PiRate Ratings 2020-2021 Final College Football Rankings

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

PiRate Ratings College Football For The Playoffs and Bowls

Spreads for Bowls and Playoff Semifinals

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

Final Regular Season PiRate Ratings

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

PiRate Rating By Conference

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

Conference Ratings

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

PiRate Ratings College Football For December 17-19, 2020

This Week’s PiRate Rating Spreads

We apologize for having to totally re-work this section, but the crazy off-the-cuff scheduling and cancellations have done a number on all of the power ratings specialists throughout the land. We keep in touch with many of our brethren, and they too are having to deal with hourly changes to the sports schedules.

This schedule is up to date as of Monday afternoon, 12/14/2020 at 4:00 PM EST.

Monday night update: Vanderbilt & Georgia game cancelled. Georgia is attempting to find a replacement team from outside the SEC.

SMU has opted out of Saturday’s Frisco Bowl. A replacement will be attempted by the bowl.

Tuesday update–The Frisco Bowl has been cancelled. Troy and UL-Monroe have cancelled. And, the Old Oaken Bucket Game–Indiana and Purdue has been cancelled. Michigan’s game with Iowa has been cancelled. The Michigan State-Maryland game has been cancelled.

Thursday update– The Sun Belt Conference Championship Game between Coastal Carolina and Louisiana has been cancelled.

Friday update–Florida State and Wake Forest game has been cancelled.

Regular Season Games
Thursday, December 17
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Troy	UL-Monroe	25.3	26.5	27.3
Friday, December 18
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Indiana	Purdue	14.7	15.0	16.5
Rutgers	Nebraska	-2.9	-3.4	-4.8
Saturday, December 19
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Wake Forest	Florida St.	7.8	9.4	8.8
Wisconsin	Minnesota	14.0	11.8	13.5
Penn St.	Illinois	10.8	10.2	10.6
Iowa	Michigan	16.3	16.8	17.0
Maryland	Michigan St.	-2.4	-1.9	-3.2
Army	Air Force	-5.3	-4.6	-5.3
Utah	Washington St.	6.4	8.0	6.7
UCLA	Stanford	5.3	6.1	4.9
Oregon St.	Arizona St.	-3.2	-2.7	-3.6
Georgia	Vanderbilt	38.1	38.0	39.8
Tennessee	Texas A&M	-13.8	-14.4	-14.4
LSU	Ole Miss	6.8	7.2	7.9
Mississippi St.	Missouri	0.6	0.2	0.2
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
Friday, December 18
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Buffalo (n)	Ball St.	11.3	12.5	11.9
Marshall	UAB	6.2	6.2	6.5
USC	Oregon	5.2	4.2	4.8
Saturday, December 19
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Cincinnati	Tulsa	17.2	18.1	18.8
Clemson (n)	Notre Dame	5.8	6.8	8.0
Iowa St. (n)	Oklahoma	-1.1	-1.3	-0.9
Ohio St. (n)	Northwestern	19.5	18.5	19.2
Alabama (n)	Florida	18.1	19.7	19.9
Coastal Carolina	Louisiana	3.3	4.3	4.5
San Jose St. (n)	Boise St.	-10.4	-8.5	-9.5
(n): Neutral Site
BOWL GAME
Frisco Bowl—Cancelled
Team	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias
SMU	UTSA	15.9	15.0	14.8

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

#	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg.	Conference
1	Alabama	140.4	141.3	142.7	141.5	SEC-W
2	Ohio St.	131.4	130.5	133.7	131.9	BTen-E
3	Clemson	129.2	130.0	131.4	130.2	ACC
4	Georgia	124.4	123.6	125.2	124.4	SEC-E
5	Notre Dame	124.4	124.2	124.4	124.3	ACC
6	Florida	122.2	121.7	122.8	122.2	SEC-E
7	Texas A&M	121.6	121.6	122.3	121.8	SEC-W
8	Oklahoma	121.6	121.1	121.8	121.5	B12
9	Iowa St.	120.5	119.8	120.9	120.4	B12
10	Iowa	119.7	119.3	121.4	120.1	BTen-W
11	N. Carolina	119.8	119.9	120.3	120.0	ACC
12	Wisconsin	119.7	118.0	120.9	119.5	BTen-W
13	Cincinnati	119.2	118.7	119.4	119.1	AAC
14	Indiana	117.1	117.5	119.6	118.1	BTen-E
15	U S C	118.6	116.0	117.7	117.5	P12-S
16	Texas	117.0	115.8	116.9	116.6	B12
17	Auburn	115.6	114.7	115.7	115.3	SEC-W
18	Oregon	115.5	113.9	114.9	114.8	P12-N
19	BYU	114.7	114.5	114.9	114.7	Ind.
20	L S U	114.3	113.6	115.4	114.4	SEC-W
21	Oklahoma St.	114.5	113.2	113.6	113.8	B12
22	Northwestern	111.9	112.0	114.4	112.8	BTen-W
23	Miami (Fla.)	110.8	112.7	111.3	111.6	ACC
24	Penn St.	111.8	110.5	112.4	111.6	BTen-E
25	UCF	110.4	110.3	110.7	110.5	AAC
26	T C U	110.5	109.3	110.9	110.3	B12
27	Kentucky	109.1	109.0	110.1	109.4	SEC-E
28	Washington	109.4	108.0	109.8	109.1	P12-N
29	Arizona St.	109.2	108.5	108.8	108.8	P12-S
30	Ole Miss	109.0	107.9	109.0	108.6	SEC-W
31	Utah	108.2	108.3	108.9	108.5	P12-S
32	U C L A	108.2	107.3	107.4	107.6	P12-S
33	Buffalo	106.9	108.0	107.7	107.5	MAC-E
34	Coastal Car.	107.0	107.6	107.7	107.4	SUN-E
35	Minnesota	106.7	107.2	108.3	107.4	BTen-W
36	Boise St.	107.2	107.2	106.9	107.1	MWC-M
37	Louisville	107.1	107.0	106.5	106.8	ACC
38	Tennessee	106.3	105.7	106.4	106.1	SEC-E
39	Pittsburgh	105.5	106.4	105.8	105.9	ACC
40	Missouri	105.3	105.0	106.1	105.5	SEC-E
41	Michigan	105.4	104.5	106.3	105.4	BTen-E
42	Louisiana	105.7	105.3	105.3	105.4	SUN-W
43	Nebraska	105.0	104.5	106.3	105.3	BTen-W
44	Wake Forest	104.7	105.5	105.5	105.3	ACC
45	California	105.4	105.1	105.1	105.2	P12-N
46	Virginia	104.6	105.0	105.1	104.9	ACC
47	W. Virginia	104.7	104.4	104.9	104.7	B12
48	Virginia Tech	103.9	104.5	104.9	104.4	ACC
49	Miss. St.	104.4	103.7	104.8	104.3	SEC-W
50	Tulane	104.3	104.3	103.9	104.2	AAC
51	Boston Coll.	103.6	103.9	104.2	103.9	ACC
52	Stanford	104.4	102.7	104.0	103.7	P12-N
53	Oregon St.	104.0	103.8	103.2	103.7	P12-N
54	Purdue	103.4	103.5	104.1	103.7	BTen-W
55	Washington St.	103.7	102.3	104.2	103.4	P12-N
56	Memphis	104.4	103.1	102.6	103.4	AAC
57	Appal. St.	103.4	102.9	103.5	103.3	SUN-E
58	Illinois	102.9	102.3	103.8	103.0	BTen-W
59	Tulsa	103.5	102.1	102.1	102.5	AAC
60	Arkansas	102.2	102.8	102.4	102.5	SEC-W
61	Baylor	102.3	101.8	102.1	102.1	B12
62	Air Force	101.7	102.4	101.7	101.9	MWC-M
63	NC State	101.4	101.9	101.8	101.7	ACC
64	Houston	102.3	100.9	101.2	101.5	AAC
65	Liberty	100.0	102.9	100.8	101.2	Ind.
66	Colorado	101.0	101.8	99.8	100.9	P12-S
67	Kansas St.	100.4	99.6	100.7	100.2	B12
68	Rutgers	100.6	99.6	100.0	100.1	BTen-E
69	SMU	100.1	99.6	99.2	99.7	AAC
70	S. Carolina	100.5	98.8	99.7	99.7	SEC-E
71	Marshall	99.6	99.9	99.2	99.5	CUSA-E
72	Michigan St.	99.1	98.6	99.7	99.2	BTen-E
73	San Diego St.	98.5	99.5	98.8	98.9	MWC-W
74	Texas Tech	98.8	97.6	98.9	98.4	B12
75	San Jose St.	96.9	98.6	97.4	97.6	MWC-W
76	Florida St.	97.9	97.2	97.7	97.6	ACC
77	Wyoming	96.0	97.1	96.4	96.5	MWC-M
78	Nevada	95.2	96.1	95.6	95.7	MWC-W
79	Ball St.	95.6	95.5	95.8	95.7	MAC-W
80	U A B	95.3	95.7	94.7	95.2	CUSA-W
81	Georgia Tech	95.7	95.2	94.8	95.2	ACC
82	E. Carolina	95.6	95.4	94.5	95.2	AAC
83	Maryland	95.2	95.2	95.0	95.1	BTen-E
84	Ohio	94.4	95.1	95.3	94.9	MAC-E
85	Army	93.9	95.3	93.9	94.4	Ind.
86	Arizona	94.1	92.5	92.9	93.2	P12-S
87	Georgia Sou.	92.7	93.5	93.0	93.1	SUN-E
88	Fresno St.	92.7	93.2	92.2	92.7	MWC-W
89	Hawaii	92.7	93.0	92.0	92.5	MWC-W
90	Western Mich.	91.6	93.3	92.4	92.4	MAC-W
91	Toledo	92.1	93.2	91.9	92.4	MAC-W
92	Troy	91.8	92.9	92.2	92.3	SUN-E
93	Central Mich.	92.0	92.1	92.2	92.1	MAC-W
94	Georgia St.	91.8	92.1	92.3	92.1	SUN-E
95	Miami (O)	92.4	91.5	92.1	92.0	MAC-E
96	Navy	92.7	91.4	90.7	91.6	AAC
97	W. Kentucky	91.2	91.7	90.8	91.2	CUSA-E
98	Kent St.	91.2	90.7	90.7	90.9	MAC-E
99	Syracuse	90.1	91.3	90.8	90.8	ACC
100	Duke	90.5	90.3	89.3	90.0	ACC
101	Colorado St.	89.5	90.3	89.5	89.8	MWC-M
102	Vanderbilt	88.3	87.5	87.4	87.8	SEC-E
103	Arkansas St.	87.6	88.2	87.0	87.6	SUN-W
104	Temple	87.9	87.6	86.3	87.3	AAC
105	Rice	88.1	86.2	87.2	87.2	CUSA-W
106	USF	87.8	86.5	86.2	86.8	AAC
107	Fla. Atlantic	85.9	86.8	86.2	86.3	CUSA-E
108	New Mexico	86.0	86.8	85.4	86.1	MWC-M
109	Florida Int’l.	85.7	85.5	85.3	85.5	CUSA-E
110	U T S A	85.2	85.6	85.4	85.4	CUSA-W
111	Eastern Mich.	83.8	85.6	84.5	84.6	MAC-W
112	Utah St.	84.4	84.1	83.5	84.0	MWC-M
113	La. Tech	83.6	84.2	83.6	83.8	CUSA-W
114	Charlotte	83.5	83.6	83.2	83.4	CUSA-E
115	Middle Tenn.	82.2	82.5	82.3	82.3	CUSA-E
116	Southern Miss.	82.3	82.8	81.8	82.3	CUSA-W
117	S. Alabama	81.8	82.7	81.7	82.1	SUN-W
118	N. Illinois	80.7	82.0	80.8	81.2	MAC-W
119	Texas St.	81.0	81.5	80.2	80.9	SUN-W
120	U N L V	79.5	80.6	78.7	79.6	MWC-W
121	Kansas	78.7	78.0	77.4	78.1	B12
122	North Texas	75.4	75.6	74.8	75.3	CUSA-W
123	U T E P	67.9	70.3	68.0	68.7	CUSA-W
124	Akron	67.5	69.2	66.1	67.6	MAC-E
125	UL-Monroe	68.0	67.9	66.5	67.5	SUN-W
126	Bowling Green	65.1	66.4	61.8	64.4	MAC-E
127	Mass.	61.7	67.5	59.9	63.0	Ind.

PiRate Rating By Conference

American Athletic Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	AAC	Overall
Cincinnati	119.2	118.7	119.4	119.1	6-0	8-0
UCF	110.4	110.3	110.7	110.5	5-3	6-3
Tulane	104.3	104.3	103.9	104.2	3-5	6-5
Memphis	104.4	103.1	102.6	103.4	5-3	7-3
Tulsa	103.5	102.1	102.1	102.5	6-0	6-1
Houston	102.3	100.9	101.2	101.5	3-3	3-4
SMU	100.1	99.6	99.2	99.7	4-3	7-3
E. Carolina	95.6	95.4	94.5	95.2	3-4	3-6
Navy	92.7	91.4	90.7	91.6	3-4	3-7
Temple	87.9	87.6	86.3	87.3	1-6	1-6
USF	87.8	86.5	86.2	86.8	0-7	1-8
AAC Avg.	100.7	100.0	99.7	100.1
Atlantic Coast Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	ACC	Overall
Clemson	129.2	130.0	131.4	130.2	8-1	9-1
Notre Dame	124.4	124.2	124.4	124.3	9-0	10-0
N. Carolina	119.8	119.9	120.3	120.0	7-3	8-3
Miami (Fla.)	110.8	112.7	111.3	111.6	7-2	8-2
Louisville	107.1	107.0	106.5	106.8	3-7	4-7
Pittsburgh	105.5	106.4	105.8	105.9	5-5	6-5
Wake Forest	104.7	105.5	105.5	105.3	3-4	4-4
Virginia	104.6	105.0	105.1	104.9	4-5	5-5
Virginia Tech	103.9	104.5	104.9	104.4	5-5	5-6
Boston Coll.	103.6	103.9	104.2	103.9	5-5	6-5
NC State	101.4	101.9	101.8	101.7	7-3	8-3
Florida St.	97.9	97.2	97.7	97.6	2-6	3-6
Georgia Tech	95.7	95.2	94.8	95.2	3-6	3-7
Syracuse	90.1	91.3	90.8	90.8	1-9	1-10
Duke	90.5	90.3	89.3	90.0	1-9	2-9
ACC Avg.	106.0	106.3	106.2	106.2
Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	B12	Overall
Oklahoma	121.6	121.1	121.8	121.5	6-2	7-2
Iowa St.	120.5	119.8	120.9	120.4	8-1	8-2
Texas	117.0	115.8	116.9	116.6	5-3	6-3
Oklahoma St.	114.5	113.2	113.6	113.8	6-3	7-3
T C U	110.5	109.3	110.9	110.3	5-4	6-4
W. Virginia	104.7	104.4	104.9	104.7	4-4	5-4
Baylor	102.3	101.8	102.1	102.1	2-7	2-7
Kansas St.	100.4	99.6	100.7	100.2	4-5	4-6
Texas Tech	98.8	97.6	98.9	98.4	3-6	4-6
Kansas	78.7	78.0	77.4	78.1	0-8	0-9
Big 12 Avg.	106.9	106.1	106.8	106.6
Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Ohio St.	131.4	130.5	133.7	131.9	5-0	5-0
Indiana	117.1	117.5	119.6	118.1	6-1	6-1
Penn St.	111.8	110.5	112.4	111.6	3-5	3-5
Michigan	105.4	104.5	106.3	105.4	2-4	2-4
Rutgers	100.6	99.6	100.0	100.1	3-5	3-5
Michigan St.	99.1	98.6	99.7	99.2	2-5	2-5
Maryland	95.2	95.2	95.0	95.1	2-3	2-3
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Iowa	119.7	119.3	121.4	120.1	6-2	6-2
Wisconsin	119.7	118.0	120.9	119.5	2-3	2-3
Northwestern	111.9	112.0	114.4	112.8	6-1	6-1
Minnesota	106.7	107.2	108.3	107.4	3-3	3-3
Nebraska	105.0	104.5	106.3	105.3	2-5	2-5
Purdue	103.4	103.5	104.1	103.7	2-4	2-4
Illinois	102.9	102.3	103.8	103.0	2-5	2-5
Big Ten Avg.	109.3	108.8	110.4	109.5
Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	CUSA	Overall
Marshall	99.6	99.9	99.2	99.5	4-1	7-1
W. Kentucky	91.2	91.7	90.8	91.2	4-3	5-6
Fla. Atlantic	85.9	86.8	86.2	86.3	4-2	5-3
Florida Int’l.	85.7	85.5	85.3	85.5	0-3	0-5
Charlotte	83.5	83.6	83.2	83.4	2-2	2-4
Middle Tenn.	82.2	82.5	82.3	82.3	2-4	3-6
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	CUSA	Overall
U A B	95.3	95.7	94.7	95.2	3-1	5-3
Rice	88.1	86.2	87.2	87.2	2-3	2-3
U T S A	85.2	85.6	85.4	85.4	5-2	7-4
La. Tech	83.6	84.2	83.6	83.8	4-2	5-4
Southern Miss.	82.3	82.8	81.8	82.3	2-4	3-7
North Texas	75.4	75.6	74.8	75.3	3-4	4-5
U T E P	67.9	70.3	68.0	68.7	0-4	3-5
CUSA Avg.	85.1	85.4	84.8	85.1
FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
BYU	114.7	114.5	114.9	114.7	x	10-1
Liberty	100.0	102.9	100.8	101.2	x	9-1
Army	93.9	95.3	93.9	94.4	x	8-2
Mass.	61.7	67.5	59.9	63.0	x	0-4
Ind. Avg.	92.6	95.1	92.4	93.3
Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Buffalo	106.9	108.0	107.7	107.5	5-0	5-0
Ohio	94.4	95.1	95.3	94.9	2-1	2-1
Miami (O)	92.4	91.5	92.1	92.0	2-1	2-1
Kent St.	91.2	90.7	90.7	90.9	3-1	3-1
Akron	67.5	69.2	66.1	67.6	1-5	1-5
Bowling Green	65.1	66.4	61.8	64.4	0-5	0-5
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Ball St.	95.6	95.5	95.8	95.7	5-1	5-1
Western Mich.	91.6	93.3	92.4	92.4	4-2	4-2
Toledo	92.1	93.2	91.9	92.4	4-2	4-2
Central Mich.	92.0	92.1	92.2	92.1	3-3	3-3
Eastern Mich.	83.8	85.6	84.5	84.6	2-4	2-4
N. Illinois	80.7	82.0	80.8	81.2	0-6	0-6
MAC Avg.	87.8	88.5	87.6	88.0
Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Boise St.	107.2	107.2	106.9	107.1	5-0	5-1
Air Force	101.7	102.4	101.7	101.9	2-2	3-2
Wyoming	96.0	97.1	96.4	96.5	2-4	2-4
Colorado St.	89.5	90.3	89.5	89.8	1-3	1-3
New Mexico	86.0	86.8	85.4	86.1	2-5	2-5
Utah St.	84.4	84.1	83.5	84.0	1-5	1-5
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
San Diego St.	98.5	99.5	98.8	98.9	4-2	4-4
San Jose St.	96.9	98.6	97.4	97.6	6-0	6-0
Nevada	95.2	96.1	95.6	95.7	6-2	6-2
Fresno St.	92.7	93.2	92.2	92.7	3-3	3-3
Hawaii	92.7	93.0	92.0	92.5	4-4	4-4
U N L V	79.5	80.6	78.7	79.6	0-6	0-6
MWC Avg.	93.3	94.1	93.2	93.5
Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Oregon	115.5	113.9	114.9	114.8	3-2	3-2
Washington	109.4	108.0	109.8	109.1	3-1	3-1
California	105.4	105.1	105.1	105.2	1-3	1-3
Stanford	104.4	102.7	104.0	103.7	3-2	3-2
Oregon St.	104.0	103.8	103.2	103.7	2-4	2-4
Washington St.	103.7	102.3	104.2	103.4	1-2	1-2
South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
U S C	118.6	116.0	117.7	117.5	5-0	5-0
Arizona St.	109.2	108.5	108.8	108.8	1-2	1-2
Utah	108.2	108.3	108.9	108.5	2-2	2-2
U C L A	108.2	107.3	107.4	107.6	3-3	3-3
Colorado	101.0	101.8	99.8	100.9	3-1	4-1
Arizona	94.1	92.5	92.9	93.2	0-5	0-5
P12 Avg.	106.8	105.8	106.4	106.4
Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SEC	Overall
Georgia	124.4	123.6	125.2	124.4	7-2	7-2
Florida	122.2	121.7	122.8	122.2	8-2	8-2
Kentucky	109.1	109.0	110.1	109.4	4-6	4-6
Tennessee	106.3	105.7	106.4	106.1	3-6	3-6
Missouri	105.3	105.0	106.1	105.5	5-4	5-4
S. Carolina	100.5	98.8	99.7	99.7	2-8	2-8
Vanderbilt	88.3	87.5	87.4	87.8	0-9	0-9
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SEC	Overall
Alabama	140.4	141.3	142.7	141.5	10-0	10-0
Texas A&M	121.6	121.6	122.3	121.8	7-1	7-1
Auburn	115.6	114.7	115.7	115.3	6-4	6-4
L S U	114.3	113.6	115.4	114.4	4-5	4-5
Ole Miss	109.0	107.9	109.0	108.6	4-4	4-4
Miss. St.	104.4	103.7	104.8	104.3	2-7	2-7
Arkansas	102.2	102.8	102.4	102.5	3-7	3-7
SEC Avg.	111.7	111.2	112.1	111.7
Sunbelt Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SBC	Overall
Coastal Car.	107.0	107.6	107.7	107.4	8-0	11-0
Appal. St.	103.4	102.9	103.5	103.3	6-2	8-3
Georgia Sou.	92.7	93.5	93.0	93.1	4-4	7-5
Georgia St.	91.8	92.1	92.3	92.1	4-4	5-4
Troy	91.8	92.9	92.2	92.3	3-6	5-6
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SBC	Overall
Louisiana	105.7	105.3	105.3	105.4	7-1	9-1
Arkansas St.	87.6	88.2	87.0	87.6	2-6	4-7
S. Alabama	81.8	82.7	81.7	82.1	3-5	4-7
Texas St.	81.0	81.5	80.2	80.9	2-6	2-10
UL-Monroe	68.0	67.9	66.5	67.5	0-7	0-10
Sun Avg.	91.1	91.4	90.9	91.2

Conference Ratings

#	League	Avg
1	SEC	111.7
2	BTen	109.5
3	B12	106.6
4	P12	106.4
5	ACC	106.2
6	AAC	100.1
7	MWC	93.5
8	Ind.	93.3
9	Sun	91.2
10	MAC	88.0
11	CUSA	85.1

The Playoffs–What Will Be This Week & What Should Be

The Playoff Committee won’t adjust this week’s top four teams. Only one of the four from last week played a game this past weekend, and Alabama basically showed the nation that they look like the best team in college football since the 2001 Miami of Florida Hurricanes. If somebody tells you that the playoffs need to be expanded from 4 to either 6, 8, or 12 teams, because Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Buffalo, and San Jose St. deserve a chance this year, you should reply that they are incorrect when talking about this year only. If the NCAA Playoff Committee wanted to make any changes to make the 2020-2021 college season end the right way, they should change the number of teams in the playoffs–from four to zero!

Alabama is clearly the best team in the nation. If they played Notre Dame, Ohio State, or Clemson next week, the Tide would be favored by two touchdowns minimum over any of the three contenders. If you are old enough to remember UCLA basketball during the three seasons that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his additional all-American teammates suited up for the Bruins, the NCAA Tournaments were less eventful than the middle of the season Christmas and New Year’s tournaments. For three years, UCLA was the basketball equivalent of the 1927 New York Yankees. The NCAA Tournament was no different than the Bruin Invitational, as UCLA beat Dayton, North Carolina, and Purdue so handily that the games were not meaningful. Alabama is going to do the same thing this year.

We believe that Clemson will edge Notre Dame in the ACC Championship, as the Tigers almost beat the Irish in South Bend without having Trevor Lawrence available. Notre Dame will assuredly drop to #4 in the playoff rankings, but they will stay in the top 4 to be Sugar Bowl fodder for Alabama. Ohio State and Clemson would then face off in the Rose Bowl. Ten days later, Alabama will run roughshod over the Ohio State-Clemson winner, most likely Clemson, and it will be like the Yankees-Dodgers in the World Series during the 1950’s, with Alabama being the Yankees.

If you ask us whether Ohio State deserves to be in the Playoffs, as they have only played five games, when the Big Ten had previously stated that a team had to play at least six games to be eligible for the Big Ten Championship, we have a somewhat divided opinion. First, we 100% agree that Ohio State should be in the Big Ten Championship Game.

Let’s say that rather than declare the Michigan game postponed, that Ohio State forfeited the game to show a six-game slate. Even with the one loss, Ohio State beats out Indiana on the tiebreaker, and it doesn’t affect their eye test rating. So, the Buckeyes deserve the East Division championship. We kind of compare this to the rule where a Major League batter can be the batting champion even if he fails to get the required 502 plate appearances in a 162-game schedule, if you take his at-bats and include additional outs until you reach the 502 required PA’s. If the batter still has the highest batting average with those outs added, he is the batting champion.

For example, in 1996, legendary hitter Tony Gwynn batted .353, but he only made 498 plate appearances, which did not qualify for the batting crown. He needed four additional plate appearances. With four outs added to Gwynn’s actual record, his batting average dropped to .349, which was still better than the next highest average, Rockies’ star Ellis Burks at .344. So, Gwynn won the batting title at .353.

Likewise, adding one loss to Ohio State’s record still allows the Buckeyes to win the Big Ten East in a tiebreaker with Indiana.

That being said, do we believe that Ohio State is one of the four best teams in the nation this year? The short answer is that our own ratings show the Buckeyes to be the second best team. However, if we were on the Playoff Committee, we would be totally at a loss to separate Ohio State and USC. As for any of the G5 teams, we hate to say it, but none of them can play either Ohio State or USC to within 10 points. A G5 Playoff with Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Buffalo, and San Jose State would be quite entertaining and much better TV choices than the bowl games, even the New Year’s Six games. But, the only teams outside the current top four that should be in consideration for the Playoffs are USC and Texas A&M. Additionally, it is more accurate to state that the loser of the ACC Championship Game should be removed in favor of an undefeated USC team this year. A one-loss Texas A&M team that beat Florida and played Alabama better than any other opponent might be the second best team in the nation, and it would be hard to convince us that they don’t belong in the Big Four if the ACC loser loses by a substantial margin.

Here is our belief as to what will happen depending on whether each of the contenders win or lose this week.

Alabama–If the Crimson Tide wins, they are in the Sugar Bowl as the #1 seed. If the Crimson Tide loses, they are in the Rose Bowl as the #3 seed.

Ohio State–If the Buckeyes win, they are in the Rose Bowl as the #2 or #3 seed. If the Buckeyes lose, they are in a NY6 bowl and not in the playoffs.

Notre Dame–If the Irish win, they are in the Rose Bowl as the #2 seed or Sugar Bowl as the #1 seed if Bama were to lose. If the Irish lose, they are in the Sugar Bowl as the #4 seed.

Clemson–If the Tigers win, they are in the Rose Bowl as the #2 or #3 seed based on what Ohio State does. If the Tigers lose, they are in the Orange Bowl and not in the playoffs.

Texas A&M–The Aggies must win and then hope for Clemson or Ohio State to lose, possibly Notre Dame to lose by 20 or more points. If the Aggies back into the Playoffs, they will be headed to the Sugar Bowl as the #4 seed if Alabama is #1, or to the Rose Bowl if Ohio State or Notre Dame is #1

USC–Notre Dame must beat Clemson, and Northwestern must upset Ohio State, while USC beats Washington by 28 or more points, and Texas A&M doesn’t slaughter Tennessee.

Cincinnati–Clemson, Ohio State, and USC must lose, and maybe even Texas A&M.

Any 2-loss team–We don’t see any scenario where Oklahoma, Iowa State, Florida, or Clemson could make the playoffs with two losses.

PiRate Picks for December 11-14, 2020

Picking Games That Will Actually Be Played Harder Than Picking Winners

We moved this feature from Thursday to Friday beginning last week, in hopes that we would stop issuing selections only to have them be cancelled later in the day when games in our parlays and teasers were virus victims. So, what happened last week? Literally five minutes after we posted our selections, our number one selection as far as our confidence in thinking it would be a winner, was cancelled.

We cannot possibly send this out an hour before the Noon Eastern kickoffs, so Friday morning is about as late as we can release this weekly feature. Maybe, we should try to predict who will cancel in the final 24 hours before kickoff?

We were quite hesitant to use Tennessee and Vanderbilt in our selections this week, because the Commodores’ roster looks like a retail store about five weeks after they have begun to liquidate with a “going out of business” sale. They have 44 players remaining on the team, but they have just one defensive end left on the roster, and two real linebackers. They have been forced to use small defensive backs at linebacker and offensive linemen in the defensive line. One of the healthy defensive backs, a true freshman and one of the very few 4-star recruits suffered the tragic loss of his mother and has been left with three siblings that he will now become their legal guardian. He’s all of 18 years old.

If you want to contribute something to this family facing a tragic loss of having both father and mother pass away, the four teenage kids could use a little Holiday Season support. For what it’s worth, the Vanderbilt freshman, DeRickey Wright, is not only on athletic scholarship at Vanderbilt, he is on academic scholarship. His three sisters are aged 16, 14, and 10. A Go Fund Me account has been set up to help the family. Rather than ask you not to use our selections here as real betting advice, we ask you to consider donating a little to help this family in their worst time of grief.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/j3m97-wright-family

This Week’s Selections

1. College 10-point Teaser
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Arizona St.	Arizona	-0.5
Georgia	Missouri	-3
Nebraska	Minnesota	-0.5
2. College 10-point Teaser
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Ball St.	Western Mich.	+8
Toledo	Central Mich.	-1
Troy	Coastal Carolina	+23.5
3. College 10-point Teaser
Selection	Opponent	Spread
North Carolina	Miami (Fla.)	+13
Tennessee	Vanderbilt	-5.5
Boise St.	Wyoming	-1
4. College 10-point Teaser
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Florida	LSU	-13
Auburn	Mississippi St.	+3.5
USC	UCLA	+7.5
5. Money Line Parlay @+131.55
Must Win	Opponent	Odds
Army	Navy
Virginia Tech	Virginia	+131.55
6. Money Line Parlay @ +160
Must Win	Opponent	Odds
Utah	Colorado
Northwestern	Illinois	+160
7. NFL 10-point Teaser
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Chicago	Houston	+11.5
N.Y. Giants	Arizona	+12.5
Detroit	Green Bay	+17.5

This Week’s College Football TV Schedule

Friday, December 11
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor
7:00 PM	ESPN	Arizona	Arizona St.
10:00 PM	CBSSN	San Jose St *	Nevada
		* In Las Vegas
Saturday, December 12
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor
12:00 PM	ABC	West Va.	Oklahoma
12:00 PM 12:00 PM	ABC FOX	Penn St. Colorado	Michigan St. Utah
12:00 PM	ESPN	Arkansas	Alabama
12:00 PM	ESPN2	Northwestern	Illinois
12:00 PM	FS1	Nebraska	Minnesota
12:00 PM	SECN	Missouri	Georgia
12:00 PM	BTN	Maryland	Rutgers
12:00 PM	ACCN	Louisville	Wake Forest
2:30 PM	CBSSN	Buffalo	Akron
3:00 PM	CBS	Army	Navy
3:30 PM	ABC	Miami (Fla.)	North Carolina
3:30 PM	FS1	Iowa	Wisconsin
3:45 PM	ESPN2	Memphis	Houston
4:00 PM	ESPN2	Kansas	Texas
4:00 PM	SECN	Vanderbilt	Tennessee
4:00 PM	ACCN	Florida St.	Duke
4:00 PM 6:00 PM	FOX CBSSN	Washington St. Wyoming	California Boise St.
7:00 PM	ESPN	Florida	LSU
7:00 PM	FS1	TCU	Louisiana Tech
7:00 PM	ESPNU	Baylor	Oklahoma St.
7:30 PM	ABC	UCLA	USC
7:30 PM	SECN	Mississippi St.	Auburn
8:00 PM	ACCN	Virginia Tech	Virginia
9:30 PM	CBSSN	Colorado St.	Utah St.
10:00 PM	ESPN2	BYU	San Diego St.
10:30 PM	FS1	Fresno St.	New Mexico
10:30 PM	ESPNU	Oregon St.	Stanford

Up to date through Saturday morning, December 12

PiRate Ratings–College Football For December 10-12, 2020

This Week’s PiRate Rating Spreads

Thursday, December 10
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Southern Miss.	Fla. Atlantic	-6.2	-7.0	-7.8
Georgia Tech	Pittsburgh	-7.7	-9.1	-8.7
Friday, December 11
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Colorado	Utah	-2.8	-1.7	-4.7
UTEP	North Texas	-6.7	-4.5	-6.5
Marshall	Charlotte	17.6	17.8	17.5
Arizona	Arizona St.	-6.5	-7.4	-7.4
San Jose St.	Nevada	0.1	0.9	-0.4
Saturday, December 12
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Florida	LSU	13.9	14.1	13.7
Tulsa	Cincinnati	-13.7	-14.6	-15.3
Miami (Fla.)	North Carolina	1.0	2.9	1.0
West Virginia	Oklahoma	-14.4	-14.3	–14.4
Indiana	Purdue	15.2	15.5	17.0
Northwestern	Illinois	8.0	8.7	9.7
Iowa	Wisconsin	-4.1	-2.6	-3.4
UCLA	USC	-9.4	-7.8	-9.3
Oregon	Washington	7.6	7.4	6.6
Oregon St.	Stanford	1.7	3.8	1.7
Washington St.	California	-0.7	-1.8	0.2
Virginia Tech	Virginia	-3.3	-3.3	-3.3
Maryland	Rutgers	-4.1	-3.1	-3.9
Nebraska	Minnesota	1.8	0.7	1.8
Penn St.	Michigan St.	14.6	13.9	14.7
Mississippi St.	Auburn	-9.3	-8.9	-8.6
New Mexico	Fresno St.	-11.4	-11.2	-11.8
Memphis	Houston	3.6	3.7	2.9
Florida St.	Duke	6.2	5.2	6.6
Louisville	Wake Forest	3.9	2.9	2.4
Missouri	Georgia	-11.8	-10.9	-11.4
Texas A&M	Ole Miss	14.6	15.7	15.4
Vanderbilt	Tennessee	-15.2	-15.1	-15.8
Arkansas	Alabama	-32.8	-33.3	-35.0
Ohio St.	Michigan	28.0	28.0	29.3
Kent St.	Ohio	-2.2	-3.4	-3.6
Bowling Green	Miami (O)	-26.3	-24.1	-29.3
Eastern Mich.	Northern Ill.	4.2	4.6	4.6
Ball St.	Western Mich.	5.7	3.7	5.1
Rice	UAB	-5.3	-7.7	-5.5
Buffalo	Akron	36.2	34.8	38.4
Troy	Coastal Carolina	-15.5	-15.2	-16.4
Toledo	Central Mich.	2.3	3.5	2.1
Kansas	Texas	-36.8	-36.2	-38.0
Army	Navy	1.1	3.9	2.8
Georgia Southern	Appalachian St.	-9.2	-7.9	-9.0
Wyoming	Boise St.	-9.3	-8.1	-8.6
Baylor	Oklahoma St.	-2.6	-1.8	-1.9
TCU	Louisiana Tech	25.1	22.5	24.9
Colorado St. (*****)	Utah St.	6.6	7.7	7.5
BYU	San Diego St.	18.9	17.6	19.1
Hawaii	UNLV	16.7	15.9	16.8

***** Utah State’s players voted not to play this game due to statements made by the school President concerning the interim head coach.

FBS vs. FCS Game

(Oddly Arkansas St.’s last game of the year and Incarnate Word’s first and only game of the year)

Update: It was cancelled!

FBS	FCS	PiRate
Arkansas St.	Incarnate Word	18.0

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

12/6/2020
#	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg.	Conference
1	Alabama	138.5	139.4	140.8	139.6	SEC-W
2	Ohio St.	131.4	130.5	133.7	131.9	BTen-E
3	Clemson	129.2	130.0	131.4	130.2	ACC
4	Notre Dame	124.4	124.2	124.4	124.3	ACC
5	Florida	124.0	123.6	124.8	124.1	SEC-E
6	Wisconsin	123.0	121.2	124.1	122.8	BTen-W
7	Texas A&M	121.6	121.6	122.3	121.8	SEC-W
8	Oklahoma	121.6	121.1	121.8	121.5	B12
9	Georgia	121.5	120.5	122.1	121.4	SEC-E
10	Iowa St.	120.5	119.8	120.9	120.4	B12
11	Cincinnati	119.2	118.7	119.4	119.1	AAC
12	Indiana	117.1	117.5	119.6	118.1	BTen-E
13	U S C	118.6	116.0	117.7	117.5	P12-S
14	Iowa	116.9	116.6	118.7	117.4	BTen-W
15	Texas	117.0	115.8	116.9	116.6	B12
16	N. Carolina	115.3	115.4	115.8	115.5	ACC
17	BYU	115.0	114.8	115.4	115.1	Ind.
18	Auburn	115.4	114.4	115.3	115.0	SEC-W
19	Oregon	115.5	113.9	114.9	114.8	P12-N
20	Miami (Fla.)	113.8	115.7	114.3	114.6	ACC
21	L S U	112.7	111.9	113.6	112.7	SEC-W
22	Northwestern	110.9	111.0	113.4	111.8	BTen-W
23	Penn St.	111.8	110.5	112.4	111.6	BTen-E
24	UCF	110.4	110.3	110.7	110.5	AAC
25	Oklahoma St.	110.7	109.4	109.8	110.0	B12
26	Kentucky	109.1	109.0	110.1	109.4	SEC-E
27	Washington	109.4	108.0	109.8	109.1	P12-N
28	Ole Miss	109.0	107.9	109.0	108.6	SEC-W
29	Coastal Car.	107.8	108.5	108.8	108.4	SUN-E
30	T C U	108.6	107.0	108.7	108.1	B12
31	Missouri	107.7	107.6	108.7	108.0	SEC-E
32	U C L A	108.2	107.3	107.4	107.6	P12-S
33	Utah	107.0	106.9	107.7	107.2	P12-S
34	Boise St.	107.2	107.2	106.9	107.1	MWC-M
35	Louisville	107.1	107.0	106.5	106.8	ACC
36	Virginia	106.4	106.9	107.1	106.8	ACC
37	Minnesota	106.0	106.5	107.4	106.6	BTen-W
38	Arizona St.	106.7	106.0	106.3	106.3	P12-S
39	Nebraska	105.7	105.2	107.2	106.1	BTen-W
40	Baylor	106.1	105.6	105.9	105.9	B12
41	Pittsburgh	105.2	106.1	105.4	105.6	ACC
42	Michigan	105.4	104.5	106.3	105.4	BTen-E
43	Louisiana	105.7	105.3	105.3	105.4	SUN-W
44	Wake Forest	104.7	105.5	105.5	105.3	ACC
45	California	105.4	105.1	105.1	105.2	P12-N
46	Tennessee	105.4	104.7	105.3	105.1	SEC-E
47	Buffalo	104.3	105.0	105.1	104.8	MAC-E
48	W. Virginia	104.7	104.4	104.9	104.7	B12
49	Miss. St.	104.6	104.0	105.2	104.6	SEC-W
50	Tulane	104.3	104.3	103.9	104.2	AAC
51	Oregon St.	104.3	104.4	103.7	104.1	P12-N
52	Illinois	103.9	103.3	104.8	104.0	BTen-W
53	Boston Coll.	103.6	103.9	104.2	103.9	ACC
54	Arkansas	103.6	104.2	103.8	103.9	SEC-W
55	Purdue	103.4	103.5	104.1	103.7	BTen-W
56	Washington St.	103.7	102.3	104.2	103.4	P12-N
57	Memphis	104.4	103.1	102.6	103.4	AAC
58	Appal. St.	103.4	102.9	103.5	103.3	SUN-E
59	Stanford	104.1	102.1	103.5	103.2	P12-N
60	Tulsa	103.5	102.1	102.1	102.5	AAC
61	Virginia Tech	102.1	102.6	102.9	102.5	ACC
62	Colorado	102.2	103.2	101.0	102.1	P12-S
63	Air Force	101.7	102.4	101.7	101.9	MWC-M
64	NC State	101.4	101.9	101.8	101.7	ACC
65	Houston	102.3	100.9	101.2	101.5	AAC
66	Liberty	100.0	102.9	100.8	101.2	Ind.
67	Kansas St.	100.4	99.6	100.7	100.2	B12
68	Rutgers	100.7	99.7	100.2	100.2	BTen-E
69	SMU	100.1	99.6	99.2	99.7	AAC
70	S. Carolina	100.5	98.8	99.7	99.7	SEC-E
71	Marshall	99.6	99.9	99.2	99.5	CUSA-E
72	Michigan St.	99.1	98.6	99.7	99.2	BTen-E
73	San Diego St.	98.2	99.2	98.3	98.6	MWC-W
74	Texas Tech	98.8	97.6	98.9	98.4	B12
75	Arizona	99.1	97.5	97.9	98.2	P12-S
76	San Jose St.	96.1	97.8	96.3	96.7	MWC-W
77	Nevada	96.0	96.9	96.7	96.6	MWC-W
78	Wyoming	96.0	97.1	96.4	96.5	MWC-M
79	Florida St.	96.5	95.6	96.1	96.1	ACC
80	Ball St.	95.7	95.5	95.9	95.7	MAC-W
81	Georgia Tech	96.0	95.5	95.2	95.6	ACC
82	U A B	95.3	95.8	94.7	95.3	CUSA-W
83	E. Carolina	95.6	95.4	94.5	95.2	AAC
84	Fresno St.	95.0	95.6	94.7	95.1	MWC-W
85	Maryland	95.1	95.1	94.8	95.0	BTen-E
86	Ohio	94.4	95.1	95.3	94.9	MAC-E
87	Army	92.8	94.3	92.7	93.3	Ind.
88	Georgia Sou.	92.7	93.5	93.0	93.1	SUN-E
89	Navy	93.8	92.4	91.9	92.7	AAC
90	Toledo	92.2	93.4	92.1	92.6	MAC-W
91	Hawaii	92.7	93.0	92.0	92.5	MWC-W
92	Western Mich.	91.5	93.3	92.3	92.4	MAC-W
93	Georgia St.	91.8	92.1	92.3	92.1	SUN-E
94	Miami (O)	92.4	91.5	92.1	92.0	MAC-E
95	Central Mich.	91.9	91.9	92.0	91.9	MAC-W
96	Duke	91.9	91.9	90.9	91.5	ACC
97	W. Kentucky	91.2	91.7	90.8	91.2	CUSA-E
98	Kent St.	91.2	90.7	90.7	90.9	MAC-E
99	Syracuse	90.1	91.3	90.8	90.8	ACC
100	Troy	90.3	91.3	90.4	90.7	SUN-E
101	Colorado St.	89.5	90.3	89.5	89.8	MWC-M
102	Vanderbilt	89.2	88.5	88.5	88.8	SEC-E
103	Fla. Atlantic	87.7	88.8	88.4	88.3	CUSA-E
104	Arkansas St.	87.6	88.2	87.0	87.6	SUN-W
105	Temple	87.9	87.6	86.3	87.3	AAC
106	Rice	88.1	86.1	87.2	87.1	CUSA-W
107	USF	87.8	86.5	86.2	86.8	AAC
108	La. Tech	85.5	86.5	85.8	86.0	CUSA-W
109	Florida Int’l.	85.7	85.5	85.3	85.5	CUSA-E
110	U T S A	85.2	85.6	85.4	85.4	CUSA-W
111	Eastern Mich.	83.6	85.4	84.2	84.4	MAC-W
112	Utah St.	84.4	84.1	83.5	84.0	MWC-M
113	New Mexico	83.7	84.4	82.9	83.7	MWC-M
114	Charlotte	83.5	83.6	83.2	83.4	CUSA-E
115	Middle Tenn.	82.2	82.5	82.3	82.3	CUSA-E
116	S. Alabama	81.8	82.7	81.7	82.1	SUN-W
117	N. Illinois	80.9	82.2	81.1	81.4	MAC-W
118	Texas St.	81.0	81.5	80.2	80.9	SUN-W
119	Southern Miss.	80.5	80.8	79.6	80.3	CUSA-W
120	U N L V	79.5	80.6	78.7	79.6	MWC-W
121	Kansas	78.7	78.0	77.4	78.1	B12
122	North Texas	75.5	75.7	75.1	75.5	CUSA-W
123	Akron	70.1	72.2	68.7	70.3	MAC-E
124	U T E P	67.8	70.2	67.7	68.6	CUSA-W
125	UL-Monroe	68.0	67.9	66.5	67.5	SUN-W
126	Bowling Green	65.1	66.4	61.8	64.4	MAC-E
127	Mass.	61.7	67.5	59.9	63.0	Ind.

PiRate Ratings By Conference

American Athletic Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	AAC	Overall
Cincinnati	119.2	118.7	119.4	119.1	6-0	8-0
UCF	110.4	110.3	110.7	110.5	5-3	6-3
Tulane	104.3	104.3	103.9	104.2	3-5	6-5
Memphis	104.4	103.1	102.6	103.4	4-3	6-3
Tulsa	103.5	102.1	102.1	102.5	6-0	6-1
Houston	102.3	100.9	101.2	101.5	3-2	3-3
SMU	100.1	99.6	99.2	99.7	4-3	7-3
E. Carolina	95.6	95.4	94.5	95.2	3-4	3-6
Navy	93.8	92.4	91.9	92.7	3-4	3-6
Temple	87.9	87.6	86.3	87.3	1-6	1-6
USF	87.8	86.5	86.2	86.8	0-7	1-8
AAC Avg.	100.8	100.1	99.8	100.2
Atlantic Coast Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	ACC	Overall
Clemson	129.2	130.0	131.4	130.2	8-1	9-1
Notre Dame	124.4	124.2	124.4	124.3	9-0	10-0
N. Carolina	115.3	115.4	115.8	115.5	6-3	7-3
Miami (Fla.)	113.8	115.7	114.3	114.6	7-1	8-1
Virginia	106.4	106.9	107.1	106.8	4-4	5-4
Louisville	107.1	107.0	106.5	106.8	2-7	3-7
Pittsburgh	105.2	106.1	105.4	105.6	4-5	5-5
Wake Forest	104.7	105.5	105.5	105.3	3-3	4-3
Boston Coll.	103.6	103.9	104.2	103.9	5-5	6-5
Virginia Tech	102.1	102.6	102.9	102.5	4-5	4-6
NC State	101.4	101.9	101.8	101.7	7-3	8-3
Florida St.	96.5	95.6	96.1	96.1	1-6	2-6
Georgia Tech	96.0	95.5	95.2	95.6	3-5	3-6
Duke	91.9	91.9	90.9	91.5	1-8	2-8
Syracuse	90.1	91.3	90.8	90.8	1-9	1-10
ACC Avg.	105.9	106.2	106.1	106.1
Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	B12	Overall
Oklahoma	121.6	121.1	121.8	121.5	6-2	7-2
Iowa St.	120.5	119.8	120.9	120.4	8-1	8-2
Texas	117.0	115.8	116.9	116.6	5-3	6-3
Oklahoma St.	110.7	109.4	109.8	110.0	5-3	6-3
T C U	108.6	107.0	108.7	108.1	5-4	5-4
Baylor	106.1	105.6	105.9	105.9	2-6	2-6
W. Virginia	104.7	104.4	104.9	104.7	4-4	5-4
Kansas St.	100.4	99.6	100.7	100.2	4-5	4-6
Texas Tech	98.8	97.6	98.9	98.4	3-6	4-6
Kansas	78.7	78.0	77.4	78.1	0-8	0-9
Big 12 Avg.	106.7	105.8	106.6	106.4
Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Ohio St.	131.4	130.5	133.7	131.9	5-0	5-0
Indiana	117.1	117.5	119.6	118.1	6-1	6-1
Penn St.	111.8	110.5	112.4	111.6	2-5	2-5
Michigan	105.4	104.5	106.3	105.4	2-4	2-4
Rutgers	100.7	99.7	100.2	100.2	2-5	2-5
Michigan St.	99.1	98.6	99.7	99.2	2-4	2-4
Maryland	95.1	95.1	94.8	95.0	2-2	2-2
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Wisconsin	123.0	121.2	124.1	122.8	2-2	2-2
Iowa	116.9	116.6	118.7	117.4	5-2	5-2
Northwestern	110.9	111.0	113.4	111.8	5-1	5-1
Minnesota	106.0	106.5	107.4	106.6	2-3	2-3
Nebraska	105.7	105.2	107.2	106.1	2-4	2-4
Illinois	103.9	103.3	104.8	104.0	2-4	2-4
Purdue	103.4	103.5	104.1	103.7	2-4	2-4
Big Ten Avg.	109.3	108.9	110.5	109.5
Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	CUSA	Overall
Marshall	99.6	99.9	99.2	99.5	4-1	7-1
W. Kentucky	91.2	91.7	90.8	91.2	4-3	5-6
Fla. Atlantic	87.7	88.8	88.4	88.3	4-1	5-2
Florida Int’l.	85.7	85.5	85.3	85.5	0-3	0-5
Charlotte	83.5	83.6	83.2	83.4	2-2	2-4
Middle Tenn.	82.2	82.5	82.3	82.3	2-4	3-6
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	CUSA	Overall
U A B	95.3	95.8	94.7	95.3	2-1	4-3
Rice	88.1	86.1	87.2	87.1	2-2	2-2
La. Tech	85.5	86.5	85.8	86.0	4-2	5-3
U T S A	85.2	85.6	85.4	85.4	5-2	7-4
Southern Miss.	80.5	80.8	79.6	80.3	1-4	2-7
North Texas	75.5	75.7	75.1	75.5	2-4	3-5
U T E P	67.8	70.2	67.7	68.6	0-3	3-4
CUSA Avg.	85.2	85.6	85.0	85.3
FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
BYU	115.0	114.8	115.4	115.1	x	9-1
Liberty	100.0	102.9	100.8	101.2	x	9-1
Army	92.8	94.3	92.7	93.3	x	6-2
Mass.	61.7	67.5	59.9	63.0	x	0-4
Ind. Avg.	92.4	94.9	92.2	93.2
Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Buffalo	104.3	105.0	105.1	104.8	4-0	4-0
Ohio	94.4	95.1	95.3	94.9	2-1	2-1
Miami (O)	92.4	91.5	92.1	92.0	2-1	2-1
Kent St.	91.2	90.7	90.7	90.9	3-1	3-1
Akron	70.1	72.2	68.7	70.3	1-4	1-4
Bowling Green	65.1	66.4	61.8	64.4	0-5	0-5
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Ball St.	95.7	95.5	95.9	95.7	4-1	4-1
Toledo	92.2	93.4	92.1	92.6	3-2	3-2
Western Mich.	91.5	93.3	92.3	92.4	4-1	4-1
Central Mich.	91.9	91.9	92.0	91.9	3-2	3-2
Eastern Mich.	83.6	85.4	84.2	84.4	1-4	1-4
N. Illinois	80.9	82.2	81.1	81.4	0-5	0-5
MAC Avg.	87.8	88.5	87.6	88.0
Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Boise St.	107.2	107.2	106.9	107.1	4-0	4-1
Air Force	101.7	102.4	101.7	101.9	2-2	3-2
Wyoming	96.0	97.1	96.4	96.5	2-3	2-3
Colorado St.	89.5	90.3	89.5	89.8	1-3	1-3
Utah St.	84.4	84.1	83.5	84.0	1-5	1-5
New Mexico	83.7	84.4	82.9	83.7	1-5	1-5
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
San Diego St.	98.2	99.2	98.3	98.6	4-2	4-3
San Jose St.	96.1	97.8	96.3	96.7	5-0	5-0
Nevada	96.0	96.9	96.7	96.6	6-1	6-1
Fresno St.	95.0	95.6	94.7	95.1	3-2	3-2
Hawaii	92.7	93.0	92.0	92.5	3-4	3-4
U N L V	79.5	80.6	78.7	79.6	0-5	0-5
MWC Avg.	93.3	94.1	93.1	93.5
Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Oregon	115.5	113.9	114.9	114.8	3-2	3-2
Washington	109.4	108.0	109.8	109.1	3-1	3-1
California	105.4	105.1	105.1	105.2	1-3	1-3
Oregon St.	104.3	104.4	103.7	104.1	2-3	2-3
Washington St.	103.7	102.3	104.2	103.4	1-2	1-2
Stanford	104.1	102.1	103.5	103.2	2-2	2-2
South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
U S C	118.6	116.0	117.7	117.5	4-0	4-0
U C L A	108.2	107.3	107.4	107.6	3-2	3-2
Utah	107.0	106.9	107.7	107.2	1-2	1-2
Arizona St.	106.7	106.0	106.3	106.3	0-2	0-2
Colorado	102.2	103.2	101.0	102.1	3-0	4-0
Arizona	99.1	97.5	97.9	98.2	0-4	0-4
P12 Avg.	107.0	106.0	106.6	106.6
Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SEC	Overall
Florida	124.0	123.6	124.8	124.1	8-1	8-1
Georgia	121.5	120.5	122.1	121.4	6-2	6-2
Kentucky	109.1	109.0	110.1	109.4	4-6	4-6
Missouri	107.7	107.6	108.7	108.0	5-3	5-3
Tennessee	105.4	104.7	105.3	105.1	2-6	2-6
S. Carolina	100.5	98.8	99.7	99.7	2-8	2-8
Vanderbilt	89.2	88.5	88.5	88.8	0-8	0-8
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SEC	Overall
Alabama	138.5	139.4	140.8	139.6	9-0	9-0
Texas A&M	121.6	121.6	122.3	121.8	7-1	7-1
Auburn	115.4	114.4	115.3	115.0	5-4	5-4
L S U	112.7	111.9	113.6	112.7	3-5	3-5
Ole Miss	109.0	107.9	109.0	108.6	4-4	4-4
Miss. St.	104.6	104.0	105.2	104.6	2-6	2-6
Arkansas	103.6	104.2	103.8	103.9	3-6	3-6
SEC Avg.	111.6	111.1	112.1	111.6
Sunbelt Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SBC	Overall
Coastal Car.	107.8	108.5	108.8	108.4	7-0	10-0
Appal. St.	103.4	102.9	103.5	103.3	5-2	7-3
Georgia Sou.	92.7	93.5	93.0	93.1	4-3	7-4
Georgia St.	91.8	92.1	92.3	92.1	4-4	5-4
Troy	90.3	91.3	90.4	90.7	3-5	5-5
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SBC	Overall
Louisiana	105.7	105.3	105.3	105.4	7-1	9-1
Arkansas St.	87.6	88.2	87.0	87.6	2-6	4-7
S. Alabama	81.8	82.7	81.7	82.1	3-5	4-7
Texas St.	81.0	81.5	80.2	80.9	2-6	2-10
UL-Monroe	68.0	67.9	66.5	67.5	0-7	0-10
Sun Avg.	91.0	91.4	90.9	91.1

Rating of Conferences

#	League	Avg
1	SEC	111.6
2	BTen	109.5
3	P12	106.6
4	B12	106.4
5	ACC	106.1
6	AAC	100.2
7	MWC	93.5
8	Ind.	93.2
9	Sun	91.1
10	MAC	88.0
11	CUSA	85.3

This Week’s College Football TV Schedule

As usual in these times, this is an ever-changing schedule. Three games have already been scuttled from the schedule, and there are a few more games in danger of being cancelled. Additionally, we hear that one team is on the brink of closing up shop for the rest of the season due to too many player opt-outs.

Thursday, December 3
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor
6:00 PM	CBSSN	North Texas	Louisiana Tech
9:30 PM	CBSSN	Utah St.	Air Force
Friday, December 4
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor
7:00 PM	ESPN2	Appalachian St.	Louisiana
9:30 PM	CBSSN	UNLV	Boise St.
Saturday, December 5
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor
12:00 PM	ABC	Michigan St.	Ohio St.
12:00 PM	FOX	Kansas St.	Texas
12:00 PM	ESPN	Auburn	Texas A&M
12:00 PM	ESPN2	TCU	Oklahoma St.
12:00 PM	FS1	Rutgers	Penn St.
12:00 PM	CBSSN	Miami (O)	Kent St.
12:00 PM	SECN	Missouri	Arkansas
12:00 PM	BTN	Purdue	Nebraska
12:00 PM	ACCN	North Carolina	Western Carolina
2:00 PM	ESPNU	Coastal Carolina	Liberty
2:30 PM	NBC	Notre Dame	Syracuse
3:30 PM	ABC	Wisconsin	Indiana
3:30 PM	CBS	Tennessee	Florida
3:30 PM	ESPN	Iowa St.	West Virginia
3:30 PM	ESPN2	Navy	Tulsa
3:30 PM	FS1	Illinois	Iowa
3:30 PM	CBSSN	Ohio	Buffalo
3:30 PM	FSN	Virginia	Boston College
3:30 PM	BTN	Michigan	Maryland
4:00 PM	FOX	Washington	Stanford
4:00 PM	ACCN	NC St.	Georgia Tech
4:00 PM	SECN	Georgia	Vanderbilt
5:30 PM	ESPNU	Central Michigan	Ball St.
7:00 PM	ESPN	California	Oregon
7:00 PM	FS1	Arizona	Colorado
7:00 PM	CBSSN	San Diego St.	Colorado St.
7:30 PM	ABC	Virginia Tech	Clemson
7:30 PM	SECN	Kentucky	South Carolina
8:00 PM	CBS	LSU	Alabama
8:00 PM	FOX	Oklahoma	Baylor
8:00 PM	ACCN	Duke	Miami (Fla.)
9:00 PM	ESPNU	SMU	Houston
10:30 PM	ESPN	Utah	Oregon St.
10:30 PM	FS1	Arizona St.	UCLA
10:30 PM	CBSSN	New Mexico	Wyoming
5:30 PM	ESPNU	Coastal Carolina	BYU (ADDED)
Sunday, December 6
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor
2:30 PM	???	Middle Tenn.	UAB
7:30 PM	FS1	USC	Washington St.

Attention: Normally, we issue our imaginary wagering selections on Thursday mornings, but because we averaged five betting selections wiped out by game cancellations per week in November, and because we don’t have any plays on the two Thursday night games, we will delay our selections this week and publish them Friday afternoon to try to limit the number of games that cancel our selections.

PiRate Ratings–College Football For December 3-6, 2020

We originally planned to publish the weekly spreads and ratings Tuesday afternoon, but the scheduled Tuesday morning game between Charlotte and Western Kentucky was cancelled due to the 49ers having multiple Covid-19 positives.

This Week’s PiRate Rating Spreads

Thursday, December 3
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
North Texas	Louisiana Tech	-8.3	-8.9	-8.6
Utah St.	Air Force	-13.6	-14.6	-14.3
Friday, December 4
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Appalachian St.	Louisiana	0.4	0.3	1.3
UNLV	Boise St.	-26.3	-25.1	-26.8
Saturday, December 5
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Coastal Carolina (ADDED)	BYU	-8.1	-7.2	-7.7
Illinois	Iowa	-10.8	-11.1	-11.5
Nevada	Fresno St.	1.3	1.5	1.9
Washington	Stanford	10.1	10.9	11.7
Arizona St.	UCLA	1.9	2.5	3.0
Rutgers	Penn St.	-9.0	-8.5	-9.7
Michigan St.	Ohio St.	-29.5	-28.7	-30.9
Auburn	Texas A&M	-2.9	-3.8	-3.6
Kansas St.	Texas	-8.1	-7.7	-7.7
Marshall	Rice	19.5	21.8	20.0
TCU	Oklahoma St.	-2.0	-2.7	-1.2
Purdue	Nebraska	1.5	2.6	1.1
Texas Tech	Kansas	23.0	22.7	24.9
Northern Illinois	Toledo	-8.3	-8.1	-7.5
Charlotte	Florida Intl.	0.9	1.3	1.2
Miami (O)	Kent St.	2.7	2.3	2.9
Tulane	Memphis	-1.1	0.2	0.1
Missouri	Arkansas	6.5	5.8	7.9
South Alabama	Troy	-2.2	-2.1	-2.1
Akron	Bowling Green	0.5	1.3	2.5
Western Mich.	Eastern Mich.	14.1	14.3	14.7
Notre Dame	Syracuse	38.2	36.6	37.9
Arkansas St.	UL-Monroe	18.2	18.8	19.1
Tennessee	Florida	-16.0	-16.2	-16.7
Wisconsin	Indiana	10.8	8.4	9.6
Iowa St.	West Virginia	12.9	12.3	12.7
Navy	Tulsa	-7.3	-7.1	-7.3
Virginia	Boston College	3.6	3.6	3.4
Michigan	Maryland	12.4	11.4	13.5
Ohio	Buffalo	-8.4	-8.4	-8.3
Georgia	Vanderbilt	34.3	33.9	35.6
San Jose St.	Hawaii	6.2	7.9	6.7
NC St.	Georgia Tech	6.7	7.7	7.7
Central Mich.	Ball St.	3.7	4.4	4.1
Georgia Southern	Florida Atlantic	4.9	4.4	4.1
California	Oregon	-10.4	-9.2	-10.7
Arizona	Colorado	1.6	-1.2	2.0
San Diego St.	Colorado St.	10.4	10.7	10.7
Virginia Tech	Clemson	-23.2	-23.3	-24.4
Kentucky	South Carolina	7.5	9.1	9.1
LSU	Alabama	-18.9	-20.8	-20.3
Oklahoma	Baylor	18.2	18.3	19.2
Duke	Miami (Fla.)	-13.6	-15.8	-14.9
SMU	Houston	-1.1	-0.3	-1.0
New Mexico	Wyoming	-15.9	-16.7	-17.8
Utah	Oregon St.	4.5	4.2	6.0
Sunday, December 6
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Middle Tennessee	UAB	-11.7	-11.8	-10.8
USC	Washington St.	13.5	12.0	11.3
Added Sunday Game Charlotte	Western Kentucky	PiRate -4.0	Mean -4.2	Bias -3.5
FBS vs. FCS Game
FBS	FCS	PiRate
North Carolina	Western Carolina	46.7

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

#	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg.	Conference
1	Alabama	135.8	136.8	138.1	136.9	SEC-W
2	Ohio St.	131.0	129.9	133.2	131.4	BTen-E
3	Clemson	128.1	128.8	130.2	129.1	ACC
4	Notre Dame	125.2	124.9	125.4	125.2	ACC
5	Wisconsin	124.3	122.4	125.5	124.1	BTen-W
6	Florida	123.8	123.4	124.6	123.9	SEC-E
7	Oklahoma	121.9	121.5	122.4	122.0	B12
8	Georgia	121.5	120.5	122.1	121.4	SEC-E
9	Texas A&M	120.7	120.7	121.3	120.9	SEC-W
10	Cincinnati	119.2	118.7	119.4	119.1	AAC
11	Iowa St.	117.7	116.9	117.9	117.5	B12
12	Iowa	116.8	116.5	118.5	117.3	BTen-W
13	Indiana	115.5	116.0	117.9	116.5	BTen-E
14	BYU	116.2	116.0	116.7	116.3	Ind.
15	Oregon	116.7	115.1	116.3	116.0	P12-N
16	U S C	116.9	114.1	115.6	115.6	P12-S
17	Auburn	115.8	114.8	115.8	115.5	SEC-W
18	N. Carolina	115.0	115.1	115.5	115.2	ACC
19	L S U	114.9	114.0	115.8	114.9	SEC-W
20	Texas	114.0	112.8	113.9	113.6	B12
21	Northwestern	110.9	111.0	113.4	111.8	BTen-W
22	Penn St.	111.5	110.1	111.9	111.2	BTen-E
23	Oklahoma St.	111.8	110.7	111.0	111.2	B12
24	Miami (Fla.)	109.9	111.9	110.3	110.7	ACC
25	Washington	110.8	109.5	111.5	110.6	P12-N
26	UCF	110.4	110.3	110.7	110.5	AAC
27	Ole Miss	109.0	107.9	109.0	108.6	SEC-W
28	Missouri	107.9	107.8	109.2	108.3	SEC-E
29	Kentucky	107.9	107.8	108.8	108.2	SEC-E
30	T C U	107.8	106.0	107.8	107.2	B12
31	Arizona St.	107.4	106.9	107.4	107.2	P12-S
32	Boise St.	107.2	107.2	106.9	107.1	MWC-M
33	Utah	106.9	106.7	107.7	107.1	P12-S
34	W. Virginia	106.8	106.6	107.2	106.9	B12
35	Louisville	107.1	107.0	106.5	106.8	ACC
36	U C L A	107.5	106.4	106.3	106.7	P12-S
37	Coastal Car.	106.1	106.8	107.0	106.6	SUN-E
38	Minnesota	106.0	106.5	107.4	106.6	BTen-W
39	Virginia	105.8	106.2	106.3	106.1	ACC
40	Tennessee	105.9	105.2	105.8	105.6	SEC-E
41	Pittsburgh	105.2	106.1	105.4	105.6	ACC
42	Michigan	105.4	104.5	106.3	105.4	BTen-E
43	Baylor	105.8	105.2	105.3	105.4	B12
44	Washington St.	105.4	104.2	106.3	105.3	P12-N
45	Wake Forest	104.7	105.5	105.5	105.3	ACC
46	Nebraska	104.9	104.2	106.2	105.1	BTen-W
47	Purdue	104.5	104.8	105.4	104.9	BTen-W
48	Louisiana	105.2	104.8	104.6	104.9	SUN-W
49	Buffalo	104.3	105.0	105.1	104.8	MAC-E
50	Memphis	105.8	104.5	104.1	104.8	AAC
51	Boston Coll.	104.2	104.6	105.0	104.6	ACC
52	Miss. St.	104.6	104.0	105.2	104.6	SEC-W
53	Oregon St.	104.4	104.6	103.7	104.2	P12-N
54	Illinois	104.0	103.4	105.0	104.1	BTen-W
55	California	104.2	103.9	103.7	103.9	P12-N
56	Kansas St.	103.9	103.1	104.2	103.7	B12
57	Arkansas	103.4	104.0	103.3	103.6	SEC-W
58	Appal. St.	103.6	103.1	103.9	103.5	SUN-E
59	Virginia Tech	102.9	103.5	103.8	103.4	ACC
60	Tulane	103.2	103.2	102.7	103.0	AAC
61	Marshall	103.1	103.4	102.7	103.0	CUSA-E
62	Tulsa	103.3	101.8	101.7	102.2	AAC
63	Stanford	102.7	100.6	101.8	101.7	P12-N
64	S. Carolina	102.4	100.7	101.7	101.6	SEC-E
65	NC State	101.3	101.8	101.6	101.6	ACC
66	Houston	102.3	100.9	101.2	101.5	AAC
67	Liberty	100.0	102.9	100.8	101.2	Ind.
68	Air Force	100.6	101.3	100.5	100.8	MWC-M
69	Rutgers	101.0	100.1	100.7	100.6	BTen-E
70	Colorado	100.7	101.8	99.3	100.6	P12-S
71	SMU	100.1	99.6	99.2	99.7	AAC
72	Michigan St.	99.5	99.2	100.2	99.7	BTen-E
73	Arizona	100.3	98.6	99.3	99.4	P12-S
74	Texas Tech	99.5	98.4	99.9	99.3	B12
75	San Diego St.	98.1	99.1	98.2	98.5	MWC-W
76	Wyoming	97.8	99.1	98.6	98.5	MWC-M
77	San Jose St.	95.6	97.4	95.6	96.2	MWC-W
78	Florida St.	96.5	95.6	96.1	96.1	ACC
79	Nevada	95.4	96.2	95.9	95.9	MWC-W
80	Fresno St.	95.6	96.3	95.5	95.8	MWC-W
81	Georgia Tech	96.1	95.6	95.4	95.7	ACC
82	U A B	95.3	95.8	94.7	95.3	CUSA-W
83	E. Carolina	95.6	95.4	94.5	95.2	AAC
84	Western Mich.	94.1	96.0	95.1	95.1	MAC-W
85	Maryland	95.1	95.1	94.8	95.0	BTen-E
86	Ohio	94.4	95.1	95.3	94.9	MAC-E
87	Central Mich.	94.7	94.9	95.0	94.9	MAC-W
88	Duke	94.8	94.7	93.9	94.4	ACC
89	Army	92.8	94.3	92.7	93.3	Ind.
90	Navy	94.0	92.7	92.3	93.0	AAC
91	Hawaii	92.9	93.1	92.4	92.8	MWC-W
92	Ball St.	92.4	92.0	92.4	92.3	MAC-W
93	Georgia Sou.	91.9	92.6	92.0	92.2	SUN-E
94	Georgia St.	91.8	92.1	92.3	92.1	SUN-E
95	Miami (O)	92.4	91.5	92.1	92.0	MAC-E
96	Toledo	91.5	92.6	91.1	91.7	MAC-W
97	Kent St.	91.2	90.7	90.7	90.9	MAC-E
98	W. Kentucky	90.1	90.5	89.5	90.0	CUSA-E
99	Colorado St.	89.6	90.4	89.6	89.9	MWC-M
100	Syracuse	89.0	90.3	89.5	89.6	ACC
101	Fla. Atlantic	88.5	89.7	89.4	89.2	CUSA-E
102	Vanderbilt	89.2	88.5	88.5	88.8	SEC-E
103	Troy	87.9	88.8	87.8	88.2	SUN-E
104	Temple	87.9	87.6	86.3	87.3	AAC
105	USF	87.8	86.5	86.2	86.8	AAC
106	Arkansas St.	86.3	86.8	85.6	86.2	SUN-W
107	La. Tech	85.4	86.3	85.5	85.8	CUSA-W
108	Florida Int’l.	85.7	85.5	85.3	85.5	CUSA-E
109	U T S A	85.2	85.6	85.4	85.4	CUSA-W
110	Utah St.	85.5	85.2	84.7	85.1	MWC-M
111	Charlotte	84.6	84.8	84.5	84.6	CUSA-E
112	Rice	85.6	83.6	84.7	84.6	CUSA-W
113	S. Alabama	84.2	85.2	84.3	84.6	SUN-W
114	Middle Tenn.	82.2	82.5	82.3	82.3	CUSA-E
115	N. Illinois	81.6	83.0	82.1	82.3	MAC-W
116	Eastern Mich.	81.5	83.2	81.9	82.2	MAC-W
117	New Mexico	81.9	82.4	80.7	81.7	MWC-M
118	Texas St.	81.0	81.5	80.2	80.9	SUN-W
119	Southern Miss.	80.5	80.8	79.6	80.3	CUSA-W
120	U N L V	79.5	80.6	78.7	79.6	MWC-W
121	Kansas	78.5	77.7	76.9	77.7	B12
122	North Texas	75.6	75.9	75.4	75.7	CUSA-W
123	UL-Monroe	70.0	70.0	68.6	69.5	SUN-W
124	U T E P	67.8	70.2	67.7	68.6	CUSA-W
125	Akron	67.7	69.8	66.3	67.9	MAC-E
126	Bowling Green	68.2	69.5	64.9	67.5	MAC-E
127	Mass.	61.7	67.5	59.9	63.0	Ind.

PiRate Ratings By Conference

American Athletic Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	AAC	Overall
Cincinnati	119.2	118.7	119.4	119.1	6-0	8-0
UCF	110.4	110.3	110.7	110.5	5-3	6-3
Memphis	105.8	104.5	104.1	104.8	4-2	6-2
Tulane	103.2	103.2	102.7	103.0	2-5	5-5
Tulsa	103.3	101.8	101.7	102.2	5-0	5-1
Houston	102.3	100.9	101.2	101.5	3-2	3-3
SMU	100.1	99.6	99.2	99.7	4-3	7-3
E. Carolina	95.6	95.4	94.5	95.2	3-4	3-6
Navy	94.0	92.7	92.3	93.0	3-3	3-5
Temple	87.9	87.6	86.3	87.3	1-6	1-6
USF	87.8	86.5	86.2	86.8	0-7	1-8
AAC Avg.	100.9	100.1	99.8	100.3
Atlantic Coast Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	ACC	Overall
Clemson	128.1	128.8	130.2	129.1	7-1	8-1
Notre Dame	125.2	124.9	125.4	125.2	8-0	9-0
N. Carolina	115.0	115.1	115.5	115.2	6-3	6-3
Miami (Fla.)	109.9	111.9	110.3	110.7	6-1	7-1
Louisville	107.1	107.0	106.5	106.8	2-7	3-7
Virginia	105.8	106.2	106.3	106.1	3-4	4-4
Pittsburgh	105.2	106.1	105.4	105.6	4-5	5-5
Wake Forest	104.7	105.5	105.5	105.3	3-3	4-3
Boston Coll.	104.2	104.6	105.0	104.6	5-4	6-4
Virginia Tech	102.9	103.5	103.8	103.4	4-4	4-5
NC State	101.3	101.8	101.6	101.6	6-3	7-3
Florida St.	96.5	95.6	96.1	96.1	1-6	2-6
Georgia Tech	96.1	95.6	95.4	95.7	3-4	3-5
Duke	94.8	94.7	93.9	94.4	1-7	2-7
Syracuse	89.0	90.3	89.5	89.6	1-8	1-9
ACC Avg.	105.7	106.1	106.0	106.0
Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	B12	Overall
Oklahoma	121.9	121.5	122.4	122.0	5-2	6-2
Iowa St.	117.7	116.9	117.9	117.5	7-1	7-2
Texas	114.0	112.8	113.9	113.6	4-3	5-3
Oklahoma St.	111.8	110.7	111.0	111.2	5-2	6-2
T C U	107.8	106.0	107.8	107.2	4-4	4-4
W. Virginia	106.8	106.6	107.2	106.9	4-3	5-3
Baylor	105.8	105.2	105.3	105.4	2-5	2-5
Kansas St.	103.9	103.1	104.2	103.7	4-4	4-5
Texas Tech	99.5	98.4	99.9	99.3	2-6	3-6
Kansas	78.5	77.7	76.9	77.7	0-7	0-8
Big 12 Avg.	106.8	105.9	106.7	106.4
Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Ohio St.	131.0	129.9	133.2	131.4	4-0	4-0
Indiana	115.5	116.0	117.9	116.5	5-1	5-1
Penn St.	111.5	110.1	111.9	111.2	1-5	1-5
Michigan	105.4	104.5	106.3	105.4	2-4	2-4
Rutgers	101.0	100.1	100.7	100.6	2-4	2-4
Michigan St.	99.5	99.2	100.2	99.7	2-3	2-3
Maryland	95.1	95.1	94.8	95.0	2-2	2-2
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Wisconsin	124.3	122.4	125.5	124.1	2-1	2-1
Iowa	116.8	116.5	118.5	117.3	4-2	4-2
Northwestern	110.9	111.0	113.4	111.8	5-1	5-1
Minnesota	106.0	106.5	107.4	106.6	2-3	2-3
Nebraska	104.9	104.2	106.2	105.1	1-4	1-4
Purdue	104.5	104.8	105.4	104.9	2-3	2-3
Illinois	104.0	103.4	105.0	104.1	2-3	2-3
Big Ten Avg.	109.3	108.9	110.5	109.5
Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	CUSA	Overall
Marshall	103.1	103.4	102.7	103.0	4-0	7-0
W. Kentucky	90.1	90.5	89.5	90.0	3-3	4-6
Fla. Atlantic	88.5	89.7	89.4	89.2	4-1	5-1
Florida Int’l.	85.7	85.5	85.3	85.5	0-3	0-5
Charlotte	84.6	84.8	84.5	84.6	2-1	2-3
Middle Tenn.	82.2	82.5	82.3	82.3	2-4	3-6
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	CUSA	Overall
U A B	95.3	95.8	94.7	95.3	2-1	4-3
La. Tech	85.4	86.3	85.5	85.8	3-2	4-3
U T S A	85.2	85.6	85.4	85.4	5-2	7-4
Rice	85.6	83.6	84.7	84.6	1-2	1-2
Southern Miss.	80.5	80.8	79.6	80.3	1-4	2-7
North Texas	75.6	75.9	75.4	75.7	2-3	3-4
U T E P	67.8	70.2	67.7	68.6	0-3	3-4
CUSA Avg.	85.4	85.7	85.1	85.4
FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
BYU	116.2	116.0	116.7	116.3	x	9-0
Liberty	100.0	102.9	100.8	101.2	x	9-1
Army	92.8	94.3	92.7	93.3	x	6-2
Mass.	61.7	67.5	59.9	63.0	x	0-4
Ind. Avg.	92.7	95.2	92.5	93.5
Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Buffalo	104.3	105.0	105.1	104.8	4-0	4-0
Ohio	94.4	95.1	95.3	94.9	2-1	2-1
Miami (O)	92.4	91.5	92.1	92.0	2-1	2-1
Kent St.	91.2	90.7	90.7	90.9	3-1	3-1
Akron	67.7	69.8	66.3	67.9	0-4	0-4
Bowling Green	68.2	69.5	64.9	67.5	0-4	0-4
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Western Mich.	94.1	96.0	95.1	95.1	4-0	4-0
Central Mich.	94.7	94.9	95.0	94.9	3-1	3-1
Ball St.	92.4	92.0	92.4	92.3	3-1	3-1
Toledo	91.5	92.6	91.1	91.7	2-2	2-2
N. Illinois	81.6	83.0	82.1	82.3	0-4	0-4
Eastern Mich.	81.5	83.2	81.9	82.2	0-4	0-4
MAC Avg.	87.8	88.6	87.7	88.0
Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Boise St.	107.2	107.2	106.9	107.1	4-0	4-1
Air Force	100.6	101.3	100.5	100.8	1-2	2-2
Wyoming	97.8	99.1	98.6	98.5	2-2	2-2
Colorado St.	89.6	90.4	89.6	89.9	1-2	1-2
Utah St.	85.5	85.2	84.7	85.1	1-4	1-4
New Mexico	81.9	82.4	80.7	81.7	0-5	0-5
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
San Diego St.	98.1	99.1	98.2	98.5	3-2	3-3
San Jose St.	95.6	97.4	95.6	96.2	4-0	4-0
Nevada	95.4	96.2	95.9	95.9	5-1	5-1
Fresno St.	95.6	96.3	95.5	95.8	3-1	3-1
Hawaii	92.9	93.1	92.4	92.8	3-3	3-3
U N L V	79.5	80.6	78.7	79.6	0-5	0-5
MWC Avg.	93.3	94.0	93.1	93.5
Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Oregon	116.7	115.1	116.3	116.0	3-1	3-1
Washington	110.8	109.5	111.5	110.6	3-0	3-0
Washington St.	105.4	104.2	106.3	105.3	1-1	1-1
Oregon St.	104.4	104.6	103.7	104.2	2-2	2-2
California	104.2	103.9	103.7	103.9	0-3	0-3
Stanford	102.7	100.6	101.8	101.7	1-2	1-2
South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
U S C	116.9	114.1	115.6	115.6	3-0	3-0
Arizona St.	107.4	106.9	107.4	107.2	0-1	0-1
Utah	106.9	106.7	107.7	107.1	0-2	0-2
U C L A	107.5	106.4	106.3	106.7	2-2	2-2
Colorado	100.7	101.8	99.3	100.6	2-0	3-0
Arizona	100.3	98.6	99.3	99.4	0-3	0-3
P12 Avg.	107.0	106.0	106.6	106.5
Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SEC	Overall
Florida	123.8	123.4	124.6	123.9	7-1	7-1
Georgia	121.5	120.5	122.1	121.4	6-2	6-2
Missouri	107.9	107.8	109.2	108.3	4-3	4-3
Kentucky	107.9	107.8	108.8	108.2	3-6	3-6
Tennessee	105.9	105.2	105.8	105.6	2-5	2-5
S. Carolina	102.4	100.7	101.7	101.6	2-7	2-7
Vanderbilt	89.2	88.5	88.5	88.8	0-8	0-8
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SEC	Overall
Alabama	135.8	136.8	138.1	136.9	8-0	8-0
Texas A&M	120.7	120.7	121.3	120.9	6-1	6-1
Auburn	115.8	114.8	115.8	115.5	5-3	5-3
L S U	114.9	114.0	115.8	114.9	3-4	3-4
Ole Miss	109.0	107.9	109.0	108.6	4-4	4-4
Miss. St.	104.6	104.0	105.2	104.6	2-6	2-6
Arkansas	103.4	104.0	103.3	103.6	3-5	3-5
SEC Avg.	111.6	111.1	112.1	111.6
Sunbelt Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SBC	Overall
Coastal Car.	106.1	106.8	107.0	106.6	7-0	9-0
Appal. St.	103.6	103.1	103.9	103.5	5-1	7-2
Georgia Sou.	91.9	92.6	92.0	92.2	4-3	6-4
Georgia St.	91.8	92.1	92.3	92.1	4-4	5-4
Troy	87.9	88.8	87.8	88.2	2-3	4-5
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SBC	Overall
Louisiana	105.2	104.8	104.6	104.9	6-1	8-1
Arkansas St.	86.3	86.8	85.6	86.2	1-6	3-7
S. Alabama	84.2	85.2	84.3	84.6	3-4	4-6
Texas St.	81.0	81.5	80.2	80.9	2-6	2-10
UL-Monroe	70.0	70.0	68.6	69.5	0-6	0-9
Sun Avg.	90.8	91.2	90.6	90.9

Conference Ratings

#	League	Avg
1	SEC	111.6
2	BTen	109.5
3	P12	106.5
4	B12	106.4
5	ACC	106.0
6	AAC	100.3
7	MWC	93.5
8	Ind.	93.5
9	Sun	90.9
10	MAC	88.0
11	CUSA	85.4

PiRate Picks for November 26-30, 2020

Holiday Version Coming Out Early This Week

Hello PiRate Patrons. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday this week, we are publishing our selections against the imaginary book in Vegas a day earlier than normal. In the past three weeks, many of the selections we have issued have been cancelled due to Covid-19, and we increased the number of selections well into the teens so that at least 10 selections would actually stay active.

As this is printing a day earlier, and because college games are being postponed, cancelled, and scheduled at the last minute, we are going to issue a whopping 21 selections this week. Because all of our selections are for entertainment purposes only, and no real money is on the line, we can issue as many selections as we want. If we go 0-21, there will be no difference than if we go 12-9 or 21-0. That’s why we beg you not to wager real money on these selections. Our process is all about the numbers and has very little to do with the names attached. We believe the Vegas line knows the teams well enough, so we simply look for percentage advantages through certain numbers.

This week, we are going to include the Tuesday morning game between Charlotte and Western Kentucky. Yes, you heard that correct. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, but virus issues mandated it be moved or cancelled. Charlotte has not played in forever, so they found it necessary to play this game on Tuesday morning. If it had been a Tuesday evening game, we would have considered it part of next week’s schedule, but Tuesday morning counts like Monday night in our book.

Additionally, you will see something we rarely do. We are going to play a 3-team, 7-point teaser which gives us +130 odds. We have only played this type of wager 3 or 4 times in 20 years.

One final note about today’s selections: we are going with a high odds Money Line parlay that pays out at more than +275. It is a long shot, but we liked the three teams, and our percentages indicate a better than one in three chance that it will win, and at +279.60, the implied percentage is just 26.3%, meaning we believe we have a 7% edge in taking this long shot.

Enjoy the monster numbers of selections. Just don’t wager on them.

Date:	Nov. 26-30
College Games Straight Up -110
Selection	Opponent	Spread
1. Pittsburgh	Clemson	+24
2. San Jose St.	Boise St.	+12
3. Oklahoma CANCELLED	West Va.	-11
4. College 6-point Teaser -110
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Central Mich.	Eastern Mich.	-1
Buffalo	Kent St.	-1
5. College 6 1/2 -point Teaser -120 CANCELLED
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Stanford	California	+8
USC	Colorado	-6 1/2
6. College 6 1/2 -point Teaser -120
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Florida	Kentucky	-16.5
Missouri	Vanderbilt	-9
7. College 7-point Teaser -130
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Iowa	Nebraska	-6 1/2
SMU	East Carolina	-5 1/2
8. College 7-point Teaser +130
Selection	Opponent	Spread
UTSA	North Texas	+3 1/2
Northwestern	Michigan St.	-6 1/2
Ole Miss	Miss. State	-2 1/2
9. College 10-point Teaser -110
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Notre Dame	N. Carolina	+5
Oregon St.	Oregon	+23 1/2
Texas A&M	LSU	-4 1/2
10. College Money Line Parlay +139.10
Must Win	Opponent	Spread
Boston College	Louisville	+139.10
Indiana	Maryland
11. College Money Line Parlay +126.23
Must Win	Opponent	Spread
UTSA	N. Texas	+126.23
Central Mich.	Eastern Mich.
12. College Money Line Parlay +103.24
Must Win	Opponent	Spread
Notre Dame	North Carolina
Oklahoma St.	Texas Tech	+103.24
Alabama	Auburn
13. College Money Line Parlay +279.67 CANCELLED
Must Win	Opponent	Spread
Air Force	Colorado St.
Buffalo	Kent St.	+279.67
Charlotte	Western Ky.
NFL Straight Wagers -110
Selection	Opponent	Spread
14. Pittsburgh	Baltimore	-5
15. N.Y. Giants	Cincinnati	-5 1/2
16. Buffalo	LA Chargers	-5 1/2
17. NFL 6 1/2 -point Teaser -120
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Miami	N.Y. Jets	-1/2
LA Rams	San Francisco	-1/2
18. NFL 7-point Teaser -130
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Houston	Detroit	+4
Dallas	Washington	+4
19. NFL 7-point Teaser -130
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Indianapolis	Tennessee	+3 1/2
Kansas City	Tampa Bay	+3 1/2
20. NFL 10-point Teaser -110
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Minnesota	Carolina	+5 1/2
New England	Arizona	+12 1/2
Green Bay	Chicago	Pk
21. NFL 10-point Teaser -110
Team	Team	Total
Detroit	Houston	U 61 1/2
Dallas	Washington	O 36
Indianapolis	Tennessee	O 41

This Week’s College Football TV Schedule

Like this is going to be accurate in 24 hours when the games begin to be cancelled or postponed!

Update–We were correct. UAB-Southern Miss. has been cancelled & more are coming in as this is typed.

Thursday, November 26
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor	Comment
2:00 PM	CBSSN	Air Force	Colorado St.	Better than watching the Lions game
7:00 PM	FS1	Utah St.	New Mexico	Battle of winless teams–watch NFL game
Friday, November 27
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor	Comment
12:00 PM	ABC	Texas	Iowa St.	Must watch–B12 Championship Game implications
12:30 PM	CBSSN	UAB	Southern Miss.	Best in the CUSA West vs. Worst
1:00 PM	FOX	Iowa	Nebraska	Scott Frost may be frozen out of Lincoln
3:30 PM	ABC	North Carolina	Notre Dame	Keep that TV on ABC–UNC can score points
3:30 PM	ESPN	South Florida	Central Florida	Not the balanced rivalry it once was
4:00 PM	FOX	California	Stanford	Have to wonder if David Shaw is on a hot seat at Stanford
4:00 PM	FS1	UNLV	Wyoming	Probably the best 4 PM game but not much
4:00 PM	CBSSN	Eastern Mich.	Central Mich.	Not much reason to watch
7:30 PM	ESPN	Oregon St.	Oregon	Not the Civil War any more, but Beavers may ambush OU
Saturday, November 28
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor	Comment
12:00 PM	ABC	Michigan	Penn St.	Disappointment Bowl
12:00 PM	FOX	Oklahoma St.	Texas Tech	Cowboys have to win out to make B12 title game
12:00 PM	ESPN	Florida	Kentucky	Alabama beat UK by 60. Can UF win by 50?
12:00 PM	ESPN2	Indiana	Maryland	Will Hoosiers rebound or act like all was lost last week
12:00 PM	FS1	Illinois	Ohio St.	Cocky Illini may keep this close for 10 minutes
12:00 PM	ESPNU	Houston	Tulsa	We’re old enough to remember 1968–100 to 6
12:00 PM	CBSSN	Buffalo	Kent St.	Best Noon Game of the Day!
12:00 PM	ACCN	Syracuse	NC St.	Dino Babers is probably getting pink-slipped at SU
12:00 PM	SECN	Missouri	Vanderbilt	Rescheduled Game–Mizzou looking for big revenge
2:00 PM	BTN	Wisconsin	Minnesota	Paul Bunyan’s Axe should return to Madison
3:30 PM	ABC	USC	Colorado	Pac-12 South Flag on the line–both teams undefeated
3:30 PM	CBS	Alabama	Auburn	Can Tigers make Iron Bowl interesting? We doubt it.
3:30 PM	ESPN	Clemson	Pittsburgh	We think this could be the interesting 3:30 game.
3:30 PM	ESPN2	Michigan St.	Northwestern	Wouldn’t be shocked if this game goes Under 30.
4:00 PM	FOX	Boise St.	San Jose St.	Brent Brennan national audition for P5 promotion
4:00 PM	FS1	Purdue	Rutgers	Two heartbroken teams from last week
4:00 PM	ESPNU	Temple	Cincinnati	Cinti has to win by 40+ or no chance at playoffs
4:00 PM	ACCN	Boston College	Louisville	Winner most likely going bowling if they aren’t cancelled
4:00 PM	SECN	Ole Miss	Mississippi St.	Interesting Egg Bowl, please no raising of legs this year
7:00 PM	ESPN	Texas A&M	LSU	Aggies need to pour it on to impress Committee
7:00 PM	ESPN2	Baylor	Kansas St.	Another disappointment matchup
7:00 PM	CBSSN	Navy	Memphis	Interesting offensive shootout but not important
7:00 PM	FSN	Georgia Tech	Duke	Duke more concerned about basketball now
7:30 PM	ABC	West Virginia	Oklahoma	WVU normally has big home advantage in November
7:30 PM	SECN	South Carolina	Georgia	Former UGA QB coaching against Alma Mater
8:00 PM	FOX	UCLA	Arizona	Kevin Sumlin can start reading want ads
8:00 PM	FS1	Kansas	TCU	More entertaining only versus a test pattern
8:00 PM	ESPNU	Appalachian St.	Troy	Not what this game was in recent years
8:00 PM	ACCN	Florida St.	Virginia	Cavs positioning for bowl