PiRate Ratings College Football–Playoffs & Bowls

Post-Season Games

Team 1	Team 2	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Miami (O)	UAB	-8.6	-6.7	-8.2
UTSA	Troy	3.8	2.5	2.6
Cincinnati	Louisville	-4.8	-5.5	-4.7
SMU	BYU	-2.5	-2.0	-2.3
Washington St.	Fresno St.	1.6	1.9	1.6
Rice	Southern Miss.	-9.3	-10.1	-10.9
Florida	Oregon St.	-6.3	-5.0	-6.9
North Texas	Boise St.	-10.3	-10.2	-9.6
Marshall	Connecticut	10.6	10.4	13.0
Eastern Michigan	San Jose St.	-4.4	-3.6	-3.9
Liberty	Toledo	1.1	1.0	0.8
Western Kentucky	South Alabama	3.6	2.8	2.9
Baylor	Air Force	12.8	11.7	11.4
Louisiana	Houston	-8.0	-6.7	-6.1
Wake Forest	Missouri	3.7	3.2	3.6
Middle Tennessee	San Diego St.	-9.1	-8.1	-9.3
Bowling Green	New Mexico St.	5.3	3.4	5.7
Georgia Southern	Buffalo	1.7	0.4	1.8
Memphis	Utah St.	9.6	9.7	9.0
East Carolina	Coastal Carolina	9.1	7.9	8.5
Wisconsin	Oklahoma St.	2.6	3.6	2.3
Central Florida	Duke	-0.1	-1.5	0.5
Kansas	Arkansas	-8.7	-8.9	-10.6
Oregon	North Carolina	9.8	9.7	11.2
Ole Miss	Texas Tech	3.4	2.9	1.9
Minnesota	Syracuse	10.4	10.6	11.3
Florida St.	Oklahoma	10.9	11.6	11.2
Texas	Washington	6.8	5.6	4.7
Maryland	North Carolina St.	-1.6	-2.1	-1.7
Pittsburgh	UCLA	-2.3	-3.0	-5.1
Ohio	Wyoming	6.0	6.7	6.8
Tennessee	Clemson	0.7	1.1	1.5
Iowa	Kentucky	4.3	3.1	2.0
Alabama	Kansas St.	6.5	6.6	7.3
Notre Dame	South Carolina	3.8	2.9	3.7
Georgia	Ohio St.	3.9	4.3	4.9
Michigan	TCU	7.6	8.3	8.0
Mississippi St.	Illinois	0.4	-1.4	0.0
LSU	Purdue	3.4	3.8	5.2
USC	Tulane	4.2	4.4	4.4
Utah	Penn St.	-3.6	-4.0	-2.3

Bowl Schedule

Day	Date	Bowl	Time ET	Network	Team	Team
Fri	D 16	Bahamas	11:30 AM	ESPN	Miami (O)	UAB
		Cure	3:00 PM	ESPN	UTSA	Troy
Sat	D 17	Fenway	11:00 AM	ESPN	Cincinnati	Louisville
		New Mexico	2:15 PM	ESPN	SMU	BYU
		L.A.	3:30 PM	ABC	Washington St.	Fresno St.
		Lending Tree	5:45 PM	ESPN	Rice	Southern Miss.
		Las Vegas	7:30 PM	ABC	Florida	Oregon St.
		Frisco	9:15 PM	ESPN	North Texas	Boise St.
Mon	D 19	Myrtle Beach	2:30 PM	ESPN	Marshall	Connecticut
Tue	D 20	Famous Idaho Potato	3:30 PM	ESPN	Eastern Michigan	San Jose St.
		Boca Raton	7:30 PM	ESPN	Liberty	Toledo
Wed	D 21	New Orleans	9:00 PM	ESPN	Western Kentucky	South Alabama
Thu	D 22	Armed Forces	7:30 PM	ESPN	Baylor	Air Force
Fri	D 23	Independence	3:00 PM	ESPN	Louisiana	Houston
		Gasparilla	6:30 PM	ESPN	Wake Forest	Missouri
Sat	D 24	Hawaii	8:00 PM	ESPN	Middle Tennessee	San Diego St.
Mon	D 26	Quick Lane	2:30 PM	ESPN	Bowling Green	New Mexico St.
Tue	D 27	Camellia	12:00 PM	ESPN	Georgia Southern	Buffalo
		First Responder	3:15 PM	ESPN	Memphis	Utah St.
		Birmingham	6:45 PM	ESPN	East Carolina	Coastal Carolina
		Guaranteed Rate	10:15 PM	ESPN	Wisconsin	Oklahoma St.
Wed	D 28	Military	2:00 PM	ESPN	Central Florida	Duke
		Liberty	5:30 PM	ESPN	Kansas	Arkansas
		Holiday	8:00 PM	Fox	Oregon	North Carolina
		Texas	9:00 PM	ESPN	Ole Miss	Texas Tech
Thu	D 29	Pinstripe	2:00 PM	ESPN	Minnesota	Syracuse
		Cheez-It	5:30 PM	ESPN	Florida St.	Oklahoma
		Alamo	9:00 PM	ESPN	Texas	Washington
Fri	D 30	Duke’s Mayo	12:00 PM	ESPN	Maryland	North Carolina St.
		Tony the Tiger	2:00 PM	CBS	Pittsburgh	UCLA
		Arizona	4:30 PM	Barstool	Ohio	Wyoming
		Orange	8:00 PM	ESPN	Tennessee	Clemson
Sat	D 31	Music City	12:00 PM	ABC	Iowa	Kentucky
		Sugar	12:00 PM	ESPN	Alabama	Kansas St.
		TaxSlayer	3:30 PM	ESPN	Notre Dame	South Carolina
		Fiesta	4:00 PM	ESPN	Michigan	TCU
		Peach	8:00 PM	ESPN	Georgia	Ohio St.
Mon	J 2	Reliaquest	12:00 PM	ESPN2	Mississippi St.	Illinois
		Citrus	1:00 PM	ABC	LSU	Purdue
		Cotton	1:00 PM	ESPN	USC	Tulane
		Rose	5:00 PM	ESPN	Utah	Penn St.

College Football Ratings & Spreads For Bowl Season 2016-2017

The 2016 regular season is now in the books, and the PiRates have been busy the last 16 hours readying our bowl season ratings and predictions.

Here are the Final Regular Season PiRate Ratings, starting with the Predictive PiRate, Mean, and Bias.

PiRate Ratings
#	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
1	Alabama	138.7	132.5	138.7	136.6
2	Washington	133.0	125.8	132.4	130.4
3	Ohio St.	127.5	127.1	127.8	127.5
4	Clemson	129.5	123.5	128.7	127.2
5	Michigan	127.4	125.5	127.2	126.7
6	Oklahoma	125.2	123.3	125.1	124.5
7	LSU	124.9	120.4	124.4	123.2
8	USC	124.3	119.4	122.8	122.2
9	Florida St.	122.8	117.1	122.1	120.7
10	Louisville	121.9	118.4	121.7	120.7
11	Penn St.	119.9	119.7	120.0	119.9
12	Auburn	120.5	118.5	120.4	119.8
13	Wisconsin	118.7	116.7	119.1	118.2
14	Virginia Tech	118.7	116.9	118.8	118.1
15	Oklahoma St.	116.6	117.9	116.0	116.8
16	Miami	118.4	113.1	118.3	116.6
17	Pittsburgh	117.8	113.8	117.1	116.2
18	Colorado	117.1	112.7	117.0	115.6
19	Iowa	115.9	113.1	115.8	114.9
20	North Carolina	116.2	110.9	116.0	114.4
21	Washington St.	114.9	112.2	114.4	113.9
22	Western Michigan	113.2	113.0	114.9	113.7
23	Stanford	114.9	109.3	114.4	112.9
24	Kansas St.	111.9	113.7	111.9	112.5
25	Tennessee	113.3	110.9	112.4	112.2
26	Texas A&M	112.9	111.4	112.2	112.2
27	Florida	112.4	112.9	110.9	112.1
28	West Virginia	111.9	111.5	111.5	111.6
29	Temple	111.5	110.6	112.3	111.5
30	Notre Dame	112.3	109.5	111.4	111.1
31	Utah	112.7	107.8	111.4	110.6
32	Western Kentucky	110.7	108.8	112.1	110.5
33	Houston	110.0	108.8	111.1	110.0
34	South Florida	110.0	108.3	110.6	109.6
35	Arkansas	111.0	107.1	110.1	109.4
36	BYU	110.7	106.5	110.7	109.3
37	Georgia Tech	110.2	106.4	109.3	108.6
38	Mississippi St.	109.2	107.3	108.0	108.2
39	Georgia	108.3	107.7	107.6	107.9
40	TCU	107.4	109.1	106.4	107.6
41	North Carolina St.	108.8	105.2	108.5	107.5
42	Northwestern	108.8	105.4	107.8	107.3
43	Minnesota	107.4	105.8	107.1	106.8
44	Vanderbilt	107.5	104.3	106.4	106.1
45	Nebraska	106.5	104.3	106.1	105.6
46	Memphis	106.1	103.9	105.5	105.2
47	Boise St.	104.5	105.7	105.2	105.1
48	Tulsa	104.5	105.7	105.0	105.1
49	Navy	105.2	104.8	105.2	105.1
50	Michigan St.	105.1	104.3	103.9	104.4
51	Texas	104.1	105.7	103.0	104.3
52	UCLA	105.1	103.2	104.0	104.1
53	Kentucky	104.1	104.2	103.8	104.0
54	San Diego St.	103.8	102.6	105.6	104.0
55	Baylor	103.8	104.2	103.8	103.9
56	Indiana	103.5	104.6	102.9	103.7
57	Ole Miss	105.3	101.6	104.0	103.6
58	Toledo	102.5	103.2	103.4	103.0
59	Oregon	103.7	101.7	102.6	102.7
60	Texas Tech	102.2	101.6	101.3	101.7
61	California	103.9	97.7	101.7	101.1
62	Duke	101.3	100.3	100.7	100.8
63	Wake Forest	101.2	99.5	101.3	100.7
64	Appalachian St.	99.7	100.9	101.3	100.6
65	Iowa St.	100.6	100.6	99.6	100.3
66	Missouri	99.9	98.6	98.6	99.1
67	Oregon St.	100.6	96.2	99.5	98.8
68	Boston College	99.5	97.9	98.9	98.8
69	Virginia	99.9	97.3	98.9	98.7
70	Colorado St.	97.8	99.4	98.9	98.7
71	Central Florida	97.7	98.7	98.4	98.3
72	Air Force	97.6	99.2	97.8	98.2
73	South Carolina	98.3	97.8	97.8	98.0
74	Arizona St.	99.0	97.4	97.3	97.9
75	Louisiana Tech	96.5	98.7	98.2	97.8
76	Syracuse	98.9	95.6	97.2	97.3
77	New Mexico	95.2	96.9	96.0	96.1
78	Maryland	95.8	97.8	94.2	95.9
79	Northern Illinois	94.6	95.9	95.5	95.3
80	Arkansas St.	93.1	95.8	94.8	94.6
81	Arizona	95.3	93.0	93.8	94.0
82	Wyoming	93.5	94.1	94.5	94.0
83	Army	91.6	97.1	92.9	93.9
84	Ohio	91.4	97.1	92.0	93.5
85	Central Michigan	92.5	94.6	92.9	93.3
86	Troy	91.0	94.8	92.8	92.9
87	SMU	91.9	91.5	93.9	92.5
88	Cincinnati	92.0	92.8	91.7	92.2
89	Purdue	91.7	90.3	90.5	90.8
90	Old Dominion	89.4	92.4	90.6	90.8
91	Miami (O)	89.4	91.1	90.8	90.4
92	Illinois	91.6	88.8	90.4	90.3
93	UTSA	87.2	92.9	89.6	89.9
94	Utah St.	88.8	91.2	88.6	89.5
95	Middle Tennessee	88.5	90.3	89.0	89.3
96	Nevada	88.2	90.2	88.7	89.1
97	Southern Mississippi	88.4	88.6	88.7	88.6
98	Eastern Michigan	87.6	89.6	88.3	88.5
99	East Carolina	87.6	89.0	87.6	88.1
100	Tulane	86.8	89.9	87.4	88.0
101	Idaho	85.6	90.4	87.8	87.9
102	Kansas	87.0	91.0	85.1	87.7
103	Georgia Southern	86.3	87.4	87.9	87.2
104	Bowling Green	86.3	87.4	86.5	86.7
105	UL-Lafayette	84.8	88.6	86.4	86.6
106	Rutgers	86.8	85.3	85.1	85.8
107	Ball St.	84.7	86.7	85.6	85.7
108	Kent St.	84.0	85.5	84.9	84.8
109	Connecticut	84.9	84.6	84.3	84.6
110	South Alabama	81.8	88.0	82.5	84.1
111	San Jose St.	84.1	84.2	84.0	84.1
112	Akron	81.8	86.9	82.7	83.8
113	UNLV	82.5	85.4	83.1	83.7
114	Florida International	81.2	85.4	81.8	82.8
115	Massachusetts	79.8	85.0	80.6	81.8
116	Hawaii	80.9	80.8	80.7	80.8
117	Rice	77.8	83.3	78.3	79.8
118	Georgia St.	77.6	82.0	79.4	79.7
119	Marshall	77.9	81.4	78.4	79.2
120	Charlotte	76.3	81.9	76.9	78.4
121	North Texas	77.2	80.2	77.6	78.4
122	Fresno St.	77.3	80.6	77.0	78.3
123	Buffalo	76.1	81.9	76.7	78.3
124	Florida Atlantic	75.0	79.5	77.1	77.2
125	UTEP	74.4	79.1	75.7	76.4
126	New Mexico St.	74.2	77.2	75.3	75.6
127	UL-Monroe	68.8	74.1	69.8	70.9
128	Texas St.	62.3	64.9	63.3	63.5

Here are our Retrodictive Rankings.  See our explanation of these rankings at:

https://piratings.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/our-unique-way-of-compiling-our-college-retrodictive-ratings/

PiRate Retrodictive
#	Team
1	Alabama
2	Ohio St.
3	Clemson
4	Michigan
5	Washington
6	Penn St.
7	Wisconsin
8	USC
9	Oklahoma
10	Florida St.
11	Western Michigan
12	Colorado
13	Stanford
14	LSU
15	Louisville
16	Auburn
17	West Virginia
18	Oklahoma St.
19	Washington St.
20	South Florida
21	Iowa
22	Boise St.
23	Florida
24	Houston
25	Temple
26	Virginia Tech
27	Pittsburgh
28	Nebraska
29	Miami (Fla)
30	Tennessee
31	Texas A&M
32	Utah
33	Western Kentucky
34	North Carolina
35	Tulsa
36	Minnesota
37	BYU
38	Kansas St.
39	Georgia Tech
40	Navy
41	Appalachian St.
42	Toledo
43	San Diego St.
44	Memphis
45	Georgia
46	Arkansas
47	Northwestern
48	Air Force
49	Kentucky
50	Colorado St.
51	Troy
52	Vanderbilt
53	North Carolina St.
54	Indiana
55	Ole Miss
56	TCU
57	Old Dominion
58	Wyoming
59	California
60	New Mexico
61	Mississippi St.
62	Central Florida
63	Louisiana Tech
64	Maryland
65	UCLA
66	South Carolina
67	Baylor
68	Oregon
69	Notre Dame
70	Idaho
71	Boston College
72	Texas
73	Arkansas St.
74	Wake Forest
75	Ohio
76	Arizona St.
77	Oregon St.
78	Eastern Michigan
79	Middle Tennessee
80	Texas Tech
81	Army
82	SMU
83	Missouri
84	Duke
85	Michigan St.
86	Syracuse
87	Central Michigan
88	UTSA
89	UL-Lafayette
90	Miami (O)
91	Northern Illinois
92	Iowa St.
93	Arizona
94	Southern Miss.
95	Georgia Southern
96	Hawaii
97	South Alabama
98	Illinois
99	Cincinnati
100	Tulane
101	Akron
102	Utah St.
103	Bowling Green
104	Purdue
105	East Carolina
106	Virginia
107	San Jose St.
108	Nevada
109	North Texas
110	UNLV
111	Ball St.
112	Rutgers
113	UL-Monroe
114	Kent St.
115	Kansas
116	Georgia St.
117	Connecticut
118	Charlotte
119	UTEP
120	New Mexico St.
121	Florida Int’l.
122	Marshall
123	Rice
124	Massachusetts
125	Florida Atlantic
126	Fresno St.
127	Texas St.
128	Buffalo

Here are the ratings by FBS Conference

American Athletic Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Temple	111.5	110.6	112.3	111.5
South Florida	110.0	108.3	110.6	109.6
Central Florida	97.7	98.7	98.4	98.3
Cincinnati	92.0	92.8	91.7	92.2
East Carolina	87.6	89.0	87.6	88.1
Connecticut	84.9	84.6	84.3	84.6
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Houston	110.0	108.8	111.1	110.0
Memphis	106.1	103.9	105.5	105.2
Navy	105.2	104.8	105.2	105.1
Tulsa	104.5	105.7	105.0	105.1
SMU	91.9	91.5	93.9	92.5
Tulane	86.8	89.9	87.4	88.0
AAC Averages	99.0	99.1	99.4	99.2
Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Clemson	129.5	123.5	128.7	127.2
Florida St.	122.8	117.1	122.1	120.7
Louisville	121.9	118.4	121.7	120.7
North Carolina St.	108.8	105.2	108.5	107.5
Wake Forest	101.2	99.5	101.3	100.7
Boston College	99.5	97.9	98.9	98.8
Syracuse	98.9	95.6	97.2	97.3
Coastal Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Virginia Tech	118.7	116.9	118.8	118.1
Miami	118.4	113.1	118.3	116.6
Pittsburgh	117.8	113.8	117.1	116.2
North Carolina	116.2	110.9	116.0	114.4
Georgia Tech	110.2	106.4	109.3	108.6
Duke	101.3	100.3	100.7	100.8
Virginia	99.9	97.3	98.9	98.7
ACC Averages	111.8	108.3	111.2	110.4
Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Oklahoma	125.2	123.3	125.1	124.5
Oklahoma St.	116.6	117.9	116.0	116.8
Kansas St.	111.9	113.7	111.9	112.5
West Virginia	111.9	111.5	111.5	111.6
TCU	107.4	109.1	106.4	107.6
Texas	104.1	105.7	103.0	104.3
Baylor	103.8	104.2	103.8	103.9
Texas Tech	102.2	101.6	101.3	101.7
Iowa St.	100.6	100.6	99.6	100.3
Kansas	87.0	91.0	85.1	87.7
Big 12 Averages	107.1	107.9	106.4	107.1
Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Ohio St.	127.5	127.1	127.8	127.5
Michigan	127.4	125.5	127.2	126.7
Penn St.	119.9	119.7	120.0	119.9
Michigan St.	105.1	104.3	103.9	104.4
Indiana	103.5	104.6	102.9	103.7
Maryland	95.8	97.8	94.2	95.9
Rutgers	86.8	85.3	85.1	85.8
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Wisconsin	118.7	116.7	119.1	118.2
Iowa	115.9	113.1	115.8	114.9
Northwestern	108.8	105.4	107.8	107.3
Minnesota	107.4	105.8	107.1	106.8
Nebraska	106.5	104.3	106.1	105.6
Purdue	91.7	90.3	90.5	90.8
Illinois	91.6	88.8	90.4	90.3
Big Ten Averages	107.6	106.4	107.0	107.0
Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Western Kentucky	110.7	108.8	112.1	110.5
Old Dominion	89.4	92.4	90.6	90.8
Middle Tennessee	88.5	90.3	89.0	89.3
Florida International	81.2	85.4	81.8	82.8
Marshall	77.9	81.4	78.4	79.2
Charlotte	76.3	81.9	76.9	78.4
Florida Atlantic	75.0	79.5	77.1	77.2
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Louisiana Tech	96.5	98.7	98.2	97.8
UTSA	87.2	92.9	89.6	89.9
Southern Mississippi	88.4	88.6	88.7	88.6
Rice	77.8	83.3	78.3	79.8
North Texas	77.2	80.2	77.6	78.4
UTEP	74.4	79.1	75.7	76.4
CUSA Averages	84.7	87.9	85.7	86.1
FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Notre Dame	112.3	109.5	111.4	111.1
BYU	110.7	106.5	110.7	109.3
Army	91.6	97.1	92.9	93.9
Massachusetts	79.8	85.0	80.6	81.8
Independents Averages	98.6	99.5	98.9	99.0
Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Ohio	91.4	97.1	92.0	93.5
Miami (O)	89.4	91.1	90.8	90.4
Bowling Green	86.3	87.4	86.5	86.7
Kent St.	84.0	85.5	84.9	84.8
Akron	81.8	86.9	82.7	83.8
Buffalo	76.1	81.9	76.7	78.3
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Western Michigan	113.2	113.0	114.9	113.7
Toledo	102.5	103.2	103.4	103.0
Northern Illinois	94.6	95.9	95.5	95.3
Central Michigan	92.5	94.6	92.9	93.3
Eastern Michigan	87.6	89.6	88.3	88.5
Ball St.	84.7	86.7	85.6	85.7
MAC Averages	90.3	92.8	91.2	91.4
Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Boise St.	104.5	105.7	105.2	105.1
Colorado St.	97.8	99.4	98.9	98.7
Air Force	97.6	99.2	97.8	98.2
New Mexico	95.2	96.9	96.0	96.1
Wyoming	93.5	94.1	94.5	94.0
Utah St.	88.8	91.2	88.6	89.5
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
San Diego St.	103.8	102.6	105.6	104.0
Nevada	88.2	90.2	88.7	89.1
San Jose St.	84.1	84.2	84.0	84.1
UNLV	82.5	85.4	83.1	83.7
Hawaii	80.9	80.8	80.7	80.8
Fresno St.	77.3	80.6	77.0	78.3
MWC Averages	91.2	92.6	91.7	91.8
Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Washington	133.0	125.8	132.4	130.4
Washington St.	114.9	112.2	114.4	113.9
Stanford	114.9	109.3	114.4	112.9
Oregon	103.7	101.7	102.6	102.7
California	103.9	97.7	101.7	101.1
Oregon St.	100.6	96.2	99.5	98.8
South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
USC	124.3	119.4	122.8	122.2
Colorado	117.1	112.7	117.0	115.6
Utah	112.7	107.8	111.4	110.6
UCLA	105.1	103.2	104.0	104.1
Arizona St.	99.0	97.4	97.3	97.9
Arizona	95.3	93.0	93.8	94.0
Pac-12 Averages	110.4	106.4	109.3	108.7
Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Tennessee	113.3	110.9	112.4	112.2
Florida	112.4	112.9	110.9	112.1
Georgia	108.3	107.7	107.6	107.9
Vanderbilt	107.5	104.3	106.4	106.1
Kentucky	104.1	104.2	103.8	104.0
Missouri	99.9	98.6	98.6	99.1
South Carolina	98.3	97.8	97.8	98.0
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Alabama	138.7	132.5	138.7	136.6
LSU	124.9	120.4	124.4	123.2
Auburn	120.5	118.5	120.4	119.8
Texas A&M	112.9	111.4	112.2	112.2
Arkansas	111.0	107.1	110.1	109.4
Mississippi St.	109.2	107.3	108.0	108.2
Ole Miss	105.3	101.6	104.0	103.6
SEC Averages	111.9	109.7	111.1	110.9
Sunbelt Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Appalachian St.	99.7	100.9	101.3	100.6
Arkansas St.	93.1	95.8	94.8	94.6
Troy	91.0	94.8	92.8	92.9
Idaho	85.6	90.4	87.8	87.9
Georgia Southern	86.3	87.4	87.9	87.2
UL-Lafayette	84.8	88.6	86.4	86.6
South Alabama	81.8	88.0	82.5	84.1
Georgia St.	77.6	82.0	79.4	79.7
New Mexico St.	74.2	77.2	75.3	75.6
UL-Monroe	68.8	74.1	69.8	70.9
Texas St.	62.3	64.9	63.3	63.5
Sun Belt Averages	82.3	85.8	83.8	84.0

 

#	League	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
1	SEC	111.9	109.7	111.1	110.9
2	ACC	111.8	108.3	111.2	110.4
3	Pac-12	110.4	106.4	109.3	108.7
4	Big 12	107.1	107.9	106.4	107.1
5	Big Ten	107.6	106.4	107.0	107.0
6	AAC	99.0	99.1	99.4	99.2
7	Independents	98.6	99.5	98.9	99.0
8	MWC	91.2	92.6	91.7	91.8
9	MAC	90.3	92.8	91.2	91.4
10	CUSA	84.7	87.9	85.7	86.1
11	Sun Belt	82.3	85.8	83.8	84.0

 

The 2016-2017 College Bowls

All times Eastern Standard
Team	Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Network
Sat	Dec-17	New Mexico		2:00 PM	ESPN
New Mexico	UTSA	11.0	7.0	9.4
Sat	Dec-17	Las Vegas		3:30 PM	ABC
San Diego St.	Houston	-6.2	-6.2	-5.5
Sat	Dec-17	Cure		5:30 PM	CBSSN
Central Florida	Arkansas St.	6.6	4.9	5.6
Sat	Dec-17	Camellia		5:30 PM	ESPN
Toledo	Appalachian St.	2.8	2.3	2.1
Sat	Dec-17	New Orleans		9:00 PM	ESPN
Southern Miss.	UL-Lafayette	2.6	-1.0	1.3
Mon	Dec-19	Miami Beach		2:30 PM	ESPN
Tulsa	Central Mich.	12.0	11.1	12.1
Tue	Dec-20	Boca Raton		7:00 PM	ESPN
Memphis	Western Ky.	-4.6	-4.9	-6.6
Wed	Dec-21	Poinsettia		9:00 PM	ESPN
BYU	Wyoming	17.2	12.4	16.2
Thu	Dec-22	Idaho Potato		7:00 PM	ESPN
Colorado St.	Idaho	9.7	6.5	8.6
Fri	Dec-23	Bahamas		1:00 PM	ESPN
Old Dominion	Eastern Michigan	1.8	2.8	2.3
Fri	Dec-23	Armed Forces		4:30 PM	ESPN
Navy	Louisiana Tech	8.7	6.1	7.0
Fri	Dec-23	Dollar General		8:00 PM	ESPN
Ohio U	Troy	0.4	3.3	0.2
Sat	Dec-24	Hawaii		8:00 PM	ESPN
Hawaii	Middle Tenn.	-3.6	-5.5	-4.3
Mon	Dec-26	St. Petersburg		11:00 AM	ESPN
Miami (O)	Mississippi St.	-19.8	-16.2	-17.2
Mon	Dec-26	Quick Lane		2:30 PM	ESPN
Boston College	Maryland	3.7	0.1	4.7
Mon	Dec-26	Independence		5:00 PM	ESPN2
N. Carolina St.	Vanderbilt	1.3	0.9	2.1
Tue	Dec-27	Heart of Dallas		12:00 PM	ESPN
Army	North Texas	9.4	11.9	10.3
Tue	Dec-27	Military		3:30 PM	ESPN
Temple	Wake Forest	10.3	11.1	11.0
Tue	Dec-27	Holiday		7:00 PM	ESPN
Minnesota	Washington St.	-7.5	-6.4	-7.3
Tue	Dec-27	Cactus		10:15 PM	ESPN
Baylor	Boise St.	-0.7	-1.5	-1.4
Wed	Dec-28	Pinstripe		2:00 PM	ESPN
Pittsburgh	Northwestern	9.0	8.4	9.3
Wed	Dec-28	Russell Athletic		5:30 PM	ESPN
Miami (Fla.)	West Virginia	8.0	3.1	8.3
Wed	Dec-28	Foster Farms		8:30 PM	Fox
Indiana	Utah	-9.2	-3.2	-8.5
Wed	Dec-28	Texas		9:00 PM	ESPN
Kansas St.	Texas A&M	-2.0	1.3	-2.3
Thu	Dec-29	Birmingham		2:00 PM	ESPN
South Florida	South Carolina	11.7	10.5	12.8
Thu	Dec-29	Belk		5:30 PM	ESPN
Virginia Tech	Arkansas	7.7	-0.2	8.7
Thu	Dec-29	Alamo		9:30 PM	ESPN
Oklahoma St.	Colorado	-0.5	5.2	-1.0
Fri	Dec-30	Liberty		12:00 PM	ESPN
TCU	Georgia	-0.9	1.4	-1.2
Fri	Dec-30	Sun		2:00 PM	CBS
North Carolina	Stanford	1.3	1.6	1.6
Fri	Dec-30	Music City		3:30 PM	ESPN
Nebraska	Tennessee	-9.3	-9.1	-8.8
Fri	Dec-30	Arizona		5:30 PM	Campus Insiders
Air Force	South Alabama	15.8	11.2	15.3
Fri	Dec-30	Orange		8:00 PM	ESPN
Florida St.	Michigan	-3.1	-6.9	-3.6
Sat	Dec-31	Citrus		11:00 AM	ABC
Louisville	LSU	-3.0	-2.0	-2.7
Sat	Dec-31	TaxSlayer		11:00 AM	ESPN
Georgia Tech	Kentucky	6.1	2.2	5.5
Sat	Dec-31	Peach		3:00 PM	ESPN
Alabama	Washington	7.2	8.2	7.8
Sat	Dec-31	Fiesta		7:00 PM	ESPN
Clemson	Ohio St.	2.0	-3.6	0.9
Mon	Jan-2	Outback		1:00 PM	ABC
Florida	Iowa	-1.5	1.8	-2.9
Mon	Jan-2	Cotton		1:00 PM	ESPN
Western Mich.	Wisconsin	-5.5	-3.7	-4.2
Mon	Jan-2	Rose		5:00 PM	ESPN
Penn St.	USC	-6.9	-2.2	-5.3
Mon	Jan-2	Sugar		8:30 PM	ESPN
Oklahoma	Auburn	4.7	4.8	4.7
Mon	Jan-9	Championship		8:00 PM	ESPN
Fiesta Winner	Peach Winner	Tampa, FL

 

Note: Beginning the end of December, our Pirate College Basketball picks will return for the Saturday and Sunday major conferences and top teams.