PiRate Ratings—For Games of September 8-10, 2011
Robert Griffin III, Robert Griffin III, Robert Griffin III—there, now we are as trendy as any other football media this week. The Junior quarterback may save the Bears this year, but he will not save the Big 12 Conference, and he may soon take a backseat to his own program when Baylor is left to find a location to align itself.
It looks like Dan Beebe’s conference is going to be the odd-league out. Can the Big 12 survive in name only?
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, and Texas Tech appear to be headed west to the Pac-16, albeit a year later than most people thought. When Texas A&M slaughtered SMU Sunday, it felt more like an SEC team beating up on a CUSA team than anything else.
Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, and Missouri will need to find a new conference. Missouri makes a smart choice for the SEC, but the Big Ten and Big East are there as well.
As for the Big Ten, has anybody else noticed something about their new logo? It goes something like this, “B1G.” Glance at that logo, and you can almost see this, “B16.” Might there be a valid reason for that similarity?
Week two presents a few really good games, until the BCS Bowl system is destroyed and replaced with playoffs, there will be no reason for the top programs to schedule intersectional games against each other. Thus, because it is a no-win proposition, you won’t see many teams hurrying to add Boise State to their non-conference schedule. You won’t see Oklahoma playing Arkansas, even though fans could easily drive to the opponent’s home stadium. You won’t see a Big Ten-SEC Challenge where the 12 Big Ten teams face the 12 SEC teams like you see in basketball. Instead, you get a couple of good games and several duds.
Here is the PiRate Ratings Top 25 For Week Two of the college football season, followed by all 120 FBS teams by conference.
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NCAA Top 25 This Week |
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Rank |
Team |
PiRate |
Won |
Lost |
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1 |
Oklahoma |
132.8 |
1 |
0 |
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2 |
Alabama |
132.4 |
1 |
0 |
|
3 |
Texas A&M |
130.6 |
1 |
0 |
|
4 |
L S U |
127.2 |
1 |
0 |
|
5 |
Stanford |
126.8 |
1 |
0 |
|
6 |
Boise St. |
124.2 |
1 |
0 |
|
7 |
Oregon |
123.1 |
0 |
1 |
|
8 |
Arkansas |
123.0 |
1 |
0 |
|
9 |
Florida St. |
121.8 |
1 |
0 |
|
10 |
Notre Dame |
121.6 |
0 |
1 |
|
11 |
S. Carolina |
121.2 |
1 |
0 |
|
12 |
Oklahoma St. |
118.0 |
1 |
0 |
|
13 |
Virginia Tech |
117.6 |
1 |
0 |
|
14 |
Miss. State |
117.3 |
1 |
0 |
|
15 |
Arizona St. |
116.9 |
1 |
0 |
|
16 |
Wisconsin |
116.6 |
1 |
0 |
|
17 |
Nebraska |
116.4 |
1 |
0 |
|
18 |
Florida |
116.1 |
1 |
0 |
|
19 |
Michigan |
115.4 |
1 |
0 |
|
20 |
Southern Cal |
113.6 |
1 |
0 |
|
21 |
Arizona |
113.6 |
1 |
0 |
|
22 |
Penn State |
113.6 |
1 |
0 |
|
23 |
Miami |
112.9 |
0 |
1 |
|
24 |
Michigan St. |
112.7 |
1 |
0 |
|
25 |
Missouri |
112.7 |
1 |
0 |
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Note: Ratings rounded to one decimal point |
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even though I rank them to two decimal points |
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Atlantic Coast Conference |
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| Atlantic Division |
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| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Florida State |
0-0 |
1-0 |
121.8 |
| Clemson |
0-0 |
1-0 |
109.2 |
| North Carolina State |
0-0 |
1-0 |
109.1 |
| Maryland |
1-0 |
1-0 |
108.8 |
| Boston College |
0-0 |
0-1 |
106.4 |
| Wake Forest |
0-0 |
0-1 |
98.7 |
| Coastal Division |
|
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| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Virginia Tech |
0-0 |
1-0 |
117.6 |
| Miami-FL |
0-1 |
0-1 |
112.9 |
| North Carolina |
0-0 |
1-0 |
108.2 |
| Virginia |
0-0 |
1-0 |
99.4 |
| Georgia Tech |
0-0 |
1-0 |
97.7 |
| Duke |
0-0 |
0-1 |
97.1 |
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Big East Conference |
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| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Cincinnati |
0-0 |
1-0 |
109.3 |
| Pittsburgh |
0-0 |
1-0 |
107.7 |
| West Virginia |
0-0 |
0-0 |
106.6 |
| South Florida |
0-0 |
1-0 |
104.3 |
| Connecticut |
0-0 |
1-0 |
101.8 |
| Syracuse |
0-0 |
1-0 |
94.6 |
| Rutgers |
0-0 |
1-0 |
94.0 |
| Louisville |
0-0 |
1-0 |
90.5 |
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Big Ten |
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| Leaders Division | |||
| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Wisconsin |
0-0 |
1-0 |
116.6 |
| Penn State |
0-0 |
1-0 |
113.6 |
| Ohio State |
0-0 |
1-0 |
108.7 |
| Illinois |
0-0 |
1-0 |
105.6 |
| Purdue |
0-0 |
1-0 |
97.3 |
| Indiana |
0-0 |
0-1 |
83.0 |
| Legends Division | |||
| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Nebraska |
0-0 |
1-0 |
116.4 |
| Michigan |
0-0 |
1-0 |
115.4 |
| Michigan State |
0-0 |
1-0 |
112.7 |
| Iowa |
0-0 |
1-0 |
107.3 |
| Minnesota |
0-0 |
0-1 |
105.3 |
| Northwestern |
0-0 |
1-0 |
104.6 |
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Big 12 |
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| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Oklahoma |
0-0 |
1-0 |
132.8 |
| Texas A&M |
0-0 |
0-0 |
130.6 |
| Oklahoma State |
0-0 |
1-0 |
118.0 |
| Missouri |
0-0 |
1-0 |
112.7 |
| Texas |
0-0 |
1-0 |
108.5 |
| Baylor |
0-0 |
1-0 |
106.1 |
| Texas Tech |
0-0 |
1-0 |
105.7 |
| Iowa State |
0-0 |
1-0 |
100.6 |
| Kansas State |
0-0 |
1-0 |
99.0 |
| Kansas |
0-0 |
1-0 |
95.1 |
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Conference USA |
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| East Division | |||
| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Southern Mississippi |
0-0 |
1-0 |
97.0 |
| East Carolina |
0-0 |
0-1 |
95.2 |
| Central Florida |
0-0 |
1-0 |
92.5 |
| U A B |
0-0 |
0-0 |
89.1 |
| Marshall |
0-0 |
0-0 |
85.8 |
| Memphis |
0-0 |
0-1 |
71.7 |
| West Division | |||
| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Tulsa |
0-0 |
0-1 |
103.6 |
| S M U |
0-0 |
0-0 |
102.0 |
| Houston |
0-0 |
1-0 |
98.9 |
| Rice |
0-0 |
0-1 |
89.5 |
| Tulane |
0-0 |
1-0 |
80.2 |
| U T E P |
0-0 |
1-0 |
74.8 |
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Independents |
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| Team |
|
Overall |
Rating |
| Notre Dame |
0-1 |
121.6 |
|
| B Y U |
1-0 |
109.0 |
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| Navy |
1-0 |
97.1 |
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| Army |
0-1 |
81.3 |
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Mid American Conference |
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| East Division | |||
| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Miami (O) |
0-0 |
0-1 |
91.9 |
| Ohio U |
0-0 |
1-0 |
85.4 |
| Temple |
0-0 |
1-0 |
85.1 |
| Bowling Green |
0-0 |
1-0 |
84.2 |
| Kent St. |
0-0 |
0-1 |
80.6 |
| Buffalo |
0-0 |
0-1 |
75.7 |
| Akron |
0-0 |
0-1 |
69.2 |
| West Division | |||
| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Northern Illinois |
0-0 |
1-0 |
93.6 |
| Toledo |
0-0 |
1-0 |
91.9 |
| Western Michigan |
0-0 |
0-1 |
88.5 |
| Central Michigan |
0-0 |
1-0 |
83.4 |
| Ball State |
0-0 |
1-0 |
79.9 |
| Eastern Michigan |
0-0 |
0-0 |
69.6 |
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Mountain West Conference |
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| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Boise State |
0-0 |
1-0 |
124.2 |
| T C U |
0-0 |
0-1 |
108.0 |
| Air Force |
0-0 |
1-0 |
106.3 |
| San Diego State |
0-0 |
1-0 |
100.8 |
| Colorado State |
1-0 |
1-0 |
91.4 |
| Wyoming |
0-0 |
1-0 |
89.6 |
| UNLV |
0-0 |
0-1 |
84.8 |
| New Mexico |
0-1 |
0-1 |
82.7 |
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Pac-10 Conference |
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| North Division | |||
| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Stanford |
0-0 |
1-0 |
126.8 |
| Oregon |
0-0 |
0-1 |
123.1 |
| Washington |
0-0 |
1-0 |
112.4 |
| California |
0-0 |
1-0 |
111.0 |
| Oregon State |
0-0 |
0-1 |
110.1 |
| Washington State |
0-0 |
1-0 |
103.0 |
| South Division | |||
| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Arizona State |
0-0 |
1-0 |
116.9 |
| U S C |
0-0 |
1-0 |
113.6 |
| Arizona |
0-0 |
1-0 |
113.6 |
| U C L A |
0-0 |
0-1 |
108.7 |
| Utah |
0-0 |
1-0 |
108.4 |
| Colorado |
0-0 |
0-1 |
99.2 |
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Southeastern Conference |
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| East Division | |||
| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| South Carolina |
0-0 |
1-0 |
121.2 |
| Florida |
0-0 |
1-0 |
116.1 |
| Georgia |
0-0 |
0-1 |
110.2 |
| Tennessee |
0-0 |
1-0 |
106.9 |
| Vanderbilt |
0-0 |
1-0 |
100.2 |
| Kentucky |
0-0 |
1-0 |
98.7 |
| West Division | |||
| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Alabama |
0-0 |
1-0 |
132.4 |
| L S U |
0-0 |
1-0 |
127.2 |
| Arkansas |
0-0 |
1-0 |
123.0 |
| Mississippi State |
0-0 |
1-0 |
117.3 |
| Auburn |
0-0 |
1-0 |
111.8 |
| Ole Miss |
0-0 |
0-1 |
99.1 |
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Sunbelt Conference |
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| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Florida International |
1-0 |
1-0 |
89.5 |
| Louisiana-Monroe |
0-0 |
0-1 |
84.1 |
| Arkansas State |
0-0 |
0-1 |
83.5 |
| Troy |
0-0 |
0-1 |
81.9 |
| Middle Tennessee |
0-0 |
0-1 |
79.7 |
| Western Kentucky |
0-0 |
0-1 |
78.6 |
| U.of Louisiana |
0-0 |
0-1 |
73.5 |
| North Texas |
0-1 |
0-1 |
69.6 |
| Florida Atlantic |
0-0 |
0-1 |
69.4 |
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Western Athletic Conference |
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| Team |
Conf. |
Overall |
Rating |
| Nevada |
0-0 |
0-0 |
101.4 |
| Hawaii |
0-0 |
1-0 |
101.1 |
| Utah State |
0-0 |
0-1 |
95.6 |
| LouisianaTech |
0-0 |
0-1 |
93.4 |
| Fresno State |
0-0 |
0-1 |
93.3 |
| San Jose State |
0-0 |
0-1 |
90.8 |
| Idaho |
0-0 |
0-1 |
83.0 |
| New Mexico State |
0-0 |
0-1 |
74.3 |
Here is a look at this week’s games with the PiRate Ratings and official early Las Vegas line from Monday.
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This Week’s Games–PiRate Ratings |
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| Thursday, September 8 |
PiRate Spread |
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| Favorite | Underdog |
Score |
Line |
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| OKLAHOMA STATE | Arizona |
7.9 |
42-34 |
14 |
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| Friday, September 9 |
PiRate Spread |
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| Favorite | Underdog |
Score |
Line |
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| ARIZONA STATE | Missouri |
7.7 |
28-20 |
7 1/2 |
| LOUISVILLE | Florida Int’l |
3.5 |
28-24 |
4 1/2 |
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| Saturday, September 10 |
PiRate Spread |
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| Favorite | Underdog |
Score |
Line |
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| WISCONSIN | Oregon State |
11.0 |
38-27 |
21 |
| Iowa | IOWA STATE |
4.7 |
24-19 |
7 |
| KENTUCKY | Central Michigan |
17.8 |
28-10 |
13 1/2 |
| San Diego State | ARMY |
15.0 |
35-20 |
9 1/2 |
| OHIOSTATE | Toledo |
19.8 |
37-17 |
18 |
| Mississippi State | AUBURN |
2.5 |
31-28 |
6 1/2 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | Rutgers |
17.7 |
31-13 |
11 |
| KANSAS | Northern Illinois |
5.0 |
28-23 |
-6 1/2 |
| S M U | U t e p |
30.2 |
49-19 |
18 |
| TENNESSEE | Cincinnati |
1.1 |
25-24 |
6 1/2 |
| Tulsa | TULANE |
20.9 |
42-21 |
13 1/2 |
| Virginia Tech | EAST CAROLINA |
19.4 |
44-25 |
19 |
| MINNESOTA | New Mexico State |
35.0 |
49-14 |
19 1/2 |
| WASHINGTON | Hawaii |
15.8 |
42-26 |
4 |
| OREGON | Nevada |
26.2 |
45-19 |
26 |
| California | COLORADO |
8.8 |
28-19 |
6 |
| Stanford | DUKE |
26.2 |
40-14 |
21 |
| Alabama | PENN STATE |
14.8 |
27-12 |
10 |
| AIR FORCE | T c u |
1.8 |
28-26 |
-1 1/2 |
| North Carolina St. | WAKE FOREST |
7.9 |
35-27 |
2 |
| Purdue | RICE |
4.3 |
28-24 |
2 |
| Southern Miss. | MARSHALL |
8.2 |
25-17 |
8 1/2 |
| South Carolina | GEORGIA |
8.0 |
31-23 |
3 |
| Temple | AKRON |
13.4 |
27-14 |
15 |
| NEBRASKA | Fresno State |
27.1 |
41-14 |
28 |
| Virginia | INDIANA |
13.4 |
27-14 |
6 1/2 |
| TEXAS | B y u |
3.5 |
28-24 |
6 1/2 |
| FLORIDA | U a b |
31.5 |
45-13 |
21 1/2 |
| SOUTH FLORIDA | Ball State |
27.9 |
38-10 |
21 |
| ARKANSAS | New Mexico |
44.3 |
58-14 |
37 |
| WASHINGTON STATE | U n l v |
21.7 |
35-13 |
14 |
| VANDERBILT | Connecticut |
1.4 |
20-19 |
Pk |
| SOUTHERN CAL | Utah |
9.2 |
30-21 |
9 |
| Boston College | CENTRAL FLORIDA |
10.4 |
27-17 |
-6 1/2 |
| Notre Dame | MICHIGAN |
2.7 |
27-24 |
3 1/2 |
| U C L A | San Jose State |
21.4 |
35-14 |
21 1/2 |
| MICHIGAN STATE | Florida Atlantic |
47.3 |
56-9 |
31 1/2 |
| ARKANSAS STATE | Memphis |
14.3 |
35-21 |
14 1/2 |
| Houston | NORTH TEXAS |
31.8 |
52-20 |
22 |
| Navy | WESTERN KENTUCKY |
16.0 |
30-14 |
10 |
| Georgia Tech | MIDDLE TENNESSEE |
15.0 |
35-20 |
11 1/2 |
| KENT STATE | Louisiana |
10.6 |
28-17 |
9 1/2 |
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