Home | Visitor | Spread |
Air Force | Fresno St. | 2.5 |
Arkansas | Georgia | 14.2 |
Ball St. | Kent St. | -4.9 |
Buffalo | Central Michigan | 9.8 |
Creighton | Marquette | 3.6 |
Eastern Michigan | Western Michigan | 1.6 |
Kansas St. | Baylor | 0.3 |
Miami (O) | Bowling Green | 1.4 |
Michigan St. | Indiana | 0.5 |
Missouri | Mississippi St. | 1.7 |
Missouri St. | Murray St. | 5.3 |
Nevada | San Jose St. | 10.0 |
Ohio | Northern Illinois | 9.4 |
Oklahoma | Texas Tech | 2.2 |
Pittsburgh | Georgia Tech | 11.8 |
Richmond | Saint Louis | -1.5 |
Robert Morris | Youngstown St. | -5.4 |
Saint Joseph’s | VCU | -5.1 |
San Diego St. | Colorado St. | 11.8 |
Texas | Iowa St. | 5.7 |
Texas A&M | Tennessee | -3.2 |
Toledo | Akron | 2.7 |
Tulsa | East Carolina | -2.1 |
Virginia Tech | Miami (Fla) | -0.4 |
Wyoming | Utah St. | -6.7 |
Xavier | Villanova | 8.5 |
February 21, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, February 21, 2023
February 14, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Home | Visitor | Spread |
Auburn | Missouri | 5.7 |
Ball St. | Northern Illinois | 8.0 |
Bowling Green | Central Michigan | 5.3 |
DePaul | St. John’s | -1.8 |
Duke | Notre Dame | 14.2 |
Eastern Michigan | Akron | -9.4 |
Georgia | LSU | 3.7 |
Massachusetts | Loyola (Chi) | 5.0 |
New Mexico | Wyoming | 11.6 |
Ohio | Buffalo | 4.1 |
Oklahoma | Kansas St. | -1.6 |
Oklahoma St. | Kansas | -0.7 |
Penn St. | Illinois | -1.7 |
Pittsburgh | Boston College | 11.9 |
Providence | Creighton | -1.2 |
Rutgers | Nebraska | 12.5 |
Seton Hall | Georgetown | 13.6 |
South Carolina | Vanderbilt | -6.1 |
Syracuse | North Carolina St. | -1.8 |
Toledo | Miami (O) | 14.9 |
UNLV | San Jose St. | 6.8 |
Utah St. | Air Force | 13.4 |
Valparaiso | Southern Illinois | -5.7 |
Villanova | Butler | 6.9 |
Western Michigan | Kent St. | -13.0 |
Wisconsin | Michigan | 1.1 |
January 31, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Home | Visitor | Spread |
American | Bucknell | 7.6 |
Auburn | Georgia | 11.4 |
Boston U. | Holy Cross | 7.8 |
Bradley | Southern Illinois | 5.3 |
Bryant | Maine | 7.1 |
Cal Baptist | Southern Utah | -0.4 |
Campbell | USC Upstate | 4.4 |
Charleston Southern | Gardner-Webb | -3.2 |
Cincinnati | Tulsa | 16.3 |
Drake | Northern Iowa | 9.1 |
East Tennessee St. | Wofford | -0.6 |
Evansville | Indiana St. | -12.3 |
Florida | Tennessee | -7.0 |
Furman | Chattanooga | 7.0 |
George Mason | Massachusetts | 3.8 |
Georgetown | Creighton | -14.0 |
Illinois St. | Illinois Chicago | 5.1 |
La Salle | George Washington | -0.3 |
Lafayette | Navy | 0.5 |
Lehigh | Army | 1.1 |
Louisville | Georgia Tech | -3.2 |
Marquette | Villanova | 10.6 |
Missouri | LSU | 10.0 |
Missouri St. | Valparaiso | 10.0 |
Murray St. | Belmont | 0.1 |
New Mexico St. | Stephen F. Austin | -1.2 |
NJIT | New Hampshire | -0.7 |
North Carolina | Pittsburgh | 8.3 |
North Carolina St. | Florida St. | 11.8 |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma St. | 1.9 |
Presbyterian | Radford | -7.9 |
Purdue | Penn St. | 9.6 |
Richmond | St. Bonaventure | 5.0 |
Rutgers | Minnesota | 17.2 |
Saint Joseph’s | Rhode Island | 4.1 |
Seattle | Abilene Christian | 8.0 |
South Florida | East Carolina | 7.0 |
St. John’s | Seton Hall | 0.8 |
Tulane | SMU | 9.4 |
UMass Lowell | Albany | 13.9 |
UMBC | Binghamton | 8.8 |
UT Arlington | Tarleton St. | -2.9 |
UT-Rio Grande Valley | Sam Houston | -12.2 |
Utah St. | New Mexico | 3.4 |
Western Carolina | Samford | -3.4 |
Winthrop | Longwood | -2.3 |
Xavier | Providence | 4.9 |
January 24, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Home | Visitor | Spread |
Akron | Miami (O) | 13.8 |
Arkansas | LSU | 12.4 |
Ball St. | Buffalo | 4.6 |
Boise St. | Fresno St. | 13.9 |
Central Michigan | Bowling Green | 0.4 |
Clemson | Georgia Tech | 10.3 |
Drake | Indiana St. | 5.8 |
East Carolina | Tulsa | 4.8 |
Florida St. | Miami (Fla) | -5.2 |
Georgetown | DePaul | -1.9 |
Illinois | Ohio St. | 2.2 |
Iowa St. | Kansas St. | 5.2 |
La Salle | Davidson | -3.5 |
Mississippi | Missouri | 0.4 |
Missouri St. | Illinois Chicago | 11.6 |
North Carolina St. | Notre Dame | 12.4 |
Northern Illinois | Kent St. | -13.0 |
Ohio | Western Michigan | 10.2 |
Rutgers | Penn St. | 6.1 |
San Jose St. | Air Force | 3.1 |
Southern Illinois | Murray St. | 6.1 |
Syracuse | North Carolina | -3.5 |
TCU | Oklahoma | 7.0 |
Texas | Oklahoma St. | 7.5 |
Toledo | Eastern Michigan | 19.1 |
UNLV | Wyoming | 7.8 |
Vanderbilt | Kentucky | -2.5 |
January 18, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, January 18. 2023
Home | Visitor | Spread |
American | Lafayette | 5.1 |
Army | Bucknell | 5.6 |
California | Oregon | -7.4 |
Campbell | Radford | -1.7 |
Central Arkansas | North Alabama | 0.3 |
Charleston Southern | UNC Asheville | -2.3 |
Chattanooga | Furman | 1.2 |
Colorado St. | San Diego St | -4.9 |
DePaul | Xavier | -9.1 |
Drake | Missouri St. | 6.2 |
East Tennessee St. | Samford | -3.7 |
Grand Canyon | Utah Tech | 10.9 |
High Point | Winthrop | 1.3 |
Holy Cross | Colgate | -12.4 |
Indiana St. | Bradley | 0.1 |
Longwood | Gardner Webb | 5.1 |
Louisville | Pittsburgh | -10.7 |
Loyola (Chi) | Saint Louis | -7.3 |
LSU | Auburn | -5.1 |
Marquette | Providence | 5.7 |
Missouri | Arkansas | -1.0 |
Morgan St. | Hartford | 15.6 |
Navy | Boston U. | 2.8 |
Nebraska | Ohio St. | -5.5 |
Northern Iowa | Illinois St. | 6.5 |
Oklahoma St. | Oklahoma | 2.7 |
Seton Hall | Connecticut | -4.8 |
South Florida | Cincinnati | -3.9 |
St. Bonaventure | Duquesne | -0.4 |
Temple | East Carolina | 7.7 |
Texas A&M | Florida | 2.0 |
Tulsa | SMU | -1.4 |
UMass Lowell | UMBC | 5.9 |
USC Upstate | Presbyterian | 5.5 |
Utah Valley | Abilene Christian | 9.1 |
Virginia | Virginia Tech | 6.4 |
West Virginia | TCU | 1.8 |
Western Carolina | Wofford | -0.7 |
January 10, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Home | Visitor | Spread |
Arkansas | Alabama | 0.0 |
Army | American | -0.7 |
Bradley | Evansville | 19.5 |
Bryant | Albany | 10.3 |
Bucknell | Loyola (MD) | 7.7 |
Cal Baptist | Utah Valley | -1.9 |
Cal St. Bakersfield | UC Santa Barbara | -7.7 |
Cal St. Northridge | UC Davis | -5.9 |
Central Florida | Memphis | 1.4 |
Charleston Southern | High Point | -0.4 |
Chattanooga | Western Carolina | 8.2 |
Cincinnati | East Carolina | 11.5 |
Clemson | Louisville | 17.9 |
Colgate | Boston U. | 10.3 |
Davidson | Richmond | 0.6 |
Delaware | Towson | -1.9 |
Duke | Pittsburgh | 8.3 |
Elon | North Carolina A&T | -2.8 |
Florida Int’l. | Florida Atlantic | -12.6 |
Georgia | Mississippi St. | -1.7 |
Hofstra | Monmouth | 20.1 |
Houston | South Florida | 24.5 |
Illinois St. | Missouri St. | -4.5 |
Indiana St. | Southern Illinois | 4.2 |
Lehigh | Holy Cross | 5.0 |
Maine | New Hampshire | 2.4 |
Marquette | Connecticut | -2.3 |
Massachusetts | La Salle | 8.6 |
Mercer | Furman | -5.0 |
Miami (Fla) | Boston College | 13.5 |
Navy | Lafayette | 6.1 |
NJIT | Binghamton | 2.8 |
North Texas | Louisiana Tech | 8.5 |
Northwestern | Rutgers | -1.1 |
Penn St. | Indiana | -1.5 |
Presbyterian | Gardner Webb | -6.8 |
Rhode Island | St. Bonaventure | 0.7 |
Rice | Middle Tennessee | 0.0 |
Saint Joseph’s | Duquesne | -3.0 |
Saint Louis | George Mason | 5.9 |
Samford | Wofford | 3.0 |
SMU | Tulane | -3.0 |
Syracuse | Virginia Tech | -1.9 |
Tarleton St. | Chicago St. | 10.4 |
Texas | TCU | 6.9 |
Texas A&M | Missouri | 0.4 |
The Citadel | East Tennessee St. | 0.1 |
UAB | Western Kentucky | 11.1 |
UC Irvine | Cal St. Fullerton | 9.3 |
UC San Diego | UC Riverside | -4.8 |
UMass Lowell | Vermont | 2.5 |
UNC Wilmington | Charleston | -0.4 |
UNLV | Boise St. | 0.8 |
USC Upstate | Campbell | 1.4 |
UT Rio Grande Valley | Abilene Christian | -5.0 |
UTEP | UTSA | 9.5 |
VMI | UNC Greensboro | -8.4 |
Wake Forest | Florida St. | 7.9 |
Washington St. | California | 13.0 |
West Virginia | Baylor | 2.1 |
William & Mary | Hampton | 7.9 |
Winthrop | Radford | -1.2 |
Xavier | Creighton | 3.5 |
January 7, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Saturday, January 7, 2023
Home | Visitor | Spread |
Abilene Christian | Southern Utah | 0.3 |
Alabama | Kentucky | 6.8 |
Alcorn St. | Alabama A&M | 5.6 |
Arizona | Washington St. | 13.1 |
Arkansas Pine Bluff | Texas Southern | -5.3 |
Auburn | Arkansas | -0.7 |
Austin Peay | Central Arkansas | 8.6 |
Baylor | Kansas St. | 5.0 |
Belmont | Missouri St. | 0.6 |
Boise St. | Utah St. | -0.4 |
Boston College | Duke | -10.3 |
Bowling Green | Ohio | -3.4 |
Bradley | Valparaiso | 16.0 |
Brown | Dartmouth | 8.2 |
Buffalo | Northern Illinois | 9.7 |
Cal Poly | UC Santa Barbara | -7.1 |
Cal St. Fullerton | Hawaii | -2.0 |
Charleston | Delaware | 11.6 |
Chattanooga | VMI | 14.4 |
Cleveland St. | Green Bay | 15.1 |
Colorado | Oregon St. | 16.0 |
Colorado St. | Fresno St. | 4.6 |
Columbia | Penn | -8.7 |
Connecticut | Creighton | 7.9 |
Coppin St. | South Carolina St. | 6.5 |
Cornell | Princeton | 2.1 |
Drake | Murray St. | 7.3 |
Drexel | Monmouth | 15.4 |
East Tennessee St. | Furman | -5.9 |
Eastern Michigan | Central Michigan | -1.2 |
Eastern Washington | Sacramento St. | 5.5 |
Evansville | Illinois St. | -2.8 |
Fairleigh Dickinson | Long Island | 11.4 |
Florida | Georgia | 8.7 |
Florida Atlantic | Charlotte | 9.1 |
Florida Gulf Coast | North Florida | 8.8 |
Florida Int’l. | UAB | -13.8 |
Florida St. | Georgia Tech | 0.6 |
Fordham | Saint Joseph’s | 4.2 |
Gardner Webb | Radford | 4.6 |
George Mason | Loyola (Chi.) | 7.1 |
George Washington | Massachusetts | -1.6 |
Georgia Southern | Old Dominion | 0.3 |
Grambling | Bethune Cookman | 12.7 |
Hampton | Northeastern | -4.2 |
Howard | Delaware St. | 11.6 |
Idaho | Portland St. | -1.3 |
Illinois | Wisconsin | 5.2 |
Incarnate Word | Texas A&M CC | -8.9 |
Indiana St. | Illinois Chicago | 12.5 |
Jackson St. | Alabama St. | 5.7 |
Jacksonville | Lipscomb | 4.1 |
Jacksonville St. | Bellarmine | 0.9 |
James Madison | Appalachian St. | 12.7 |
La Salle | Rhode Island | 0.5 |
Lindenwood | Tennessee St. | -1.0 |
Little Rock | Southeast Missouri St. | -2.7 |
Longwood | Winthrop | 9.4 |
Louisiana | Georgia St. | 8.5 |
Louisiana Monroe | Southern Miss. | -7.1 |
Louisiana Tech | UTEP | 6.6 |
Louisville | Wake Forest | -8.8 |
Loyola Marymount | San Francisco | 2.1 |
Marquette | Georgetown | 18.5 |
Marshall | Coastal Carolina | 11.7 |
McNeese St. | Texas A&M-Commerce | 0.2 |
Memphis | East Carolina | 15.2 |
Merrimack | St. Francis NY | 3.4 |
Miami (O) | Kent St. | -13.2 |
Michigan St. | Michigan | 3.6 |
Middle Tennessee | North Texas | -3.6 |
Minnesota | Nebraska | -4.1 |
Mississippi St. | Mississippi | 4.9 |
Mississippi Valley St. | Prairie View | -7.9 |
Missouri | Vanderbilt | 9.5 |
Morehead St. | Eastern Illinois | 8.2 |
Morgan St. | North Carolina Central | -0.9 |
New Mexico | UNLV | 4.9 |
New Mexico St. | Cal Baptist | 4.5 |
New Orleans | Houston Christian | 4.2 |
Norfolk St. | Maryland Eastern Shore | 7.5 |
Norhtern Iowa | Southern Illinois | -1.9 |
North Alabama | Stetson | -2.2 |
North Carolina | Notre Dame | 13.5 |
North Carolina A&T | UNC Wilmington | -7.0 |
North Dakota | South Dakota St. | -5.4 |
North Dakota St. | South Dakota | 2.5 |
Northern Arizona | Montana St. | -5.9 |
Northern Colorado | Montana | -1.4 |
Northwestern St. | Nicholls St. | -0.7 |
Oklahoma St. | Texas | -0.6 |
Oral Roberts | UMKC | 14.2 |
Pepperdine | Pacific | 6.6 |
Pittsburgh | Clemson | 1.4 |
Presbyterian | Charleston Southern | 1.5 |
Providence | St. John’s | 7.0 |
Purdue Ft. Wayne | Milwaukee | 7.6 |
Queens | Kennesaw St. | 3.5 |
Richmond | Duquesne | 4.5 |
Sacred Heart | Hartford | 11.5 |
Saint Louis | St. Bonaventure | 8.1 |
Saint Mary’s | Portland | 15.3 |
Sam Houston St. | Tarleton St. | 10.2 |
San Diego | BYU | -4.7 |
San Jose St. | Nevada | -2.2 |
Santa Clara | Gonzaga | -8.0 |
Seton Hall | Butler | 3.8 |
South Alabama | Texas St. | 4.7 |
South Carolina | Tennessee | -20.4 |
Southeastern Louisiana | Lamar | 13.6 |
Southern | Florida A&M | 14.4 |
Southern Indiana | SIU Edwardsville | -1.2 |
St. Thomas | Omaha | 8.2 |
Stephen F. Austin | Grand Canyon | -1.4 |
Stonehill | Central Connecticut St. | 3.2 |
Stony Brook | Towson | -6.7 |
TCU | Iowa St. | 3.9 |
Temple | Tulane | 0.7 |
Texas A&M | LSU | 3.4 |
Texas Tech | Oklahoma | -16.8 |
Troy | Arkansas St. | 12.4 |
UC Davis | Cal St. Bakersfield | 7.4 |
UC Irvine | Long Beach St. | 8.3 |
UC Riverside | Cal St. Northridge | 10.4 |
UNC Asheville | Campbell | 5.7 |
UNC Greensboro | Samford | 4.9 |
USC Upstate | High Point | -0.9 |
UT Arlington | Seattle | -3.7 |
UT Martin | Tennessee Tech | 5.6 |
UT Rio Grande Valley | Utah Valley | -10.2 |
Utah | Oregon | 5.5 |
UTSA | Western Kentucky | -7.0 |
VCU | Davidson | 4.1 |
Villanova | Xavier | -1.5 |
Virginia | Syracuse | 11.5 |
Virginia Tech | North Carolina St. | 3.1 |
Wagner | St. Francis PA | 6.0 |
Weber St. | Idaho St. | 6.0 |
West Virginia | Kansas | -1.4 |
Western Carolina | Mercer | -0.6 |
Western Illinois | Denver | 1.6 |
William & Mary | Hofstra | -6.5 |
Wofford | The Citadel | 9.0 |
Wyoming | San Diego St | -7.7 |
Yale | Harvard | 10.6 |
Youngstown St. | IUPUI | 23.0 |
October 27, 2022
September 8, 2022
PiRate Picks For September 9-10, 2022
Last week, the most important part of our PiRate Picks publication was telling you that a broken clock is still correct twice a day. Please remember this, because we have experienced our broken clock accuracy up front this year. For the second week in a row, our selections went 3-0 to give us a 6-0 record to start the season. We know there are about 150-200 new visitors to this site since the 2021-22 College Football National Championship. Get this and get it good–we are not svengali’s. We are not Billy Walters. We aren’t even Brent Musberger and his incredible cast of handicappers. What are we? Really lucky and not much more than that.
Every week, we preface our selections by urging (begging) you not to wager real currency on the selections you read on this site. We know that there are a considerable number of professional speculators in the Nevada gold mines. We don’t have to tell you what to do with your occupation. It’s Joe Tackletrap in Wichita Falls, Texas, who makes $40,000 a year working himself silly that can ill afford to lose $500 that we have concerns about losing $500 because he wagered $100 each on five selections and lost them all, as he saw his mortgage payment money taken away.
Last week, we casually mentioned that there were some people in Nevada that we had information that they were following this site. Wow! We heard from six different people, two of whom represent a consortium of others, telling us they follow this site. And, they were not all from Las Vegas. We have to give some love to the biggest little city in America–Reno. There’s somebody there that sent us a little note.
For one paragraph, let’s pretend that we really did speculate these first two weeks of the football season, wagering $100 ($110) on margins and totals and $100 on the money line parlay. With the 6-0 record, including a parlay that paid back $241.77, our pretend starting bank account of $1,000 would now be worth $1,641.77. Making a 64% profit in two weeks in real life would quickly lead us to cash out and play no more games. That would be our Holiday Fund for this year.
What are the chances that our picks will be perfect again this week? The prior best first three week start we have ever had was a 9-3-1 start to the 2008 season. In most years, September is our worst month, with a big turnaround in October. Thus, we still do not have much confidence in our September picks. It’s merely the law of averages giving us a positive outlier.
Now that we have adequately warned you, we present our picks for this week. We are going with five selections.
Selection #1: Missouri and Kansas State UNDER 56 1/2
Our belief here is that the Wildcats will play a bit conservatively in the first half trying to keep the ball away from the Tiger offense, as Coach Chris Kleiman is a defense first leader. Missouri scored 52 points against a weak Louisiana Tech defense, and our belief is that the totals line might be a tad too high due to this. KSU’s defense pitched a shutout over FCS South Dakota. The Coyotes are not the top team in the Mount Rushmore state, but their offense is consistent. We see this game as a 28-20 win for the Wildcats. That gives us an extra touchdown to be wrong and still be right.
Selection #2: Iowa and Iowa State OVER 39 1/2
Iowa failed to reach the end zone against South Dakota State, winning 7-3 on a field goal and two safeties. The public looked at a Big Ten team’s offense failing to score on an FCS opponent and didn’t realize two important factors. First, South Dakota State is probably better than 60-75 FBS teams. Second, a college football team improves the most during a season in the practices between game one and game two. You can bet that this week in Iowa City, the offensive units in Hawkeye Land have had just about enough of hearing how lame they were in the opener. Over in Ames, Iowa State’s offense is far superior to its defense. Giving up 10 points to SEMO is nothing like Iowa’s holding SDSU to 3. SEMO is a mediocre Ohio Valley Conference team. Iowa will unleash its offense this week and top 20 points. Our hope is that Iowa State will respond in kind and make this a 24-21 game, topping 39 1/2 points.
Selection #3: Florida and Kentucky OVER 52 1/2
Florida came through for us last week, winning as an underdog when we believed the wrong team was favored. Kentucky overcame a slow start and eventually slaughtered a decent but not spectacular Miami of Ohio team. We believe that the Florida team that almost beat Alabama in 2021 before the team quit on former coach Dan Mullen has returned. If they could score 29 on Alabama last year and 29 on a tough Utah defense in week one, the Gators should put the chomp on Kentucky’s defense for more than 35 points. Can Kentucky’s offense produce 17 points or more? We think they Wildcats will top 20 points, and thus we believe the total in this game will top 56.
Selection #4: Arizona +11 1/2 vs. Mississippi State
This game is a tad different from how we normally play home underdogs. We tend to like our home dogs to get 1 to 7 points. We are making an exception here because it is our belief that few too people saw how the Wildcats went to San Diego State on the Christening of their new stadium and spoiled the party for the home team. We have been keeping our eyes on Coach Jedd Fisch since his arrival in Tucson. It is our beliefe that ‘Zona may have found their football equivalent of Lute Olson. His pedigree is about as incredible as a long-time assistant coach can own. Going up against a Mike Leach-coached team, this late night desert dogfight is going to give us reason to brew an evening pot of coffee. This could be the most entertaining game of Week Two, and we expect the home team to be in it for the entire 60 minutes. What’s great about this selection is that the superior SEC is having to play at the Pac-12 opponent’s home field rather than watch the Pac-12 team make the 2,000+ mile trip to the Southeast. Mississippi State could win this game 31-21, 34-24, 38-28, 35-24, 38-27 and still not cover. We tend to believe that this game will be a 3 to 7 point game in either direction.
Selection #5: Money Line Parlay at +172.97
Central Florida over Louisville
Arkansas over South Carolina
Florida over Kentucky
Louisville looked terrible in a blowout loss at Syracuse and did not look ready to play. Coach Scott Satterfield is sitting on a scorching hot seat, as he has had UL detractors since his hiring. At the same time, Gus Malzahn has quickly become a favored coach in Orlando, and Central Florida looks like a real contender for the American Athletic Conference Championship. In addition, UCF has had this game circled on their schedule and calendar. UL won this game on a pick six last year. The Cardinals are headed to an ambush in Orlando.
The Arkansas-South Carolina game should be quite interesting as two very good SEC teams face off in Fayetteville. We were a bit concerned with Spencer Rattler’s performance against Georgia State, as it was a little too similar to the performances he turned in at Oklahoma, which cost him his starting spot. Arkansas has a much better pass rush and secondary than Georgia State, and their offense at times pushed Cincinnati’s defense around. We see Pig Sooey winning by 10-14 points if not more.
Kentucky has defeated Florida twice in four years, after going mutiple decades without a win over the Gators. Billy Napier has quickly become a favorite in the Swamp almost on par with Steve Spurrier. He probably is the most like former Gator coaches Ray Graves and Doug Dickey than Spurrier or any coaches since. The Gators will be prepared and ready to play every week. Napier is part of both the Nick Saben and Dabo Swinney coaching trees. He knows how to run a program, and his year at Louisiana proved it. Kentucky and coach Mark Stoops are not exactly chopped liver. The Wildcats have a potent team with an NFL prospect under center. Will Levis could be a top three pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. Kentucky could be the second best team in the SEC East, but they could be the third or fourth best too. We believe that the Gators will come into this game not resting on their laurels after pulling off the biggest win of Week One. Napier won’t let them get swollen heads. We’re going with Florida in a thriller, and we see the Gators winning 38-28.
February 20, 2022
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, February 20, 2022
Home | Visitors | Spread |
Butler | Providence | -3.7 |
Wichita St. | Houston | -8.3 |
Wisconsin | Michigan | 1.8 |
Maine | NJIT | -3.0 |
Detroit | Wright St. | 0.6 |
Iona | Fairfield | 11.2 |
Cincinnati | Temple | 7.4 |
Central Florida | East Carolina | 10.1 |
Milwaukee | Purdue Fort Wayne | -2.8 |
Northern Iowa | Missouri St. | -1.4 |
Marist | Quinnipiac | 6.6 |
Siena | Saint Peter’s | -2.4 |
Manhattan | Rider | 3.0 |
Fordham | George Mason | -3.2 |
SMU | Memphis | -0.1 |
Creighton | Marquette | 0.2 |
Oakland | Northern Kentucky | 6.9 |
Green Bay | Cleveland St. | -8.4 |
San Jose St. | New Mexico | -6.0 |
Hartford | Stony Brook | 0.5 |
Loyola (MD) | Lehigh | 5.0 |
Purdue | Rutgers | 12.6 |
Bellarmine | Jacksonville St. | 0.8 |
USC | Washington St. | 5.0 |
Missouri | Mississippi St. | -5.9 |