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.

College Football TV Schedule For This Weekend

Up to date as of Friday morning, 11 AM EST

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

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.

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

PiRate Picks for December 4-7, 2020

A Day Late — Hopefully Not A Dollar Short

We are publishing our most popular weekly feature at the PiRate Ratings a day later than normal. Four weeks of issuing some interesting parlays that we had a lot of faith in as winners only to see the games cancel the day that we published them forced us to take an extra 24 hours to try to eliminate the chances that we would see five parlays become void just after putting them out on this forum. Additionally, we tried to avoid games that involved teams that have forewarned that even as late as Friday afternoon, they could decide not to play. Also, there is the case of one team that is in danger of not having enough scholarship players remaining. Their choices would be to fold up operations for the year or play under the 53-man (or in this case 53-man and woman) limit.

Last week, we broke even, which is no fun. Our winning week was just a minute from being guaranteed, until the Baltimore Ravens scored at the end to make that game a push. It happens.

This week, we are stressing money line parlays paying off at better than even money odds. November was very kind to us in these plays, as we made a big fat profit on these better than +100 odds games. We are only going with one NFL selection, but in our statistical minds, it is our best parlay of the entire season–kiss of death!

Before looking at our selections for the week, please remember, that we have lost no money this year or any past year when issuing these selections, because we NEVER wager a penny on them. All of our picks are made with imaginary money at an imaginary book. We do know from your feedback that many of you actually use this site for wagering advice, but we don’t understand why. If you want to throw away hard-earned money because of something you read here, why not just donate that amount to a worthy charity. Our favorite charity with the five lasses that help me here on the PiRate ship is “Save A Fox” in Faribault, Minnesota: https://www.saveafox.org/.

Enjoy the selections, and the way to enjoy them is by keeping your money in your wallet.

College Money Line Parlays
1. 2-teams at +107.96
Must Win	Opponent	Odds
Miami (Fla.)	Duke	+107.96
Missouri	Arkansas
2. 3-teams at +145.28
Must Win	Opponent	Odds
Western Mich.	Eastern Mich.
Washington	Stanford	;+145.28
Cincinnati	Tulsa
3. 2-teams at +173.41
Must Win	Opponent	Odds
Texas A&M	Auburn	+173.41
Central Mich.	Ball St.
4. 3-teams at +124.20 CANCELLED!
Must Win	Opponent	Odds
Kentucky	S. Carolina
Buffalo (BU was en route to Ohio)	Ohio	+124.20
Iowa St.	West Va.
5. 3-teams at +153.92
Must Win	Opponent	Odds
Toledo	N. Illinois
San Diego St.	Colorado St.	+153.92
NC St.	Georgia Tech
6. College 10-point Teaser at -110
Selection	Opponent	Spread
TCU	Oklahoma St.	+11
Nebraska	Purdue	+11
Memphis	Tulane	+11.5
7. College 10-point Teaser at -110
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Fla. Atlantic	Ga. Southern	+12.5
San Jose St.	Hawaii	+11
Oklahoma	Baylor	-11.5
8. College 10-point Teaser at -110
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Nevada	Fresno St.	+3.5
Oregon St.	Utah	+21.5
USC	Washington St.	-2.5
9. NFL 10-point Teaser at -110
Selection	Opponent	Spread
Minnesota	Jacksonville	Pk
Miami	Cincinnati	-1.5
Seattle	N.Y. Giants	-0.5

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 Ratings–College Football For November 26-28, 2020

The Dysfunctional Rivalry Week

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Thursday, November 26
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Air Force	Colorado St.	12.0	11.9	11.9
Utah St.	New Mexico	3.0	1.7	2.8
Friday, November 27
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Texas	Iowa St.	-0.1	-0.5	-0.3
Liberty	U Mass	39.3	35.4	42.7
UAB	Southern Miss.	16.4	16.5	16.6
Iowa	Nebraska	15.2	15.8	15.9
North Carolina	Notre Dame	-6.2	-5.5	-5.3
USF	UCF	-26.0	-27.5	-28.6
Eastern Mich.	Central Mich.	-12.1	-10.4	-12.3
UNLV	Wyoming	-13.1	-13.1	-14.5
California	Stanford	2.4	4.6	2.9
Oregon St.	Oregon	-15.2	-13.5	-16.0
Fresno St.	San Diego St.	-1.3	-1.7	-1.9
Washington St.	Washington	-3.5	-3.5	-3.4
Saturday, November 28
Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Illinois	Ohio St.	-25.0	-24.5	-26.2
Clemson	Pittsburgh	22.3	21.9	24.0
Temple	Cincinnati	-29.8	-29.6	-31.5
Indiana	Maryland	23.5	24.2	26.8
Oklahoma St.	Texas Tech	15.8	16.0	15.0
West Virginia	Oklahoma	-12.6	-12.5	-12.7
Michigan St.	Northwestern	-14.1	-14.7	-16.5
USC	Colorado	19.5	15.8	20.0
Houston	Tulsa	1.0	1.1	1.5
Boise St.	San Jose St.	14.2	12.2	13.8
Arizona St.	Utah	2.4	2.0	1.5
UCLA	Arizona	6.9	7.5	6.5
Georgia Tech	Duke	-2.8	-3.7	-3.2
Florida St.	Virginia	-7.8	-9.2	-8.8
Syracuse	NC St.	-11.2	-10.4	-11.4
Baylor	Kansas St.	3.6	3.8	2.8
Michigan	Penn St.	-2.1	-1.7	-1.3
Boston College	Louisville	-2.5	-2.1	-1.3
Navy	Memphis	-11.0	-11.2	-11.3
Florida	Kentucky	16.9	16.6	16.8
Missouri	Vanderbilt	15.6	15.9	17.4
East Carolina	SMU	-7.4	-7.4	-8.0
Florida Intl.	Louisiana Tech	1.8	0.7	1.3
Georgia St.	Georgia Southern	-0.4	-1.0	-0.4
Western Mich.	N. Illinois	16.1	16.8	17.2
Ohio	Bowling Green	24.0	23.2	28.5
Buffalo	Kent St.	8.8	10.0	9.9
Toledo	Ball St.	1.1	3.3	1.2
Akron	Miami (O)	-21.6	-18.0	-22.5
Rice	UTEP	19.2	14.9	18.5
Middle Tenn.	Fla. Atlantic	-4.8	-5.7	-5.6
Wisconsin	Minnesota	20.3	17.9	20.0
Texas St.	Coastal Carolina	-21.0	-21.0	-22.6
UL-Monroe	Louisiana	-29.2	-28.6	-29.6
UTSA	North Texas	5.2	5.0	5.2
Arkansas St.	South Alabama	6.0	5.7	5.7
Alabama	Auburn	19.2	21.4	21.5
Ole Miss	Miss. State	5.7	5.2	5.1
Purdue	Rutgers	8.3	9.9	10.1
Charlotte (now Tues.)	Western Ky.	-4.0	-4.2	-3.8
Texas A&M	LSU	6.4	7.2	5.5
South Carolina	Georgia	-14.2	-14.7	-15.3
Vanderbilt	Tennessee	-13.1	-12.9	-13.6
Kansas	TCU	-25.4	-24.0	-26.8
Appalachian St.	Troy	12.9	11.1	12.9
Hawaii	Nevada	0.3	-0.8	-1.6

Added Games

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Washington	Utah	5.5	4.4	5.4

Home	Visitors	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Colorado	San Diego St.	3.5	3.4	1.2

Games Cancelled or Postponed This Week

Air Force vs. Colorado St.

Fresno St. vs. San Diego St.

Washington vs. Washington St.

Note: Washington now hosts Utah

Missouri vs. Arkansas

Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt

Note: Missouri now hosts Vanderbilt

UAB vs. Southern Miss.

Arizona St. vs. Utah

Minnesota vs. Wisconsin

Houston vs. Tulsa

Temple vs. Cincinnati

Oklahoma vs. West Virginia

USC vs. Colorado

Middle Tennessee vs. Florida Atlantic

Florida St. vs. Virginia

Boise St. vs. San Jose St.

Rice vs. UTEP

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

#	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg.	Conference
1	Alabama	134.3	135.4	136.6	135.4	SEC-W
2	Ohio St.	131.2	130.1	133.4	131.6	BTen-E
3	Clemson	126.3	126.9	128.3	127.2	ACC
4	Wisconsin	124.5	122.6	125.7	124.3	BTen-W
5	Florida	123.2	122.8	124.0	123.3	SEC-E
6	Notre Dame	123.4	122.9	123.3	123.2	ACC
7	Oklahoma	122.1	121.7	122.6	122.2	B12
8	Georgia	120.2	119.1	120.7	120.0	SEC-E
9	Texas A&M	119.7	119.7	120.0	119.8	SEC-W
10	Cincinnati	119.4	118.9	119.6	119.3	AAC
11	Iowa	117.6	117.4	119.5	118.2	BTen-W
12	Oregon	118.6	117.0	118.4	118.0	P12-N
13	Indiana	116.2	116.8	118.9	117.3	BTen-E
14	Iowa St.	116.8	116.0	117.0	116.6	B12
15	Auburn	116.6	115.5	116.6	116.2	SEC-W
16	BYU	115.7	115.5	116.2	115.8	Ind.
17	U S C	117.1	114.3	115.8	115.8	P12-S
18	N. Carolina	115.2	115.5	116.0	115.6	ACC
19	L S U	115.3	114.4	116.5	115.4	SEC-W
20	Northwestern	113.1	113.3	115.9	114.1	BTen-W
21	Texas	114.2	113.0	114.1	113.8	B12
22	UCF	112.9	113.0	113.6	113.2	AAC
23	Oklahoma St.	112.8	111.8	112.2	112.3	B12
24	Washington	110.7	109.4	111.4	110.5	P12-N
25	Penn St.	110.8	109.4	111.0	110.4	BTen-E
26	Miami (Fla.)	109.4	111.4	109.8	110.2	ACC
27	Kentucky	108.3	108.2	109.2	108.6	SEC-E
28	Ole Miss	108.9	107.8	108.9	108.5	SEC-W
29	Louisville	107.9	107.9	107.4	107.7	ACC
30	Utah	107.2	107.0	108.0	107.4	P12-S
31	Arizona St.	107.6	107.1	107.6	107.4	P12-S
32	Boise St.	107.4	107.4	107.1	107.3	MWC-M
33	W. Virginia	107.0	106.8	107.4	107.1	B12
34	Pittsburgh	106.5	107.5	106.8	106.9	ACC
35	Minnesota	106.2	106.7	107.6	106.8	BTen-W
36	Michigan	106.6	105.7	107.7	106.7	BTen-E
37	Purdue	105.9	106.4	107.1	106.5	BTen-W
38	Virginia	106.0	106.4	106.5	106.3	ACC
39	T C U	106.6	104.6	106.5	105.9	B12
40	Missouri	105.6	105.4	106.8	105.9	SEC-E
41	Tennessee	106.1	105.4	106.0	105.8	SEC-E
42	U C L A	106.4	105.3	105.0	105.6	P12-S
43	Washington St.	105.6	104.4	106.5	105.5	P12-N
44	Baylor	105.8	105.2	105.3	105.4	B12
45	Memphis	106.3	105.1	104.8	105.4	AAC
46	Coastal Car.	104.8	105.4	105.6	105.3	SUN-E
47	Wake Forest	104.2	105.0	105.0	104.8	ACC
48	Miss. St.	104.7	104.1	105.3	104.7	SEC-W
49	Nebraska	104.4	103.6	105.5	104.5	BTen-W
50	Illinois	104.2	103.6	105.2	104.3	BTen-W
51	California	104.3	104.2	103.9	104.1	P12-N
52	Kansas St.	104.2	103.4	104.5	104.0	B12
53	Arkansas	103.6	104.2	103.5	103.8	SEC-W
54	Boston Coll.	103.4	103.7	104.1	103.7	ACC
55	S. Carolina	104.0	102.4	103.4	103.3	SEC-E
56	Virginia Tech	102.4	103.0	103.3	102.9	ACC
57	Tulane	102.7	102.7	102.2	102.5	AAC
58	Marshall	102.6	102.9	102.2	102.5	CUSA-E
59	Tulsa	103.5	102.0	101.9	102.4	AAC
60	Louisiana	102.8	102.3	102.0	102.4	SUN-W
61	SMU	102.3	101.9	101.6	102.0	AAC
62	NC State	101.5	102.0	102.0	101.8	ACC
63	Stanford	102.9	100.6	101.9	101.8	P12-N
64	Houston	102.5	101.1	101.4	101.7	AAC
65	Oregon St.	101.8	102.0	100.9	101.6	P12-N
66	Buffalo	100.6	101.3	101.3	101.1	MAC-E
67	Appal. St.	101.2	100.5	101.3	101.0	SUN-E
68	Air Force	100.8	101.5	100.7	101.0	MWC-M
69	Liberty	99.5	101.9	100.7	100.7	Ind.
70	Arizona	101.4	99.7	100.6	100.6	P12-S
71	Colorado	100.1	101.1	98.3	99.8	P12-S
72	San Diego St.	98.6	99.7	99.1	99.1	MWC-W
73	Rutgers	99.6	98.5	99.0	99.0	BTen-E
74	Texas Tech	99.0	97.8	99.2	98.7	B12
75	Duke	97.9	98.0	97.2	97.7	ACC
76	Michigan St.	97.0	96.6	97.4	97.0	BTen-E
77	Wyoming	96.2	97.4	96.9	96.8	MWC-M
78	San Jose St.	95.8	97.6	95.8	96.4	MWC-W
79	Florida St.	96.7	95.8	96.3	96.3	ACC
80	Nevada	95.5	96.5	96.4	96.2	MWC-W
81	Western Mich.	95.0	97.0	96.3	96.1	MAC-W
82	Fresno St.	95.8	96.5	95.7	96.0	MWC-W
83	U A B	95.5	96.0	94.9	95.5	CUSA-W
84	Central Mich.	94.9	95.0	95.3	95.1	MAC-W
85	Maryland	94.7	94.6	94.1	94.5	BTen-E
86	Kent St.	93.8	93.3	93.4	93.5	MAC-E
87	Ohio	92.7	93.3	93.7	93.2	MAC-E
88	Georgia Tech	93.5	92.8	92.6	93.0	ACC
89	E. Carolina	93.4	93.1	92.1	92.9	AAC
90	Army	92.3	93.8	92.2	92.8	Ind.
91	Georgia Sou.	92.4	93.2	92.7	92.8	SUN-E
92	Navy	93.8	92.4	91.9	92.7	AAC
93	Hawaii	92.8	92.8	91.9	92.5	MWC-W
94	Toledo	91.8	93.2	91.6	92.2	MAC-W
95	Ball St.	92.1	91.4	91.9	91.8	MAC-W
96	Vanderbilt	92.0	91.4	91.4	91.6	SEC-E
97	Georgia St.	91.0	91.2	91.3	91.2	SUN-E
98	Miami (O)	91.6	90.4	91.2	91.0	MAC-E
99	Troy	90.3	91.4	90.4	90.7	SUN-E
100	W. Kentucky	90.3	90.7	90.0	90.3	CUSA-E
101	Colorado St.	89.8	90.6	89.8	90.1	MWC-M
102	Fla. Atlantic	88.7	89.9	89.6	89.4	CUSA-E
103	Syracuse	88.8	90.1	89.1	89.4	ACC
104	Arkansas St.	87.5	88.1	87.0	87.5	SUN-W
105	Temple	88.1	87.8	86.5	87.5	AAC
106	La. Tech	85.6	86.5	85.7	86.0	CUSA-W
107	Florida Int’l.	85.9	85.7	85.5	85.7	CUSA-E
108	Charlotte	84.8	85.0	84.7	84.9	CUSA-E
109	Rice	85.8	83.8	84.9	84.8	CUSA-W
110	USF	86.0	84.5	84.0	84.8	AAC
111	Utah St.	84.4	83.9	83.4	83.9	MWC-M
112	S. Alabama	83.0	83.9	82.9	83.3	SUN-W
113	New Mexico	83.0	83.7	82.0	82.9	MWC-M
114	Middle Tenn.	82.4	82.7	82.5	82.5	CUSA-E
115	Texas St.	82.3	82.9	81.6	82.3	SUN-W
116	U T S A	82.0	82.3	82.0	82.1	CUSA-W
117	Eastern Mich.	81.3	83.1	81.6	82.0	MAC-W
118	U N L V	81.1	82.3	80.4	81.2	MWC-W
119	N. Illinois	80.4	81.7	80.6	80.9	MAC-W
120	Southern Miss.	80.7	81.0	79.8	80.5	CUSA-W
121	Kansas	79.7	79.1	78.2	79.0	B12
122	North Texas	78.3	78.7	78.3	78.5	CUSA-W
123	UL-Monroe	72.1	72.2	70.9	71.7	SUN-W
124	Bowling Green	70.2	71.6	66.8	69.5	MAC-E
125	Akron	68.5	70.9	67.2	68.9	MAC-E
126	U T E P	68.0	70.4	67.9	68.8	CUSA-W
127	Mass.	62.2	68.5	60.0	63.6	Ind.

PiRate Ratings By Conference

American Athletic Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	AAC	Overall
Cincinnati	119.4	118.9	119.6	119.3	6-0	8-0
UCF	112.9	113.0	113.6	113.2	4-3	5-3
Memphis	106.3	105.1	104.8	105.4	3-2	5-2
Tulane	102.7	102.7	102.2	102.5	2-5	5-5
Tulsa	103.5	102.0	101.9	102.4	5-0	5-1
SMU	102.3	101.9	101.6	102.0	4-2	7-2
Houston	102.5	101.1	101.4	101.7	3-2	3-3
E. Carolina	93.4	93.1	92.1	92.9	2-4	2-6
Navy	93.8	92.4	91.9	92.7	3-2	3-4
Temple	88.1	87.8	86.5	87.5	1-6	1-6
USF	86.0	84.5	84.0	84.8	0-6	1-7
AAC Avg.	101.0	100.2	100.0	100.4
Atlantic Coast Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	ACC	Overall
Clemson	126.3	126.9	128.3	127.2	6-1	7-1
Notre Dame	123.4	122.9	123.3	123.2	7-0	8-0
N. Carolina	115.2	115.5	116.0	115.6	6-2	6-2
Miami (Fla.)	109.4	111.4	109.8	110.2	6-1	7-1
Louisville	107.9	107.9	107.4	107.7	2-6	3-6
Pittsburgh	106.5	107.5	106.8	106.9	4-4	5-4
Virginia	106.0	106.4	106.5	106.3	3-4	4-4
Wake Forest	104.2	105.0	105.0	104.8	3-3	4-3
Boston Coll.	103.4	103.7	104.1	103.7	4-4	5-4
Virginia Tech	102.4	103.0	103.3	102.9	4-4	4-5
NC State	101.5	102.0	102.0	101.8	5-3	6-3
Duke	97.9	98.0	97.2	97.7	1-6	2-6
Florida St.	96.7	95.8	96.3	96.3	1-6	2-6
Georgia Tech	93.5	92.8	92.6	93.0	2-4	2-5
Syracuse	88.8	90.1	89.1	89.4	1-7	1-8
ACC Avg.	105.5	105.9	105.8	105.8
Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	B12	Overall
Oklahoma	122.1	121.7	122.6	122.2	5-2	6-2
Iowa St.	116.8	116.0	117.0	116.6	6-1	6-2
Texas	114.2	113.0	114.1	113.8	4-2	5-2
Oklahoma St.	112.8	111.8	112.2	112.3	4-2	5-2
W. Virginia	107.0	106.8	107.4	107.1	4-3	5-3
T C U	106.6	104.6	106.5	105.9	3-4	3-4
Baylor	105.8	105.2	105.3	105.4	1-5	1-5
Kansas St.	104.2	103.4	104.5	104.0	4-3	4-4
Texas Tech	99.0	97.8	99.2	98.7	2-5	3-5
Kansas	79.7	79.1	78.2	79.0	0-6	0-7
Big 12 Avg.	106.8	105.9	106.7	106.5
Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Ohio St.	131.2	130.1	133.4	131.6	4-0	4-0
Indiana	116.2	116.8	118.9	117.3	4-1	4-1
Penn St.	110.8	109.4	111.0	110.4	0-5	0-5
Michigan	106.6	105.7	107.7	106.7	2-3	2-3
Rutgers	99.6	98.5	99.0	99.0	1-4	1-4
Michigan St.	97.0	96.6	97.4	97.0	1-3	1-3
Maryland	94.7	94.6	94.1	94.5	2-1	2-1
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average	BTen	Overall
Wisconsin	124.5	122.6	125.7	124.3	2-1	2-1
Iowa	117.6	117.4	119.5	118.2	3-2	3-2
Northwestern	113.1	113.3	115.9	114.1	5-0	5-0
Minnesota	106.2	106.7	107.6	106.8	2-3	2-3
Purdue	105.9	106.4	107.1	106.5	2-2	2-2
Nebraska	104.4	103.6	105.5	104.5	1-3	1-3
Illinois	104.2	103.6	105.2	104.3	2-3	2-3
Big Ten Avg.	109.4	109.0	110.6	109.7
Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	CUSA	Overall
Marshall	102.6	102.9	102.2	102.5	4-0	7-0
W. Kentucky	90.3	90.7	90.0	90.3	3-3	4-6
Fla. Atlantic	88.7	89.9	89.6	89.4	4-1	5-1
Florida Int’l.	85.9	85.7	85.5	85.7	0-3	0-5
Charlotte	84.8	85.0	84.7	84.9	2-1	2-3
Middle Tenn.	82.4	82.7	82.5	82.5	2-4	3-6
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	CUSA	Overall
U A B	95.5	96.0	94.9	95.5	2-1	4-3
La. Tech	85.6	86.5	85.7	86.0	3-2	4-3
Rice	85.8	83.8	84.9	84.8	1-2	1-2
U T S A	82.0	82.3	82.0	82.1	4-2	6-4
Southern Miss.	80.7	81.0	79.8	80.5	1-4	2-7
North Texas	78.3	78.7	78.3	78.5	2-2	3-3
U T E P	68.0	70.4	67.9	68.8	0-3	3-4
CUSA Avg.	85.4	85.8	85.2	85.5
FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
BYU	115.7	115.5	116.2	115.8	x	9-0
Liberty	99.5	101.9	100.7	100.7	x	8-1
Army	92.3	93.8	92.2	92.8	x	6-2
Mass.	62.2	68.5	60.0	63.6	x	0-3
Ind. Avg.	92.4	94.9	92.3	93.2
Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Buffalo	100.6	101.3	101.3	101.1	3-0	3-0
Kent St.	93.8	93.3	93.4	93.5	3-0	3-0
Ohio	92.7	93.3	93.7	93.2	1-1	1-1
Miami (O)	91.6	90.4	91.2	91.0	1-1	1-1
Bowling Green	70.2	71.6	66.8	69.5	0-3	0-3
Akron	68.5	70.9	67.2	68.9	0-3	0-3
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Western Mich.	95.0	97.0	96.3	96.1	3-0	3-0
Central Mich.	94.9	95.0	95.3	95.1	2-1	2-1
Toledo	91.8	93.2	91.6	92.2	2-1	2-1
Ball St.	92.1	91.4	91.9	91.8	2-1	2-1
Eastern Mich.	81.3	83.1	81.6	82.0	0-3	0-3
N. Illinois	80.4	81.7	80.6	80.9	0-3	0-3
MAC Avg.	87.7	88.5	87.6	87.9
Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Boise St.	107.4	107.4	107.1	107.3	4-0	4-1
Air Force	100.8	101.5	100.7	101.0	1-2	2-2
Wyoming	96.2	97.4	96.9	96.8	1-2	1-2
Colorado St.	89.8	90.6	89.8	90.1	1-2	1-2
Utah St.	84.4	83.9	83.4	83.9	0-4	0-4
New Mexico	83.0	83.7	82.0	82.9	0-4	0-4
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
San Diego St.	98.6	99.7	99.1	99.1	3-2	3-2
San Jose St.	95.8	97.6	95.8	96.4	4-0	4-0
Nevada	95.5	96.5	96.4	96.2	5-0	5-0
Fresno St.	95.8	96.5	95.7	96.0	3-1	3-1
Hawaii	92.8	92.8	91.9	92.5	2-3	2-3
U N L V	81.1	82.3	80.4	81.2	0-4	0-4
MWC Avg.	93.4	94.2	93.3	93.6
Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
Oregon	118.6	117.0	118.4	118.0	3-0	3-0
Washington	110.7	109.4	111.4	110.5	2-0	2-0
Washington St.	105.6	104.4	106.5	105.5	1-1	1-1
California	104.3	104.2	103.9	104.1	0-2	0-2
Stanford	102.9	100.6	101.9	101.8	0-2	0-2
Oregon St.	101.8	102.0	100.9	101.6	1-2	1-2
South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Conf.	Overall
U S C	117.1	114.3	115.8	115.8	3-0	3-0
Utah	107.2	107.0	108.0	107.4	0-1	0-1
Arizona St.	107.6	107.1	107.6	107.4	0-1	0-1
U C L A	106.4	105.3	105.0	105.6	1-2	1-2
Arizona	101.4	99.7	100.6	100.6	0-2	0-2
Colorado	100.1	101.1	98.3	99.8	2-0	2-0
P12 Avg.	107.0	106.0	106.5	106.5
Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SEC	Overall
Florida	123.2	122.8	124.0	123.3	6-1	6-1
Georgia	120.2	119.1	120.7	120.0	5-2	5-2
Kentucky	108.3	108.2	109.2	108.6	3-5	3-5
Missouri	105.6	105.4	106.8	105.9	3-3	3-3
Tennessee	106.1	105.4	106.0	105.8	2-5	2-5
S. Carolina	104.0	102.4	103.4	103.3	2-6	2-6
Vanderbilt	92.0	91.4	91.4	91.6	0-7	0-7
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SEC	Overall
Alabama	134.3	135.4	136.6	135.4	7-0	7-0
Texas A&M	119.7	119.7	120.0	119.8	5-1	5-1
Auburn	116.6	115.5	116.6	116.2	5-2	5-2
L S U	115.3	114.4	116.5	115.4	3-3	3-3
Ole Miss	108.9	107.8	108.9	108.5	3-4	3-4
Miss. St.	104.7	104.1	105.3	104.7	2-5	2-5
Arkansas	103.6	104.2	103.5	103.8	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.	104.8	105.4	105.6	105.3	6-0	8-0
Appal. St.	101.2	100.5	101.3	101.0	4-1	6-2
Georgia Sou.	92.4	93.2	92.7	92.8	4-2	6-3
Georgia St.	91.0	91.2	91.3	91.2	3-4	4-4
Troy	90.3	91.4	90.4	90.7	2-2	4-4
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	SBC	Overall
Louisiana	102.8	102.3	102.0	102.4	5-1	7-1
Arkansas St.	87.5	88.1	87.0	87.5	1-5	3-6
S. Alabama	83.0	83.9	82.9	83.3	2-4	3-6
Texas St.	82.3	82.9	81.6	82.3	2-5	2-9
UL-Monroe	72.1	72.2	70.9	71.7	0-5	0-8
Sun Avg.	90.8	91.1	90.6	90.8

Conference Ratings

#	League	Avg
1	SEC	111.6
2	BTen	109.7
3	P12	106.5
4	B12	106.5
5	ACC	105.8
6	AAC	100.4
7	MWC	93.6
8	Ind.	93.2
9	Sun	90.8
10	MAC	87.9
11	CUSA	85.5

The PiRate Ratings Pick The Top 4

The initial Playoff rankings come out this week, and we believe we can predict with some clarity how the Playoff Committee will choose its initial four teams. Alabama, Ohio State, and Notre Dame will be the obvious first three. The issue will be with number four. Clemson is the best team of the rest, but with Oregon and USC undefeated on the Coast, and with Texas A&M having a win over Florida with a loss at Alabama, the Committee might choose someone other than Clemson as its fourth team.

We have not seen enough from Oregon or USC to this point to believe the Ducks or Trojans should even be in the conversation. As for Cincinnati, BYU, Coastal Carolina, Nevada, San Jose St., and possible one of the MAC teams, face it: the Committee isn’t going to seriously consider a G5 team for the Playoffs. The Bearcats will be the top G5 team in line for the guaranteed New Year’s 6 Bowl bid. We aren’t even sure that a second undefeated G5 team would be considered for a second NY6 Bowl, even if it was deserved.

As of this morning, we look at the criteria that matters most. Who did you beat? Who did you lose to? Using that criteria, Texas A&M deserves to start the Playoff Poll as the #4 team. The Aggies one loss at Alabama balances with Clemson’s loss at Notre Dame. A&M has the win over Florida, while Clemson’s most impressive win was over Miami. Florida is ranked above the Hurricanes, and thus Texas A&M deserves to be ranked a tad ahead of Clemson at this point.

The trouble with the polling is that Texas A&M could finish 9-1, and since they will finish second in the SEC West, the Aggies won’t play in the SEC Championship. Meanwhile, a 10-1 Clemson team would potentially face Notre Dame in the ACC Championship, where a Tiger win would most assuredly jump CU over A&M.

Of course, we are getting way ahead of ourselves. What if a team like Pittsburgh upset Clemson? With two losses, then the Committee almost has to look at an undefeated team from outside the ACC, Big Ten, or SEC. A two-loss Clemson team may not finish in the top two in the ACC. Miami and Notre Dame might then end up in the ACC Championship Game.

Who is most deserving of the best of the rest if Clemson or Notre Dame were to play themselves out of the Playoffs? If Ohio State and Alabama run the table, a 9-1 Texas A&M team would almost have to be the logical choice for one of the two spots. Florida would have two losses in this scenario, having lost to Alabama in the SEC Championship, so the Gators would be out.

The Big 12 would be eliminated with their champion guaranteed to have at least two losses. Iowa State, Oklahoma, and Texas are in a logjam for the two Championship Game slots.

The Big Ten could have an 8-1 Northwestern team if the Wildcats ran the table and then lost to Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game. At 8-1, it would be difficult for the Committee to jump a two-loss Clemson, Florida, or Oklahoma team ahead of the Wildcats.

The Pac-12 would have the best chance to get an Oregon, USC, Colorado, or Washington into the Final Four, if the Champion ran the table. If the Pac-12 Champion had one loss, it would then open the door for an undefeated Cincinnati or BYU to sneak in the back door, but we believe that none of the other remaining unbeatens (San Jose State, Nevada, Coastal Carolina, Buffalo, Western Michigan, Kent St., Marshall) would have a chance.

If the Playoffs Began Today, Our Vote Would Be:

Alabama

Notre Dame

Ohio St.

Texas A&M

PiRate Picks for November 19-23, 2020

Another Winning Week But Disappointment At The End

The PiRate Rating selections for last week came with a caveat that we were not as confident about them in the bigger picture compared to the week before when we had a bonanza profitable week. And, with just the Monday Night game to go, we had already guaranteed ourselves another profitable weekend. Monday Night Football left one leg of a parlay alive. New Orleans and Cleveland had already won to set up a potential +162.57 win if the Ravens took care of New England. Alas, Baltimore laid a major egg, and the Patriots pulled the upset that looked everything like the wrong team was favored. So, instead of a major cleaning of the books, we had to settle with a 22.1% profit on our imaginary investments for the week.

If this is your first time, or you come here every week and see this message, make note that the PiRates NEVER wager real money on these, or any other, selections. We are math nerds that know how to pinch our pennies. This is just for fun and all wagers are pretend only. If you feel compelled to donate a large sum of money to the very wealthy sportsbooks, please reconsider and instead send a bit to our favorite charity–The Old PiRates on Rickety Ships Taking On Water Fund.

Because that nasty little virus has wiped out a bunch of our picks the last few weeks, we limited using the same teams in multiple strategies this week, even though three or four games appeared in every possible wagering situation that we like.

Enjoy–You will enjoy much more if you don’t wager these selections.

Date:	Nov. 19-23
1. College 6-point Teaser -110
Selection	Opponent	Odds
Tulsa	Tulane	-1/2
Arkansas	LSU	+8 1/2
2. College 6-point Teaser -110
Selection	Opponent	Odds
Appy St.	Coastal Car.	+11 1/2
Arkansas St.	Texas St.	Pk
3. College 6 1/2 -point Teaser -120
Selection	Opponent	Odds
Air Force	New Mexico	-1/2
UTSA	Southern Miss.	-2 1/2
4. College 7-point Teaser -130
Selection	Opponent	Odds
Oregon	UCLA	-6 1/2
NC St.	Liberty	+3 1/2
5. College 10-point Teaser -110
Selection *CANCELLED*	Opponent	Odds
Purdue	Minnesota	+7 1/2
Maryland	Mich. St.	+4 1/2
Nebraska	Illinois	-5
6. College 10-point Teaser -110
Selection	Opponent	Odds
Rice	North Texas	+9
Oregon St.	California	+13 1/2
Alabama	Kentucky	-20
7. College 10-point Teaser -110 CANCELLED
Selection	Opponent	Odds
San Jose St.	Fresno St.	+7 1/2
Auburn	Tennessee	-1
Washington	Arizona	-1 1/2
8. College Money Line Parlay +168.15
Must Win	Opponent	Odds
Oklahoma	Oklahoma St.	+168.15
Rice	North Texas
9. College Money Line Parlay +139.47
Must Win	Opponent	Odds
Missouri	S. Carolina	+139.47
USC	Utah
10. College Money Line +152
Must Win	Opponent	Odds
Oregon St.	California	+152
11. College Money Line +147
Must Win	Opponent	Odds
Pittsburgh	Va. Tech	+147
12. NFL 6 1/2 point Teaser -120
Selection	Opponent	Odds
Kansas City	Las Vegas	-1/2
LA Rams	Tampa Bay	+10 1/2
13. NFL 7-point Teaser -130
Selection	Opponent	Odds
LA Chargers	N.Y. Jets	+8 1/2
Green Bay	Indianapolis	-1/2
14. NFL 10-point Teaser -110
Selection	Opponent	Odds
Atlanta	New Orleans	+15
Pittsburgh	Jacksonville	Pk
Cincinnati	Washington	+11 1/2
15. NFL 10-point Teaser -110
Team	Team	Total
Detroit	Carolina	O 39
Philadelphia	Cleveland	O 37
Baltimore	Tennessee	O 39
16. NFL 10-point Teaser -110
Team	Team	Total
Pittsburgh	Jacksonville	O 36 1/2
Miami	Denver	O 35
LA Rams	Tampa Bay	O 38 1/2

College Football TV Schedule For November 17-21, 2020

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor	Comment
7:00 PM	CBSSN	B. Green	Buffalo	Bulls could win by 35-40 in pursuit of top 25
8:00 PM	ESPN	Kent St.	Akron	About like watching Alabama play an FCS team
Wednesday, November, 18
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor	Comment
7:00 PM	ESPN2	Central Mich.	Western Mich.	Best MACtion so far and maybe best all year
7:00 PM	ESPNNews	Ball St.	N. Illinois	Not much reason to watch this one
7:00 PM	CBSSN	Eastern Mich.	Toledo	EMU: 15 min. from The Big House–must be in the water
Thursday, November 19
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor	Comment
7:30 PM	ESPN	Tulsa	Tulane	Green Wave can make this a close game
9:00 PM	CBSSN	Wyoming	Utah St.	USU one of the biggest disappointments of the year
Friday, November 20
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor	Comment
7:00 PM	ESPN	Louisville	Syracuse	1st of 4 TV games not to watch on Friday
7:30 PM	BTN	Minnesota	Purdue	Jeff Brohm could be a candidate at South Carolina
8:00 PM	CBSSN	Fla. Atlantic	Massachusetts	UMass should be playing FCS
9:30 PM	FS1	Air Force	New Mexico	The only halfway entertaining game on Friday
Saturday, November 21
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor	Comment
12:00 PM	ABC	Florida St.	Clemson	The great Trevor returns from Covid
12:00 PM	ESPN	Vanderbilt	Florida	If Florida isn’t up 42-0 at the half, Trask could get 400+ yds
12:00 PM	ESPN2	Coastal Car.	Appy St.	Best Noon game. SBC East title on the line
12:00 PM	FOX	Ohio St.	Indiana	Would be nice for Hoosiers to keep it close, but doubtful
12:00 PM	SECN	Arkansas	LSU	Should be interesting but not one of the big 2 at Noon
12:00 PM	FS1	Nebraska	Illinois	Scott Frost may have found his QB vs. Penn St.
12:00 PM	ACCN	Duke	Wake Forest	Deacons lost and score 53 last week
12:00 PM	BTN	Maryland	Michigan St.	Tua’s little brother looks talented
12:00 PM	CBSSN	Army	Ga. Southern	90% of the plays will be runs–120 play game?
12:00 PM	ESPNU	SMU	Houston	A bowl positioning game
3:30 PM	ABC	Northwestern	Wisconsin	Big Ten West title on the line between backyard rivals
3:30 PM	FS1	Oregon St.	California	Best game between winless teams but not worth watching
3:30 PM	ESPN	Central Fla.	Cincinnati	Bearcats are walking into a possible ambush
3:30 PM	ESPN2	Kansas	Texas	Horns need to win by 5+ TDs to look good
3:30 PM	CBSSN	Nevada	San Diego St.	A sneaky good game–watch with the ABC game
3:30 PM	BTN	Penn St.	Iowa	Is James Franklin shopping around for new job?
4:00 PM	FOX	Iowa St.	Kansas St.	ISU looking to secure B12 Championship Game slot
4:00 PM	SECN	Alabama	Kentucky	Tide defense will come up with best game of the year
4:00 PM	ACCN	Pittsburgh	Virginia Tech	Loser probably not going bowling this year
4:00 PM	ESPNU	S. Alabama	Georgia St.	No reason to watch if your son isn’t playing
7:00 PM	ESPN	Auburn	Tennessee	Losing coach firmly on the hot seat
7:00 PM	CBSSN	Fresno St.	San Jose St.	Should be very entertaining and worth watching
7:30 PM	ABC	Oklahoma	Oklahoma St.	Bedlam winner probably getting into B12 Title Game
7:30 PM	FSN	NC State	Liberty	Liberty vulnerable here due to all the Freeze to SC talk
7:30 PM	SECN	Georgia	Mississippi St.	Bulldog defense should shut MSU down to 7-14 pts
7:30 PM	SECNA	S. Caroina	Missouri	Interim Coach Bobo gets audition for next job
7:30 PM	BTN	Rutgers	Michigan	Another UM loss probably seals Harbaugh’s fate
8:00 PM	FOX	Washington	Arizona	Can Huskies contend with Oregon in the P12 North?
8:00 PM	ESPNU	South Florida	Navy	Not much watching value in this one
10:30 PM	ESPN	Utah	USC	Night owl theater with possible surprise ending #3?
11:00 PM	CBSSN	Hawaii	Boise St.	ESPN game the better option
11:00 PM	FS1	Stanford	Wash. St.	Cougars look stronger this year, Cardinal look in trouble
3:30 PM	ESPN2	Oregon	UCLA	TV details still undetermined due to moving game to Sat.