PiRate Ratings College Basketball For January 21, 2020

College Basketball Teams Playing Tuesday

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Villanova	Butler	1.1
Kansas	Kansas St.	17.5
Kentucky	Georgia	10.0
South Florida	Wichita St.	-5.0
Northwestern	Maryland	-8.6
Purdue	Illinois	5.0
Kent St.	Northern Illinois	8.5
Ohio	Toledo	-3.6
Bowling Green	Eastern Michigan	7.2
Buffalo	Western Michigan	9.1
LSU	Florida	2.9
Miami (O)	Akron	-6.6
TCU	Texas Tech	-3.1
Clemson	Wake Forest	6.2
Iowa St.	Oklahoma St.	4.7
Duke	Miami	19.2
Wisconsin	Nebraska	12.9
Missouri	Texas A&M	10.2
Marquette	St. John’s	8.5
Saint Joseph’s	VCU	-12.2
Tennessee	Ole Miss	7.7
New Mexico	San Jose St.	14.7
San Diego St.	Wyoming	26.2
Utah St.	Air Force	12.6

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For January 20, 2020

Division 1 Basketball Games on Monday

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Howard	Yale	-24.1
Fairleigh Dickinson	Central Connecticut	12.7
St. Francis (PA)	Merrimack	8.5
Old Dominion	Charlotte	3.3
Florida A&M	UNC Central	1.4
Wagner	Long Island	-3.3
Mississippi Valley St.	Southern	-9.8
Robert Morris	Sacred Heart	1.7
USC Upstate	High Point	8.0
West Virginia	Texas	11.3
Radford	Winthrop	2.7
Colgate	Bucknell	8.7
Virginia	North Carolina St.	2.8
Presbyterian	Campbell	-3.7
Gardner-Webb	Hampton	9.2
Mount St. Mary’s	St. Francis (NY)	5.3
Longwood	UNC Asheville	-0.8
South Carolina St.	UM Eastern Shore	11.5
Morgan St.	North Carolina A&T	2.4
North Texas	Rice	12.4
Grambling	Texas Southern	-0.3
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Alcorn St.	-4.2
Jackson St.	Prairie View	-5.0
Baylor	Oklahoma	10.5
Portland St.	Weber St.	6.6

 

 

Monday’s PiRate Ratings

 

#	Team	PiRate	Conference
1	Duke	121.2	Atlantic Coast
2	Kansas	121.1	Big 12
3	Gonzaga	119.4	West Coast
4	Michigan St.	118.5	Big Ten
5	Baylor	117.3	Big 12
6	Louisville	116.7	Atlantic Coast
7	Arizona	116.5	Pac-12
8	Dayton	116.5	Atlantic 10
9	Seton Hall	115.9	Big East
10	Maryland	115.8	Big Ten
11	West Virginia	115.8	Big 12
12	Ohio St.	115.5	Big Ten
13	San Diego St.	115.0	Mountain West
14	Florida St.	114.9	Atlantic Coast
15	Butler	114.9	Big East
16	Iowa	114.6	Big Ten
17	Texas Tech	113.7	Big 12
18	Oregon	113.7	Pac-12
19	Kentucky	113.6	Southeastern
20	Michigan	113.3	Big Ten
21	Purdue	113.2	Big Ten
22	Auburn	113.0	Southeastern
23	Florida	113.0	Southeastern
24	Arkansas	112.8	Southeastern
25	Penn St.	112.8	Big Ten
26	Marquette	112.6	Big East
27	BYU	112.6	West Coast
28	Rutgers	112.5	Big Ten
29	Colorado	112.5	Pac-12
30	Villanova	112.5	Big East
31	Houston	112.5	American Athletic
32	LSU	112.4	Southeastern
33	Memphis	112.3	American Athletic
34	Wisconsin	112.3	Big Ten
35	Illinois	111.7	Big Ten
36	Alabama	111.6	Southeastern
37	Indiana	111.6	Big Ten
38	Minnesota	111.5	Big Ten
39	Creighton	111.4	Big East
40	Wichita St.	111.1	Big East
41	Stanford	110.9	Pac-12
42	Saint Mary’s	110.8	West Coast
43	Mississippi St.	110.7	Southeastern
44	VCU	110.6	Atlantic 10
45	North Carolina St.	110.5	Atlantic Coast
46	Washington	110.5	Pac-12
47	Oklahoma	110.3	Big 12
48	Cincinnati	110.0	American Athletic
49	Georgetown	109.9	Big East
50	Virginia	109.8	Atlantic Coast
51	Syracuse	109.2	Atlantic Coast
52	Xavier	109.0	Big East
53	Tennessee	108.9	Southeastern
54	Utah St.	108.9	Mountain West
55	Virginia Tech	108.9	Atlantic Coast
56	Notre Dame	108.9	Atlantic Coast
57	East Tennessee St.	108.8	Southern
58	Northern Iowa	108.8	Missouri Valley
59	Iowa St.	108.7	Big 12
60	Texas	108.5	Big 12
61	USC	108.5	Pac-12
62	Yale	108.5	Ivy
63	DePaul	108.4	Big East
64	Missouri	108.0	Southeastern
65	Providence	108.0	Big East
66	Richmond	107.8	Atlantic 10
67	Rhode Island	107.7	Atlantic 10
68	Oregon St.	107.7	Pac-12
69	UNC Greensboro	107.7	Southern
70	Arizona St.	107.7	Pac-12
71	St. John’s	107.6	Big East
72	TCU	107.6	Big 12
73	Liberty	107.5	Atlantic Sun
74	Clemson	107.5	Atlantic Coast
75	Oklahoma St.	107.5	Big 12
76	Louisiana Tech	107.4	Conference USA
77	Pittsburgh	107.3	Atlantic Coast
78	Vermont	107.3	American East
79	Akron	107.2	Mid-American
80	Georgia	107.1	Southeastern
81	Connecticut	107.0	American Athletic
82	North Carolina	107.0	Atlantic Coast
83	SMU	107.0	American Athletic
84	Belmont	107.0	Ohio Valley
85	Duquesne	106.9	Atlantic 10
86	Georgia Tech	106.6	Atlantic Coast
87	Temple	106.6	American Athletic
88	Furman	106.4	Southern
89	Kansas St.	106.1	Big 12
90	South Carolina	105.6	Southeastern
91	Saint Louis	105.5	Atlantic 10
92	Miami (Fla.)	105.5	Atlantic Coast
93	New Mexico St.	105.5	Western Athletic
94	North Texas	105.4	Conference USA
95	Davidson	105.3	Atlantic 10
96	Loyola (Chi.)	105.2	Missouri Valley
97	Bradley	105.0	Missouri Valley
98	San Francisco	105.0	West Coast
99	Harvard	104.9	Ivy
100	Tulsa	104.8	American Athletic
101	Georgia St.	104.8	Sun Belt
102	Ball St.	104.8	Mid-American
103	Nevada	104.7	Mountain West
104	Mississippi	104.7	Southeastern
105	Wake Forest	104.3	Atlantic Coast
106	Western Kentucky	104.3	Conference USA
107	Kent St.	104.3	Mid-American
108	Boise St.	104.3	Mountain West
109	Northwestern	104.2	Big Ten
110	Toledo	104.1	Mid-American
111	Colorado St.	104.0	Mountain West
112	Central Florida	103.9	American Athletic
113	UC Irvine	103.8	Big West
114	Utah	103.7	Pac-12
115	Northern Kentucky	103.7	Horizon
116	Wright St.	103.4	Horizon
117	Washington St.	103.3	Pac-12
118	UT Arlington	103.3	Southland
119	New Mexico	103.2	Mountain West
120	South Florida	103.1	American Athletic
121	St. Bonaventure	103.1	Atlantic 10
122	Indiana St.	103.1	Missouri Valley
123	Oral Roberts	103.0	Summit
124	UCLA	103.0	Pac-12
125	Texas St.	102.9	Sun Belt
126	Nebraska	102.9	Big Ten
127	Northern Colorado	102.9	Big Sky
128	Stephen F. Austin	102.8	Southland
129	Stony Brook	102.6	American East
130	UNLV	102.6	Mountain West
131	Fresno St.	102.6	Mountain West
132	Murray St.	102.4	Ohio Valley
133	Colgate	102.1	Patriot
134	Charleston	102.0	Colonial Athletic
135	Winthrop	102.0	Big South
136	Wofford	101.9	Southern
137	South Dakota St.	101.8	Summit
138	Radford	101.7	Big South
139	Buffalo	101.6	Mid-American
140	Hofstra	101.6	Colonial Athletic
141	Northeastern	101.5	Colonial Athletic
142	Georgia Southern	101.5	Sun Belt
143	Little Rock	101.5	Sun Belt
144	Santa Clara	101.4	West Coast
145	Southern Utah	101.4	Big Sky
146	Texas A&M	101.3	Southeastern
147	North Dakota St.	101.2	Summit
148	Penn	101.0	Ivy
149	Pacific	100.8	West Coast
150	Missouri St.	100.8	Missouri Valley
151	William & Mary	100.8	Colonial Athletic
152	UTEP	100.7	Conference USA
153	Pepperdine	100.7	West Coast
154	Marshall	100.6	Conference USA
155	George Mason	100.6	Atlantic 10
156	UC Santa Barbara	100.5	Big West
157	Drake	100.5	Missouri Valley
158	Western Carolina	100.4	Southern
159	Vanderbilt	100.3	Southeastern
160	Valparaiso	100.3	Missouri Valley
161	Tulane	100.3	American Athletic
162	Florida Int’l.	100.2	Conference USA
163	Coastal Carolina	100.2	Sun Belt
164	Bowling Green	100.2	Mid-American
165	Boston College	99.9	Atlantic Coast
166	Eastern Washington	99.9	Big Sky
167	Sam Houston St.	99.8	Southland
168	Towson	99.8	Colonial Athletic
169	Air Force	99.8	Mountain West
170	Austin Peay	99.8	Ohio Valley
171	Charlotte	99.8	Conference USA
172	California Baptist	99.7	Western Athletic
173	Montana	99.6	Big Sky
174	Chattanooga	99.6	Southern
175	Hawaii	99.6	Big West
176	Old Dominion	99.6	Conference USA
177	North Florida	99.6	Atlantic Sun
178	UAB	99.6	Conference USA
179	La Salle	99.6	Atlantic 10
180	St. Francis (PA)	99.5	Northeast
181	South Alabama	99.4	Sun Belt
182	UTSA	99.2	Conference USA
183	Southern Illinois	99.2	Missouri Valley
184	Boston U	99.2	Patriot
185	Central Michigan	99.1	Mid-American
186	California	99.1	Pac-12
187	Northern Illinois	98.8	Mid-American
188	South Dakota	98.3	Summit
189	Princeton	98.3	Ivy
190	Rider	98.3	Metro Atlantic
191	Lafayette	98.3	Patriot
192	Nicholls St.	98.2	Southland
193	Appalachian St.	98.1	Sun Belt
194	Delaware	98.0	Colonial Athletic
195	Florida Atlantic	97.9	Conference USA
196	Massachusetts	97.7	Atlantic 10
197	Dartmouth	97.7	Ivy
198	Sacramento St.	97.7	Big Sky
199	San Diego	97.7	West Coast
200	Miami (O)	97.6	Mid-American
201	Omaha	97.6	Summit
202	Abilene Christian	97.5	Southland
203	Ohio	97.5	Mid-American
204	George Washington	97.4	Atlantic 10
205	Sacred Heart	97.3	Northeast
206	Oakland	97.3	Horizon
207	Seattle	97.3	Western Athletic
208	Drexel	97.2	Colonial Athletic
209	Portland St.	97.2	Big Sky
210	Brown	97.1	Ivy
211	Northern Arizona	97.1	Big Sky
212	Loyola Marymount	97.1	West Coast
213	Prairie View A&M	97.1	Southwestern Athl.
214	Monmouth	97.0	Metro Atlantic
215	Siena	96.9	Metro Atlantic
216	Illinois St.	96.8	Missouri Valley
217	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7	Western Athletic
218	Eastern Illinois	96.7	Ohio Valley
219	Arkansas St.	96.5	Sun Belt
220	Bucknell	96.4	Patriot
221	Green Bay	96.4	Horizon
222	North Dakota	96.4	Summit
223	Navy	96.4	Patriot
224	Canisius	96.2	Metro Atlantic
225	American	96.2	Patriot
226	Long Island	96.2	Northeast
227	UC Riverside	96.2	Big West
228	Albany	96.1	American East
229	Eastern Michigan	96.0	Mid-American
230	Bryant	96.0	Northeast
231	Robert Morris	96.0	Northeast
232	Rice	96.0	Conference USA
233	Montana St.	95.9	Big Sky
234	Grand Canyon	95.8	Western Athletic
235	UC Davis	95.8	Big West
236	Jacksonville St.	95.7	Ohio Valley
237	Youngstown St.	95.7	Horizon
238	Gardner-Webb	95.6	Big South
239	Western Michigan	95.5	Mid-American
240	Saint Joseph’s	95.4	Atlantic 10
241	Tennessee St.	95.4	Ohio Valley
242	Saint Peter’s	95.4	Metro Atlantic
243	Missouri-KC	95.4	Western Athletic
244	Mercer	95.4	Southern
245	Columbia	95.3	Ivy
246	Quinnipiac	95.3	Metro Atlantic
247	Fairfield	95.2	Metro Atlantic
248	Manhattan	95.2	Metro Atlantic
249	East Carolina	95.2	American Athletic
250	Milwaukee	95.1	Horizon
251	McNeese St.	95.1	Southland
252	Campbell	95.1	Big South
253	Jacksonville	94.9	Atlantic Sun
254	Illinois Chicago	94.7	Horizon
255	Texas Southern	94.7	Southwestern Athl.
256	Troy	94.5	Sun Belt
257	Iona	94.5	Metro Atlantic
258	UT Rio Grande Valley	94.4	Western Athletic
259	Louisiana Monroe	94.4	Sun Belt
260	Evansville	94.4	Missouri Valley
261	Purdue Fort Wayne	94.4	Summit
262	UMass Lowell	94.4	American East
263	Portland	94.3	West Coast
264	Lipscomb	94.2	Atlantic Sun
265	Fordham	94.2	Atlantic 10
266	Merrimack	94.0	Northeast
267	Louisiana	93.9	Sun Belt
268	NJIT	93.8	Atlantic Sun
269	Norfolk St.	93.8	Mideastern Athletic
270	Cal St. Fullerton	93.7	Big West
271	Lehigh	93.7	Patriot
272	Lamar	93.7	Southland
273	Southern Miss.	93.7	Conference USA
274	James Madison	93.7	Colonial Athletic
275	Weber St.	93.6	Big Sky
276	Samford	93.6	Southern
277	Cal St. Northridge	93.6	Big West
278	Loyola (MD)	93.6	Patriot
279	Detroit	93.5	Horizon
280	Mount St. Mary’s	93.5	Northeast
281	UNC Asheville	93.5	Big South
282	Utah Valley	93.3	Western Athletic
283	VMI	93.1	Southern
284	New Hampshire	93.1	American East
285	Morehead St.	93.0	Ohio Valley
286	Hartford	93.0	American East
287	North Alabama	92.9	Atlantic Sun
288	Cornell	92.6	Ivy
289	Middle Tennessee	92.5	Conference USA
290	Citadel	92.4	Southern
291	Wyoming	92.3	Mountain West
292	Niagara	92.1	Metro Atlantic
293	Idaho St.	92.1	Big Sky
294	North Carolina Central	92.1	Mideastern Athletic
295	Texas A&M CC	92.1	Southland
296	Bethune Cookman	92.0	Mideastern Athletic
297	San Jose St.	92.0	Mountain West
298	Alcorn St.	91.7	Southwestern Athl.
299	Charleston Southern	91.6	Big South
300	Army	91.6	Patriot
301	UM Baltimore Co.	91.4	American East
302	Grambling	91.4	Southwestern Athl.
303	North Carolina A&T	91.4	Mideastern Athletic
304	Idaho	91.3	Big Sky
305	St. Francis (NY)	91.2	Northeast
306	Long Beach St.	91.2	Big West
307	Elon	90.9	Colonial Athletic
308	UT-Martin	90.9	Ohio Valley
309	Florida Gulf Coast	90.8	Atlantic Sun
310	Morgan St.	90.8	Mideastern Athletic
311	Stetson	90.7	Atlantic Sun
312	Cal Poly	90.7	Big West
313	Central Arkansas	90.6	Southland
314	UNC Wilmington	90.6	Colonial Athletic
315	Fairleigh Dickinson	90.6	Northeast
316	New Orleans	90.5	Southland
317	Florida A&M	90.5	Mideastern Athletic
318	Southern	90.4	Southwestern Athl.
319	Cleveland St.	90.4	Horizon
320	Denver	90.0	Summit
321	Eastern Kentucky	90.0	Ohio Valley
322	USC Upstate	90.0	Big South
323	Wagner	89.9	Northeast
324	Longwood	89.7	Big South
325	IUPUI	89.6	Horizon
326	Hampton	89.4	Big South
327	Northwestern St.	89.3	Southland
328	South Carolina St.	89.2	Mideastern Athletic
329	Jackson St.	89.1	Southwestern Athl.
330	SE Missouri	89.1	Ohio Valley
331	Western Illinois	89.0	Summit
332	Coppin St.	88.7	Mideastern Athletic
333	SE Louisiana	88.6	Southland
334	Maine	88.4	American East
335	Presbyterian	88.4	Big South
336	Marist	88.0	Metro Atlantic
337	Binghamton	87.7	American East
338	Holy Cross	87.2	Patriot
339	SIU Edwardsville	86.9	Ohio Valley
340	Tennessee Tech	86.9	Ohio Valley
341	Alabama A&M	86.9	Southwestern Athl.
342	Alabama St.	86.6	Southwestern Athl.
343	High Point	85.0	Big South
344	Houston Baptist	84.8	Southland
345	Arkansas Pine Bluff	84.5	Southwestern Athl.
346	Kennesaw St.	83.7	Atlantic Sun
347	Incarnate Word	83.6	Southland
348	Howard	81.4	Mideastern Athletic
349	Central Connecticut	80.9	Northeast
350	MD Eastern Shore	80.7	Mideastern Athletic
351	Delaware St.	80.6	Mideastern Athletic
352	Mississippi Valley St.	77.6	Southwestern Athl.
353	Chicago St.	77.4	Western Athletic

 

Alphabetical

 

#	Team	PiRate	Conf.
1	Abilene Christian	97.5	Southland
2	Air Force	99.8	Mountain West
3	Akron	107.2	Mid-American
4	Alabama	111.6	Southeastern
5	Alabama A&M	86.9	Southwestern Athl.
6	Alabama St.	86.6	Southwestern Athl.
7	Albany	96.1	American East
8	Alcorn St.	91.7	Southwestern Athl.
9	American	96.2	Patriot
10	Appalachian St.	98.1	Sun Belt
11	Arizona	116.5	Pac-12
12	Arizona St.	107.7	Pac-12
13	Arkansas	112.8	Southeastern
14	Arkansas Pine Bluff	84.5	Southwestern Athl.
15	Arkansas St.	96.5	Sun Belt
16	Army	91.6	Patriot
17	Auburn	113.0	Southeastern
18	Austin Peay	99.8	Ohio Valley
19	Ball St.	104.8	Mid-American
20	Baylor	117.3	Big 12
21	Belmont	107.0	Ohio Valley
22	Bethune Cookman	92.0	Mideastern Athletic
23	Binghamton	87.7	American East
24	Boise St.	104.3	Mountain West
25	Boston College	99.9	Atlantic Coast
26	Boston U	99.2	Patriot
27	Bowling Green	100.2	Mid-American
28	Bradley	105.0	Missouri Valley
29	Brown	97.1	Ivy
30	Bryant	96.0	Northeast
31	Bucknell	96.4	Patriot
32	Buffalo	101.6	Mid-American
33	Butler	114.9	Big East
34	BYU	112.6	West Coast
35	Cal Poly	90.7	Big West
36	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7	Western Athletic
37	Cal St. Fullerton	93.7	Big West
38	Cal St. Northridge	93.6	Big West
39	California	99.1	Pac-12
40	California Baptist	99.7	Western Athletic
41	Campbell	95.1	Big South
42	Canisius	96.2	Metro Atlantic
43	Central Arkansas	90.6	Southland
44	Central Connecticut	80.9	Northeast
45	Central Florida	103.9	American Athletic
46	Central Michigan	99.1	Mid-American
47	Charleston	102.0	Colonial Athletic
48	Charleston Southern	91.6	Big South
49	Charlotte	99.8	Conference USA
50	Chattanooga	99.6	Southern
51	Chicago St.	77.4	Western Athletic
52	Cincinnati	110.0	American Athletic
53	Citadel	92.4	Southern
54	Clemson	107.5	Atlantic Coast
55	Cleveland St.	90.4	Horizon
56	Coastal Carolina	100.2	Sun Belt
57	Colgate	102.1	Patriot
58	Colorado	112.5	Pac-12
59	Colorado St.	104.0	Mountain West
60	Columbia	95.3	Ivy
61	Connecticut	107.0	American Athletic
62	Coppin St.	88.7	Mideastern Athletic
63	Cornell	92.6	Ivy
64	Creighton	111.4	Big East
65	Dartmouth	97.7	Ivy
66	Davidson	105.3	Atlantic 10
67	Dayton	116.5	Atlantic 10
68	Delaware	98.0	Colonial Athletic
69	Delaware St.	80.6	Mideastern Athletic
70	Denver	90.0	Summit
71	DePaul	108.4	Big East
72	Detroit	93.5	Horizon
73	Drake	100.5	Missouri Valley
74	Drexel	97.2	Colonial Athletic
75	Duke	121.2	Atlantic Coast
76	Duquesne	106.9	Atlantic 10
77	East Carolina	95.2	American Athletic
78	East Tennessee St.	108.8	Southern
79	Eastern Illinois	96.7	Ohio Valley
80	Eastern Kentucky	90.0	Ohio Valley
81	Eastern Michigan	96.0	Mid-American
82	Eastern Washington	99.9	Big Sky
83	Elon	90.9	Colonial Athletic
84	Evansville	94.4	Missouri Valley
85	Fairfield	95.2	Metro Atlantic
86	Fairleigh Dickinson	90.6	Northeast
87	Florida	113.0	Southeastern
88	Florida A&M	90.5	Mideastern Athletic
89	Florida Atlantic	97.9	Conference USA
90	Florida Gulf Coast	90.8	Atlantic Sun
91	Florida Int’l.	100.2	Conference USA
92	Florida St.	114.9	Atlantic Coast
93	Fordham	94.2	Atlantic 10
94	Fresno St.	102.6	Mountain West
95	Furman	106.4	Southern
96	Gardner-Webb	95.6	Big South
97	George Mason	100.6	Atlantic 10
98	George Washington	97.4	Atlantic 10
99	Georgetown	109.9	Big East
100	Georgia	107.1	Southeastern
101	Georgia Southern	101.5	Sun Belt
102	Georgia St.	104.8	Sun Belt
103	Georgia Tech	106.6	Atlantic Coast
104	Gonzaga	119.4	West Coast
105	Grambling	91.4	Southwestern Athl.
106	Grand Canyon	95.8	Western Athletic
107	Green Bay	96.4	Horizon
108	Hampton	89.4	Big South
109	Hartford	93.0	American East
110	Harvard	104.9	Ivy
111	Hawaii	99.6	Big West
112	High Point	85.0	Big South
113	Hofstra	101.6	Colonial Athletic
114	Holy Cross	87.2	Patriot
115	Houston	112.5	American Athletic
116	Houston Baptist	84.8	Southland
117	Howard	81.4	Mideastern Athletic
118	Idaho	91.3	Big Sky
119	Idaho St.	92.1	Big Sky
120	Illinois	111.7	Big Ten
121	Illinois Chicago	94.7	Horizon
122	Illinois St.	96.8	Missouri Valley
123	Incarnate Word	83.6	Southland
124	Indiana	111.6	Big Ten
125	Indiana St.	103.1	Missouri Valley
126	Iona	94.5	Metro Atlantic
127	Iowa	114.6	Big Ten
128	Iowa St.	108.7	Big 12
129	IUPUI	89.6	Horizon
130	Jackson St.	89.1	Southwestern Athl.
131	Jacksonville	94.9	Atlantic Sun
132	Jacksonville St.	95.7	Ohio Valley
133	James Madison	93.7	Colonial Athletic
134	Kansas	121.1	Big 12
135	Kansas St.	106.1	Big 12
136	Kennesaw St.	83.7	Atlantic Sun
137	Kent St.	104.3	Mid-American
138	Kentucky	113.6	Southeastern
139	La Salle	99.6	Atlantic 10
140	Lafayette	98.3	Patriot
141	Lamar	93.7	Southland
142	Lehigh	93.7	Patriot
143	Liberty	107.5	Atlantic Sun
144	Lipscomb	94.2	Atlantic Sun
145	Little Rock	101.5	Sun Belt
146	Long Beach St.	91.2	Big West
147	Long Island	96.2	Northeast
148	Longwood	89.7	Big South
149	Louisiana	93.9	Sun Belt
150	Louisiana Monroe	94.4	Sun Belt
151	Louisiana Tech	107.4	Conference USA
152	Louisville	116.7	Atlantic Coast
153	Loyola (Chi.)	105.2	Missouri Valley
154	Loyola Marymount	97.1	West Coast
155	Loyola (MD)	93.6	Patriot
156	LSU	112.4	Southeastern
157	Maine	88.4	American East
158	Manhattan	95.2	Metro Atlantic
159	Marist	88.0	Metro Atlantic
160	Marquette	112.6	Big East
161	Marshall	100.6	Conference USA
162	Maryland	115.8	Big Ten
163	Massachusetts	97.7	Atlantic 10
164	McNeese St.	95.1	Southland
165	MD Eastern Shore	80.7	Mideastern Athletic
166	Memphis	112.3	American Athletic
167	Mercer	95.4	Southern
168	Merrimack	94.0	Northeast
169	Miami (Fla.)	105.5	Atlantic Coast
170	Miami (O)	97.6	Mid-American
171	Michigan	113.3	Big Ten
172	Michigan St.	118.5	Big Ten
173	Middle Tennessee	92.5	Conference USA
174	Milwaukee	95.1	Horizon
175	Minnesota	111.5	Big Ten
176	Mississippi	104.7	Southeastern
177	Mississippi St.	110.7	Southeastern
178	Mississippi Valley St.	77.6	Southwestern Athl.
179	Missouri	108.0	Southeastern
180	Missouri-KC	95.4	Western Athletic
181	Missouri St.	100.8	Missouri Valley
182	Monmouth	97.0	Metro Atlantic
183	Montana	99.6	Big Sky
184	Montana St.	95.9	Big Sky
185	Morehead St.	93.0	Ohio Valley
186	Morgan St.	90.8	Mideastern Athletic
187	Mount St. Mary’s	93.5	Northeast
188	Murray St.	102.4	Ohio Valley
189	Navy	96.4	Patriot
190	Nebraska	102.9	Big Ten
191	Nevada	104.7	Mountain West
192	New Hampshire	93.1	American East
193	New Mexico	103.2	Mountain West
194	New Mexico St.	105.5	Western Athletic
195	New Orleans	90.5	Southland
196	Niagara	92.1	Metro Atlantic
197	Nicholls St.	98.2	Southland
198	NJIT	93.8	Atlantic Sun
199	Norfolk St.	93.8	Mideastern Athletic
200	North Alabama	92.9	Atlantic Sun
201	North Carolina	107.0	Atlantic Coast
202	North Carolina A&T	91.4	Mideastern Athletic
203	North Carolina Central	92.1	Mideastern Athletic
204	North Carolina St.	110.5	Atlantic Coast
205	North Dakota	96.4	Summit
206	North Dakota St.	101.2	Summit
207	North Florida	99.6	Atlantic Sun
208	North Texas	105.4	Conference USA
209	Northeastern	101.5	Colonial Athletic
210	Northern Arizona	97.1	Big Sky
211	Northern Colorado	102.9	Big Sky
212	Northern Illinois	98.8	Mid-American
213	Northern Iowa	108.8	Missouri Valley
214	Northern Kentucky	103.7	Horizon
215	Northwestern	104.2	Big Ten
216	Northwestern St.	89.3	Southland
217	Notre Dame	108.9	Atlantic Coast
218	Oakland	97.3	Horizon
219	Ohio	97.5	Mid-American
220	Ohio St.	115.5	Big Ten
221	Oklahoma	110.3	Big 12
222	Oklahoma St.	107.5	Big 12
223	Old Dominion	99.6	Conference USA
224	Omaha	97.6	Summit
225	Oral Roberts	103.0	Summit
226	Oregon	113.7	Pac-12
227	Oregon St.	107.7	Pac-12
228	Pacific	100.8	West Coast
229	Penn	101.0	Ivy
230	Penn St.	112.8	Big Ten
231	Pepperdine	100.7	West Coast
232	Pittsburgh	107.3	Atlantic Coast
233	Portland	94.3	West Coast
234	Portland St.	97.2	Big Sky
235	Prairie View A&M	97.1	Southwestern Athl.
236	Presbyterian	88.4	Big South
237	Princeton	98.3	Ivy
238	Providence	108.0	Big East
239	Purdue	113.2	Big Ten
240	Purdue Fort Wayne	94.4	Summit
241	Quinnipiac	95.3	Metro Atlantic
242	Radford	101.7	Big South
243	Rhode Island	107.7	Atlantic 10
244	Rice	96.0	Conference USA
245	Richmond	107.8	Atlantic 10
246	Rider	98.3	Metro Atlantic
247	Robert Morris	96.0	Northeast
248	Rutgers	112.5	Big Ten
249	Sacramento St.	97.7	Big Sky
250	Sacred Heart	97.3	Northeast
251	Saint Joseph’s	95.4	Atlantic 10
252	Saint Louis	105.5	Atlantic 10
253	Saint Mary’s	110.8	West Coast
254	Saint Peter’s	95.4	Metro Atlantic
255	Sam Houston St.	99.8	Southland
256	Samford	93.6	Southern
257	San Diego	97.7	West Coast
258	San Diego St.	115.0	Mountain West
259	San Francisco	105.0	West Coast
260	San Jose St.	92.0	Mountain West
261	Santa Clara	101.4	West Coast
262	SE Louisiana	88.6	Southland
263	SE Missouri	89.1	Ohio Valley
264	Seattle	97.3	Western Athletic
265	Seton Hall	115.9	Big East
266	Siena	96.9	Metro Atlantic
267	SIU Edwardsville	86.9	Ohio Valley
268	SMU	107.0	American Athletic
269	South Alabama	99.4	Sun Belt
270	South Carolina	105.6	Southeastern
271	South Carolina St.	89.2	Mideastern Athletic
272	South Dakota	98.3	Summit
273	South Dakota St.	101.8	Summit
274	South Florida	103.1	American Athletic
275	Southern	90.4	Southwestern Athl.
276	Southern Illinois	99.2	Missouri Valley
277	Southern Miss.	93.7	Conference USA
278	Southern Utah	101.4	Big Sky
279	St. Bonaventure	103.1	Atlantic 10
280	St. Francis (NY)	91.2	Northeast
281	St. Francis (PA)	99.5	Northeast
282	St. John’s	107.6	Big East
283	Stanford	110.9	Pac-12
284	Stephen F. Austin	102.8	Southland
285	Stetson	90.7	Atlantic Sun
286	Stony Brook	102.6	American East
287	Syracuse	109.2	Atlantic Coast
288	TCU	107.6	Big 12
289	Temple	106.6	American Athletic
290	Tennessee	108.9	Southeastern
291	Tennessee St.	95.4	Ohio Valley
292	Tennessee Tech	86.9	Ohio Valley
293	Texas	108.5	Big 12
294	Texas A&M	101.3	Southeastern
295	Texas A&M CC	92.1	Southland
296	Texas Southern	94.7	Southwestern Athl.
297	Texas St.	102.9	Sun Belt
298	Texas Tech	113.7	Big 12
299	Toledo	104.1	Mid-American
300	Towson	99.8	Colonial Athletic
301	Troy	94.5	Sun Belt
302	Tulane	100.3	American Athletic
303	Tulsa	104.8	American Athletic
304	UAB	99.6	Conference USA
305	UC Davis	95.8	Big West
306	UC Irvine	103.8	Big West
307	UC Riverside	96.2	Big West
308	UC Santa Barbara	100.5	Big West
309	UCLA	103.0	Pac-12
310	UM Baltimore Co.	91.4	American East
311	UMass Lowell	94.4	American East
312	UNC Asheville	93.5	Big South
313	UNC Greensboro	107.7	Southern
314	UNC Wilmington	90.6	Colonial Athletic
315	UNLV	102.6	Mountain West
316	USC	108.5	Pac-12
317	USC Upstate	90.0	Big South
318	UT Arlington	103.3	Southland
319	UT Rio Grande Valley	94.4	Western Athletic
320	UT-Martin	90.9	Ohio Valley
321	Utah	103.7	Pac-12
322	Utah St.	108.9	Mountain West
323	Utah Valley	93.3	Western Athletic
324	UTEP	100.7	Conference USA
325	UTSA	99.2	Conference USA
326	Valparaiso	100.3	Missouri Valley
327	Vanderbilt	100.3	Southeastern
328	VCU	110.6	Atlantic 10
329	Vermont	107.3	American East
330	Villanova	112.5	Big East
331	Virginia	109.8	Atlantic Coast
332	Virginia Tech	108.9	Atlantic Coast
333	VMI	93.1	Southern
334	Wagner	89.9	Northeast
335	Wake Forest	104.3	Atlantic Coast
336	Washington	110.5	Pac-12
337	Washington St.	103.3	Pac-12
338	Weber St.	93.6	Big Sky
339	West Virginia	115.8	Big 12
340	Western Carolina	100.4	Southern
341	Western Illinois	89.0	Summit
342	Western Kentucky	104.3	Conference USA
343	Western Michigan	95.5	Mid-American
344	Wichita St.	111.1	Big East
345	William & Mary	100.8	Colonial Athletic
346	Winthrop	102.0	Big South
347	Wisconsin	112.3	Big Ten
348	Wofford	101.9	Southern
349	Wright St.	103.4	Horizon
350	Wyoming	92.3	Mountain West
351	Xavier	109.0	Big East
352	Yale	108.5	Ivy
353	Youngstown St.	95.7	Horizon

 

 

PiRate Ratings By Conference

 

#	American Athletic	PiRate
1	Houston	112.5
2	Memphis	112.3
3	Cincinnati	110.0
4	Connecticut	107.0
5	SMU	107.0
6	Temple	106.6
7	Tulsa	104.8
8	Central Florida	103.9
9	South Florida	103.1
10	Tulane	100.3
11	East Carolina	95.2
Avg	American Athletic	105.7
#	American East	PiRate
1	Vermont	107.3
2	Stony Brook	102.6
3	Albany	96.1
4	UMass Lowell	94.4
5	New Hampshire	93.1
6	Hartford	93.0
7	UM Baltimore Co.	91.4
8	Maine	88.4
9	Binghamton	87.7
Avg	American East	94.9
#	Atlantic 10	PiRate
1	Dayton	116.5
2	VCU	110.6
3	Richmond	107.8
4	Rhode Island	107.7
5	Duquesne	106.9
6	Saint Louis	105.5
7	Davidson	105.3
8	St. Bonaventure	103.1
9	George Mason	100.6
10	La Salle	99.6
11	Massachusetts	97.7
12	George Washington	97.4
13	Saint Joseph’s	95.4
14	Fordham	94.2
Avg.	Atlantic 10	103.5
#	Atlantic Coast	PiRate
1	Duke	121.2
2	Louisville	116.7
3	Florida St.	114.9
4	North Carolina St.	110.5
5	Virginia	109.8
6	Syracuse	109.2
7	Virginia Tech	108.9
8	Notre Dame	108.9
9	Clemson	107.5
10	Pittsburgh	107.3
11	North Carolina	107.0
12	Georgia Tech	106.6
13	Miami (Fla.)	105.5
14	Wake Forest	104.3
15	Boston College	99.9
Avg	Atlantic Coast	109.2
#	Atlantic Sun	PiRate
1	Liberty	107.5
2	North Florida	99.6
3	Jacksonville	94.9
4	Lipscomb	94.2
5	NJIT	93.8
6	North Alabama	92.9
7	Florida Gulf Coast	90.8
8	Stetson	90.7
9	Kennesaw St.	83.7
Avg	Atlantic Sun	94.2
#	Big 12	PiRate
1	Kansas	121.1
2	Baylor	117.3
3	West Virginia	115.8
4	Texas Tech	113.7
5	Oklahoma	110.3
6	Iowa St.	108.7
7	Texas	108.5
8	TCU	107.6
9	Oklahoma St.	107.5
10	Kansas St.	106.1
Avg	Big 12	111.7
#	Big East	PiRate
1	Seton Hall	115.9
2	Butler	114.9
3	Marquette	112.6
4	Villanova	112.5
5	Creighton	111.4
6	Wichita St.	111.1
7	Georgetown	109.9
8	Xavier	109.0
9	DePaul	108.4
10	Providence	108.0
11	St. John’s	107.6
Avg	Big East	111.0
#	Big Sky	PiRate
1	Northern Colorado	102.9
2	Southern Utah	101.4
3	Eastern Washington	99.9
4	Montana	99.6
5	Sacramento St.	97.7
6	Portland St.	97.2
7	Northern Arizona	97.1
8	Montana St.	95.9
9	Weber St.	93.6
10	Idaho St.	92.1
11	Idaho	91.3
#	Big Sky	97.1
#	Big South	PiRate
1	Winthrop	102.0
2	Radford	101.7
3	Gardner-Webb	95.6
4	Campbell	95.1
5	UNC Asheville	93.5
6	Charleston Southern	91.6
7	USC Upstate	90.0
8	Longwood	89.7
9	Hampton	89.4
10	Presbyterian	88.4
11	High Point	85.0
Avg	Big South	92.9
#	Big Ten	PiRate
1	Michigan St.	118.5
2	Maryland	115.8
3	Ohio St.	115.5
4	Iowa	114.6
5	Michigan	113.3
6	Purdue	113.2
7	Penn St.	112.8
8	Rutgers	112.5
9	Wisconsin	112.3
10	Illinois	111.7
11	Indiana	111.6
12	Minnesota	111.5
13	Northwestern	104.2
14	Nebraska	102.9
Avg	Big Ten	112.2
#	Big West	PiRate
1	UC Irvine	103.8
2	UC Santa Barbara	100.5
3	Hawaii	99.6
4	UC Riverside	96.2
5	UC Davis	95.8
6	Cal St. Fullerton	93.7
7	Cal St. Northridge	93.6
8	Long Beach St.	91.2
9	Cal Poly	90.7
Avg	Big West	96.1
#	Colonial Athletic	PiRate
1	Charleston	102.0
2	Hofstra	101.6
3	Northeastern	101.5
4	William & Mary	100.8
5	Towson	99.8
6	Delaware	98.0
7	Drexel	97.2
8	James Madison	93.7
9	Elon	90.9
10	UNC Wilmington	90.6
Avg	Colonial Athletic	97.6
#	Conference USA	PiRate
1	Louisiana Tech	107.4
2	North Texas	105.4
3	Western Kentucky	104.3
4	UTEP	100.7
5	Marshall	100.6
6	Florida Int’l.	100.2
7	Charlotte	99.8
8	Old Dominion	99.6
9	UAB	99.6
10	UTSA	99.2
11	Florida Atlantic	97.9
12	Rice	96.0
13	Southern Miss.	93.7
14	Middle Tennessee	92.5
Avg	Conference USA	99.8
#	Horizon	PiRate
1	Northern Kentucky	103.7
2	Wright St.	103.4
3	Oakland	97.3
4	Green Bay	96.4
5	Youngstown St.	95.7
6	Milwaukee	95.1
7	Illinois Chicago	94.7
8	Detroit	93.5
9	Cleveland St.	90.4
10	IUPUI	89.6
Avg	Horizon	96.0
#	Ivy	PiRate
1	Yale	108.5
2	Harvard	104.9
3	Penn	101.0
4	Princeton	98.3
5	Dartmouth	97.7
6	Brown	97.1
7	Columbia	95.3
8	Cornell	92.6
Avg	Ivy	99.4
#	Metro Atlantic	PiRate
1	Rider	98.3
2	Monmouth	97.0
3	Siena	96.9
4	Canisius	96.2
5	Saint Peter’s	95.4
6	Quinnipiac	95.3
7	Fairfield	95.2
8	Manhattan	95.2
9	Iona	94.5
10	Niagara	92.1
11	Marist	88.0
Avg	Metro Atlantic	94.9
#	Mid-American	PiRate
1	Akron	107.2
2	Ball St.	104.8
3	Kent St.	104.3
4	Toledo	104.1
5	Buffalo	101.6
6	Bowling Green	100.2
7	Central Michigan	99.1
8	Northern Illinois	98.8
9	Miami (O)	97.6
10	Ohio	97.5
11	Eastern Michigan	96.0
12	Western Michigan	95.5
Avg	Mid-American	100.6
#	Mideastern Athletic	PiRate
1	Norfolk St.	93.8
2	North Carolina Central	92.1
3	Bethune Cookman	92.0
4	North Carolina A&T	91.4
5	Morgan St.	90.8
6	Florida A&M	90.5
7	South Carolina St.	89.2
8	Coppin St.	88.7
9	Howard	81.4
10	MD Eastern Shore	80.7
11	Delaware St.	80.6
Avg	Mideastern Athletic	88.3
#	Missouri Valley	PiRate
1	Northern Iowa	108.8
2	Loyola (Chi.)	105.2
3	Bradley	105.0
4	Indiana St.	103.1
5	Missouri St.	100.8
6	Drake	100.5
7	Valparaiso	100.3
8	Southern Illinois	99.2
9	Illinois St.	96.8
10	Evansville	94.4
Avg	Missouri Valley	101.4
#	Mountain West	PiRate
1	San Diego St.	115.0
2	Utah St.	108.9
3	Nevada	104.7
4	Boise St.	104.3
5	Colorado St.	104.0
6	New Mexico	103.2
7	UNLV	102.6
8	Fresno St.	102.6
9	Air Force	99.8
10	Wyoming	92.3
11	San Jose St.	92.0
Avg	Mountain West	102.7
#	Northeast	PiRate
1	St. Francis (PA)	99.5
2	Sacred Heart	97.3
3	Long Island	96.2
4	Bryant	96.0
5	Robert Morris	96.0
6	Merrimack	94.0
7	Mount St. Mary’s	93.5
8	St. Francis (NY)	91.2
9	Fairleigh Dickinson	90.6
10	Wagner	89.9
11	Central Connecticut	80.9
Avg	Northeast	93.2
#	Ohio Valley	PiRate
1	Belmont	107.0
2	Murray St.	102.4
3	Austin Peay	99.8
4	Eastern Illinois	96.7
5	Jacksonville St.	95.7
6	Tennessee St.	95.4
7	Morehead St.	93.0
8	UT-Martin	90.9
9	Eastern Kentucky	90.0
10	SE Missouri	89.1
11	SIU Edwardsville	86.9
12	Tennessee Tech	86.9
Avg	Ohio Valley	94.5
#	Pac-12	PiRate
1	Arizona	116.5
2	Oregon	113.7
3	Colorado	112.5
4	Stanford	110.9
5	Washington	110.5
6	USC	108.5
7	Oregon St.	107.7
8	Arizona St.	107.7
9	Utah	103.7
10	Washington St.	103.3
11	UCLA	103.0
12	California	99.1
Avg	Pac-12	108.1
#	Patriot	PiRate
1	Colgate	102.1
2	Boston U	99.2
3	Lafayette	98.3
4	Bucknell	96.4
5	Navy	96.4
6	American	96.2
7	Lehigh	93.7
8	Loyola (MD)	93.6
9	Army	91.6
10	Holy Cross	87.2
Avg	Patriot	95.5
#	Southeastern	PiRate
1	Kentucky	113.6
2	Auburn	113.0
3	Florida	113.0
4	Arkansas	112.8
5	LSU	112.4
6	Alabama	111.6
7	Mississippi St.	110.7
8	Tennessee	108.9
9	Missouri	108.0
10	Georgia	107.1
11	South Carolina	105.6
12	Mississippi	104.7
13	Texas A&M	101.3
14	Vanderbilt	100.3
Avg	Southeastern	108.8
#	Southern	PiRate
1	East Tennessee St.	108.8
2	UNC Greensboro	107.7
3	Furman	106.4
4	Wofford	101.9
5	Western Carolina	100.4
6	Chattanooga	99.6
7	Mercer	95.4
8	Samford	93.6
9	VMI	93.1
10	Citadel	92.4
Avg	Southern	99.9
#	Southland	PiRate
1	UT Arlington	103.3
2	Stephen F. Austin	102.8
3	Sam Houston St.	99.8
4	Nicholls St.	98.2
5	Abilene Christian	97.5
6	McNeese St.	95.1
7	Lamar	93.7
8	Texas A&M CC	92.1
9	Central Arkansas	90.6
10	New Orleans	90.5
11	Northwestern St.	89.3
12	SE Louisiana	88.6
13	Houston Baptist	84.8
14	Incarnate Word	83.6
Avg	Southland	93.6
#	Southwestern Athletic	PiRate
1	Prairie View A&M	97.1
2	Texas Southern	94.7
3	Alcorn St.	91.7
4	Grambling	91.4
5	Southern	90.4
6	Jackson St.	89.1
7	Alabama A&M	86.9
8	Alabama St.	86.6
9	Arkansas Pine Bluff	84.5
10	Mississippi Valley St.	77.6
Avg	Southwestern Athletic	89.0
#	Summit	PiRate
1	Oral Roberts	103.0
2	South Dakota St.	101.8
3	North Dakota St.	101.2
4	South Dakota	98.3
5	Omaha	97.6
6	North Dakota	96.4
7	Purdue Fort Wayne	94.4
8	Denver	90.0
9	Western Illinois	89.0
Avg	Summit	96.9
#	Sun Belt	PiRate
1	Georgia St.	104.8
2	Texas St.	102.9
3	Georgia Southern	101.5
4	Little Rock	101.5
5	Coastal Carolina	100.2
6	South Alabama	99.4
7	Appalachian St.	98.1
8	Arkansas St.	96.5
9	Troy	94.5
10	Louisiana Monroe	94.4
11	Louisiana	93.9
Avg	Sun Belt	98.9
#	West Coast	PiRate
1	Gonzaga	119.4
2	BYU	112.6
3	Saint Mary’s	110.8
4	San Francisco	105.0
5	Santa Clara	101.4
6	Pacific	100.8
7	Pepperdine	100.7
8	San Diego	97.7
9	Loyola Marymount	97.1
10	Portland	94.3
Avg	West Coast	104.0
#	Western Athletic	PiRate
1	New Mexico St.	105.5
2	California Baptist	99.7
3	Seattle	97.3
4	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7
5	Grand Canyon	95.8
6	Missouri-KC	95.4
7	UT Rio Grande Valley	94.4
8	Utah Valley	93.3
9	Chicago St.	77.4
Avg	Western Athletic	95.1

 

 

Conference Ratings

#	Conference	PiRate
1	Big Ten	112.2
2	Big 12	111.7
3	Big East	111.0
4	Atlantic Coast	109.2
5	Southeastern	108.8
6	Pac-12	108.1
7	American Athletic	105.7
8	West Coast	104.0
9	Atlantic 10	103.5
10	Mountain West	102.7
11	Missouri Valley	101.4
12	Mid-American	100.6
13	Southern	99.9
14	Conference USA	99.8
15	Ivy	99.4
16	Sun Belt	98.9
17	Colonial Athletic	97.6
18	Big Sky	97.1
19	Summit	96.9
20	Big West	96.1
21	Horizon	96.0
22	Patriot	95.5
23	Western Athletic	95.1
24	Metro Atlantic	94.9
25	American East	94.9
26	Ohio Valley	94.5
27	Atlantic Sun	94.2
28	Southland	93.6
29	Northeast	93.2
30	Big South	92.9
31	Southwestern Athletic	89.0
32	Mideastern Athletic	88.3

 

Two Mid-Major Games Worth Watching Tonight

 

You won’t see these two games being hyped by the national media tonight, but if you want to see two excellent games between Mid-Major teams that could be in the NCAA Tournament, you will be entertained by these two contests:

At 7 PM Eastern Time, Winthrop (5-0/11-7) visits rival Radford (5-0/10-7) in a battle for first place in the Big South Conference.

Also at 7 PM Eastern Time, Bucknell (4-2/8-11) visits Colgate (5-1/14-5) in a battle for supremacy in the Patriot League.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For January 14, 2020

Power Conference & Top 25 Teams Playing Tuesday

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Ohio St.	Nebraska	16.6
Clemson	Duke	-11.9
Pittsburgh	Louisville	-5.6
Florida	Ole Miss	10.7
Texas A&M	LSU	-6.9
Dayton	VCU	8.8
Kansas St.	Texas Tech	-3.6
Tulane	Central Florida	1.4
Northwestern	Iowa	-6.2
Villanova	DePaul	9.6
Oklahoma	Kansas	-6.6
Wisconsin	Maryland	0.9
West Virginia	TCU	9.5
Mississippi St.	Missouri	2.8
Wake Forest	Virginia Tech	-1.6
Nevada	Wyoming	16.2
Fresno St.	San Diego St.	-8.6

PiRate College Football Ratings: Final For 2019-2020 Season

Final PiRate Ratings for 2019-2020

January 14, 2020

 

Congratulations to the LSU Tigers–2019-2020 NCAA FBS National Champions

 

PiRate Ratings
#	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
1	L S U	142.1	140.5	142.9	141.8
2	Ohio St.	141.3	140.2	142.0	141.2
3	Clemson	139.0	137.5	140.2	138.9
4	Alabama	130.2	127.4	130.7	129.4
5	Georgia	126.5	124.9	126.7	126.0
6	Florida	125.1	122.8	124.9	124.2
7	Michigan	124.2	122.6	124.3	123.7
8	Wisconsin	122.6	122.5	123.0	122.7
9	Oregon	122.1	122.0	122.9	122.3
10	Notre Dame	122.1	121.4	122.5	122.0
11	Utah	121.8	120.9	122.4	121.7
12	Penn St.	121.5	120.8	121.8	121.4
13	Auburn	121.7	119.9	121.2	120.9
14	Oklahoma	121.1	120.5	120.8	120.8
15	Iowa	120.1	118.8	119.9	119.6
16	Minnesota	118.4	118.0	118.0	118.1
17	Baylor	117.3	117.1	116.4	116.9
18	Washington	115.5	115.2	116.4	115.7
19	Texas	113.6	113.9	113.5	113.7
20	Texas A&M	115.0	112.5	113.2	113.6
21	Kentucky	112.5	111.6	112.0	112.0
22	Central Florida	111.7	111.2	112.2	111.7
23	Iowa St.	111.6	111.7	111.2	111.5
24	Kansas St.	111.1	111.1	110.9	111.0
25	Virginia Tech	110.4	110.2	110.8	110.5
26	Tennessee	110.7	110.4	110.1	110.4
27	North Carolina	110.2	110.1	110.9	110.4
28	Oklahoma St.	110.4	110.8	109.8	110.3
29	Memphis	110.0	110.1	110.7	110.3
30	U S C	109.3	109.7	109.9	109.7
31	Indiana	109.9	108.9	109.5	109.4
32	Appalachian St.	109.1	108.7	108.3	108.7
33	Missouri	109.9	107.5	108.5	108.6
34	Washington St.	108.8	108.1	108.7	108.5
35	T C U	107.7	109.7	107.9	108.4
36	Cincinnati	108.3	107.9	108.5	108.2
37	Virginia	108.1	107.9	108.5	108.2
38	South Carolina	109.0	107.1	108.0	108.0
39	Arizona St.	108.0	107.5	108.4	108.0
40	Mississippi St.	108.0	104.9	111.0	108.0
41	Ole Miss	107.8	106.9	108.1	107.6
42	Michigan St.	107.7	106.8	106.8	107.1
43	Air Force	105.8	107.5	106.9	106.7
44	Nebraska	106.3	106.5	105.6	106.1
45	Boise St.	105.7	106.1	106.0	105.9
46	California	104.7	104.7	105.3	104.9
47	Florida St.	104.7	104.4	104.6	104.6
48	Texas Tech	104.6	104.9	103.7	104.4
49	Florida Atlantic	103.7	103.9	105.0	104.2
50	Navy	102.9	105.1	104.4	104.1
51	Purdue	104.1	103.9	103.7	103.9
52	Louisiana	103.0	103.1	102.6	102.9
53	Wake Forest	103.1	102.4	103.2	102.9
54	Northwestern	103.4	102.6	102.1	102.7
55	SMU	102.4	102.3	103.0	102.6
56	West Virginia	102.7	102.7	102.3	102.5
57	Miami (Fla.)	102.3	101.8	102.6	102.2
58	Louisville	102.0	101.5	102.2	101.9
59	Pittsburgh	102.1	101.5	101.9	101.8
60	BYU	101.9	102.1	101.2	101.7
61	Oregon St.	101.2	102.1	101.5	101.6
62	Illinois	101.2	101.6	100.7	101.2
63	Stanford	101.6	100.6	100.8	101.0
64	Tulane	100.6	100.8	101.2	100.9
65	San Diego St.	100.1	101.7	100.1	100.6
66	Wyoming	99.7	101.4	100.1	100.4
67	Boston College	99.5	99.0	99.6	99.4
68	Syracuse	99.7	98.9	98.9	99.2
69	Duke	99.4	98.6	99.1	99.0
70	Colorado	98.6	98.5	98.7	98.6
71	U C L A	98.7	98.3	98.2	98.4
72	Ohio	98.4	97.8	98.9	98.4
73	Georgia Southern	97.9	98.0	97.5	97.8
74	Hawaii	97.0	98.3	96.4	97.2
75	Temple	96.9	96.8	98.0	97.2
76	Western Michigan	97.4	96.5	96.9	96.9
77	Arizona	97.0	96.8	96.8	96.9
78	Buffalo	95.7	96.4	97.2	96.4
79	Louisiana Tech	96.1	96.3	96.2	96.2
80	Western Kentucky	95.5	96.0	96.7	96.1
81	Houston	94.8	95.7	96.4	95.6
82	Utah St.	95.6	95.2	95.7	95.5
83	Tulsa	94.1	95.1	95.4	94.9
84	Kansas	93.7	94.7	93.8	94.1
85	Maryland	93.5	92.6	92.0	92.7
86	Fresno St.	92.4	93.4	92.2	92.7
87	Army	92.8	93.0	92.0	92.6
88	Southern Miss.	92.7	92.0	92.7	92.5
89	Marshall	91.9	91.6	92.4	92.0
90	North Carolina St.	92.3	91.4	91.6	91.8
91	Vanderbilt	92.5	90.9	90.9	91.4
92	Liberty	90.6	91.9	91.0	91.1
93	Ball St.	91.0	90.7	91.2	91.0
94	Arkansas St.	90.5	91.0	90.4	90.6
95	Miami (Ohio)	90.6	89.9	91.0	90.5
96	Central Michigan	89.6	90.2	90.6	90.1
97	Nevada	89.8	91.1	89.1	90.0
98	Georgia Tech	90.2	88.9	90.2	89.8
99	Kent St.	89.0	89.1	89.8	89.3
100	Colorado St.	88.0	91.2	88.7	89.3
101	Troy	89.6	89.8	88.1	89.2
102	South Florida	88.8	89.3	88.9	89.0
103	Middle Tennessee	88.9	88.5	89.2	88.9
104	San Jose St.	87.9	89.7	88.1	88.6
105	Florida Int’l.	88.6	88.4	88.6	88.5
106	Eastern Michigan	88.1	88.3	88.6	88.4
107	Georgia St.	88.2	89.0	87.2	88.1
108	Arkansas	88.0	87.8	87.3	87.7
109	Northern Illinois	87.5	86.9	87.8	87.4
110	U A B	86.6	88.2	87.2	87.3
111	Charlotte	87.0	87.3	87.6	87.3
112	Coastal Carolina	86.9	87.8	86.3	87.0
113	Louisiana-Monroe	86.7	87.4	86.4	86.9
114	North Texas	86.3	86.0	86.2	86.2
115	Rutgers	85.1	84.6	83.6	84.4
116	U N L V	83.7	85.4	83.5	84.2
117	Toledo	84.0	83.9	84.1	84.0
118	Rice	82.4	83.7	82.4	82.8
119	East Carolina	82.4	83.6	82.3	82.8
120	New Mexico	79.7	81.7	78.6	80.0
121	Texas St.	79.2	79.9	78.9	79.3
122	South Alabama	77.0	79.5	77.0	77.8
123	Texas-San Antonio	76.1	77.9	76.5	76.8
124	New Mexico St.	75.6	77.3	75.2	76.0
125	Old Dominion	73.5	73.5	73.2	73.4
126	Connecticut	71.3	73.9	70.8	72.0
127	U T E P	68.5	71.8	68.6	69.6
128	Bowling Green	68.1	67.5	67.8	67.8
129	Akron	62.8	62.5	61.7	62.3
130	Massachusetts	56.7	58.2	55.7	56.9

 

By Conference

 

American Athletic Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	AAC	Overall
Central Florida	111.7	111.2	112.2	111.7	6-2	10-3
Cincinnati	108.3	107.9	108.5	108.2	7-1	11-3
Temple	96.9	96.8	98.0	97.2	5-3	8-5
South Florida	88.8	89.3	88.9	89.0	2-6	4-8
East Carolina	82.4	83.6	82.3	82.8	1-7	4-8
Connecticut	71.3	73.9	70.8	72.0	0-8	2-10
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	AAC	Overall
Memphis	110.0	110.1	110.7	110.3	7-1	12-2
Navy	102.9	105.1	104.4	104.1	7-1	11-2
SMU	102.4	102.3	103.0	102.6	6-2	10-3
Tulane	100.6	100.8	101.2	100.9	3-5	7-6
Houston	94.8	95.7	96.4	95.6	2-6	4-8
Tulsa	94.1	95.1	95.4	94.9	2-6	4-8
AAC Averages	97.0	97.6	97.6	97.4
Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	ACC	Overall
Clemson	139.0	137.5	140.2	138.9	8-0	14-1
Florida St.	104.7	104.4	104.6	104.6	4-4	6-7
Wake Forest	103.1	102.4	103.2	102.9	4-4	8-5
Louisville	102.0	101.5	102.2	101.9	5-3	8-5
Boston College	99.5	99.0	99.6	99.4	4-4	7-6
Syracuse	99.7	98.9	98.9	99.2	2-6	5-7
North Carolina St.	92.3	91.4	91.6	91.8	1-7	4-8
Coastal Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	ACC	Overall
Virginia Tech	110.4	110.2	110.8	110.5	5-3	8-5
North Carolina	110.2	110.1	110.9	110.4	4-4	7-6
Virginia	108.1	107.9	108.5	108.2	6-2	9-5
Miami (Fla.)	102.3	101.8	102.6	102.2	4-4	6-7
Pittsburgh	102.1	101.5	101.9	101.8	4-4	8-5
Duke	99.4	98.6	99.1	99.0	3-5	5-7
Georgia Tech	90.2	88.9	90.2	89.8	2-6	3-9
ACC Averages	104.5	103.9	104.6	104.3
Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	B12	Overall
Oklahoma	121.1	120.5	120.8	120.8	8-1	12-2
Baylor	117.3	117.1	116.4	116.9	8-1	11-3
Texas	113.6	113.9	113.5	113.7	5-4	8-5
Iowa St.	111.6	111.7	111.2	111.5	5-4	7-6
Kansas St.	111.1	111.1	110.9	111.0	5-4	8-5
Oklahoma St.	110.4	110.8	109.8	110.3	5-4	8-5
T C U	107.7	109.7	107.9	108.4	3-6	5-7
Texas Tech	104.6	104.9	103.7	104.4	2-7	4-8
West Virginia	102.7	102.7	102.3	102.5	3-6	5-7
Kansas	93.7	94.7	93.8	94.1	1-8	3-9
Big 12 Averages	109.4	109.7	109.0	109.4
Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Ohio St.	141.3	140.2	142.0	141.2	9-0	13-1
Michigan	124.2	122.6	124.3	123.7	6-3	9-4
Penn St.	121.5	120.8	121.8	121.4	7-2	11-2
Indiana	109.9	108.9	109.5	109.4	5-4	8-5
Michigan St.	107.7	106.8	106.8	107.1	4-5	7-6
Maryland	93.5	92.6	92.0	92.7	1-8	3-9
Rutgers	85.1	84.6	83.6	84.4	0-9	2-10
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Wisconsin	122.6	122.5	123.0	122.7	7-2	10-4
Iowa	120.1	118.8	119.9	119.6	6-3	10-3
Minnesota	118.4	118.0	118.0	118.1	7-2	11-2
Nebraska	106.3	106.5	105.6	106.1	3-6	5-7
Purdue	104.1	103.9	103.7	103.9	3-6	4-8
Northwestern	103.4	102.6	102.1	102.7	1-8	3-9
Illinois	101.2	101.6	100.7	101.2	4-5	6-7
Big Ten Averages	111.4	110.7	110.9	111.0
Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	CUSA	Overall
Florida Atlantic	103.7	103.9	105.0	104.2	7-1	11-3
Western Kentucky	95.5	96.0	96.7	96.1	6-2	8-5
Marshall	91.9	91.6	92.4	92.0	6-2	8-5
Middle Tennessee	88.9	88.5	89.2	88.9	3-5	4-8
Florida Int’l.	88.6	88.4	88.6	88.5	4-4	6-7
Charlotte	87.0	87.3	87.6	87.3	5-3	7-6
Old Dominion	73.5	73.5	73.2	73.4	0-8	1-11
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	CUSA	Overall
Louisiana Tech	96.1	96.3	96.2	96.2	6-2	10-3
Southern Miss.	92.7	92.0	92.7	92.5	5-3	7-6
U A B	86.6	88.2	87.2	87.3	6-2	9-5
North Texas	86.3	86.0	86.2	86.2	3-5	4-8
Rice	82.4	83.7	82.4	82.8	3-5	3-9
Texas-San Antonio	76.1	77.9	76.5	76.8	3-5	4-8
U T E P	68.5	71.8	68.6	69.6	0-8	1-11
CUSA Averages	87.0	87.5	87.3	87.3
FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	Conf.	Overall
Notre Dame	122.1	121.4	122.5	122.0	x	11-2
BYU	101.9	102.1	101.2	101.7	x	7-6
Army	92.8	93.0	92.0	92.6	x	5-8
Liberty	90.6	91.9	91.0	91.1	x	8-5
New Mexico St.	75.6	77.3	75.2	76.0	x	2-10
Massachusetts	56.7	58.2	55.7	56.9	x	1-11
Indep. Averages	89.9	90.6	89.6	90.1
Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MAC	Overall
Ohio	98.4	97.8	98.9	98.4	5-3	7-6
Buffalo	95.7	96.4	97.2	96.4	5-3	8-5
Miami (Ohio)	90.6	89.9	91.0	90.5	6-2	8-6
Kent St.	89.0	89.1	89.8	89.3	5-3	6-6
Bowling Green	68.1	67.5	67.8	67.8	2-6	3-9
Akron	62.8	62.5	61.7	62.3	0-8	0-12
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MAC	Overall
Western Michigan	97.4	96.5	96.9	96.9	5-3	7-6
Ball St.	91.0	90.7	91.2	91.0	4-4	5-7
Central Michigan	89.6	90.2	90.6	90.1	6-2	8-6
Eastern Michigan	88.1	88.3	88.6	88.4	3-5	6-7
Northern Illinois	87.5	86.9	87.8	87.4	4-4	5-7
Toledo	84.0	83.9	84.1	84.0	3-5	6-6
MAC Averages	86.9	86.6	87.1	86.9
Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MWC	Overall
Air Force	105.8	107.5	106.9	106.7	7-1	11-2
Boise St.	105.7	106.1	106.0	105.9	8-0	12-2
Wyoming	99.7	101.4	100.1	100.4	4-4	8-5
Utah St.	95.6	95.2	95.7	95.5	6-2	7-6
Colorado St.	88.0	91.2	88.7	89.3	3-5	4-8
New Mexico	79.7	81.7	78.6	80.0	0-8	2-10
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MWC	Overall
San Diego St.	100.1	101.7	100.1	100.6	5-3	10-3
Hawaii	97.0	98.3	96.4	97.2	5-3	10-5
Fresno St.	92.4	93.4	92.2	92.7	2-6	4-8
Nevada	89.8	91.1	89.1	90.0	4-4	7-6
San Jose St.	87.9	89.7	88.1	88.6	2-6	5-7
U N L V	83.7	85.4	83.5	84.2	2-6	4-8
MWC Averages	93.8	95.2	93.8	94.3
Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	P12	Overall
Oregon	122.1	122.0	122.9	122.3	8-1	12-2
Washington	115.5	115.2	116.4	115.7	4-5	8-5
Washington St.	108.8	108.1	108.7	108.5	3-6	6-7
California	104.7	104.7	105.3	104.9	4-5	8-5
Oregon St.	101.2	102.1	101.5	101.6	4-5	5-7
Stanford	101.6	100.6	100.8	101.0	3-6	4-8
South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	P12	Overall
Utah	121.8	120.9	122.4	121.7	8-1	11-3
U S C	109.3	109.7	109.9	109.7	7-2	8-5
Arizona St.	108.0	107.5	108.4	108.0	4-5	8-5
Colorado	98.6	98.5	98.7	98.6	3-6	5-7
U C L A	98.7	98.3	98.2	98.4	4-5	4-8
Arizona	97.0	96.8	96.8	96.9	2-7	4-8
Pac-12 Averages	107.3	107.0	107.5	107.3
Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SEC	Overall
Georgia	126.5	124.9	126.7	126.0	7-1	12-2
Florida	125.1	122.8	124.9	124.2	6-2	11-2
Kentucky	112.5	111.6	112.0	112.0	3-5	8-5
Tennessee	110.7	110.4	110.1	110.4	5-3	8-5
Missouri	109.9	107.5	108.5	108.6	3-5	6-6
South Carolina	109.0	107.1	108.0	108.0	3-5	4-8
Vanderbilt	92.5	90.9	90.9	91.4	1-7	3-9
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SEC	Overall
L S U	142.1	140.5	142.9	141.8	8-0	15-0
Alabama	130.2	127.4	130.7	129.4	6-2	11-2
Auburn	121.7	119.9	121.2	120.9	5-3	9-4
Texas A&M	115.0	112.5	113.2	113.6	4-4	8-5
Mississippi St.	108.0	104.9	111.0	108.0	3-5	6-7
Ole Miss	107.8	106.9	108.1	107.6	2-6	4-8
Arkansas	88.0	87.8	87.3	87.7	0-8	2-10
SEC Averages	114.1	112.4	113.9	113.5
Sunbelt Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SBC	Overall
Appalachian St.	109.1	108.7	108.3	108.7	7-1	13-1
Georgia Southern	97.9	98.0	97.5	97.8	5-3	7-6
Troy	89.6	89.8	88.1	89.2	3-5	5-7
Georgia St.	88.2	89.0	87.2	88.1	4-4	7-6
Coastal Carolina	86.9	87.8	86.3	87.0	2-6	5-7
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SBC	Overall
Louisiana	103.0	103.1	102.6	102.9	7-1	11-3
Arkansas St.	90.5	91.0	90.4	90.6	5-3	8-5
Louisiana-Monroe	86.7	87.4	86.4	86.9	4-4	5-7
Texas St.	79.2	79.9	78.9	79.3	2-6	3-9
South Alabama	77.0	79.5	77.0	77.8	1-7	2-10
SBC Averages	90.8	91.4	90.3	90.8

 

Conference Power Ratings
#	League	Average
1	Southeastern	113.5
2	Big Ten	111.0
3	Big 12	109.4
4	Pac-12	107.3
5	Atlantic Coast	104.3
6	American	97.4
7	Mountain West	94.3
8	Sun Belt	90.8
9	Independents	90.1
10	Conference USA	87.3
11	Mid-American	86.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For January 7, 2020

Power Conference & Top 25 Teams Playing Tuesday

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Maryland	Ohio St.	1.7
Louisville	Miami (Fla.)	13.5
Boston College	Virginia	-6.6
Rutgers	Penn St.	0.6
South Carolina	Florida	-4.8
Missouri	Tennessee	3.6
Marquette	Providence	8.6
Temple	Houston	-0.6
Texas Tech	Baylor	0.9
Creighton	Villanova	2.2
Georgia	Kentucky	-2.8
Nebraska	Iowa	-8.8
Syracuse	Virginia Tech	3.7
Texas A&M	Ole Miss	-2.5
Kansas St.	TCU	-0.1
Air Force	Utah St.	-8.2
New Mexico	Fresno St.	5.9

 

 

PiRate College Football Ratings: December 8, 2019

PiRate Ratings Final Bowl & Playoff Projections

 

Bowl	Conf	Conf	Team	Team
Bahamas	MAC	CUSA	Buffalo	Charlotte
Frisco	AAC	At-large	SMU	[Marshall]
Cure	AAC	SBC	Central Florida	Georgia St.
New Mexico	CUSA	MWC	UAB	Wyoming
Boca Raton	AAC	MAC	Navy	Ohio
Camellia	MAC	SBC	Western Michigan	Arkansas St.
Las Vegas	MWC #1	Pac-12	Boise St.	Arizona St.
New Orleans	CUSA	SBC #1	Louisiana Tech	Appalachian St.
Gasparilla	AAC	CUSA	Tulane	Southern Miss.
Hawaii	BYU/MWC	AAC/MWC	BYU	Hawaii
Independence	ACC	SEC	Miami (Fla.)	[Western Kentucky]
Quick Lane	ACC	Big Ten	Boston College	[Eastern Michigan]
Military	ACC	AAC	North Carolina	Temple
Pinstripe	ACC	Big Ten	Pittsburgh	Michigan St.
Texas	Big 12	SEC	Oklahoma St.	Mississippi St.
Holiday	Pac-12	Big Ten	USC	Iowa
Cheez-It	Big 12	Pac-12	[Air Force]	Washington St.
Camping World	ACC	Big 12	Notre Dame	Texas
Cotton	At-large	At-large	[Penn St.]	Memphis
First Responder	CUSA	Big 12	Florida Atlantic	[Liberty]
Redbox	Pac-12	Big Ten	California	Illinois
Music City	SEC	ACC	Tennessee	Louisville
Orange	ACC	BTen/SEC	Virginia	Florida
Belk	ACC	SEC	Wake Forest	Texas A&M
Sun	ACC	Pac-12	Virginia Tech	Washington
Liberty	Big 12	SEC	Iowa St.	[Florida Int’l.]
Arizona	SBC	MWC	Georgia Southern	San Diego St.
Alamo	Big 12	Pac-12	Kansas St.	Utah
Citrus	SEC	BTen/ACC	Alabama	Michigan
Outback	Big Ten	SEC	Minnesota	Auburn
Rose	Big Ten	Pac-12	Wisconsin	Oregon
Sugar	Big 12	SEC	Baylor	Georgia
Birmingham	AAC	SEC	Cincinnati	[Florida St.]
Taxslayer/Gator	SEC	Big Ten	Kentucky	Indiana
Idaho Potato	MAC	MWC	Miami (O)	Nevada
Armed Forces	Big Ten	MWC	[Kent St.]	Utah St.
Lending Tree	MAC	SBC	Central Michigan	Louisiana
FBS PLAYOFFS
Fiesta	Top 4	Top 4	Ohio St.	Clemson
Peach	Top 4	Top 4	LSU	Oklahoma
Championship	Fiesta	Peach	Clemson	LSU
Teams in [Brackets] are at-large selections

 

This Week’s Spread

Saturday	December 14
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Navy	Army	6.2	8.3	8.2

Game played in Philadelphia

 

PiRate Ratings
#	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
1	Ohio St.	141.7	140.8	142.5	141.7
2	Clemson	140.1	138.5	141.5	140.0
3	L S U	137.6	135.7	138.0	137.1
4	Alabama	128.8	125.7	129.1	127.9
5	Georgia	126.3	124.5	126.4	125.7
6	Michigan	125.6	124.3	125.9	125.3
7	Florida	125.9	123.5	125.8	125.0
8	Utah	124.3	123.4	124.9	124.2
9	Oklahoma	123.1	122.7	122.9	122.9
10	Wisconsin	122.7	122.6	123.1	122.8
11	Oregon	122.0	121.9	122.8	122.2
12	Auburn	122.9	121.1	122.7	122.2
13	Penn St.	121.4	120.5	121.4	121.1
14	Notre Dame	120.8	119.9	121.0	120.6
15	Iowa	118.4	116.9	118.0	117.8
16	Baylor	117.5	117.5	116.7	117.2
17	Minnesota	117.2	116.8	116.5	116.8
18	Texas A&M	115.1	112.5	113.3	113.7
19	Washington	113.1	112.8	114.0	113.3
20	Iowa St.	112.9	113.2	112.7	112.9
21	Kansas St.	112.4	112.3	112.3	112.3
22	Kentucky	112.4	111.3	111.6	111.8
23	Central Florida	111.6	111.1	112.1	111.6
24	U S C	111.0	111.6	111.8	111.5
25	Texas	111.1	111.4	111.0	111.2
26	Virginia Tech	110.5	110.5	111.2	110.7
27	Memphis	110.1	110.4	111.1	110.5
28	Tennessee	110.7	110.4	110.1	110.4
29	Oklahoma St.	110.3	110.8	109.7	110.3
30	Mississippi St.	109.8	106.6	113.3	109.9
31	Washington St.	110.0	109.2	110.0	109.7
32	Indiana	109.9	108.9	109.5	109.4
33	Appalachian St.	109.4	108.9	108.6	109.0
34	Virginia	107.3	107.2	107.6	107.4
35	Missouri	109.9	107.5	108.5	108.6
36	T C U	107.7	109.7	107.9	108.4
37	Boise St.	108.1	108.5	108.4	108.3
38	South Carolina	109.0	107.1	108.0	108.0
39	North Carolina	107.7	107.6	108.4	107.9
40	Arizona St.	107.9	107.3	108.1	107.8
41	Ole Miss	107.8	106.9	108.1	107.6
42	Michigan St.	107.7	106.8	106.7	107.1
43	Nebraska	106.3	106.5	105.6	106.1
44	Cincinnati	105.9	105.5	106.1	105.8
45	Air Force	104.6	106.4	105.6	105.5
46	SMU	104.8	104.7	105.4	105.0
47	Florida St.	104.8	104.6	104.9	104.8
48	Miami (Fla.)	104.5	104.0	105.1	104.5
49	Texas Tech	104.6	104.9	103.7	104.4
50	Purdue	104.1	103.9	103.7	103.9
51	California	103.7	103.5	104.2	103.8
52	Louisiana	103.1	103.4	102.8	103.1
53	Wake Forest	103.1	102.4	103.3	102.9
54	Northwestern	103.4	102.6	102.1	102.7
55	West Virginia	102.7	102.7	102.3	102.5
56	Illinois	102.2	102.8	101.8	102.3
57	Pittsburgh	102.4	101.8	102.3	102.2
58	BYU	102.1	102.3	101.6	102.0
59	Florida Atlantic	101.3	101.5	102.6	101.8
60	Boston College	101.9	101.4	102.0	101.8
61	Oregon St.	101.2	102.1	101.5	101.6
62	Navy	100.3	102.6	101.6	101.5
63	Stanford	101.6	100.6	100.8	101.0
64	Louisville	100.2	99.8	99.9	100.0
65	Tulane	99.6	100.2	100.0	99.9
66	Temple	99.4	99.3	100.5	99.7
67	Wyoming	98.6	100.3	98.9	99.3
68	Syracuse	99.7	98.9	98.9	99.2
69	Duke	99.4	98.6	99.1	99.0
70	Georgia Southern	99.0	99.1	98.7	99.0
71	Colorado	98.6	98.5	98.7	98.6
72	U C L A	98.7	98.3	98.2	98.4
73	Ohio	98.4	97.6	98.9	98.3
74	San Diego St.	97.6	99.2	97.6	98.1
75	Western Michigan	97.6	96.6	97.1	97.1
76	Hawaii	96.8	98.1	96.0	97.0
77	Arizona	97.0	96.8	96.8	96.9
78	Utah St.	96.8	96.5	97.1	96.8
79	Western Kentucky	95.3	95.9	96.5	95.9
80	Houston	94.8	95.7	96.4	95.6
81	Buffalo	94.8	95.4	96.2	95.4
82	Tulsa	94.1	95.1	95.4	94.9
83	Kansas	93.7	94.7	93.8	94.1
84	Army	94.1	94.3	93.4	94.0
85	Louisiana Tech	93.9	94.1	93.7	93.9
86	Southern Miss.	93.7	92.6	93.9	93.4
87	Maryland	93.5	92.6	92.0	92.7
88	Fresno St.	92.4	93.4	92.2	92.7
89	Central Michigan	92.1	92.7	93.1	92.6
90	Marshall	92.0	91.7	92.5	92.1
91	North Carolina St.	92.3	91.4	91.6	91.8
92	Vanderbilt	92.5	90.9	90.9	91.4
93	Ball St.	91.0	90.7	91.2	91.0
94	Miami (Ohio)	90.5	89.6	90.8	90.3
95	Nevada	89.8	91.3	89.1	90.1
96	Arkansas St.	90.0	90.4	89.7	90.0
97	Liberty	89.5	90.8	89.8	90.0
98	Georgia Tech	90.2	88.9	90.2	89.8
99	Kent St.	89.0	89.1	89.8	89.3
100	Colorado St.	88.0	91.2	88.7	89.3
101	Georgia St.	89.3	90.1	88.4	89.3
102	Troy	89.6	89.8	88.1	89.2
103	Florida Int’l.	89.1	89.0	89.3	89.1
104	South Florida	88.8	89.3	88.9	89.0
105	Middle Tennessee	88.9	88.5	89.2	88.9
106	San Jose St.	87.9	89.7	88.1	88.6
107	Charlotte	87.9	88.3	88.6	88.3
108	Eastern Michigan	87.8	88.0	88.2	88.0
109	Arkansas	88.0	87.8	87.3	87.7
110	Northern Illinois	87.5	86.9	87.8	87.4
111	U A B	86.3	88.0	86.9	87.1
112	Coastal Carolina	86.9	87.8	86.3	87.0
113	Louisiana-Monroe	86.7	87.4	86.4	86.9
114	North Texas	86.3	86.0	86.2	86.2
115	Rutgers	85.1	84.6	83.6	84.4
116	U N L V	83.7	85.4	83.5	84.2
117	Toledo	84.0	83.9	84.1	84.0
118	Rice	82.4	83.7	82.4	82.8
119	East Carolina	82.4	83.6	82.3	82.8
120	New Mexico	79.7	81.7	78.6	80.0
121	Texas St.	79.2	79.9	78.9	79.3
122	South Alabama	77.0	79.5	77.0	77.8
123	Texas-San Antonio	76.1	77.9	76.5	76.8
124	New Mexico St.	75.6	77.3	75.2	76.0
125	Old Dominion	73.5	73.5	73.2	73.4
126	Connecticut	71.3	73.9	70.8	72.0
127	U T E P	68.5	71.8	68.6	69.6
128	Bowling Green	68.1	67.5	67.8	67.8
129	Akron	62.8	62.5	61.7	62.3
130	Massachusetts	56.7	58.2	55.7	56.9
Conference Power Ratings
#	League	Average
1	Southeastern	113.1
2	Big Ten	111.2
3	Big 12	109.5
4	Pac-12	107.5
5	Atlantic Coast	104.7
6	American	97.4
7	Mountain West	94.0
8	Sun Belt	90.9
9	Independents	90.1
10	Conf. USA	87.1
11	Mid-American	87.1
PiRate Guess at Top 6
1	LSU
2	Ohio St.
3	Clemson
4	Oklahoma
5	Georgia
6	Utah
Top 5 Group of 5
1	Memphis
2	Boise St.
3	Appalachian St.
4	Florida Atlantic
5	Miami (O)

 

PiRate Ratings By Conference

 

American Athletic Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	AAC	Overall
Central Florida	111.6	111.1	112.1	111.6	6-2	9-3
Cincinnati	105.9	105.5	106.1	105.8	7-1	10-3
Temple	99.4	99.3	100.5	99.7	5-3	8-4
South Florida	88.8	89.3	88.9	89.0	2-6	4-8
East Carolina	82.4	83.6	82.3	82.8	1-7	4-8
Connecticut	71.3	73.9	70.8	72.0	0-8	2-10
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	AAC	Overall
Memphis	110.1	110.4	111.1	110.5	7-1	12-1
SMU	104.8	104.7	105.4	105.0	6-2	10-2
Navy	100.3	102.6	101.6	101.5	7-1	9-2
Tulane	99.6	100.2	100.0	99.9	3-5	6-6
Houston	94.8	95.7	96.4	95.6	2-6	4-8
Tulsa	94.1	95.1	95.4	94.9	2-6	4-8
AAC Averages	96.9	97.6	97.6	97.4
Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	ACC	Overall
Clemson	140.1	138.5	141.5	140.0	8-0	13-0
Florida St.	104.8	104.6	104.9	104.8	4-4	6-6
Wake Forest	103.1	102.4	103.3	102.9	4-4	8-4
Boston College	101.9	101.4	102.0	101.8	4-4	6-6
Louisville	100.2	99.8	99.9	100.0	5-3	7-5
Syracuse	99.7	98.9	98.9	99.2	2-6	5-7
North Carolina St.	92.3	91.4	91.6	91.8	1-7	4-8
Coastal Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	ACC	Overall
Virginia Tech	110.5	110.5	111.2	110.7	5-3	8-4
North Carolina	107.7	107.6	108.4	107.9	4-4	6-6
Virginia	107.3	107.2	107.6	107.4	6-2	9-4
Miami (Fla.)	104.5	104.0	105.1	104.5	4-4	6-6
Pittsburgh	102.4	101.8	102.3	102.2	4-4	7-5
Duke	99.4	98.6	99.1	99.0	3-5	5-7
Georgia Tech	90.2	88.9	90.2	89.8	2-6	3-9
ACC Averages	104.6	104.0	104.7	104.4
Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	B12	Overall
Oklahoma	123.1	122.7	122.9	122.9	8-1	12-1
Baylor	117.5	117.5	116.7	117.2	8-1	11-2
Iowa St.	112.9	113.2	112.7	112.9	5-4	7-5
Kansas St.	112.4	112.3	112.3	112.3	5-4	8-4
Texas	111.1	111.4	111.0	111.2	5-4	7-5
Oklahoma St.	110.3	110.8	109.7	110.3	5-4	8-4
T C U	107.7	109.7	107.9	108.4	3-6	5-7
Texas Tech	104.6	104.9	103.7	104.4	2-7	4-8
West Virginia	102.7	102.7	102.3	102.5	3-6	5-7
Kansas	93.7	94.7	93.8	94.1	1-8	3-9
Big 12 Averages	109.6	110.0	109.3	109.6
Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Ohio St.	141.7	140.8	142.5	141.7	9-0	13-0
Michigan	125.6	124.3	125.9	125.3	6-3	9-3
Penn St.	121.4	120.5	121.4	121.1	7-2	10-2
Indiana	109.9	108.9	109.5	109.4	5-4	8-4
Michigan St.	107.7	106.8	106.7	107.1	4-5	6-6
Maryland	93.5	92.6	92.0	92.7	1-8	3-9
Rutgers	85.1	84.6	83.6	84.4	0-9	2-10
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Wisconsin	122.7	122.6	123.1	122.8	7-2	10-3
Iowa	118.4	116.9	118.0	117.8	6-3	9-3
Minnesota	117.2	116.8	116.5	116.8	7-2	10-2
Nebraska	106.3	106.5	105.6	106.1	3-6	5-7
Purdue	104.1	103.9	103.7	103.9	3-6	4-8
Northwestern	103.4	102.6	102.1	102.7	1-8	3-9
Illinois	102.2	102.8	101.8	102.3	4-5	6-6
Big Ten Averages	111.4	110.8	110.9	111.0
Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	CUSA	Overall
Florida Atlantic	101.3	101.5	102.6	101.8	7-1	10-3
Western Kentucky	95.3	95.9	96.5	95.9	6-2	8-4
Marshall	92.0	91.7	92.5	92.1	6-2	8-4
Florida Int’l.	89.1	89.0	89.3	89.1	4-4	6-6
Middle Tennessee	88.9	88.5	89.2	88.9	3-5	4-8
Charlotte	87.9	88.3	88.6	88.3	5-3	7-5
Old Dominion	73.5	73.5	73.2	73.4	0-8	1-11
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	CUSA	Overall
Louisiana Tech	93.9	94.1	93.7	93.9	6-2	9-3
Southern Miss.	93.7	92.6	93.9	93.4	5-3	7-5
U A B	86.3	88.0	86.9	87.1	6-2	9-4
North Texas	86.3	86.0	86.2	86.2	3-5	4-8
Rice	82.4	83.7	82.4	82.8	3-5	3-9
Texas-San Antonio	76.1	77.9	76.5	76.8	3-5	4-8
U T E P	68.5	71.8	68.6	69.6	0-8	1-11
CUSA Averages	86.8	87.3	87.2	87.1
FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	Conf.	Overall
Notre Dame	120.8	119.9	121.0	120.6	x	10-2
BYU	102.1	102.3	101.6	102.0	x	7-5
Army	94.1	94.3	93.4	94.0	x	5-7
Liberty	89.5	90.8	89.8	90.0	x	7-5
New Mexico St.	75.6	77.3	75.2	76.0	x	2-10
Massachusetts	56.7	58.2	55.7	56.9	x	1-11
Indep. Averages	89.8	90.5	89.4	89.9
Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MAC	Overall
Ohio	98.4	97.6	98.9	98.3	5-3	6-6
Buffalo	94.8	95.4	96.2	95.4	5-3	7-5
Miami (Ohio)	90.5	89.6	90.8	90.3	6-2	8-5
Kent St.	89.0	89.1	89.8	89.3	5-3	6-6
Bowling Green	68.1	67.5	67.8	67.8	2-6	3-9
Akron	62.8	62.5	61.7	62.3	0-8	0-12
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MAC	Overall
Western Michigan	97.6	96.6	97.1	97.1	5-3	7-5
Central Michigan	92.3	93.1	93.5	92.9	6-2	8-5
Ball St.	91.0	90.7	91.2	91.0	4-4	5-7
Eastern Michigan	87.8	88.0	88.2	88.0	3-5	6-6
Northern Illinois	87.5	86.9	87.8	87.4	4-4	5-7
Toledo	84.0	83.9	84.1	84.0	3-5	6-6
MAC Averages	87.0	86.7	87.2	87.0
Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MWC	Overall
Boise St.	108.1	108.5	108.4	108.3	8-0	12-1
Air Force	104.6	106.4	105.6	105.5	7-1	10-2
Wyoming	98.6	100.3	98.9	99.3	4-4	7-5
Utah St.	96.8	96.5	97.1	96.8	6-2	7-5
Colorado St.	88.0	91.2	88.7	89.3	3-5	4-8
New Mexico	79.7	81.7	78.6	80.0	0-8	2-10
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MWC	Overall
San Diego St.	97.6	99.2	97.6	98.1	5-3	9-3
Hawaii	96.8	98.1	96.0	97.0	5-3	9-5
Fresno St.	92.4	93.4	92.2	92.7	2-6	4-8
Nevada	89.8	91.3	89.1	90.1	4-4	7-5
San Jose St.	87.9	89.7	88.1	88.6	2-6	5-7
U N L V	83.7	85.4	83.5	84.2	2-6	4-8
MWC Averages	93.7	95.1	93.6	94.2
Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	P12	Overall
Oregon	122.0	121.9	122.8	122.2	8-1	11-2
Washington	113.1	112.8	114.0	113.3	4-5	7-5
Washington St.	110.0	109.2	110.0	109.7	3-6	6-6
California	103.7	103.5	104.2	103.8	4-5	7-5
Oregon St.	101.2	102.1	101.5	101.6	4-5	5-7
Stanford	101.6	100.6	100.8	101.0	3-6	4-8
South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	P12	Overall
Utah	124.3	123.4	124.9	124.2	8-1	11-2
U S C	111.0	111.6	111.8	111.5	7-2	8-4
Arizona St.	107.9	107.3	108.1	107.8	4-5	7-5
Colorado	98.6	98.5	98.7	98.6	3-6	5-7
U C L A	98.7	98.3	98.2	98.4	4-5	4-8
Arizona	97.0	96.8	96.8	96.9	2-7	4-8
Pac-12 Averages	107.4	107.2	107.7	107.4
Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SEC	Overall
Georgia	126.3	124.5	126.4	125.7	7-1	11-2
Florida	125.9	123.5	125.8	125.0	6-2	10-2
Kentucky	112.4	111.3	111.6	111.8	3-5	7-5
Tennessee	110.7	110.4	110.1	110.4	5-3	7-5
Missouri	109.9	107.5	108.5	108.6	3-5	6-6
South Carolina	109.0	107.1	108.0	108.0	3-5	4-8
Vanderbilt	92.5	90.9	90.9	91.4	1-7	3-9
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SEC	Overall
L S U	137.6	135.7	138.0	137.1	8-0	13-0
Alabama	128.8	125.7	129.1	127.9	6-2	10-2
Auburn	122.9	121.1	122.7	122.2	5-3	9-3
Texas A&M	115.1	112.5	113.3	113.7	4-4	7-5
Mississippi St.	109.8	106.6	113.3	109.9	3-5	6-6
Ole Miss	107.8	106.9	108.1	107.6	2-6	4-8
Arkansas	88.0	87.8	87.3	87.7	0-8	2-10
SEC Averages	114.1	112.2	113.8	113.4
Sunbelt Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SBC	Overall
Appalachian St.	109.4	108.9	108.6	109.0	7-1	12-1
Georgia Southern	99.0	99.1	98.7	99.0	5-3	7-5
Georgia St.	89.3	90.1	88.4	89.3	4-4	7-5
Troy	89.6	89.8	88.1	89.2	3-5	5-7
Coastal Carolina	86.9	87.8	86.3	87.0	2-6	5-7
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SBC	Overall
Louisiana	103.1	103.4	102.8	103.1	7-1	10-3
Arkansas St.	90.0	90.4	89.7	90.0	5-3	7-5
Louisiana-Monroe	86.7	87.4	86.4	86.9	4-4	5-7
Texas St.	79.2	79.9	78.9	79.3	2-6	3-9
South Alabama	77.0	79.5	77.0	77.8	1-7	2-10
SBC Averages	91.0	91.6	90.5	91.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings Picks For October 17-21, 2019

Hooray, Hooray!  Maybe our little ditty we recited at the beginning of last week’s picks really worked!  That ditty went this way, “Yuck, Yuck, Yuck, I want more luck!”  It has to do with a childhood saying, and it worked then and apparently worked last week.

Both our PiRate Picks and Experimental Davey19 picks won.  The PiRate Picks enjoyed a windfall weekend with big wins.  Another 6 or 7 weeks in a row just like this, and we might even get back to level in our imaginary bank accounts.

While we have been trying to issue our money line parlay picks on Friday, we have a Thursday night game that is included in our selections, we have to issue those picks today as well.

Remember, the PiRates never wager real money on the outcomes of these games, and we also remind you that you frequently get what you pay for, and this is totally free.

 

PiRate Ratings Picks

 

10-point Teasers, 3 Game Parlays

Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
Louisiana	Arkansas St.	17	Arkansas St.
Ohio	Kent St.	17.5	Kent St.
Utah St.	Nevada	31	Nevada

 

 

Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
California	Oregon St.	21	Oregon St.
Washington	Oregon	7	Oregon
South Carolina	Florida	15.5	Florida

 

 

Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
Louisiana Tech	Southern Miss.	9	Southern Miss.
Auburn	Arkansas	29	Arkansas
Virginia Tech	North Carolina	13.5	North Carolina

 

 

Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
Iowa St.	Texas Tech	17	Texas Tech
Rice	UTSA	14.5	UTSA
SMU	Temple	17.5	Temple

 

 

Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
Denver	Kansas City	7	Kansas City
N.Y. Giants	Arizona	13	Arizona
Houston	Indianapolis	10	Indianapolis

 

 

Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
Minnesota	Detroit	11	Detroit
Green Bay	Oakland	15.5	Oakland
LA Rams	Atlanta	13	Atlanta

 

 

Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
Seattle	Baltimore	13	Baltimore
Philadelphia	Dallas	7	Dallas
New England	N.Y. Jets	20.5	N.Y. Jets

 

 

Money Line Parlays

 

All 3-game parlays 

 

WIN	LOSE	Spread
Oregon	Washington
Penn St.	Michigan	+188
Western Ky.	Charlotte

 

 

WIN	LOSE	Spread
North Carolina	Virginia Tech
Western Mich.	Eastern Mich.	+193
Boise St.	BYU

 

 

WIN	LOSE	Spread
Stanford	UCLA
Florida	South Carolina	+224
Georgia Southern	Coastal Carolina

 

Davey19 Experimental Picks

 

Margins Plays

Pick	Opponent	Spread
Kent St.	Ohio	+7.5
Boise St.	BYU	-6.5
Oregon	Washington	-2.5
Florida	South Carolina	-4.5
North Carolina	Va Tech	-3
Hawaii	AFA	+3
Houston	Indianapolis	+1
Oakland	Green Bay	+5.5
Washington	San Francisco	+10.5
LA Chargers	Tennessee	+2.5

 

Totals Plays

 

Team	Team	Total	Pick
UCLA	Stanford	52.5	Under
Georgia Tech	Miami (Fla.)	46	Under
Florida St.	Wake Forest	69	Under
North Carolina	Virginia Tech	57	Under
Tennessee	LA Chargers	40	Under

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate College Football Ratings: October 7, 2019

This Week’s PiRate Rating Spreads

 

October 9 to	October 12
Wednesday	October 9
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Louisiana	Appalchian St.	-2.1	-0.5	-1.6
Thursday	October 10
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Texas St.	Louisiana-Monroe	-1.5	-1.3	-1.5
North Carolina St.	Syracuse	-3.0	-2.7	-2.9
Friday	October 11
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Miami (Fla.)	Virginia	1.0	0.0	1.5
New Mexico	Colorado St.	3.6	2.8	2.5
Oregon	Colorado	19.6	19.8	20.8
Saturday	October 5
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Indiana	Rutgers	24.6	23.7	24.7
Bowling Green	Toledo	-20.9	-21.7	-22.2
Illinois	Michigan	-20.3	-17.6	-21.7
Wake Forest	Louisville	10.8	10.5	11.9
Tulsa	Navy	5.1	3.1	5.8
Texas (n)	Oklahoma	-11.7	-10.6	-11.4
Temple	Memphis	-0.2	-1.3	-0.2
Minnesota	Nebraska	8.5	6.9	8.0
Duke	Georgia Tech	16.9	18.3	16.7
Coastal Carolina	Georgia St.	1.2	1.1	1.3
Purdue	Maryland	-0.8	-0.5	-0.8
West Virginia	Iowa St.	-6.4	-7.5	-7.1
Boise St.	Hawaii	12.0	9.8	13.1
Eastern Michigan	Ball St.	0.0	0.8	0.6
Marshall	Old Dominion	14.1	12.9	14.7
Central Michigan	New Mexico St.	10.1	8.5	10.7
Arizona St.	Washington St.	0.6	1.0	1.3
Oregon St.	Utah	-17.7	-15.0	-18.8
Arizona	Washington	-6.7	-6.0	-7.4
Missouri	Ole Miss	14.5	12.9	15.2
Georgia	South Carolina	19.2	19.3	20.1
Tennessee	Mississippi St.	-5.2	-1.5	-11.9
Akron	Kent St.	-11.5	-11.2	-12.6
Ohio	Northern Illinois	3.8	3.9	4.5
Kentucky	Arkansas	12.1	9.7	11.1
Baylor	Texas Tech	9.7	9.8	10.5
Western Michigan	Miami (O)	12.5	13.2	12.0
South Florida	BYU	-7.2	-6.1	-6.9
Houston	Cincinnati	-7.2	-4.7	-4.9
Tulane	Connecticut	32.1	28.8	34.3
Vanderbilt	UNLV	20.0	16.8	18.9
Wisconsin	Michigan St.	6.6	6.9	6.7
LSU	Florida	8.3	8.7	8.1
Nevada	San Jose St.	5.6	5.2	5.5
Texas A&M	Alabama	-15.8	-13.9	-18.0
Florida Atlantic	Middle Tennessee	6.0	6.5	6.8
UTSA	UAB	-10.7	-10.1	-11.5
Southern Miss.	North Texas	4.8	3.4	4.0
Western Kentucky	Army	-8.9	-8.0	-6.9
Florida Int’l.	Charlotte	7.8	7.0	7.6
Louisiana Tech	Massachusetts	29.6	27.4	30.4
Air Force	Fresno St.	0.9	1.7	1.2
Notre Dame	USC	16.8	14.3	16.6
Clemson	Florida St.	30.7	27.3	31.4
Iowa	Penn St.	-1.1	-2.0	-0.8
San Diego St.	Wyoming	3.3	3.1	2.7
FBS vs. FCS
Virginia Tech	Rhode Island	22.0

 

 

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

 

PiRate Ratings
#	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
1	Ohio St.	135.0	133.9	135.9	134.9
2	Alabama	135.7	132.2	136.4	134.7
3	Clemson	132.2	129.1	132.9	131.4
4	Georgia	128.6	126.9	129.1	128.2
5	L S U	128.0	125.6	127.4	127.0
6	Oklahoma	124.7	123.9	124.6	124.4
7	Penn St.	122.4	121.5	122.3	122.1
8	Florida	122.8	119.9	122.4	121.7
9	Notre Dame	121.1	119.3	121.2	120.5
10	Auburn	121.2	119.3	120.8	120.4
11	Wisconsin	120.5	120.1	120.5	120.4
12	Michigan	119.4	117.6	119.7	118.9
13	Utah	118.7	117.2	119.1	118.3
14	Iowa	118.4	116.5	118.6	117.8
15	Michigan St.	116.9	116.2	116.8	116.6
16	Oregon	116.2	116.2	117.3	116.6
17	Missouri	116.6	114.2	116.9	115.9
18	Texas A&M	116.9	115.3	115.4	115.9
19	Iowa St.	114.0	114.6	114.1	114.2
20	Mississippi St.	112.9	109.0	117.9	113.3
21	Texas	113.0	113.2	113.2	113.1
22	Baylor	112.7	112.9	112.4	112.7
23	Washington	112.2	111.8	113.2	112.4
24	South Carolina	112.3	110.6	112.0	111.6
25	Central Florida	111.2	110.3	112.1	111.2
26	Washington St.	110.9	109.9	111.0	110.6
27	Minnesota	110.5	109.9	109.6	110.0
28	Oklahoma St.	109.7	110.2	109.3	109.7
29	Arizona St.	108.4	107.8	109.3	108.5
30	Cincinnati	108.6	107.1	109.0	108.2
31	Virginia	107.8	108.0	107.9	107.9
32	Kansas St.	107.9	107.5	107.5	107.6
33	U S C	107.2	108.0	107.5	107.6
34	Duke	107.6	107.1	107.5	107.4
35	Maryland	107.8	107.3	107.0	107.4
36	Indiana	107.8	106.3	106.9	107.0
37	Boise St.	106.7	106.2	107.2	106.7
38	Northwestern	107.2	106.4	106.2	106.6
39	Syracuse	106.7	106.2	106.7	106.5
40	California	105.9	105.6	106.9	106.1
41	T C U	105.0	108.0	105.3	106.1
42	North Carolina	105.7	105.7	106.9	106.1
43	Stanford	106.1	105.3	105.9	105.8
44	Miami (Fla.)	105.8	105.0	106.4	105.7
45	Kentucky	106.6	105.0	105.0	105.5
46	Pittsburgh	105.5	105.2	105.6	105.4
47	Memphis	105.0	105.0	105.8	105.3
48	Nebraska	105.0	106.0	104.6	105.2
49	Texas Tech	105.4	105.6	104.4	105.1
50	SMU	104.8	104.6	105.9	105.1
51	Appalachian St.	105.4	104.0	104.8	104.7
52	Wake Forest	104.7	104.2	105.3	104.7
53	Ole Miss	105.1	104.2	104.7	104.7
54	Florida St.	104.5	104.8	104.5	104.6
55	West Virginia	104.6	104.1	104.0	104.2
56	Utah St.	104.3	103.1	105.3	104.2
57	Tennessee	104.7	104.5	103.0	104.1
58	Purdue	104.1	103.8	103.2	103.7
59	Arizona	102.6	102.8	102.8	102.7
60	Tulane	101.6	102.2	102.3	102.0
61	Temple	101.7	100.8	102.6	101.7
62	Virginia Tech	100.9	101.0	101.3	101.1
63	North Carolina St.	100.7	100.4	100.8	100.6
64	Louisiana	100.3	100.5	100.2	100.3
65	Boston College	100.2	100.0	100.5	100.2
66	Army	99.9	99.9	99.4	99.8
67	Houston	98.4	99.5	101.1	99.6
68	BYU	99.7	99.6	99.6	99.6
69	Hawaii	99.2	100.9	98.6	99.6
70	Fresno St.	99.2	99.8	99.6	99.5
71	Colorado	99.6	99.4	99.5	99.5
72	Vanderbilt	99.8	98.3	98.3	98.8
73	San Diego St.	98.2	100.0	98.1	98.8
74	Wyoming	97.8	99.9	98.4	98.7
75	Oregon St.	98.0	99.2	97.3	98.2
76	Western Michigan	98.5	97.4	98.2	98.0
77	Air Force	97.1	98.5	97.8	97.8
78	Arkansas	97.5	98.3	96.9	97.6
79	Louisville	96.4	96.2	95.9	96.1
80	Illinois	96.1	97.0	94.9	96.0
81	U C L A	96.4	96.1	95.4	96.0
82	Toledo	94.6	95.1	95.7	95.1
83	Southern Miss.	94.6	92.8	94.7	94.0
84	Kansas	93.6	94.6	93.4	93.9
85	Troy	94.0	94.2	92.9	93.7
86	Tulsa	93.1	93.8	94.1	93.7
87	Ohio	93.6	92.7	94.3	93.6
88	Georgia Southern	93.9	93.3	93.0	93.4
89	Georgia Tech	93.6	91.8	93.9	93.1
90	North Texas	92.8	92.4	93.7	93.0
91	Florida Atlantic	92.5	92.0	93.4	92.6
92	Northern Illinois	92.3	91.3	92.3	92.0
93	Navy	90.5	93.2	90.8	91.5
94	Louisiana Tech	91.2	91.0	91.1	91.1
95	Florida Int’l.	90.8	90.6	91.0	90.8
96	Arkansas St.	90.6	90.8	90.3	90.6
97	South Florida	89.5	90.5	89.7	89.9
98	Marshall	89.3	88.7	90.2	89.4
99	Middle Tennessee	89.5	88.5	89.6	89.2
100	Buffalo	88.7	89.1	89.7	89.1
101	Liberty	88.6	89.9	88.9	89.1
102	Western Kentucky	88.0	89.0	89.6	88.8
103	U A B	87.8	89.6	88.5	88.7
104	Ball St.	88.7	88.2	88.6	88.5
105	Nevada	87.9	89.6	87.3	88.3
106	Miami (Ohio)	88.5	86.8	88.7	88.0
107	Louisiana-Monroe	87.7	88.5	87.5	87.9
108	Georgia St.	87.5	88.8	86.8	87.7
109	Kent St.	87.3	87.2	87.6	87.4
110	Coastal Carolina	86.7	87.9	86.1	86.9
111	Eastern Michigan	86.2	86.5	86.7	86.5
112	Charlotte	86.1	86.6	86.4	86.4
113	San Jose St.	85.3	87.4	84.8	85.8
114	Rutgers	86.1	85.7	85.2	85.7
115	Central Michigan	84.6	85.4	85.3	85.1
116	Texas St.	83.7	84.6	83.5	83.9
117	East Carolina	82.7	84.6	82.6	83.3
118	U N L V	82.3	84.1	81.9	82.8
119	New Mexico	81.8	84.6	80.7	82.4
120	Colorado St.	80.6	84.4	80.8	81.9
121	Rice	80.3	81.7	79.7	80.6
122	Old Dominion	78.3	78.8	78.4	78.5
123	New Mexico St.	77.5	79.9	77.6	78.3
124	Texas-San Antonio	74.7	77.1	74.5	75.4
125	South Alabama	74.1	77.0	73.4	74.9
126	Akron	73.8	74.1	73.0	73.6
127	Connecticut	72.0	75.9	70.6	72.8
128	Bowling Green	72.1	71.8	71.9	72.0
129	U T E P	67.1	71.9	67.7	68.9
130	Massachusetts	64.6	66.6	63.7	65.0

 

 

PiRate Ratings By Conference

 

American Athletic Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	AAC	Overall
Central Florida	111.2	110.3	112.1	111.2	1-1	4-2
Cincinnati	108.6	107.1	109.0	108.2	1-0	4-1
Temple	101.7	100.8	102.6	101.7	1-0	4-1
South Florida	89.5	90.5	89.7	89.9	1-1	2-3
East Carolina	82.7	84.6	82.6	83.3	0-2	3-3
Connecticut	72.0	75.9	70.6	72.8	0-2	1-4
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	AAC	Overall
Memphis	105.0	105.0	105.8	105.3	1-0	5-0
SMU	104.8	104.6	105.9	105.1	2-0	6-0
Tulane	101.6	102.2	102.3	102.0	1-0	4-1
Houston	98.4	99.5	101.1	99.6	0-1	2-3
Tulsa	93.1	93.8	94.1	93.7	0-1	2-3
Navy	90.5	93.2	90.8	91.5	1-1	3-1
AAC Averages	96.6	97.3	97.2	97.0
Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	ACC	Overall
Clemson	132.2	129.1	132.9	131.4	3-0	5-0
Syracuse	106.7	106.2	106.7	106.5	0-1	3-2
Wake Forest	104.7	104.2	105.3	104.7	1-0	5-0
Florida St.	104.5	104.8	104.5	104.6	2-1	3-2
North Carolina St.	100.7	100.4	100.8	100.6	0-1	3-2
Boston College	100.2	100.0	100.5	100.2	1-2	3-3
Louisville	96.4	96.2	95.9	96.1	1-1	3-2
Coastal Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	ACC	Overall
Virginia	107.8	108.0	107.9	107.9	2-0	4-1
Duke	107.6	107.1	107.5	107.4	1-1	3-2
North Carolina	105.7	105.7	106.9	106.1	2-1	3-3
Miami (Fla.)	105.8	105.0	106.4	105.7	0-2	2-3
Pittsburgh	105.5	105.2	105.6	105.4	1-1	4-2
Virginia Tech	100.9	101.0	101.3	101.1	1-2	3-2
Georgia Tech	93.6	91.8	93.9	93.1	0-2	1-4
ACC Averages	105.2	104.6	105.4	105.1
Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	B12	Overall
Oklahoma	124.7	123.9	124.6	124.4	2-0	5-0
Iowa St.	114.0	114.6	114.1	114.2	1-1	3-2
Texas	113.0	113.2	113.2	113.1	2-0	4-1
Baylor	112.7	112.9	112.4	112.7	2-0	5-0
Oklahoma St.	109.7	110.2	109.3	109.7	1-2	4-2
Kansas St.	107.9	107.5	107.5	107.6	0-2	3-2
T C U	105.0	108.0	105.3	106.1	1-1	3-2
Texas Tech	105.4	105.6	104.4	105.1	1-1	3-2
West Virginia	104.6	104.1	104.0	104.2	1-1	3-2
Kansas	93.6	94.6	93.4	93.9	0-3	2-4
Big 12 Averages	109.1	109.5	108.8	109.1
Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Ohio St.	135.0	133.9	135.9	134.9	3-0	6-0
Penn St.	122.4	121.5	122.3	122.1	2-0	5-0
Michigan	119.4	117.6	119.7	118.9	2-1	4-1
Michigan St.	116.9	116.2	116.8	116.6	2-1	4-2
Maryland	107.8	107.3	107.0	107.4	1-1	3-2
Indiana	107.8	106.3	106.9	107.0	0-2	3-2
Rutgers	86.1	85.7	85.2	85.7	0-3	1-4
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Wisconsin	120.5	120.1	120.5	120.4	2-0	5-0
Iowa	118.4	116.5	118.6	117.8	1-1	4-1
Minnesota	110.5	109.9	109.6	110.0	2-0	5-0
Northwestern	107.2	106.4	106.2	106.6	0-3	1-4
Nebraska	105.0	106.0	104.6	105.2	2-1	4-2
Purdue	104.1	103.8	103.2	103.7	0-2	1-4
Illinois	96.1	97.0	94.9	96.0	0-2	2-3
Big Ten Averages	111.2	110.6	110.8	110.9
Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	CUSA	Overall
Florida Atlantic	92.5	92.0	93.4	92.6	1-0	3-2
Florida Int’l.	90.8	90.6	91.0	90.8	0-2	2-3
Marshall	89.3	88.7	90.2	89.4	0-1	2-3
Middle Tennessee	89.5	88.5	89.6	89.2	1-0	2-3
Western Kentucky	88.0	89.0	89.6	88.8	3-0	3-2
Charlotte	86.1	86.6	86.4	86.4	0-1	2-3
Old Dominion	78.3	78.8	78.4	78.5	0-1	1-4
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	CUSA	Overall
Southern Miss.	94.6	92.8	94.7	94.0	1-0	3-2
North Texas	92.8	92.4	93.7	93.0	1-0	2-3
Louisiana Tech	91.2	91.0	91.1	91.1	2-0	4-1
U A B	87.8	89.6	88.5	88.7	1-1	4-1
Rice	80.3	81.7	79.7	80.6	0-2	0-6
Texas-San Antonio	74.7	77.1	74.5	75.4	1-1	2-3
U T E P	67.1	71.9	67.7	68.9	0-2	1-4
CUSA Averages	85.9	86.5	86.3	86.2
FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	Conf.	Overall
Notre Dame	121.1	119.3	121.2	120.5	x	4-1
Army	99.9	99.9	99.4	99.8	x	3-2
BYU	99.7	99.6	99.6	99.6	x	2-3
Liberty	88.6	89.9	88.9	89.1	x	4-2
New Mexico St.	77.5	79.9	77.6	78.3	x	0-6
Massachusetts	64.6	66.6	63.7	65.0	x	1-5
Indep. Averages	91.9	92.5	91.7	92.0
Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MAC	Overall
Ohio	93.6	92.7	94.3	93.6	1-0	2-3
Buffalo	88.7	89.1	89.7	89.1	0-2	2-4
Miami (Ohio)	88.5	86.8	88.7	88.0	1-0	2-3
Kent St.	87.3	87.2	87.6	87.4	1-0	2-3
Akron	73.8	74.1	73.0	73.6	0-1	0-5
Bowling Green	72.1	71.8	71.9	72.0	0-1	1-4
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MAC	Overall
Western Michigan	98.5	97.4	98.2	98.0	1-1	3-3
Toledo	94.6	95.1	95.7	95.1	1-0	4-1
Northern Illinois	92.3	91.3	92.3	92.0	0-1	1-4
Ball St.	88.7	88.2	88.6	88.5	1-0	2-3
Eastern Michigan	86.2	86.5	86.7	86.5	0-1	3-2
Central Michigan	84.6	85.4	85.3	85.1	2-1	3-3
MAC Averages	87.4	87.1	87.7	87.4
Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MWC	Overall
Boise St.	106.7	106.2	107.2	106.7	2-0	5-0
Utah St.	104.3	103.1	105.3	104.2	2-0	3-2
Wyoming	97.8	99.9	98.4	98.7	1-0	4-1
Air Force	97.1	98.5	97.8	97.8	1-1	3-2
New Mexico	81.8	84.6	80.7	82.4	0-1	2-3
Colorado St.	80.6	84.4	80.8	81.9	0-2	1-5
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	MWC	Overall
Hawaii	99.2	100.9	98.6	99.6	1-0	4-1
Fresno St.	99.2	99.8	99.6	99.5	0-0	2-2
San Diego St.	98.2	100.0	98.1	98.8	1-1	4-1
Nevada	87.9	89.6	87.3	88.3	0-1	3-2
San Jose St.	85.3	87.4	84.8	85.8	1-1	3-2
U N L V	82.3	84.1	81.9	82.8	0-2	1-4
MWC Averages	93.4	94.9	93.4	93.9
Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	P12	Overall
Oregon	116.2	116.2	117.3	116.6	2-0	4-1
Washington	112.2	111.8	113.2	112.4	1-2	4-2
Washington St.	110.9	109.9	111.0	110.6	0-2	3-2
California	105.9	105.6	106.9	106.1	1-2	4-2
Stanford	106.1	105.3	105.9	105.8	2-2	3-3
Oregon St.	98.0	99.2	97.3	98.2	1-1	2-3
South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	P12	Overall
Utah	118.7	117.2	119.1	118.3	1-1	4-1
Arizona St.	108.4	107.8	109.3	108.5	1-1	4-1
U S C	107.2	108.0	107.5	107.6	2-1	3-2
Arizona	102.6	102.8	102.8	102.7	2-0	4-1
Colorado	99.6	99.4	99.5	99.5	1-1	3-2
U C L A	96.4	96.1	95.4	96.0	1-2	1-5
Pac-12 Averages	106.8	106.6	107.1	106.9
Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SEC	Overall
Georgia	128.6	126.9	129.1	128.2	2-0	5-0
Florida	122.8	119.9	122.4	121.7	4-0	6-0
Missouri	116.6	114.2	116.9	115.9	1-0	4-1
South Carolina	112.3	110.6	112.0	111.6	1-2	2-3
Kentucky	106.6	105.0	105.0	105.5	0-3	2-3
Tennessee	104.7	104.5	103.0	104.1	0-2	1-4
Vanderbilt	99.8	98.3	98.3	98.8	0-3	1-4
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SEC	Overall
Alabama	135.7	132.2	136.4	134.7	2-0	5-0
L S U	128.0	125.6	127.4	127.0	1-0	5-0
Auburn	121.2	119.3	120.8	120.4	2-1	5-1
Texas A&M	116.9	115.3	115.4	115.9	1-1	3-2
Mississippi St.	112.9	109.0	117.9	113.3	1-1	3-2
Ole Miss	105.1	104.2	104.7	104.7	2-1	3-3
Arkansas	97.5	98.3	96.9	97.6	0-2	2-3
SEC Averages	114.9	113.1	114.7	114.2
Sunbelt Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SBC	Overall
Appalachian St.	105.4	104.0	104.8	104.7	1-0	4-0
Troy	94.0	94.2	92.9	93.7	0-1	2-3
Georgia Southern	93.9	93.3	93.0	93.4	1-1	2-3
Georgia St.	87.5	88.8	86.8	87.7	1-1	3-2
Coastal Carolina	86.7	87.9	86.1	86.9	0-1	3-2
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	SBC	Overall
Louisiana	100.3	100.5	100.2	100.3	1-0	4-1
Arkansas St.	90.6	90.8	90.3	90.6	1-1	3-3
Louisiana-Monroe	87.7	88.5	87.5	87.9	1-0	2-3
Texas St.	83.7	84.6	83.5	83.9	1-0	2-3
South Alabama	74.1	77.0	73.4	74.9	0-2	1-5
SBC Averages	90.4	91.0	89.9	90.4

 

Conference Power Ratings
#	League	Average
1	SEC	114.2
2	BTen	110.9
3	B12	109.1
4	P12	106.9
5	ACC	105.1
6	AAC	97.0
7	MWC	93.9
8	Ind	92.0
9	SUN	90.4
10	MAC	87.4
11	CUSA	86.2

 

Top 5 Group of 5
1	Boise St.
2	Memphis
3	SMU
4	Cincinnati
5	Hawaii

 

 

This Week’s Bowl and Playoff Projections

 

The What-if It Were To Happen Edition

 

Submitted for your disapproval, what happens if Clemson loses a game this year to say Florida State, North Carolina St., South Carolina, or Virginia in the ACC Championship Game?  With their weak schedule, the Tigers would most likely not receive a bid to the NCAA Playoffs.

 

The Pac-12 has already eliminated itself from consideration.  We won’t even give Oregon a chance at 11-1, unless a lot of teams fall victims to upsets–too many to contemplate.

 

The Big Ten has three incredible teams in Ohio State, Penn State, and Wisconsin.  Additionally, Minnesota is still undefeated, and Michigan is, well, Michigan.  More than likely one Big Ten team will run the table and finish 13-0 to guarantee a spot in the Playoffs.  There could be a one-loss team in consideration, but with power at the top, it is possible that there will be only an undefeated or one loss team and multiple two-loss teams.

 

In the Big 12, Oklahoma always tends to slip up against somebody but then recovers to win the Big 12 Championship Game.  If the Sooners were to lose to Texas, Baylor, or Iowa State, or if they lost in the Big 12 Championship Game, would a one-loss OU team be good enough to make the top four?

 

Now consider the giant.  Let’s say Alabama, LSU, and Georgia combine to have one undefeated team and two, one-loss teams.  Say, Alabama goes 12-0 and wins the SEC Championship Game over 12-0 Georgia, while LSU only loses at Alabama in a close game to have a record of 11-1.

 

Could it be that THREE SEC teams would finish ranked in the top 4?  That’s the scenario we present today in our bowl and playoff projections.  We are not saying this is a certainty; we just wanted to show you how it might play out if Alabama, Georgia, and LSU finished ranked in the top 4.

 

You may ask if any conference has ever had three of the top four teams in a season, and not only will we answer, we’ll go one better.  In 1971, Nebraska finished number one; Oklahoma was number two; and Colorado was number three, all from the old Big 8 Conference.  It almost happened in 2011, when Alabama finished number one, LSU number two, and Arkansas number five.   That Arkansas team lost to just Alabama and LSU that year. 

 

Take a look at how this plays out.

 

Bowl	Conf	Conf	Team	Team
Bahamas	MAC	CUSA	Miami (O)	Florida Atlantic
Frisco	AAC	At-large	SMU	[Wyoming]
Cure	AAC	SBC	Navy	Georgia St.
New Mexico	CUSA	MWC	Southern Miss.	San Diego St.
Boca Raton	AAC	MAC	Memphis	Toledo
Camellia	MAC	SBC	Western Michigan	Troy
Las Vegas	MWC #1	Pac-12	Hawaii	Washington St.
New Orleans	CUSA	SBC #1	Louisiana Tech	Louisiana
Gasparilla	AAC	CUSA	Central Florida	UAB
Hawaii	BYU/MWC	AAC	BYU	Tulane
Independence	ACC	SEC	Virginia Tech	[Western Kentucky]
Quick Lane	ACC	Big Ten	Duke	Maryland
Military	ACC	AAC	Syracuse	Temple
Pinstripe	ACC	Big Ten	Pittsburgh	Nebraska
Texas	Big 12	SEC	Iowa St.	Ole Miss
Holiday	Pac-12	Big Ten	Utah	Iowa
Cheez-It	Big 12	Pac-12	Oklahoma St.	Colorado
Camping World	ACC	Big 12	Wake Forest	Baylor
Cotton	At-large	At-large	Boise St.	Notre Dame
First Responder	CUSA	Big 12	North Texas	West Virginia
Redbox	Pac-12	Big Ten	Arizona	Michigan St.
Music City	SEC	ACC	[Army]	Florida St.
Orange	ACC	BTen/SEC	Clemson	Wisconsin
Belk	ACC	SEC	North Carolina	Kentucky
Sun	ACC	Pac-12	North Carolina St.	Washington
Liberty	Big 12	SEC	Texas Tech	[Arkansas St.]
Arizona	SBC	MWC	Georgia Southern	Fresno St.
Alamo	Big 12	Pac-12	Texas	Arizona St.
Citrus	SEC	BTen/ACC	Auburn	Virginia
Outback	Big Ten	SEC	Minnesota	Texas A&M
Rose	Big Ten	Pac-12	Penn St.	Oregon
Sugar	Big 12	SEC	Oklahoma	Florida
Birmingham	AAC	SEC	Cincinnati	[Kansas St.]
Taxslayer/Gator	SEC	Big Ten	Mississippi St.	Michigan
Idaho Potato	MAC	MWC	Eastern Michigan	Utah St.
Armed Forces	Big Ten	MWC	Indiana	Air Force
Dollar General	MAC	SBC	Ohio	Appalachian St.
FBS PLAYOFFS
Fiesta	Top 4	Top 4	Ohio St.	Georgia
Peach	Top 4	Top 4	Alabama	LSU
Champsionship	Fiesta	Peach	Ohio St.	Alabama
Teams in [Brackets] are at-large selections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings Special Money Line Play(s)

Last week, our special money line parlays delivered mixed results.  If you chose to play Duke and Baylor in your upset parlay, you enjoyed a nice bonanza.  If you added or chose Kansas State or Indiana, then your imaginary investment was shredded.

We did not issue any money line parlay picks in our regular weekly picks yesterday.  We decided to save them for this post.  We just want to stress that these selections are totally off the wall long shots at odds of better than +150.  In other words, they are not likely to win, even though they always look handsome on paper.

We have chosen three college parlays and one NFL parlay this week.  Take a look.

 

Money Line Parlay #1  Odds: +160

San Diego State over Colorado State

UAB over Rice

Texas over West Virginia

Miami (Fla.) over Virginia Tech

 

 

Money Line Parlay #2  Odds: +162

Auburn over Florida

North Carolina over Georgia Tech

Maryland over Rutgers

 

 

Money Line Parlay #3  Odds: +198

Colorado over Arizona

Eastern Michigan over Central Michigan

Oklahoma State over Texas Tech

 

 

Money Line Parlay #4  Odds: +230

Chicago over Oakland

New Orleans over Tampa Bay

LA Chargers over Denver

 

 

PiRate Ratings Picks For October 3-7, 2019

Yet another week went by with mixed results here on the PiRate ship.  Our original picks began the weekend on a high note, as we hit on outright Money Line upsets by Duke and by Baylor.  Indiana even looked promising for awhile, before Michigan State proved too much for the Hoosiers.  Then, what we gained on Saturday, we gave back on Sunday.

The Davey19 experimental system had another successful week, bringing the total for the year back into the black.  When we use this formula, many times we look at the plays and feel apprehensive about publishing them, but they have proven to be winners so far this year.

Today, our concentration is more on the number and less on the teams involved.  Certainly, the teams involve matter, as getting 7 1/2 points for a winless team wouldn’t be worth a hoot against a top 5 team.  But, when it comes to games that are not considered blowout games, we are going to go heavy on the ones that cross multiple frequent numbers most prevalent in football outcomes.

By the way, do you know which numbers we speak of?  There are separate sets of numbers for college and for NFL games.  Let’s look at college first.

About 35% of all FBS football games end with the winner beating the loser by 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 17, or 21 points.  Those 7 margins make up better than 1/3 of all game outcomes.  When we refer to crossing numbers, this means we can play a teaser of 6, 6 1/2, 7, 10, or 13 points and cross multiple frequent margins.

For example, let’s say that Team A is listed as a 2 1/2 point underdog to Team B.  If we were to play Team A in a 10-point teaser as part of a 3-game parlay, we’d be allowed to move that spread from 2 1/2 to 12 1/2.  Doing so crosses 3, 4, 7, and 10, four of the most frequent margins in football games.  Crossing four numbers is quite nice.  

If Team B is a favorite over Team A by 2 1/2 and you play Team A in a 6-point, 2-game teaser, you can make Team A go from a 2 1/2 point to an 8 1/2 point underdog, crossing 3, 4, and 7.  In this instance crossing three frequent margins is wonderful when only having to win two games on a parlay.

When it comes to NFL games, the frequency of margins has changed quite a bit since 2015, when the extra point attempt was moved back to the 18 yard line and more teams began going for two-point conversions.

Today’s NFL sees a lot of games decided by 5 or 6 points.  Prior to 2015, more games ended by 10 and 4 points than today.  The advantage is now more in the smart bettor’s favor than it used to be.  42% of all NFL games end with a margin of 3, 4, 5. 6, or 7 points.  So, being able to cross these five margins in a teaser is an incredible opportunity if you can find a tossup game and tease it past that magical number 7.  Or, if you think you have a team that is a sure outright winner and is favored by more than 7 points, if you can tease that number to 2 1/2 or less, you are gaining a large advantage.  Professional gambling author John Ferguson, known by the nom deplum of Stanford Wong made the Teaser play that moves through 3 and 7 point margins quite famous, and today, this is called a Wong Teaser.  Wong’s favorite teaser play was a 6-point tease of favorites of 7 1/2, 8, or 8 1/2 points down to 1 1/2, 2, or 2 1/2 points, and a 6-point tease of underdogs of 1 1/2, 2, or 2 1/2 points to 7 1/2, 8, or 8 1/2 points.

When Ferguson made big money betting these types of teasers, the books offered much fairer odds on them, until more people picked up on this and began to win too much.  Now, you can get -110 odds on 2-game, 6-point teasers.  You have to put up $11 for every $10 the books put up.  We are not in the business of advertising for any company, so we won’t tell you the name, but if you do your research, you can still find a place where a 2-game, 6-point teaser has +100 odds, which means they put up dollar for dollar what you put up.

We have heard from a few of you that anxiously await these picks to come out every Thursday morning in the Central US.  Hopefully, you heed our advice and never wager real money on our published suggestions (And if you do, maybe it is to convince you not to play the games we picked!).

Even though our Davey19 experimental program is showing a profit for the year, the number of weeks it has been tried is still too small to mean much.  Our regular system had a multi-year run of success, but this year, it stinks.  So, just because Davey19 has a multi-week run of success, it could just as easily stink this week.  

Let’s get on with it.  Here are our selections for the week.  Once again–we never wager real money on these picks.  We are math geeks, and numbers are our friends.  We will make a statement that some people have taught their children how to love math by using applications like this and others using money to teach them how important math is.

 

PiRate Ratings Picks

 

10-point Teasers

 

#1

Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
Duke	Pittsburgh	15	Pittsburgh
Toledo	Western Michigan	12	Western Michigan
Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	17 1/2	Vanderbilt

Our feeling on this one is that Pittsburgh is vastly underrated with close losses to Penn State and Virginia.  Their listless win over Delaware can be excused as a sandwich game between the big upset of Central Florida and the conference game with Duke.

We believe that Western Michigan has about a 55-60% chance of winning this game outright, so making Toledo a double-digit favorite entices us to take the Broncos in this one.

An admission: we typically never play either way on a game involving Vanderbilt.  Our captain has inside connections with the program, and he feels that it wouldn’t be right to issue picks either way on the Commodores.  However, this week, this game becomes a prime pick, and the Captain has no inside information here.  This is purely a comparison of personnel, as well as production so far.  The Captain says that Vanderbilt’s opening troika of games with Northern Illinois in Game 4 basically made it a certainty that they would open 1-3 and become devalued.  Ole Miss’s defense is going to suffer a letdown against the Vanderbilt offense.  The Rebels have reached that point where the players pretty much know that the season is going to head south in October and November.  Meanwhile, Vanderbilt has a gimme game next week with UNLV and will not be looking forward past the next play in this game.  Ole Miss must play at Missouri, against Texas A&M, and at Auburn the next three weeks.  With LSU and Mississippi State coming at the end of the year, the chances of making it to bowl eligibility are about 1-2%.  Vanderbilt must win this game so that the UNLV game next week really matters.  A win Saturday virtually guarantees getting back to .500 the next week and with three definitely winnable games left on the schedule.  The SEC needs one of the bottom five teams to step up and gain bowl eligibility, and unless Missouri wins their challenge to ineligibility before December, the Commodores have the most favorable path to 6-6.

 

#2

Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
Florida	Auburn	7 1/2	Auburn
Miami (Fla.)	Virginia Tech	4	Miami
Oklahoma St.	Texas Tech	Pk	Oklahoma St.

 

We have been looking at the Florida-Auburn game since last Saturday night.  Our statistics and schedule strength show Auburn to be a legitimate touchdown or more favorite in this game, so getting more than that magical 7 points is quite appealing.

Teasing Miami from two touchdowns to 4 points brings us through the numbers 14, 10, and 7, and until Virginia Tech looks like a team with players that care, we will always look at teasing in their opponents’ favor.

Oklahoma State should beat Texas Tech 8 out of 10 times, so we are hoping that getting the Cowboys as a Pick’em will work, and this won’t be one of those two other times.

 

#3

Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
Penn St.	Purdue	18	Penn St.
Iowa	Michigan	6 1/2	Michigan
Washington	Stanford	6 1/2	Washington

 

We are not the type of player that plays a 4-touchdown favorite over a conference opponent, but with Purdue’s injury issues, we almost went with Penn State in a straight play at -28 over the Boilermakers.  However, we went the safer route and teased this under 21 points.  James Franklin may call off the dogs and allow PU a backdoor cover, but 18 points feels safe.

The Iowa-Michigan game was one of those really tough calls.  We hoped Iowa would pick up a little more Sharp support being undefeated, while Michigan has not won any big games under Jim Harbaugh.  Alas,  not enough Sharp money came in on Iowa, and the margin didn’t move to the 2 1/2 points we wanted.  We still like this number giving Michigan 6 1/2 points to play with, which does move the margin through two crucial numbers.  The fact that our ratings show that Michigan has about a 60% chance of winning the game, we’ll take the 6 1/2 points like it is bonus points for the true spread.

We get to move through 14, 10, and 7 in the Washington-Stanford game, and in our analysis, we believe the Huskies can blow the Cardinal off the field.  As a matter of fact, the Davey19 formula could be used to take UW outright at -16 1/2, but it was so close that we did not include it in this week’s Davey19 picks.

 

#4

Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
Tulane	Army	13	Army
Kansas St.	Baylor	12	Baylor
Nebraska	Northwestern	17 1/2	Northwestern

 

Tulane has become the sexy new Group of 5 favorite among the media, especially the ladies and gentlemen at ESPN and Fox Sports.  Army has yet to fire on all cylinders this year, but we don’t see the Green Wave going to West Point and winning by two touchdowns.

The Kansas State-Baylor game is strictly a numbers’ play.  Moving 2 to 12 goes through 3, 4, 7, and 10.  We don’t particularly love Baylor’s chances of winning after the emotional home upset of Iowa State, but 12 points from 2 are too much to turn down.

The same thing applies to Nebraska and Northwestern.  Neither team looks strong enough to blow out the other.  17 1/2 moves the spread through 10, 14, and 17, and in addition, we think the Cornhuskers should be favored by about 4 points.  So, this becomes more like a 13-point tease at a 10-point price.

 

#5

Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
Ohio	Buffalo	13	Buffalo
Iowa St.	TCU	13	TCU
Western Kentucky	Old Dominion	13 1/2	Old Dominion

 

These three plays are 100% about the numbers and not the teams after you factor in that these games are fairly evenly matched.  Ohio has been a disappointment so far, but their schedule has been a bit more than the Bobcats could handle to this point.  Additionally, this is a major revenge game for Buffalo, and it is a must-win game if the Bulls are to remain alive in the MAC-East.  Moving the line through 4, 7, and 10 is just gravy.

Iowa State and TCU might split 10 games, so getting the Horned Frogs and 13 is another great numbers’ play.

Western Kentucky has moved up from near the bottom to near the top in the CUSA East Division race, and the big upset over UAB last week means the Hilltoppers are now a contender in the division race.  However, teams that pull off big home upsets in conference games that go on the road the next week as a road favorite in a conference game have poor records covering the spread.  WKU may win this game, but not by two touchdowns.  

 

#6

Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
UTSA	UTEP	11 1/2	UTEP
North Carolina	Georgia Tech	1/2	North Carolina
Rice	UAB	1	UAB

 

UTSA and UTEP could combine their rosters and still struggle to finish 3-9, so when one of these weak teams can be forced into a double-digit situation that crosses all the lower key numbers (3, 4, 7, and 10), we jump on this one.

Teasing the Tar Heels is the only way to go in this game.  North Carolina will bounce some after falling short against Clemson, but Georgia Tech is likely to go 0-8 in ACC play this year trying to move from the triple option philosophy to the standard style of play.  That’s usually a three-year transition process.  We’ll put enough faith in Mack Brown to get his Carolina team ready enough to win this game, even if just by a couple points.

The Rice-UAB spread should probably be larger than it is, and we were enticed to look twice at playing UAB straight up.  Teasing the Blazers into an underdog is too good to pass up in this one.

 

13-point Teaser

#7

Team	Team	Total	Pick
Arizona	Cincinnati	34	Over
Minnesota	N.Y. Giants	30 1/2	Over
Tennessee	Buffalo	25 1/2	Over
San Francisco	Cleveland	33 1/2	Over

 

We had to choose one 13-point teaser and go with NFL Totals.  It can be hard to find action in a 13-point teaser of totals, but it is possible, so we are going with one.

The reasoning behind this play is that NFL games have smaller standard deviations of point totals in games.  The books have to be careful with totals that are too low in an environment where offenses have the advantage over defenses.  Thus, moving them by 13 points back in the direction where they probably need to be makes these games enticing.  Other than that, we don’t have a lot else to go on in these plays.  We chose these four games because our own internal ratings show that all four games should be played in the 38-45 point total range.

Davey19

Davey19 is a mechanical system using multiple rules that would take much too long to explain.  And, if it proves to be successful, we aren’t about to explain it to the rest of the world.

 

Favorite	Underdog	Spread	Pick
Kansas St.	Baylor	1	Kansas St.
Eastern Michigan	Central Michigan	5 1/2	Eastern Michigan
SMU	Tulsa	13 1/2	Tulsa
Auburn	Florida	2 1/2	Auburn
LSU	Utah St.	28	Utah St.
Carolina	Jacksonville	3 1/2	Jacksonville
Kansas City	Indianapolis	11 1/2	Indianapolis
New England	Washington	15 1/2	Washington
Philadelphia	N. Y. Jets	14 1/2	N.Y. Jets