+160
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Miami	Las Vegas	+6.5
Buffalo	New England	-0.5
New Orleans	Minnesota	-0.5
2. NFL 7 Point Teaser		-130
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Tampa Bay	Detroit	-2.5
Cleveland	N.Y. Jets	-2.5
3. 7 Point Teaser		-130
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Houston	Cincinnati	-0.5
Chicago	Jacksonville	-0.5
4. 10 Point Teaser		-110
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Kansas City	Atlanta	-0.5
Indianapolis	Pittsburgh	+8
Baltimore	N.Y. Giants	-1
5. 10- Point Teaser		-110
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Carolina	Washington	+12
LA Rams	Seattle	+11
Dallas	Philadelphia	+12.5

PiRate Ratings For NFL Week 16: December 25-28, 2020

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias
New Orleans	Minnesota	7.8	7.9	8.1
Detroit	Tampa Bay	-10.7	-11.1	-11.7
Las Vegas	Miami	-0.9	-1.8	-1.8
N.Y. Jets	Cleveland	-11.5	-11.1	-12.5
Arizona	San Francisco	4.8	5.2	5.1
LA Chargers	Denver	0.2	0.3	0.3
Kansas City	Atlanta	9.6	10.8	10.3
Pittsburgh	Indianapolis	-2.3	-2.1	-2.2
Washington	Carolina	0.5	1.1	0.4
Jacksonville	Chicago	-9.9	-9.8	-10.2
Baltimore	N.Y. Giants	15.5	14.7	15.1
Houston	Cincinnati	8.7	7.9	8.1
Seattle	LA Rams	2.0	2.2	1.9
Dallas	Philadelphia	-1.6	-1.4	-1.4
Green Bay	Tennessee	3.6	3.5	3.7
New England	Buffalo	-6.0	-7.2	-7.5

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Totals

Home	Visitor	Total
New Orleans	Minnesota	51.5
Detroit	Tampa Bay	59
Las Vegas	Miami	55
N.Y. Jets	Cleveland	43.5
Arizona	San Francisco	55
LA Chargers	Denver	42.5
Kansas City	Atlanta	53.5
Pittsburgh	Indianapolis	43.5
Washington	Carolina	48
Jacksonville	Chicago	41
Baltimore	N.Y. Giants	45.5
Houston	Cincinnati	45.5
Seattle	LA Rams	52.5
Dallas	Philadelphia	50
Green Bay	Tennessee	53.5
New England	Buffalo	41

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

December 22, 2020
A F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Buffalo	106.6	107.4	107.4	107.2	22	11-3
Miami	101.4	102.4	101.9	101.9	25.5	9-5
New England	99.7	99.2	98.9	99.3	19	6-8
N. Y. Jets	88.3	88.9	87.9	88.4	18	1-13
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Baltimore	107.9	107.8	108.0	107.9	25	9-5
Pittsburgh	101.2	101.4	101.3	101.3	18.5	11-3
Cleveland	100.7	101.0	101.4	101.1	25.5	10-4
Cincinnati	90.8	91.2	91.1	91.0	19.5	3-10-1
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Indianapolis	105.0	105.0	105.0	105.0	25	10-4
Tennessee	103.6	103.8	104.1	103.8	29	10-4
Houston	98.0	97.6	97.7	97.8	26	4-10
Jacksonville	89.8	89.5	89.5	89.6	21.5	1-13
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Kansas City	109.9	110.2	110.1	110.1	27.5	13-1
Las Vegas	99.1	99.0	98.6	98.9	29.5	7-7
Denver	97.1	97.0	97.1	97.1	20	5-9
LA Chargers	96.2	96.4	96.4	96.3	22.5	5-9
N F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Washington	98.2	98.3	98.2	98.2	21	6-8
Philadelphia	97.8	97.7	97.3	97.6	23.5	4-9-1
Dallas	94.7	94.8	94.4	94.6	26.5	5-9
N.Y. Giants	93.9	94.6	94.4	94.3	20.5	5-9
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Green Bay	105.7	105.8	106.3	105.9	24.5	11-3
Chicago	100.8	100.3	100.7	100.6	19.5	7-7
Minnesota	98.4	97.9	97.9	98.0	25.5	6-8
Detroit	94.1	93.7	93.6	93.8	28	5-9
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Tampa Bay	105.8	105.7	106.2	105.9	31	9-5
New Orleans	104.7	104.3	104.5	104.5	26	10-4
Atlanta	102.3	101.4	101.8	101.8	26	4-10
Carolina	98.7	98.2	98.7	98.6	27	4-10
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Seattle	103.5	103.9	103.8	103.8	28.5	10-4
LA Rams	103.6	103.7	103.9	103.7	24	9-5
Arizona	103.0	102.7	102.8	102.8	29	8-6
San Francisco	99.6	99.1	99.1	99.3	26	5-9

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Playoff Projections

AFC Seeding
1	Kansas City
2	Buffalo
3	Cleveland
4	Indianapolis
5	Pittsburgh
6	Tennessee
7	Baltimore
NFC Seeding
1	New Orleans
2	Seattle
3	Green Bay
4	Washington
5	Tampa Bay
6	LA Rams
7	Chicago

Wildcard Round
Buffalo over Baltimore
Cleveland over Tennessee
Indianapolis over Pittsburgh
Seattle over Chicago
Green Bay over LA Rams
Tampa Bay over Washington
Divisional Round
Kansas City over Indianapolis
Cleveland over Buffalo
Tampa Bay over New Orleans
Green Bay over Seattle
Conference Championship
Kansas City over Cleveland
Green Bay over Tampa Bay
Super Bowl
Kansas City over Green Bay

PiRate Ratings College Football For The Playoffs and Bowls

Spreads for Bowls and Playoff Semifinals

Team	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Dec. 21	Myrtle Beach
Appalachian St.	North Texas	28.0	27.3	28.7
Dec. 22	Idaho Potato
Tulane	Nevada	9.1	8.2	8.2
Dec 22	Boca Raton
Central Florida	BYU	-3.3	-3.2	-3.2
Dec 23	New Orleans
Louisiana Tech	Georgia Southern	-8.6	-8.8	-8.8
Dec 23	Montgomery
Memphis	Florida Atlantic	18.5	16.4	16.4
Dec 24	New Mexico
Houston	Hawaii	10.6	8.9	10.2
Dec 25	Camellia
Marshall	Buffalo	-6.3	-7.0	-7.5
Dec 26	Gasparilla
South Carolina	UAB	3.6	1.4	3.2
Dec 26	Cure
Coastal Carolina	Liberty	7.0	4.6	6.9
Dec 26	First Responder
UTSA	Louisiana	-20.5	-19.7	-19.9
Dec 26	LendingTree
Western Ky.	Georgia St.	-0.6	-0.4	-1.5
Dec 29	Cheez-It
Miami (Fla.)	Oklahoma St.	-2.7	0.5	-1.3
Dec 29	Alamo
Texas	Colorado	17.0	15.0	18.1
Dec 30	Duke’s Mayo
Wake Forest	Wisconsin	-13.7	-11.2	-13.9
Dec 30	Music City
Iowa	Missouri	15.6	15.7	16.7
Dec 30	Cotton
Oklahoma	Florida	-1.2	-1.2	-1.6
Dec 31	Armed Forces
Tulsa	Mississippi St.	-1.0	-1.6	-2.7
Dec 31	Liberty
Army (replaces Tenn.)	West Va.	-10.0	-8.2	-10.0
Dec 31	Arizona
Ball St.	San Jose St.	-1.6	-3.3	-1.9
Dec 31	Texas
TCU	Arkansas	8.3	6.6	8.6
Jan 1	Peach
Georgia	Cincinnati	7.8	7.7	8.8
Jan 1	Citrus
Auburn	Northwestern	3.3	2.4	0.7
Jan 1	Rose *
Alabama	Notre Dame	17.0	17.9	19.0
Jan 1	Sugar
Clemson	Ohio St.	0.0	1.7	0.2
Jan 2	Gator
N.C. State	Kentucky	-7.7	-7.0	-8.3
Jan 2	Outback
Ole Miss	Indiana	-8.0	-9.4	-10.3
Jan 2	Fiesta
Oregon	Iowa St.	-3.4	-4.2	-4.1
Jan 2	Orange
Texas A&M	North Carolina	2.1	2.1	2.5

Final Regular Season PiRate Ratings

#	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg.	Conference
1	Alabama	139.5	140.2	141.5	140.4	SEC-W
2	Clemson	131.1	131.9	133.3	132.1	ACC
3	Ohio St.	131.1	130.2	133.2	131.5	BTen-E
4	Georgia	124.4	123.6	125.2	124.4	SEC-E
5	Florida	123.1	122.8	124.0	123.3	SEC-E
6	Notre Dame	122.5	122.3	122.5	122.4	ACC
7	Texas A&M	121.9	122.0	122.8	122.2	SEC-W
8	Oklahoma	121.9	121.5	122.3	121.9	B12
9	Iowa	119.7	119.3	121.4	120.1	BTen-W
10	Iowa St.	120.2	119.4	120.4	120.0	B12
11	N. Carolina	119.8	119.9	120.3	120.0	ACC
12	Wisconsin	118.9	117.2	120.0	118.7	BTen-W
13	Indiana	117.1	117.5	119.6	118.1	BTen-E
14	Cincinnati	118.1	117.4	118.0	117.8	AAC
15	Texas	117.0	115.8	116.9	116.6	B12
16	U S C	117.3	114.7	116.3	116.1	P12-S
17	Oregon	116.8	115.2	116.3	116.1	P12-N
18	Auburn	115.6	114.7	115.7	115.3	SEC-W
19	BYU	114.7	114.5	114.9	114.7	Ind.
20	L S U	114.2	113.4	115.1	114.2	SEC-W
21	Penn St.	114.3	113.1	115.1	114.2	BTen-E
22	Oklahoma St.	114.5	113.2	113.6	113.8	B12
23	Northwestern	112.2	112.3	114.9	113.2	BTen-W
24	Miami (Fla.)	110.8	112.7	111.3	111.6	ACC
25	UCF	110.4	110.3	110.7	110.5	AAC
26	T C U	110.5	109.3	110.9	110.3	B12
27	Arizona St.	110.2	109.7	110.0	109.9	P12-S
28	Utah	109.3	109.4	110.2	109.6	P12-S
29	Kentucky	109.1	109.0	110.1	109.4	SEC-E
30	Washington	109.4	108.0	109.8	109.1	P12-N
31	Ole Miss	109.1	108.1	109.3	108.8	SEC-W
32	Minnesota	107.5	108.0	109.2	108.2	BTen-W
33	Coastal Car.	107.0	107.6	107.7	107.4	SUN-E
34	U C L A	108.0	106.9	107.0	107.3	P12-S
35	Louisville	107.1	107.0	106.5	106.8	ACC
36	Pittsburgh	105.5	106.4	105.8	105.9	ACC
37	Tennessee	106.0	105.3	105.9	105.7	SEC-E
38	Miss. St.	105.6	105.0	106.2	105.6	SEC-W
39	Nebraska	105.2	104.7	106.5	105.5	BTen-W
40	Michigan	105.4	104.5	106.3	105.4	BTen-E
41	Louisiana	105.7	105.3	105.3	105.4	SUN-W
42	Wake Forest	104.7	105.5	105.5	105.3	ACC
43	California	105.4	105.1	105.1	105.2	P12-N
44	Virginia	104.6	105.0	105.1	104.9	ACC
45	Buffalo	104.3	105.2	104.9	104.8	MAC-E
46	W. Virginia	104.7	104.4	104.9	104.7	B12
47	Virginia Tech	103.9	104.5	104.9	104.4	ACC
48	Tulane	104.3	104.3	103.9	104.2	AAC
49	Missouri	104.1	103.7	104.7	104.2	SEC-E
50	Boise St.	104.2	104.2	103.8	104.1	MWC-M
51	Stanford	104.6	103.1	104.4	104.0	P12-N
52	Boston Coll.	103.6	103.9	104.2	103.9	ACC
53	Tulsa	104.6	103.4	103.5	103.8	AAC
54	Purdue	103.4	103.5	104.1	103.7	BTen-W
55	Memphis	104.4	103.1	102.6	103.4	AAC
56	Appal. St.	103.4	102.9	103.5	103.3	SUN-E
57	Oregon St.	103.0	102.6	102.0	102.5	P12-N
58	Arkansas	102.2	102.8	102.4	102.5	SEC-W
59	Washington St.	102.6	101.2	102.9	102.2	P12-N
60	Baylor	102.3	101.8	102.1	102.1	B12
61	NC State	101.4	101.9	101.8	101.7	ACC
62	Houston	102.3	100.9	101.2	101.5	AAC
63	Liberty	100.0	102.9	100.8	101.2	Ind.
64	Air Force	100.9	101.6	100.7	101.1	MWC-M
65	Colorado	101.0	101.8	99.8	100.9	P12-S
66	San Jose St.	99.9	101.6	100.5	100.7	MWC-W
67	Illinois	100.4	99.7	101.1	100.4	BTen-W
68	Kansas St.	100.4	99.6	100.7	100.2	B12
69	Rutgers	100.4	99.4	99.8	99.9	BTen-E
70	SMU	100.1	99.6	99.2	99.7	AAC
71	S. Carolina	100.5	98.8	99.7	99.7	SEC-E
72	Michigan St.	99.1	98.6	99.7	99.2	BTen-E
73	San Diego St.	98.5	99.5	98.8	98.9	MWC-W
74	Texas Tech	98.8	97.6	98.9	98.4	B12
75	Ball St.	98.2	98.3	98.6	98.4	MAC-W
76	Marshall	98.0	98.2	97.4	97.8	CUSA-E
77	Florida St.	97.9	97.2	97.7	97.6	ACC
78	U A B	96.9	97.4	96.5	96.9	CUSA-W
79	Wyoming	96.0	97.1	96.4	96.5	MWC-M
80	Nevada	95.2	96.1	95.6	95.7	MWC-W
81	Army	94.7	96.1	94.9	95.3	Ind.
82	Georgia Tech	95.7	95.2	94.8	95.2	ACC
83	E. Carolina	95.6	95.4	94.5	95.2	AAC
84	Maryland	95.2	95.2	95.0	95.1	BTen-E
85	Ohio	94.4	95.1	95.3	94.9	MAC-E
86	Arizona	94.1	92.5	92.9	93.2	P12-S
87	Georgia Sou.	92.7	93.5	93.0	93.1	SUN-E
88	Fresno St.	92.7	93.2	92.2	92.7	MWC-W
89	Hawaii	92.7	93.0	92.0	92.5	MWC-W
90	Western Mich.	91.6	93.3	92.4	92.4	MAC-W
91	Toledo	92.1	93.2	91.9	92.4	MAC-W
92	Troy	91.8	92.9	92.2	92.3	SUN-E
93	Central Mich.	92.0	92.1	92.2	92.1	MAC-W
94	Georgia St.	91.8	92.1	92.3	92.1	SUN-E
95	Miami (O)	92.4	91.5	92.1	92.0	MAC-E
96	Navy	92.7	91.4	90.7	91.6	AAC
97	W. Kentucky	91.2	91.7	90.8	91.2	CUSA-E
98	Kent St.	91.2	90.7	90.7	90.9	MAC-E
99	Syracuse	90.1	91.3	90.8	90.8	ACC
100	Duke	90.5	90.3	89.3	90.0	ACC
101	Colorado St.	89.5	90.3	89.5	89.8	MWC-M
102	Vanderbilt	88.3	87.5	87.4	87.8	SEC-E
103	Arkansas St.	87.6	88.2	87.0	87.6	SUN-W
104	Temple	87.9	87.6	86.3	87.3	AAC
105	Rice	88.1	86.2	87.2	87.2	CUSA-W
106	USF	87.8	86.5	86.2	86.8	AAC
107	Fla. Atlantic	85.9	86.8	86.2	86.3	CUSA-E
108	New Mexico	86.0	86.8	85.4	86.1	MWC-M
109	Florida Int’l.	85.7	85.5	85.3	85.5	CUSA-E
110	U T S A	85.2	85.6	85.4	85.4	CUSA-W
111	Eastern Mich.	83.8	85.6	84.5	84.6	MAC-W
112	Utah St.	84.4	84.1	83.5	84.0	MWC-M
113	La. Tech	83.6	84.2	83.6	83.8	CUSA-W
114	Charlotte	83.5	83.6	83.2	83.4	CUSA-E
115	Middle Tenn.	82.2	82.5	82.3	82.3	CUSA-E
116	Southern Miss.	82.3	82.8	81.8	82.3	CUSA-W
117	S. Alabama	81.8	82.7	81.7	82.1	SUN-W
118	N. Illinois	80.7	82.0	80.8	81.2	MAC-W
119	Texas St.	81.0	81.5	80.2	80.9	SUN-W
120	U N L V	79.5	80.6	78.7	79.6	MWC-W
121	Kansas	78.7	78.0	77.4	78.1	B12
122	North Texas	75.4	75.6	74.8	75.3	CUSA-W
123	U T E P	67.9	70.3	68.0	68.7	CUSA-W
124	Akron	67.5	69.2	66.1	67.6	MAC-E
125	UL-Monroe	68.0	67.9	66.5	67.5	SUN-W
126	Bowling Green	65.1	66.4	61.8	64.4	MAC-E
127	Mass.	61.7	67.5	59.9	63.0	Ind.

PiRate Rating By Conference

American Athletic Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	AAC	Overall
Cincinnati	118.1	117.4	118.0	117.8	6-0	9-0
UCF	110.4	110.3	110.7	110.5	5-3	6-3
Tulane	104.3	104.3	103.9	104.2	3-5	6-5
Tulsa	104.6	103.4	103.5	103.8	6-0	6-2
Memphis	104.4	103.1	102.6	103.4	5-3	7-3
Houston	102.3	100.9	101.2	101.5	3-3	3-4
SMU	100.1	99.6	99.2	99.7	4-3	7-3
E. Carolina	95.6	95.4	94.5	95.2	3-4	3-6
Navy	92.7	91.4	90.7	91.6	3-4	3-7
Temple	87.9	87.6	86.3	87.3	1-6	1-6
USF	87.8	86.5	86.2	86.8	0-7	1-8
AAC Avg.	100.7	100.0	99.7	100.1
Atlantic Coast Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	ACC	Overall
Clemson	131.1	131.9	133.3	132.1	8-1	10-1
Notre Dame	122.5	122.3	122.5	122.4	9-0	10-1
N. Carolina	119.8	119.9	120.3	120.0	7-3	8-3
Miami (Fla.)	110.8	112.7	111.3	111.6	7-2	8-2
Louisville	107.1	107.0	106.5	106.8	3-7	4-7
Pittsburgh	105.5	106.4	105.8	105.9	5-5	6-5
Wake Forest	104.7	105.5	105.5	105.3	3-4	4-4
Virginia	104.6	105.0	105.1	104.9	4-5	5-5
Virginia Tech	103.9	104.5	104.9	104.4	5-5	5-6
Boston Coll.	103.6	103.9	104.2	103.9	5-5	6-5
NC State	101.4	101.9	101.8	101.7	7-3	8-3
Florida St.	97.9	97.2	97.7	97.6	2-6	3-6
Georgia Tech	95.7	95.2	94.8	95.2	3-6	3-7
Syracuse	90.1	91.3	90.8	90.8	1-9	1-10
Duke	90.5	90.3	89.3	90.0	1-9	2-9
ACC Avg.	106.0	106.3	106.2	106.2
Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	B12	Overall
Oklahoma	121.9	121.5	122.3	121.9	6-2	8-2
Iowa St.	120.2	119.4	120.4	120.0	8-1	8-3
Texas	117.0	115.8	116.9	116.6	5-3	6-3
Oklahoma St.	114.5	113.2	113.6	113.8	6-3	7-3
T C U	110.5	109.3	110.9	110.3	5-4	6-4
W. Virginia	104.7	104.4	104.9	104.7	4-4	5-4
Baylor	102.3	101.8	102.1	102.1	2-7	2-7
Kansas St.	100.4	99.6	100.7	100.2	4-5	4-6
Texas Tech	98.8	97.6	98.9	98.4	3-6	4-6
Kansas	78.7	78.0	77.4	78.1	0-8	0-9
Big 12 Avg.	106.9	106.1	106.8	106.6
Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Ohio St.	131.1	130.2	133.2	131.5	5-0	6-0
Indiana	117.1	117.5	119.6	118.1	6-1	6-1
Penn St.	114.3	113.1	115.1	114.2	4-5	4-5
Michigan	105.4	104.5	106.3	105.4	2-4	2-4
Rutgers	100.4	99.4	99.8	99.9	3-6	3-6
Michigan St.	99.1	98.6	99.7	99.2	2-5	2-5
Maryland	95.2	95.2	95.0	95.1	2-3	2-3
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Iowa	119.7	119.3	121.4	120.1	6-2	6-2
Wisconsin	118.9	117.2	120.0	118.7	3-3	3-3
Northwestern	112.2	112.3	114.9	113.2	6-1	6-2
Minnesota	107.5	108.0	109.2	108.2	3-4	3-4
Nebraska	105.2	104.7	106.5	105.5	3-5	3-5
Purdue	103.4	103.5	104.1	103.7	2-4	2-4
Illinois	100.4	99.7	101.1	100.4	2-6	2-6
Big Ten Avg.	109.3	108.8	110.4	109.5
Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	CUSA	Overall
Marshall	98.0	98.2	97.4	97.8	4-1	7-2
W. Kentucky	91.2	91.7	90.8	91.2	4-3	5-6
Fla. Atlantic	85.9	86.8	86.2	86.3	4-2	5-3
Florida Int’l.	85.7	85.5	85.3	85.5	0-3	0-5
Charlotte	83.5	83.6	83.2	83.4	2-2	2-4
Middle Tenn.	82.2	82.5	82.3	82.3	2-4	3-6
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	CUSA	Overall
U A B	96.9	97.4	96.5	96.9	3-1	6-3
Rice	88.1	86.2	87.2	87.2	2-3	2-3
U T S A	85.2	85.6	85.4	85.4	5-2	7-4
La. Tech	83.6	84.2	83.6	83.8	4-2	5-4
Southern Miss.	82.3	82.8	81.8	82.3	2-4	3-7
North Texas	75.4	75.6	74.8	75.3	3-4	4-5
U T E P	67.9	70.3	68.0	68.7	0-4	3-5
CUSA Avg.	85.1	85.4	84.8	85.1
FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
BYU	114.7	114.5	114.9	114.7	x	10-1
Liberty	100.0	102.9	100.8	101.2	x	9-1
Army	94.7	96.1	94.9	95.3	x	9-2
Mass.	61.7	67.5	59.9	63.0	x	0-4
Ind. Avg.	92.8	95.3	92.6	93.6
Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Buffalo	104.3	105.2	104.9	104.8	5-0	5-1
Ohio	94.4	95.1	95.3	94.9	2-1	2-1
Miami (O)	92.4	91.5	92.1	92.0	2-1	2-1
Kent St.	91.2	90.7	90.7	90.9	3-1	3-1
Akron	67.5	69.2	66.1	67.6	1-5	1-5
Bowling Green	65.1	66.4	61.8	64.4	0-5	0-5
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Ball St.	98.2	98.3	98.6	98.4	5-1	6-1
Western Mich.	91.6	93.3	92.4	92.4	4-2	4-2
Toledo	92.1	93.2	91.9	92.4	4-2	4-2
Central Mich.	92.0	92.1	92.2	92.1	3-3	3-3
Eastern Mich.	83.8	85.6	84.5	84.6	2-4	2-4
N. Illinois	80.7	82.0	80.8	81.2	0-6	0-6
MAC Avg.	87.8	88.5	87.6	88.0
Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Boise St.	104.2	104.2	103.8	104.1	5-0	5-2
Air Force	100.9	101.6	100.7	101.1	2-2	3-3
Wyoming	96.0	97.1	96.4	96.5	2-4	2-4
Colorado St.	89.5	90.3	89.5	89.8	1-3	1-3
New Mexico	86.0	86.8	85.4	86.1	2-5	2-5
Utah St.	84.4	84.1	83.5	84.0	1-5	1-5
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
San Jose St.	99.9	101.6	100.5	100.7	6-0	7-0
San Diego St.	98.5	99.5	98.8	98.9	4-2	4-4
Nevada	95.2	96.1	95.6	95.7	6-2	6-2
Fresno St.	92.7	93.2	92.2	92.7	3-3	3-3
Hawaii	92.7	93.0	92.0	92.5	4-4	4-4
U N L V	79.5	80.6	78.7	79.6	0-6	0-6
MWC Avg.	93.3	94.0	93.1	93.5
Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Oregon	116.8	115.2	116.3	116.1	3-2	4-2
Washington	109.4	108.0	109.8	109.1	3-1	3-1
California	105.4	105.1	105.1	105.2	1-3	1-3
Stanford	104.6	103.1	104.4	104.0	4-2	4-2
Oregon St.	103.0	102.6	102.0	102.5	2-5	2-5
Washington St.	102.6	101.2	102.9	102.2	1-3	1-3
South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
U S C	117.3	114.7	116.3	116.1	5-0	5-1
Arizona St.	110.2	109.7	110.0	109.9	2-2	2-2
Utah	109.3	109.4	110.2	109.6	3-2	3-2
U C L A	108.0	106.9	107.0	107.3	3-4	3-4
Colorado	101.0	101.8	99.8	100.9	3-1	4-1
Arizona	94.1	92.5	92.9	93.2	0-5	0-5
P12 Avg.	106.8	105.8	106.4	106.4
Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SEC	Overall
Georgia	124.4	123.6	125.2	124.4	7-2	7-2
Florida	123.1	122.8	124.0	123.3	8-2	8-3
Kentucky	109.1	109.0	110.1	109.4	4-6	4-6
Tennessee	106.0	105.3	105.9	105.7	3-7	3-7
Missouri	104.1	103.7	104.7	104.2	5-5	5-5
S. Carolina	100.5	98.8	99.7	99.7	2-8	2-8
Vanderbilt	88.3	87.5	87.4	87.8	0-9	0-9
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SEC	Overall
Alabama	139.5	140.2	141.5	140.4	10-0	11-0
Texas A&M	121.9	122.0	122.8	122.2	8-1	8-1
Auburn	115.6	114.7	115.7	115.3	6-4	6-4
L S U	114.2	113.4	115.1	114.2	5-5	5-5
Ole Miss	109.1	108.1	109.3	108.8	4-5	4-5
Miss. St.	105.6	105.0	106.2	105.6	3-7	3-7
Arkansas	102.2	102.8	102.4	102.5	3-7	3-7
SEC Avg.	111.7	111.2	112.1	111.7
Sunbelt Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SBC	Overall
Coastal Car.	107.0	107.6	107.7	107.4	8-0	11-0
Appal. St.	103.4	102.9	103.5	103.3	6-2	8-3
Georgia Sou.	92.7	93.5	93.0	93.1	4-4	7-5
Georgia St.	91.8	92.1	92.3	92.1	4-4	5-4
Troy	91.8	92.9	92.2	92.3	3-6	5-6
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SBC	Overall
Louisiana	105.7	105.3	105.3	105.4	7-1	9-1
Arkansas St.	87.6	88.2	87.0	87.6	2-6	4-7
S. Alabama	81.8	82.7	81.7	82.1	3-5	4-7
Texas St.	81.0	81.5	80.2	80.9	2-6	2-10
UL-Monroe	68.0	67.9	66.5	67.5	0-7	0-10
Sun Avg.	91.1	91.4	90.9	91.2

Conference Ratings

#	League	Avg
1	SEC	111.7
2	BTen	109.5
3	B12	106.6
4	P12	106.4
5	ACC	106.2
6	AAC	100.1
7	Ind.	93.6
8	MWC	93.5
9	Sun	91.2
10	MAC	88.0
11	CUSA	85.1

College Football TV Schedule For This Weekend

Up to date as of Friday morning, 11 AM EST

Friday, December 18
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor
7:00 PM	CBSSN *	Marshall	UAB
7:30 PM	ESPN *	Buffalo (n)	Ball St.
7:30 PM	BTN	Rutgers	Nebraska
8:00 PM	FOX *	USC	Oregon
Saturday, December 19
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor
12:00 PM	ABC *	Iowa St. (n)	Oklahoma
12:00 PM	FOX *	Ohio St. (n)	Northwestern
12:00 PM	ESPN	Tennessee	Texas A&M
12:00 PM	ACCN	Wake Forest	Florida St.
3:00 PM	CBSSN	Army	Air Force
3:30 PM	SECN	LSU	Ole Miss
3:30 PM	SECNA	Mississippi St.	Missouri
4:00 PM	ABC *	Notre Dame (n)	Clemson
4:00 PM	BTN	Wisconsin	Minnesota
5:30 PM	FS1	Penn St.	Illinois
7:00 PM	ESPN	UCLA	Stanford
8:00 PM	ABC *	Cincinnati	Tulsa
8:00 PM	CBS *	Alabama (n)	Florida
10:30 PM	ESPN	Oregon St.	Arizona St.
		(n) Neutral Site * Conf. Championship