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October 6, 2021

PiRate Picks–October 9-10, 2021

Filed under: PiRate Picks_College & Pro — Tags: Carolina, iowa, Michigan, Money Line Parlay, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Penn St., Phialdelphia, Tennessee, Texas — piratings @ 4:53 pm

Last week, time constraints limited this weekly feature to the bare minimum. We have plenty of time this week, so rather than just list the games we have chosen, there’s time to go a little more in-depth with our selections.

First, we made a minimal profit of imaginary revenue last week, as we hit on the long odds 4-game parlay at +372.50 with Texas beating TCU, Wake Forest beating Louisville, South Carolina beating Troy, and Oklahoma State holding on to edge Baylor.

This week presented us with numerous opportunities where certain factors triggered plays. We ended up trimming it to eight parlays, and all but one game coming on Saturday. We had one key Sunday game but could not find an NFL partner for the game, so it attached to other college games to give us the biggest odds of the week. Without further adieu, here are our picks for this week. Remember, this is for entertainment purposes only, and we highly encourage you not to wager real money on these selections, unless you have other research that the information herein merely endorses.

Odds:	+153.06
Must Win	Opponent
Wake Forest	Syracuse
Baylor	West Virginia

This first parlay is cut and dry. We believe that the public is not all that high on the two favorites. Wake Forest is supposed to be weak most years, but Dave Clawson has the Demon Deacons creeping up on Clemson for best in the Atlantic Division of the ACC. Baylor came oh so close to knocking off Oklahoma State in Stillwater last week. Had they pulled that win off, the Bears might be approaching the Top 10. West Virginia has played a tough schedule in a short time, and we feel they might show some fatigue in this game.

Odds:	+155
Must Win	Opponent
UTSA	Western Kentucky

Obviously, this is not a parlay. It is one of four games where we are picking an underdog to win straight up. Western Kentucky is due to bounce after getting up and playing a close game at Michigan State, while UTSA has quietly started 5-0 with a Power 5 win.

Odds:	+160
Must Win	Opponent
Texas	Oklahoma

It hasn’t been often in the last 15 years that we went into the second weekend in October believing that Texas would beat Oklahoma. Oklahoma has been narrowly escaping with wins over mediocre competition. After getting pasted at Arkansas, Texas has begun to look like a team ready to compete for the Big 12 Championship Game. We consider this a tossup game, so we go with the better odds and the underdog.

Odds:	+160
Must Win	Opponent
Nebraska	Michigan

This is more of a system play. Nebraska won by more than 38 points in a conference game and now plays a conference home game the next week. In a high percentage of cases like this, the home team continues to play at the same top level it played the previous week. Additionally, Michigan is on the road for the second consecutive week in a key conference game. This has the look of a traditional upset.

Odds:	+161.90
Must Win	Opponent
San Jose St.	Colorado St.
Bowling Green	Akron

The key game here is the San Jose State-Colorado State game. We feel like the wrong team is favored. However, playing SJSU in a single game does not supply us with the odds we look for when playing Money Lines. So, we added the Bowling Green game to it to make a parlay that has fat payout odds. The betting public may not see how much the Falcons have improved this year, while Akron remains one of the five worst teams in the FBS.

Odds:	+188.93
Must Win	Opponent
Iowa	Penn St.
Tennessee	South Carolina
Arizona St.	Stanford

This is the first of three big-odds payouts we are playing this week. In the first game in this parlay, our ratings show Iowa at the present time to be good enough to run the table and make the Playoffs. Penn State looks like a 10-2 team destined to play on New Year’s Day in Florida. Kirk Ferentz may have his best team in Iowa City.

In the second leg of this parlay, Tennessee fits the same criteria that Nebraska faces. They won by 38 points against a conference opponent and play at home this week against another conference opponent. While South Carolina’s defense is considerably better than Missouri’s, their offense is not as sharp, and we believe Josh Heupel’s Vols are sitting on another great performance.

The third part of this parlay is simply a case where we believe Arizona State is clearly superior to Stanford on both sides of the ball and should win by double digits.

Odds:	+195.50
Must Win	Opponent
South Alabama	Texas St.
Kent St.	Buffalo
Wisconsin	Illinois

South Alabama looks to be 10-14 points better than Texas State, and when we saw the Money Line odds on this game, it was the first one that went into our play pool. Kent State has a score to settle with Buffalo. In the weird Covid year of 2020, The Golden Flashes only managed to get four games in the books. Buffalo was the last, and Kent State went into this game 3-0 and averaging 53 points per game. Buffalo was also 3-0. The Bulls hung 70 points on the Flashes. Kent State gets their revenge this week.

Wisconsin is the best 1-3 team in America. It is odd how many times unforced errors have hurt the Badgers in their three losses. The Badgers don’t particularly like their rival to the south, and we expect UW to win this game by a large margin.

Odds:	+241.12
Must Win	Opponent
Central Michigan	Ohio U
BYU	Boise St.
Carolina	Philadelphia

Finally, we come to our biggest odds play of the week. We only found one NFL game we wanted to play based on the Money Line odds, so we had to parlay the Carolina Panthers with a couple of college games.

While 2021 looks like a so-so year for Central Michigan, Ohio is in a state of flux after former coach Frank Solich retired during the Summer. The Bobcats are almost sleep-walking through games this year, which can be attributed to growing pains.

Boise State is a mere shell of its former self under Bryan Harsin. New coach Andy Avalos inherited 16 returning starters, but the Broncos never played up to their potential last year and appear to be repeating it this year. Maybe, they were just a bit overrated?

BYU has shown the world that they were more than just Zach Wilson last year. The Cougars’ defense is top notch, while the offense is a bit more deliberate this year, but it helps the defense perform even better. Other than the fact that the Cougars may be looking ahead a tad to next week’s game at Baylor, everything here looks like a BYU win.

Carolina should be a heavier favorite over Philadelphia. The loss to Dallas has been factored a bit too heavily. We like the Panthers solely because their Money Line odds are so favorable this week.

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October 3, 2021

PiRate Ratings College Football–October 7-9, 2021

Filed under: College Football — Tags: Alabama, Cincinnati, Georgia, iowa, Michigan, Ohio St., Oklahoma, Penn St., Red River, Texas — piratings @ 9:32 am

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Tulane	Houston	-4.6	-4.9	-4.0
Arkansas St.	Coastal Carolina	-26.7	-23.6	-27.4
Cincinnati	Temple	43.0	41.0	43.9
Florida Int’l.	Charlotte	-0.3	-0.7	-0.5
Arizona St.	Stanford	12.6	12.4	13.3
North Carolina	Florida St.	17.8	18.2	20.2
Rutgers	Michigan St.	-8.0	-5.5	-6.6
Massachusetts	Connecticut	0.4	-1.4	-0.9
Syracuse	Wake Forest	-11.1	-10.2	-11.9
Central Florida	East Carolina	5.6	5.0	6.1
Ohio St.	Maryland	17.7	19.0	21.6
Bowling Green	Akron	3.3	5.7	5.0
Toledo	Northern Illinois	11.3	12.7	12.5
Kent St.	Buffalo	-0.3	2.2	-0.2
Duke	Georgia Tech	-6.7	-5.9	-7.7
Western Michigan	Ball St.	4.5	5.3	6.4
Liberty	Middle Tennessee	22.8	23.9	23.1
Louisville	Virginia	1.6	0.0	3.0
Air Force	Wyoming	5.1	4.8	4.9
BYU	Boise St.	9.8	9.6	9.8
Marshall	Old Dominion	22.6	21.6	22.5
Colorado St.	San Jose St.	-3.0	-2.9	-0.5
USC	Utah	7.4	7.5	9.2
Washington St.	Oregon St.	-9.3	-8.2	-9.6
Tennessee	South Carolina	9.0	8.7	9.5
Navy	SMU	-12.2	-13.6	-13.2
Texas Tech	TCU	-5.8	-4.0	-5.7
Auburn	Georgia	-14.6	-15.5	-16.1
Kentucky	LSU	-0.2	0.8	-0.8
Baylor	West Virginia	-1.0	0.2	0.3
Missouri	North Texas	25.0	25.7	25.3
Texas St.	South Alabama	-6.0	-8.2	-7.3
UAB	Florida Atlantic	5.7	3.8	4.5
Florida	Vanderbilt	38.6	40.8	40.5
Tulsa	Memphis	5.0	4.2	3.4
Louisiana-Monroe	Georgia St.	-11.9	-11.1	-13.5
Illinois	Wisconsin	-10.3	-10.0	-11.3
Eastern Michigan	Miami (O)	-2.8	-2.5	-3.3
Texas (N)	Oklahoma	-4.9	-4.1	-3.7
Nebraska	Michigan	0.0	-0.6	-0.5
Troy	Georgia Southern	5.3	5.3	6.1
Ohio U	Central Michigan	-9.3	-6.8	-7.3
Texas A&M	Alabama	-14.3	-12.8	-15.3
Ole Miss	Arkansas	6.0	5.9	7.0
Southern Miss.	UTEP	5.8	6.2	7.8
Western Kentucky	UTSA	-7.3	-6.2	-5.9
Iowa	Penn St.	6.0	4.4	4.6
Virginia Tech	Notre Dame	-2.1	-4.2	-5.1
Arizona	UCLA	-14.3	-15.2	-15.2
San Diego St.	New Mexico	24.0	23.3	25.0
Nevada	New Mexico St.	32.4	33.1	34.5

28 Teams Off This Week!

Appalachian St.

Army

Boston College

California

Clemson

Colorado

Fresno St.

Hawaii

Indiana

Iowa St.

Kansas

Kansas St.

Louisiana

Louisiana Tech

Miami (Fla.)

Minnesota

Mississippi St.

North Carolina St.

Northwestern

Oklahoma St.

Oregon

Pittsburgh

Purdue

Rice

South Florida

UNLV

Utah St.

Washington

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

Rank	Team	Rating
1	Georgia	134.4
2	Alabama	131.1
3	Oklahoma	123.4
4	Ohio St.	122.8
5	Cincinnati	121.5
6	Iowa St.	120.5
7	Iowa	119.7
8	Texas	119.1
9	Florida	118.3
10	Penn St.	117.7
11	Ole Miss	117.2
12	Clemson	117.2
13	Auburn	116.0
14	U S C	115.2
15	Arizona St.	114.9
16	North Carolina	114.1
17	Texas A&M	114.0
18	Michigan	113.9
19	Arkansas	113.9
20	Notre Dame	113.4
21	Oregon	112.5
22	L S U	112.2
23	Coastal Carolina	111.8
24	West Virginia	111.8
25	Oregon St.	111.8
26	T C U	111.5
27	Oklahoma St.	110.7
28	Nebraska	110.6
29	Wake Forest	110.2
30	Utah	110.1
31	BYU	109.9
32	Miami (Fla.)	109.5
33	U C L A	109.5
34	Kentucky	109.2
35	Baylor	108.6
36	Washington	108.6
37	Wisconsin	108.5
38	Michigan St.	108.4
39	Mississippi St.	108.4
40	NC State	108.0
41	Indiana	107.5
42	Tennessee	107.2
43	Liberty	107.1
44	Kansas St.	107.0
45	Virginia Tech	106.6
46	Maryland	106.4
47	Louisiana	106.1
48	Minnesota	105.9
49	Pittsburgh	105.5
50	Boston College	105.5
51	Stanford	105.1
52	Purdue	105.0
53	Appalachian St.	105.0
54	Virginia	104.6
55	Texas Tech	103.3
56	Boise St.	103.2
57	Louisville	103.1
58	Houston	103.0
59	SMU	102.6
60	Missouri	102.5
61	San Diego St.	102.0
62	Nevada	101.2
63	South Carolina	101.1
64	Fresno St.	100.3
65	UCF	100.3
66	Army	100.2
67	Air Force	100.1
68	Georgia Tech	99.8
69	Washington St.	99.8
70	Colorado	99.4
71	Rutgers	98.7
72	Miami (Ohio)	98.5
73	Florida St.	98.4
74	California	98.1
75	Wyoming	98.1
76	East Carolina	97.7
77	Toledo	97.1
78	U T S A	96.9
79	Northwestern	96.8
80	Central Michigan	96.3
81	Western Michigan	96.2
82	Syracuse	96.1
83	Tulane	96.0
84	San Jose St.	96.0
85	U A B	95.9
86	Illinois	95.5
87	Buffalo	95.4
88	Tulsa	95.2
89	Marshall	94.6
90	Florida Atlantic	93.7
91	Hawaii	93.6
92	Memphis	93.5
93	Kent St.	93.4
94	Ball St.	93.3
95	Eastern Michigan	93.0
96	South Alabama	91.9
97	Troy	91.8
98	Arizona	91.6
99	Georgia St.	91.4
100	Colorado St.	90.9
101	Duke	90.6
102	Utah St.	90.2
103	Louisiana Tech	89.5
104	Georgia Southern	88.7
105	USF	88.6
106	Western Kentucky	87.9
107	Northern Illinois	87.4
108	Navy	87.0
109	Middle Tennessee	86.8
110	Ohio	85.9
111	U N L V	85.1
112	Arkansas St.	83.9
113	Southern Miss.	83.0
114	Texas St.	82.7
115	Rice	82.1
116	Charlotte	81.9
117	Temple	81.8
118	Vanderbilt	81.4
119	New Mexico	80.9
120	North Texas	80.2
121	Kansas	79.9
122	Florida Int’l.	78.9
123	U T E P	78.4
124	Bowling Green	77.3
125	UL-Monroe	76.7
126	Old Dominion	74.9
127	Akron	74.1
128	Connecticut	71.8
129	New Mexico St.	70.8
130	UMass	69.6

PiRate Ratings By Conference

American Athletic Conference

Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Cincinnati	121.0	120.5	123.0	121.5
Houston	103.3	102.2	103.6	103.0
SMU	102.0	102.7	103.0	102.6
UCF	100.2	99.0	101.8	100.3
East Carolina	97.6	97.0	98.6	97.7
Tulane	96.2	94.8	97.0	96.0
Tulsa	95.4	95.3	94.9	95.2
Memphis	92.9	93.5	94.1	93.5
USF	88.9	88.2	88.8	88.6
Navy	87.3	86.6	87.3	87.0
Temple	81.0	82.5	82.0	81.8

AAC Averages	96.9	96.6	97.6	97.0

Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Clemson	116.5	116.6	118.4	117.2
Wake Forest	110.3	109.6	110.7	110.2
NC State	108.3	107.7	107.9	108.0
Boston College	105.1	105.6	105.7	105.5
Louisville	102.7	102.4	104.3	103.1
Florida St.	98.4	98.4	98.3	98.4
Syracuse	96.3	96.4	95.8	96.1

Coastal Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
North Carolina	113.2	113.6	115.5	114.1
Miami (Fla.)	110.0	108.9	109.8	109.5
Virginia Tech	107.5	106.2	106.2	106.6
Pittsburgh	105.2	106.0	105.4	105.5
Virginia	104.1	105.4	104.3	104.6
Georgia Tech	99.8	99.9	99.8	99.8
Duke	90.6	91.5	89.6	90.6

ACC Averages	104.8	104.9	105.1	104.9

Big 12 Conference

Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Oklahoma	124.7	122.4	123.0	123.4
Iowa St.	121.1	119.5	120.9	120.5
Texas	119.8	118.3	119.3	119.1
West Virginia	113.3	111.5	110.6	111.8
T C U	112.1	110.8	111.5	111.5
Oklahoma St.	111.0	110.8	110.2	110.7
Baylor	109.3	108.7	107.9	108.6
Kansas St.	107.3	107.2	106.5	107.0
Texas Tech	103.3	103.8	102.8	103.3
Kansas	82.4	80.0	77.3	79.9

Big 12 Averages	110.4	109.3	109.0	109.6

Big Ten Conference

East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Ohio St.	122.3	122.2	124.0	122.8
Penn St.	116.4	117.4	119.2	117.7
Michigan	113.2	114.2	114.4	113.9
Michigan St.	108.7	108.4	108.2	108.4
Indiana	107.3	107.1	108.1	107.5
Maryland	107.6	106.2	105.4	106.4
Rutgers	97.6	99.9	98.5	98.7

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Iowa	119.4	118.9	120.8	119.7
Nebraska	110.2	110.6	110.9	110.6
Wisconsin	108.0	107.9	109.5	108.5
Minnesota	104.9	105.8	107.0	105.9
Purdue	104.6	104.2	106.3	105.0
Northwestern	96.9	97.0	96.6	96.8
Illinois	95.2	95.4	95.8	95.5

Big Ten Averages	108.0	108.3	108.9	108.4

Conference USA

East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Marshall	94.5	94.3	95.1	94.6
Florida Atlantic	92.8	94.4	94.0	93.7
Western Kentucky	86.9	88.5	88.3	87.9
Middle Tennessee	86.5	86.4	87.6	86.8
Charlotte	81.0	82.0	82.6	81.9
Florida Int’l.	78.2	78.9	79.6	78.9
Old Dominion	74.4	75.2	75.0	74.9

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
U T S A	96.7	97.2	96.8	96.9
U A B	96.0	95.8	95.9	95.9
Louisiana Tech	89.7	90.2	88.7	89.5
Southern Miss.	82.4	83.5	83.0	83.0
Rice	82.1	82.0	82.1	82.1
North Texas	80.5	80.3	79.8	80.2
U T E P	78.6	79.3	77.2	78.4

CUSA Averages	85.7	86.3	86.1	86.0

Independents

Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Notre Dame	112.6	113.4	114.3	113.4
BYU	109.9	109.4	110.4	109.9
Liberty	106.3	107.2	107.7	107.1
Army	100.3	100.3	99.9	100.2
Connecticut	72.1	73.1	70.2	71.8
New Mexico St.	71.2	71.9	69.4	70.8
UMass	71.0	70.1	67.8	69.6

Mid-American Conference

East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Miami (Ohio)	100.0	98.0	97.4	98.5
Buffalo	96.0	95.0	95.1	95.4
Kent St.	93.2	94.6	92.5	93.4
Ohio	85.3	86.5	86.0	85.9
Bowling Green	77.5	78.2	76.1	77.3
Akron	75.7	74.0	72.7	74.1

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Toledo	97.6	97.2	96.4	97.1
Central Michigan	97.2	95.8	95.8	96.3
Western Michigan	96.1	96.7	95.7	96.2
Ball St.	94.1	94.0	91.8	93.3
Eastern Michigan	94.7	92.9	91.5	93.0
Northern Illinois	88.7	87.0	86.4	87.4

MAC Averages	91.3	90.8	89.8	90.7

Mountain West Conference

Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Boise St.	103.1	102.8	103.6	103.2
Air Force	99.7	100.0	100.6	100.1
Wyoming	97.6	98.1	98.7	98.1
Colorado St.	90.7	90.7	91.3	90.9
Utah St.	89.9	90.8	89.9	90.2
New Mexico	81.3	81.5	79.9	80.9

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
San Diego St.	102.3	101.8	101.9	102.0
Nevada	100.6	102.0	100.9	101.2
Fresno St.	99.2	100.6	101.3	100.3
San Jose St.	96.6	96.6	94.8	96.0
Hawaii	93.7	93.4	93.7	93.6
U N L V	85.5	84.6	85.2	85.1

MWC Averages	95.0	95.2	95.1	95.1

Pac-12 Conference

North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Oregon	111.6	112.5	113.5	112.5
Oregon St.	111.6	111.6	112.1	111.8
Washington	107.5	109.0	109.2	108.6
Stanford	104.7	105.7	105.0	105.1
Washington St.	99.4	100.4	99.5	99.8
California	96.0	99.9	98.6	98.1

South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
U S C	114.7	114.7	116.0	115.2
Arizona St.	114.4	115.1	115.3	114.9
Utah	110.4	110.2	109.8	110.1
U C L A	109.2	109.6	109.7	109.5
Colorado	99.9	99.4	98.9	99.4
Arizona	91.9	91.4	91.5	91.6

Pac-12 Averages	105.9	106.6	106.6	106.4

Southeastern Conference

East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Georgia	133.9	134.0	135.5	134.4
Florida	117.6	119.1	118.3	118.3
Kentucky	108.4	110.2	108.9	109.2
Tennessee	107.3	106.9	107.3	107.2
Missouri	102.5	103.0	102.1	102.5
South Carolina	101.4	101.2	100.8	101.1
Vanderbilt	82.0	81.3	80.8	81.4

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Alabama	131.1	130.2	132.1	131.1
Ole Miss	117.1	117.0	117.5	117.2
Auburn	116.3	115.4	116.4	116.0
Texas A&M	113.8	114.4	113.8	114.0
Arkansas	114.1	114.1	113.5	113.9
L S U	111.6	112.4	112.7	112.2
Mississippi St.	108.4	108.6	108.1	108.4

SEC Averages	111.8	112.0	112.0	111.9

Sun Belt Conference

East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Coastal Carolina	112.5	110.3	112.5	111.8
Appalachian St.	104.5	104.2	106.3	105.0
Troy	91.5	91.9	92.0	91.8
Georgia St.	91.8	91.0	91.4	91.4
Georgia Southern	88.7	89.1	88.4	88.7

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Louisiana	106.8	105.0	106.6	106.1
South Alabama	92.1	92.1	91.4	91.9
Arkansas St.	83.9	84.7	83.1	83.9
Texas St.	84.1	81.9	82.1	82.7
UL-Monroe	77.3	77.4	75.4	76.7

Sun Averages	93.3	92.8	92.9	93.0

Conference Ratings

Rank	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	111.9
2	Big 12	109.6
3	Big Ten	108.4
4	Pac-12	106.4
5	Atlantic Coast	104.9
6	American Athletic	97.0
7	Mountain West	95.1
8	Sun Belt	93.0
9	Independents	91.8
10	Mid-American	90.7
11	Conference USA	86.0

PiRate Ratings Commence Bowl Projections Today

With one month of play in the books, it is time to begin issuing our Bowl Projections. This is starting to look like a fractured college football season. The Atlantic Coast Conference and Pac-12 Conference have basically been eliminated from Playoff contention. In the Big 12, Oklahoma looks anything like a Playoff team, and Ohio State’s loss at home to Oregon now looks much worse with Oregon losing to Stanford.

Meanwhile, the SEC has two super teams that should be co-number ones. Alabama and Georgia might finish the regular season as the top two seeds even though one team must lose a game in the SEC Championship Game.

Cincinnati’s road win over Notre Dame is enough for now to put them in the Field of Four, but only if either the Big 12 or Big Ten champions have a loss. The Bearcats still have some tough conference opposition to conquer in SMU and Houston.

The Redbox Bowl has already cancelled their 2021 game, and that leaves spots for 82 teams in the postseason. As of today, we count 85 teams that are on pace of a minimum of six wins. The 6-6 line has a large number of teams.

Here is our first stab at the projections for 2021-22. Unlike recent years, there is a lot more wiggle room for different conferences to appear in multiple bowls.

Bowl	Team	Team
Bahamas	UTSA	Toledo
Cure	Liberty	Marshall
Boca	Florida Atlantic	Coastal Carolina
New Mexico	UTEP	Wyoming
Independence	BYU	Louisiana Tech
Lending Tree	Western Michigan	Troy
L. A.	San Jose St.	Arizona St.
New Orleans	UAB	Louisiana
Myrtle Beach	Appalachian St.	Northern Illinois
Famous Idaho Potato	Kent St.	Boise St.
Frisco	Memphis	Utah St.
Armed Forces	Army	Washington
Gasparilla	East Carolina	Iowa St.
Hawaii	Houston	Nevada
Camellia	Miami (O)	South Alabama
Quick Lane	Ball St.	Western Kentucky
Military	Virginia Tech	Central Florida
Birmingham	Miami (Fla.)	Mississippi St.
First Responder	TCU	Fresno St.
Liberty	Kansas St.	Arkansas
Holiday	North Carolina	Utah
Guaranteed Rate	Air Force	Baylor
Fenway	Boston College	SMU
Pinstripe	Pittsburgh	Indiana
Cheez-It	Wake Forest	Texas
Alamo	Oklahoma St.	Stanford
Duke’s Mayo	North Carolina St.	Auburn
Music City	Minnesota	Tennessee
Las Vegas	Wisconsin	USC
Tax Slayer Gator	Virginia	LSU
Tony The Tiger Sun	Louisville	UCLA
Arizona	Central Michigan	San Diego St.
Citrus	Michigan	Ole Miss
Outback	Michigan St.	Florida
Texas	Texas Tech	Texas A&M
Peach	Clemson	Penn St.
Fiesta	Oregon	Notre Dame
Rose	Ohio St.	Oregon St.
Sugar	Kentucky	Oklahoma
Cotton	Iowa	Alabama
Orange	Georgia	Cincinnati
Championship	Georgia	Alabama

This Week’s TV Fare

This week presents fewer total games, as we mentioned early that 28 teams have bye weeks. There are a handful of important and exciting games on the schedule, but this may be the week to watch the Major League Baseball Playoffs more than college football.

Saturday, October 9
Time (ET)	Network	Home	Visitor
12:00 PM	ABC	Texas (n)	Oklahoma
	Fox	Ohio St.	Maryland
	ESPN	Ole Miss	Arkansas
	ESPN2	Tennessee	South Carolina
	FS1	Baylor	West Virginia
	CBSSN	Toledo	Northern Illinois
	BTN	Rutgers	Michigan St.
	SEC	Florida	Vanderbilt

3:00 PM	ACC	Louisville	Virginia

3:30 PM	CBS	Auburn	Georgia
	ABC	BYU	Boise St.
	ESPN	North Carolina	Florida St.
	ESPN2	Syracuse	Wake Forest
	FS1	Colorado St.	San Jose St.
	CBSSN	Navy	SMU
	BTN	Illinois	Wisconsin

4:00 PM	Fox	Iowa	Penn St.
	SEC	Missouri	North Texas
	Pac-12	Washington St.	Oregon St.

7:00 PM	ESPN	Texas Tech	TCU
	ESPNU	Kent St.	Buffalo
	CBSSN	Air Force	Wyoming

7:30 PM	ABC	Nebraska	Michigan
	SEC	Kentucky	LSU
	ACC	Virginia Tech	Notre Dame

8:00 PM	CBS	Texas A&M	Alabama
	FOX	USC	Utah
	FS1	San Diego St.	New Mexico

9:00 PM	ESPN2	Tulsa	Memphis

10:30 PM	ESPN	Arizona	UCLA
	CBSSN	Nevada	New Mexico St.

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September 30, 2021

PiRate Picks–September 30-October 4, 2021

Filed under: PiRate Picks_College & Pro — Tags: Army, BYU, Cincinnati, Michigan St., Missouri, Money Line Parlay, Notre Dame, Oklahoma St., Texas, USC — piratings @ 5:29 am

This edition will be short this week due to time constraints, but it is chock full of college money line parlays, as we perceive some excellent value on the college side and not on the NFL side. We even include a rare, 4-team parlay at +372.50. Remember, we never wager real money on our selections and recommend you do the same. Use this feature only for entertainment purposes or supplemental research.

Date:	September 30-October 4
1. Odds:	+173.19
Must Win	Opponent
Notre Dame	Cincinnati
Michigan St.	Western Kentucky

2. Odds:	+219.78
Must Win	Opponent
Purdue	Minnesota
Oregon	Stanford
Army	Ball St.

3. Odds:	+220.45
Must Win	Opponent
Missouri	Tennessee
USC	Colorado
West Virginia	Texas Tech

4. Odds:	+372.50
Must Win	Opponent
Texas	TCU
Wake Forest	Louisville
South Carolina	Troy
Oklahoma St.	Baylor

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September 26, 2021

PiRate Ratings College Football–September 30-October 2, 2021

Filed under: College Football — Tags: Alabama, Cincinnati, Computer Ratings, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn St., Texas — piratings @ 1:08 pm

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Miami (Fla.)	Virginia	11.8	9.0	11.8
Tulsa	Houston	0.9	2.5	0.6
Maryland	Iowa	-0.3	-1.2	-4.2
Utah St.	BYU	-18.9	-17.5	-20.0
Florida St.	Syracuse	4.6	4.6	5.5
North Carolina	Duke	22.0	21.1	25.5
East Carolina	Tulane	-1.6	-1.2	-2.1
Clemson	Boston College	15.8	15.6	17.8
Purdue	Minnesota	5.2	3.7	5.2
Georgia Tech	Pittsburgh	3.2	2.5	3.4
North Carolina St.	Louisiana Tech	23.8	22.6	24.9
Georgia St.	Appalachian St.	-6.2	-6.4	-8.2
South Carolina	Troy	13.5	12.9	12.6
Ball St.	Army	-8.5	-8.8	-11.2
Penn St.	Indiana	8.8	10.0	10.6
Temple	Memphis	-12.4	-11.5	-12.9
Iowa St.	Kansas	40.0	40.6	45.4
Massachusetts	Toledo	-20.6	-21.2	-22.7
Illinois	Charlotte	17.6	17.0	16.7
Wake Forest	Louisville	11.4	10.9	10.4
Buffalo	Western Michigan	4.6	3.0	4.6
Rutgers	Ohio St.	-15.3	-13.1	-15.6
Coastal Carolina	Louisiana-Monroe	34.8	31.9	36.7
Northern Illinois	Eastern Michigan	-5.1	-5.4	-4.5
Boise St.	Nevada	10.0	8.3	10.6
New Mexico	Air Force	-10.6	-10.5	-12.7
Colorado	USC	-8.8	-9.2	-11.1
Notre Dame	Cincinnati	-4.1	-2.1	-4.0
San Jose St.	New Mexico St.	31.3	30.7	31.6
Oregon St.	Washington	7.5	6.0	6.5
California	Washington St.	3.3	6.8	6.6
Stanford	Oregon	-4.7	-4.8	-7.2
Miami (O)	Central Michigan	5.0	4.0	2.9
Kent St.	Bowling Green	19.3	20.5	20.7
Alabama	Ole Miss	16.5	15.4	16.8
Navy	Central Florida	-13.4	-13.1	-15.8
SMU	South Florida	13.7	15.3	14.6
Oklahoma St.	Baylor	3.6	3.7	3.7
Georgia	Arkansas	18.8	18.7	21.1
Akron	Ohio U	-4.5	-7.7	-8.6
Missouri	Tennessee	6.7	7.9	6.7
TCU	Texas	-4.2	-3.8	-3.9
Kentucky	Florida	-8.6	-8.4	-9.3
Kansas St.	Oklahoma	-16.2	-13.8	-15.8
Florida Atlantic	Florida Int’l.	9.6	10.6	9.0
Vanderbilt	Connecticut	13.6	11.7	14.7
West Virginia	Texas Tech	16.4	13.8	14.3
LSU	Auburn	-0.8	1.5	0.9
Wisconsin	Michigan	2.6	1.4	3.2
Texas A&M	Mississippi St.	12.3	12.9	13.0
Georgia Southern	Arkansas St.	2.1	1.2	2.2
UTSA	UNLV	14.8	16.6	15.6
Rice	Southern Miss.	1.8	0.2	0.9
South Alabama	Louisiana	-13.5	-11.5	-14.5
UAB	Liberty	-3.7	-4.9	-5.2
Middle Tennessee	Marshall	-8.1	-8.2	-7.7
Nebraska	Northwestern	7.8	8.1	8.8
Michigan St.	Western Kentucky	25.6	23.6	23.7
UTEP	Old Dominion	6.4	6.4	4.0
UCLA	Arizona St.	2.0	1.9	2.0
Hawaii	Fresno St.	-2.0	-4.4	-4.9

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

Rank	Team	Rating
1	Georgia	132.2
2	Alabama	130.8
3	Oklahoma	124.5
4	Cincinnati	120.3
5	Iowa St.	119.9
6	Florida	119.3
7	Ohio St.	119.1
8	Texas	118.5
9	Clemson	118.0
10	Ole Miss	117.6
11	Texas A&M	116.4
12	Penn St.	116.2
13	Arkansas	115.7
14	Auburn	115.1
15	Iowa	114.8
16	Notre Dame	113.9
17	U S C	113.6
18	West Virginia	113.6
19	Oregon	113.3
20	North Carolina	113.3
21	L S U	112.6
22	Arizona St.	112.2
23	Oregon St.	112.0
24	U C L A	111.7
25	Michigan	111.7
26	T C U	111.6
27	Miami (Fla.)	111.1
28	Wisconsin	111.1
29	Wake Forest	110.6
30	BYU	110.2
31	Coastal Carolina	110.0
32	Oklahoma St.	109.9
33	Maryland	109.9
34	Utah	109.8
35	NC State	109.4
36	Indiana	109.4
37	Baylor	109.2
38	Michigan St.	108.8
39	Washington	108.3
40	Kentucky	107.5
41	Louisiana	107.1
42	Mississippi St.	106.7
43	Missouri	106.7
44	Purdue	106.6
45	Nebraska	106.6
46	Virginia Tech	106.3
47	Kansas St.	106.2
48	Boise St.	105.8
49	Liberty	105.3
50	Minnesota	104.8
51	Stanford	104.7
52	Boston College	104.6
53	Virginia	103.3
54	Army	102.8
55	Louisville	102.7
56	Georgia Tech	102.7
57	Appalachian St.	102.7
58	Pittsburgh	102.6
59	Tennessee	102.6
60	UCF	102.5
61	Texas Tech	101.8
62	San Diego St.	101.7
63	South Carolina	101.4
64	Rutgers	101.4
65	Northwestern	101.3
66	SMU	101.3
67	Colorado	100.9
68	Fresno St.	100.9
69	Houston	100.5
70	California	100.4
71	Nevada	99.1
72	Tulane	98.9
73	Tulsa	98.8
74	Florida St.	98.7
75	Wyoming	97.9
76	Miami (Ohio)	97.9
77	Washington St.	97.8
78	San Jose St.	97.8
79	U A B	97.7
80	Air Force	97.6
81	U T S A	97.3
82	Central Michigan	96.9
83	Buffalo	96.7
84	Marshall	96.4
85	Syracuse	96.3
86	Illinois	95.7
87	Toledo	95.3
88	Western Michigan	95.1
89	Memphis	95.0
90	East Carolina	94.3
91	Eastern Michigan	94.2
92	Kent St.	94.2
93	Georgia St.	93.7
94	Hawaii	93.1
95	Troy	91.4
96	Duke	91.4
97	Arizona	91.3
98	South Alabama	90.9
99	Ball St.	90.7
100	Colorado St.	90.7
101	Florida Atlantic	90.7
102	Utah St.	89.9
103	USF	89.7
104	Louisiana Tech	88.6
105	Western Kentucky	87.5
106	Arkansas St.	86.6
107	Northern Illinois	86.2
108	Georgia Southern	86.0
109	Navy	85.4
110	Middle Tennessee	85.4
111	Ohio	85.0
112	U N L V	84.6
113	New Mexico	83.4
114	Southern Miss.	83.3
115	Texas St.	82.5
116	Vanderbilt	82.4
117	Florida Int’l.	82.0
118	Rice	81.8
119	Charlotte	81.6
120	Kansas	80.9
121	Temple	80.7
122	North Texas	80.0
123	UL-Monroe	78.5
124	U T E P	78.0
125	Bowling Green	76.5
126	Akron	75.6
127	Old Dominion	74.9
128	UMass	71.7
129	Connecticut	71.1
130	New Mexico St.	69.6

PiRate Ratings By Conference

American Athletic Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Cincinnati	120.0	119.2	121.8	120.3
UCF	102.2	101.1	104.2	102.5
SMU	100.7	101.5	101.6	101.3
Houston	100.9	99.5	101.0	100.5
Tulane	99.0	97.7	100.1	98.9
Tulsa	98.8	99.0	98.5	98.8
Memphis	94.3	94.9	95.7	95.0
East Carolina	94.3	93.6	95.0	94.3
USF	90.0	89.2	90.0	89.7
Navy	85.8	85.0	85.4	85.4
Temple	79.9	81.4	80.7	80.7

AAC Averages	96.9	96.6	97.6	97.0

Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Clemson	117.2	117.4	119.4	118.0
Wake Forest	110.7	110.0	111.2	110.6
NC State	109.6	109.0	109.5	109.4
Boston College	104.4	104.8	104.7	104.6
Louisville	102.3	102.0	103.8	102.7
Florida St.	98.6	98.7	98.8	98.7
Syracuse	96.6	96.6	95.8	96.3

Coastal Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
North Carolina	112.4	112.6	114.8	113.3
Miami (Fla.)	111.6	110.3	111.6	111.1
Virginia Tech	107.2	105.9	105.9	106.3
Virginia	102.8	104.3	102.8	103.3
Georgia Tech	102.6	102.7	102.8	102.7
Pittsburgh	102.4	103.2	102.4	102.6
Duke	91.4	92.5	90.3	91.4

ACC Averages	105.0	105.0	105.3	105.1

Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Oklahoma	125.8	123.3	124.3	124.5
Iowa St.	120.4	118.7	120.4	119.9
Texas	119.3	117.7	118.6	118.5
West Virginia	115.2	113.2	112.5	113.6
T C U	112.1	110.9	111.7	111.6
Oklahoma St.	110.3	110.0	109.3	109.9
Baylor	109.8	109.3	108.6	109.2
Kansas St.	106.5	106.6	105.5	106.2
Texas Tech	101.7	102.4	101.2	101.8
Kansas	83.4	81.1	78.1	80.9

Big 12 Averages	110.5	109.3	109.0	109.6

Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Ohio St.	118.6	118.6	120.1	119.1
Penn St.	114.9	115.9	117.6	116.2
Michigan	111.0	112.0	112.0	111.7
Maryland	111.1	109.7	108.7	109.9
Indiana	109.1	108.9	110.0	109.4
Michigan St.	109.1	108.7	108.6	108.8
Rutgers	100.3	102.5	101.4	101.4

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Iowa	114.4	113.9	116.0	114.8
Wisconsin	110.5	110.4	112.2	111.1
Purdue	106.1	105.6	108.0	106.6
Nebraska	106.2	106.6	106.9	106.6
Minnesota	103.9	104.9	105.8	104.8
Northwestern	101.4	101.5	101.1	101.3
Illinois	95.4	95.7	96.1	95.7

Big Ten Averages	108.0	108.2	108.9	108.4

Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Marshall	96.2	96.1	96.9	96.4
Florida Atlantic	89.8	91.4	90.8	90.7
Western Kentucky	86.5	88.2	87.9	87.5
Middle Tennessee	85.1	84.9	86.1	85.4
Florida Int’l.	81.2	81.9	82.8	82.0
Charlotte	80.8	81.7	82.3	81.6
Old Dominion	74.4	75.2	75.2	74.9

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
U A B	97.8	97.6	97.7	97.7
U T S A	97.0	97.7	97.3	97.3
Louisiana Tech	88.9	89.4	87.6	88.6
Southern Miss.	82.6	83.9	83.3	83.3
Rice	81.9	81.6	81.8	81.8
North Texas	80.3	80.1	79.6	80.0
U T E P	78.3	79.0	76.7	78.0

CUSA Averages	85.8	86.3	86.2	86.1

FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Notre Dame	112.9	114.0	114.8	113.9
BYU	110.1	109.6	110.9	110.2
Liberty	104.5	105.4	105.9	105.3
Army	102.7	102.8	102.7	102.8
UMass	73.1	72.2	69.9	71.7
Connecticut	71.4	72.5	69.3	71.1
New Mexico St.	70.0	70.7	68.0	69.6

Indep. Averages	92.1	92.5	91.6	92.1

Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Miami (Ohio)	99.6	97.4	96.6	97.9
Buffalo	97.3	96.3	96.6	96.7
Kent St.	93.8	95.4	93.4	94.2
Ohio	84.2	85.6	85.1	85.0
Bowling Green	76.9	77.4	75.2	76.5
Akron	77.3	75.4	74.1	75.6

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Central Michigan	97.6	96.4	96.6	96.9
Toledo	95.8	95.4	94.6	95.3
Western Michigan	95.1	95.7	94.5	95.1
Eastern Michigan	95.8	94.1	92.7	94.2
Ball St.	91.7	91.5	89.0	90.7
Northern Illinois	87.6	85.8	85.2	86.2

MAC Averages	91.1	90.5	89.5	90.4

Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Boise St.	105.6	105.3	106.3	105.8
Wyoming	97.4	97.9	98.5	97.9
Air Force	97.3	97.5	98.1	97.6
Colorado St.	90.5	90.5	91.1	90.7
Utah St.	89.7	90.6	89.4	89.9
New Mexico	83.7	84.0	82.4	83.4

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
San Diego St.	102.0	101.5	101.6	101.7
Fresno St.	99.5	101.2	102.0	100.9
Nevada	98.6	100.0	98.7	99.1
San Jose St.	98.3	98.3	96.7	97.8
Hawaii	93.4	92.8	93.0	93.1
U N L V	85.2	84.1	84.7	84.6

MWC Averages	95.1	95.3	95.2	95.2

Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Oregon	112.2	113.2	114.5	113.3
Oregon St.	111.8	111.8	112.4	112.0
Washington	107.3	108.8	108.9	108.3
Stanford	104.4	105.3	104.3	104.7
California	98.0	102.2	101.0	100.4
Washington St.	97.7	98.4	97.4	97.8

South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
U S C	113.2	113.1	114.5	113.6
Arizona St.	111.8	112.4	112.5	112.2
U C L A	111.3	111.8	112.0	111.7
Utah	110.1	109.9	109.5	109.8
Colorado	101.4	101.0	100.4	100.9
Arizona	91.6	91.1	91.2	91.3

Pac-12 Averages	105.9	106.6	106.5	106.3

Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Georgia	131.7	131.7	133.3	132.2
Florida	118.4	120.0	119.4	119.3
Kentucky	106.9	108.6	107.1	107.5
Missouri	106.5	107.2	106.3	106.7
Tennessee	102.8	102.2	102.6	102.6
South Carolina	101.7	101.5	101.2	101.4
Vanderbilt	83.0	82.2	82.0	82.4

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Alabama	130.9	129.8	131.7	130.8
Ole Miss	117.3	117.4	117.9	117.6
Texas A&M	116.1	116.8	116.3	116.4
Arkansas	115.8	115.9	115.2	115.7
Auburn	115.6	114.4	115.4	115.1
L S U	111.8	112.9	113.2	112.6
Mississippi St.	106.8	106.9	106.3	106.7

SEC Averages	111.8	112.0	112.0	111.9

Sunbelt Conference
East Division	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Coastal Carolina	110.8	108.3	110.8	110.0
Appalachian St.	102.2	101.8	104.0	102.7
Georgia St.	94.1	93.4	93.7	93.7
Troy	91.2	91.6	91.6	91.4
Georgia Southern	86.1	86.3	85.6	86.0

West Division	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Louisiana	107.7	105.8	107.8	107.1
South Alabama	91.2	91.3	90.2	90.9
Arkansas St.	86.5	87.5	85.9	86.6
Texas St.	83.9	81.7	81.9	82.5
UL-Monroe	79.0	79.4	77.1	78.5

Sun Averages	93.3	92.7	92.9	92.9

Conference Ratings

Rank	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	111.9
2	Big 12	109.6
3	Big Ten	108.4
4	Pac-12	106.3
5	Atlantic Coast	105.1
6	American Athletic	97.0
7	Mountain West	95.2
8	Sun Belt	92.9
9	Independents	92.1
10	Mid-American	90.4
11	Conference USA	86.1

Excellent TV Schedule For A 14-Hour Marathon

After a week with a minimum of outstanding TV games, you will have a feast of great games this coming weekend. It will be possible to sit on your sofa in your man cave from Noon Eastern Time until 2 AM Sunday and be presented with excellent football game choices. This is a weekend where you might want to have multiple monitors at the ready. Here are our starred games on the tube.

All Times Eastern Daylight

Friday Night

Maryland vs. Iowa

The Terrapins haven’t been 5-0 since 2001, when they won the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship and lost to Florida in the Orange Bowl. Maryland Stadium should be jam-packed as Coach Mike Locksley leads his charges onto the field to face the presumptive Big Ten West favorites in this battle of unbeaten teams. It’s still early, but a Hawkeye win to make Iowa 5-0 could put them on pace to run the table to the Big Ten Championship Game.

TV Info: 8 PM on FS1

Saturday Games

Georgia vs. Arkansas

Georgia’s quick 35-0 first quarter lead over Vanderbilt was achieved almost effortlessly, and Coach Kirby Smart took his starters out after the first quarter. It was like a walk-through practice for their regulars.

Arkansas played a tough 60-minute game against old Southwest Conference rival Texas A&M, knocking off the Aggies in a mild upset to start the season 4-0 for the first time since 2003. If you’re wondering when the last time Arkansas was 5-0, it was 1998. A week from today, that should still be true, but this should be an interesting game to watch to start the day. Beating Vanderbilt 62-0 this year is almost inevitable. Beating Arkansas by three touchdowns or more would justify moving the Bulldogs to number one in the nation. Of course, we did that this week.

TV Info: 12 Noon on ESPN

Wisconsin vs. Michigan

This is a fact-finding tour game for both teams. Can Wisconsin play a game without making multiple mental mistakes, or is this ingrained in their 2021 DNA? The Badgers could possibly be undefeated today if not for those crucial game-crushing mistakes. Was that Graham or Ethel Mertz throwing those touchdown passes to Notre Dame defenders at Soldier Field?

What are we to make of Michigan’s lack of offensive production against Rutgers? The Wolverines were leading the FBS in rushing yardage before the Scarlet Knights shut it down. The Maize and Blue need to control this game and win convincingly if they are really contenders for the Big Ten East title this year.

TV Info: 12 Noon on Fox

Missouri vs. Tennessee

Call this game a bowl qualifier. The winner has a strong path to bowl eligibility, while the loser will need to pull off at least one if not two upsets to get to 6-6. What makes this a much-watch game is that this is the middle of the SEC, and these teams have just enough talent to pull off an upset down the road against a potential Playoff-contender.

TV Info: 12 Noon on SEC Network

TCU vs. Texas

Some of the shine came off this game when TCU fell to Metroplex rival SMU. However, both teams are still undefeated in the Big 12, and the winner becomes the top contender to Oklahoma, who all of a sudden looks quite vulnerable. This should be your typical Southwestern Shootout with up to 90 total points scored, and if Texas wins handily like they did against Texas Tech, the Sooners better take notice before they head to the State Fair the week after.

TV Info: 12 Noon on ABC

Notre Dame vs. Cincinnati

Clemson has played itself out of the Playoff race with two losses. Ohio State will follow the Tigers if they lose another game. Texas A&M and Iowa State couldn’t live up to their preseason hype. If the Playoff Committee has to choose four teams today, Alabama, Georgia, and Oklahoma would be three of the choices, but choice number four would be wide open between Penn State, Oregon, Notre Dame, Cincinnati, and Florida. The winner of this game in South Bend is going to be in great shape to run the table. Notre Dame’s remaining schedule looks soft. Cinti has one tough game at home against SMU and a possible rematch in the AAC Championship Game. We pronounce this one to be the top game of the day. Clear your schedule. This game should be close and may not be decided until the closing minutes.

TV Info: 2:30 PM on NBC

Alabama vs. Ole Miss

For the rest of the nation not reading this feature, this will be their game of the week. The top two Heisman Trophy Award contenders will face off in Tuscaloosa. Tide quarterback Bryce Young is being called the best game manager in college football. You want to know another former Alabama quarterback that was an excellent game manager? Bart Starr merely led the Green Bay Packers to five NFL Championships.

Matt Corral is the exciting, dual threat superstar that has given Alabama all of its defeats in the last decade. Ole Miss could score 40 or more points in this game and still lose by double digits. It should be an interesting game, but the Tide has a bit more talent, and Nick Saban owns part of Lane Kiffin’s subconscious.

TV Info: 3:30 PM on CBS

Kansas St. vs. Oklahoma

Oklahoma doesn’t look anything like a Playoff contender, as they were lucky to survive at home against a fair but not great West Virginia team. Kansas State laid an egg against an Oklahoma State team that has not been the most dominant 4-0 team.

The loser of this game will most likely lose at least one other conference game, and that will eliminate that team from Playoff contention. Kansas State lost to Arkansas State the week before going to Norman last year and handing the Sooners a loss. The Wildcats have the talent to repeat the upset, especially if the OU offense doesn’t get a tune-up this week in practice.

TV Info: 3:30 PM on Fox

Stanford vs. Oregon

The Ducks earned a lot of Playoff Committee bonus points by winning at Ohio State, but their other games have not been totally impressive. The Pac-12 has so much parity that the also-ran teams have better chances to upset the contenders than in any other Power 5 league. Stanford hasn’t defeated a quality team this year, as USC has now proven to be mediocre at best. The Ducks have had difficulty winning in Palo Alto through the years, and a loss here would kill their chances of making the Playoffs, especially with road games against Washington, UCLA, and Utah still to be played.

TV Info: 3:30 PM on ABC

Rutgers vs. Ohio St.

As John McEnroe might say, “you cannot be serious!” Rutgers playing Ohio State is a key TV game? The Buckeyes might be walking into a garden ambush at SHI Stadium in Piscataway. Rutgers had a chance to win in Ann Arbor, and they stopped a btter running game than Ohio State has this year. Can they also stop a top passing game? It should be interesting and worth watching.

TV Info: 3:30 PM on Big Ten Network

Kentucky vs. Florida

Who will play top contender for the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC East? Kentucky has been improving year by year on the defensive side but has been lacking offensively due to problems passing the ball. Coach Mark Stoops brought Liam Coen to Lexington after running the Los Angeles Rams’ offense. The Wildcats still have a top notch defense, but the passing game is struggling a bit.

In the second half of their game against Alabama, Florida looked like the superior team. A lousy first half did the Gators in. Not having Anthony Richardson to play these last two games have played a little toll on the Gator offense. If Richardson is full strength, Florida should be able to top Kentucky in Lexington. Florida must keep winning every week to make the Georgia game essential. The Gators are still very much in the Playoff race.

TV Info: 6 PM on ESPN

Oklahoma St. vs. Baylor

Who would have predicted that these teams would both be 4-0 when they faced off? Both teams have to be considered Big 12 Championship Game contenders, but the Cowboys are probably a legitimate contender, where the Bears must still prove they are for real. A win here adds to the proof given when they beat Iowa State.

TV Info: 7 PM on ESPN2

Clemson vs. Boston College

It’s obvious by now that Clemson’s offense has suffered too many losses from last year’s team, as many defenses have successfully held that tiger. Boston College survived a 56-yard field goal to pick up a rare ACC win over an SEC team. At 4-0, the Eagles are one of two remaining undefeated teams left in the league (Wake Forest). If BC can win this game and look like it was not a fluke, then at least, the league can pretend to still have a playoff contender.

TV Info: 7:30 PM on ACC Network

Oregon State vs. Washington

Oregon State played one bad quarter against Purdue in the season opener, and that’s why the Beavers are not 4-0 and threatening to make the Pac-12 North a two-team race. Washington lost to Montana in week one and then fell to Michigan in week two. The Huskies still might win the North Division title, but they have no chance to make the Playoffs.

The winner of this game will be tied for first at the minimum and in sole possession of first if Stanford beats Oregon. OSU looked like a serious contender in their pasting of USC in the Coliseum. The last time the Beavers had won at the Coliseum was 1960, when Tommy Prothro was coaching the team, and future Heisman Trophy quarterback Terry Baker was leading it. If Tristan Gebbia can stay healthy, Oregon State just might be the team that Oregon has to worry about.

TV Info: 9 PM on Pac-12 Network

UCLA vs. Arizona St.

This is a battle for first place in the Pac-12 South, but neither team is in contention for a Playoff bid. ASU lost to BYU, while the Bruins lost to Fresno State. At 12-1, neither team would get in against a third place SEC school that is 11-1.

The PiRates begin updating the ratings during the second half of the late Pac-12 game, so we always have the audio up on these games while working through the wee hours of the morning. These games are always exciting and keep us alert. You get your money’s worth with Pac-12 games, even if it no longer really is the “conference of champions.”

TV Info: 10:30 PM on FS1

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September 7, 2021

PiRate Ratings College Football, September 7, 2021

Filed under: College Football — Tags: Alabama, Cincinnati, Computer Ratings, Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio St., Oklahoma, Texas, USC — piratings @ 8:20 am

This Week’s Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Coastal Carolina	Kansas	25.3	25.0	31.4
Boise St.	UTEP	28.6	26.8	30.8
Virginia	Illinois	10.3	11.9	9.3
Army	Western Kentucky	23.5	21.5	22.8
Ohio St.	Oregon	14.4	13.3	13.6
Massachusetts	Boston College	-31.1	-32.5	-36.3
South Florida	Florida	-25.7	-29.3	-27.2
Tennessee	Pittsburgh	5.3	3.5	5.3
East Carolina	South Carolina	-5.7	-6.8	-4.2
Florida Atlantic	Georgia Southern	-0.1	1.6	1.7
Minnesota	Miami (O)	8.6	12.8	15.3
Oklahoma St.	Tulsa	16.0	15.6	15.4
Northern Illinois	Wyoming	-2.8	-5.7	-7.4
Syracuse	Rutgers	0.0	-2.6	-1.7
Virginia Tech	Middle Tennessee	25.6	24.8	23.0
New Mexico	New Mexico St.	18.4	18.1	20.2
Notre Dame	Toledo	13.9	16.3	17.7
Connecticut	Purdue	-29.1	-27.4	-33.2
Navy	Air Force	-5.8	-6.5	-6.8
Penn St.	Ball St.	19.1	20.4	25.0
Akron	Temple	6.1	2.2	1.4
Georgia	UAB	31.3	31.4	33.6
TCU	California	24.6	18.6	21.4
Nebraska	Buffalo	6.2	7.8	7.1
Iowa St.	Iowa	8.1	6.9	6.0
Colorado (d)	Texas A&M	-9.7	-11.5	-12.2
Bowling Green	South Alabama	-18.6	-18.5	-20.5
Rice	Houston	-10.5	-8.8	-10.3
Miami (Fla.)	Appalachian St.	16.8	16.1	15.2
Florida Int’l.	Texas St.	-7.9	-4.5	-3.8
Mississippi St.	North Carolina St.	1.0	1.8	0.6
Wisconsin	Eastern Michigan	24.1	25.9	29.3
SMU	North Texas	13.9	15.4	15.6
Troy	Liberty	-7.7	-8.7	-9.4
Arkansas St.	Memphis	-0.4	0.4	-3.3
Arkansas	Texas	-5.2	-3.3	-6.0
Kentucky	Missouri	3.9	5.2	3.9
North Carolina	Georgia St.	24.4	25.3	28.4
Michigan	Washington	2.3	1.7	1.5
Colorado St.	Vanderbilt	1.5	2.6	3.4
Arizona	San Diego St.	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0
BYU	Utah	-0.8	-2.1	-0.1
Arizona St.	UNLV	28.9	31.5	31.3
USC	Stanford	20.9	19.6	23.3
Oregon St.	Hawaii	15.2	15.8	15.7
(d) CU-A&M game	played in Denver

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

Rank	Team	Rating
1	Alabama	132.7
2	Georgia	125.8
3	Oklahoma	125.4
4	Iowa St.	122.1
5	Ohio St.	121.9
6	Clemson	121.6
7	U S C	119.8
8	Cincinnati	119.2
9	Texas A&M	118.3
10	Auburn	117.8
11	Florida	117.1
12	Texas	117.0
13	Iowa	116.6
14	North Carolina	116.3
15	T C U	116.0
16	Miami (Fla.)	114.9
17	Penn St.	114.9
18	Wisconsin	114.6
19	Ole Miss	113.8
20	U C L A	113.0
21	Arizona St.	112.1
22	Indiana	112.1
23	Utah	111.9
24	L S U	111.6
25	West Virginia	111.4
26	Oklahoma St.	111.3
27	Oregon	111.1
28	Notre Dame	109.9
29	Arkansas	109.2
30	NC State	109.1
31	Coastal Carolina	108.9
32	BYU	108.9
33	Maryland	108.4
34	Louisiana	108.1
35	Washington	108.1
36	Kentucky	107.8
37	Wake Forest	107.3
38	Mississippi St.	107.3
39	Virginia Tech	107.2
40	Michigan	106.9
41	Minnesota	106.6
42	Liberty	106.5
43	Missouri	106.5
44	Boston College	106.4
45	Michigan St.	106.0
46	Oregon St.	106.0
47	Kansas St.	105.8
48	Colorado	105.7
49	Purdue	104.6
50	Baylor	104.1
51	Texas Tech	104.0
52	Army	103.8
53	Florida St.	103.8
54	Tennessee	103.7
55	Virginia	103.7
56	Boise St.	103.5
57	UCF	103.5
58	Nebraska	103.5
59	Northwestern	102.8
60	Tulane	102.2
61	South Carolina	102.0
62	Pittsburgh	102.0
63	Appalachian St.	101.9
64	Louisville	101.6
65	Stanford	101.5
66	San Jose St.	100.4
67	Nevada	100.1
68	Central Michigan	99.7
69	Rutgers	99.6
70	Washington St.	99.6
71	Buffalo	99.5
72	San Diego St.	98.9
73	Houston	98.6
74	Fresno St.	98.1
75	California	97.4
76	Miami (Ohio)	97.4
77	Wyoming	97.3
78	Tulsa	97.1
79	Toledo	97.0
80	Marshall	96.7
81	U A B	96.7
82	Georgia Tech	96.6
83	SMU	96.5
84	Ball St.	96.4
85	Illinois	96.2
86	U T S A	95.9
87	Air Force	95.7
88	Syracuse	95.7
89	Troy	95.4
90	Arizona	94.9
91	East Carolina	94.4
92	Memphis	93.5
93	Hawaii	93.4
94	Georgia St.	93.2
95	South Alabama	92.8
96	Kent St.	91.5
97	Eastern Michigan	91.2
98	Ohio	90.8
99	Arkansas St.	90.4
100	Georgia Southern	90.2
101	Northern Illinois	89.0
102	Western Michigan	89.0
103	Louisiana Tech	89.0
104	Utah St.	89.0
105	Florida Atlantic	88.8
106	Duke	88.3
107	Texas St.	88.2
108	Rice	87.7
109	USF	87.7
110	Vanderbilt	86.6
111	Navy	86.3
112	Colorado St.	86.2
113	Middle Tennessee	85.7
114	New Mexico	85.5
115	Kansas	84.7
116	U N L V	84.6
117	Western Kentucky	84.2
118	North Texas	83.0
119	Southern Miss.	82.8
120	Charlotte	80.7
121	Florida Int’l.	80.3
122	Akron	78.5
123	U T E P	77.8
124	Temple	77.3
125	UL-Monroe	75.6
126	Connecticut	72.7
127	Old Dominion	71.8
128	UMass	71.6
129	Bowling Green	71.1
130	New Mexico St.	68.6

PiRate Ratings By Conference

American Athletic Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Cincinnati	119.0	118.0	120.6	119.2
UCF	103.1	102.0	105.4	103.5
Tulane	102.0	100.7	103.8	102.2
Houston	99.1	97.5	99.2	98.6
Tulsa	97.2	97.3	96.7	97.1
SMU	95.8	96.9	96.9	96.5
East Carolina	94.5	93.4	95.3	94.4
Memphis	92.7	93.1	94.6	93.5
USF	88.3	87.0	87.7	87.7
Navy	86.8	86.0	86.3	86.3
Temple	76.4	78.1	77.4	77.3

AAC Averages	95.9	95.5	96.7	96.0

Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Clemson	120.5	120.9	123.2	121.6
NC State	109.5	108.8	109.1	109.1
Wake Forest	107.7	106.5	107.8	107.3
Boston College	105.9	106.5	106.9	106.4
Florida St.	103.5	103.9	103.9	103.8
Louisville	101.3	100.9	102.5	101.6
Syracuse	96.2	95.9	95.1	95.7

Coastal Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
North Carolina	115.2	115.3	118.3	116.3
Miami (Fla.)	115.2	114.0	115.6	114.9
Virginia Tech	108.1	106.8	106.8	107.2
Virginia	103.1	105.1	102.8	103.7
Pittsburgh	101.6	102.7	101.8	102.0
Georgia Tech	96.7	96.7	96.5	96.6
Duke	88.3	89.6	87.1	88.3

ACC Averages	105.2	105.3	105.5	105.3

Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Oklahoma	126.6	124.0	125.5	125.4
Iowa St.	122.6	120.8	122.9	122.1
Texas	118.0	115.9	117.2	117.0
T C U	116.6	115.1	116.3	116.0
West Virginia	113.0	111.1	110.1	111.4
Oklahoma St.	111.7	111.4	110.7	111.3
Kansas St.	106.2	106.2	105.1	105.8
Baylor	104.7	104.3	103.3	104.1
Texas Tech	104.0	104.8	103.2	104.0
Kansas	87.4	84.9	81.8	84.7

Big 12 Averages	111.1	109.8	109.6	110.2

Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Ohio St.	121.1	121.3	123.2	121.9
Penn St.	113.5	114.6	116.5	114.9
Indiana	111.7	111.6	113.0	112.1
Maryland	109.8	108.1	107.1	108.4
Michigan	106.2	107.1	107.3	106.9
Michigan St.	106.4	106.0	105.7	106.0
Rutgers	98.6	100.9	99.3	99.6

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Iowa	116.0	115.5	118.4	116.6
Wisconsin	113.9	113.9	115.9	114.6
Minnesota	105.1	106.6	108.1	106.6
Purdue	104.4	103.8	105.6	104.6
Nebraska	103.2	103.7	103.5	103.5
Northwestern	102.9	102.8	102.6	102.8
Illinois	95.8	96.2	96.6	96.2

Big Ten Averages	107.8	108.0	108.8	108.2

Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Marshall	96.7	96.7	96.9	96.7
Florida Atlantic	87.7	89.7	89.0	88.8
Middle Tennessee	85.4	85.1	86.7	85.7
Western Kentucky	83.2	85.1	84.3	84.2
Charlotte	79.9	80.9	81.3	80.7
Florida Int’l.	79.2	80.2	81.4	80.3
Old Dominion	71.5	72.1	71.7	71.8

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
U A B	96.9	96.7	96.4	96.7
U T S A	95.8	96.4	95.5	95.9
Louisiana Tech	89.3	89.9	87.9	89.0
Rice	87.6	87.7	87.9	87.7
North Texas	83.4	83.0	82.7	83.0
Southern Miss.	82.0	83.6	82.8	82.8
U T E P	78.0	79.0	76.2	77.8

CUSA Averages	85.5	86.1	85.8	85.8

FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Notre Dame	108.7	110.3	110.8	109.9
BYU	109.0	108.0	109.7	108.9
Liberty	105.3	106.6	107.5	106.5
Army	103.7	103.6	104.1	103.8
Connecticut	73.3	74.5	70.4	72.7
UMass	73.3	72.5	69.1	71.6
New Mexico St.	69.2	69.9	66.8	68.6

Indep. Averages	91.8	92.2	91.2	91.7

Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Buffalo	100.0	99.0	99.4	99.5
Miami (Ohio)	99.5	96.8	95.8	97.4
Kent St.	91.1	93.0	90.5	91.5
Ohio	89.7	91.6	91.0	90.8
Akron	80.5	78.3	76.9	78.5
Bowling Green	71.8	72.1	69.3	71.1

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Central Michigan	100.4	99.1	99.5	99.7
Toledo	97.8	97.0	96.1	97.0
Ball St.	97.4	97.3	94.5	96.4
Eastern Michigan	92.9	91.0	89.6	91.2
Northern Illinois	90.6	88.6	87.9	89.0
Western Michigan	89.3	89.6	88.1	89.0

MAC Averages	91.7	91.1	89.9	90.9

Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Boise St.	103.6	102.8	104.0	103.5
Wyoming	96.5	97.2	98.3	97.3
Air Force	95.6	95.5	96.1	95.7
Utah St.	88.7	89.8	88.5	89.0
Colorado St.	86.0	86.0	86.5	86.2
New Mexico	85.6	86.0	85.0	85.5

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
San Jose St.	100.9	101.0	99.4	100.4
Nevada	99.4	101.0	99.8	100.1
San Diego St.	99.4	98.7	98.6	98.9
Fresno St.	96.4	98.5	99.4	98.1
Hawaii	93.7	93.0	93.4	93.4
U N L V	85.5	84.0	84.3	84.6

MWC Averages	94.3	94.5	94.4	94.4

Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Oregon	109.8	111.1	112.6	111.1
Washington	106.9	108.4	108.9	108.1
Oregon St.	105.9	105.8	106.2	106.0
Stanford	101.3	102.4	100.8	101.5
Washington St.	99.5	100.3	99.1	99.6
California	95.0	99.5	97.9	97.4

South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
U S C	119.2	119.0	121.0	119.8
U C L A	112.7	112.9	113.3	113.0
Arizona St.	111.4	112.5	112.6	112.1
Utah	111.8	112.1	111.8	111.9
Colorado	106.4	105.8	104.9	105.7
Arizona	95.4	94.7	94.6	94.9

Pac-12 Averages	106.3	107.0	107.0	106.8

Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Georgia	125.2	125.1	127.1	125.8
Florida	116.0	118.3	116.9	117.1
Kentucky	107.2	109.1	107.1	107.8
Missouri	106.3	106.9	106.2	106.5
Tennessee	103.9	103.1	104.1	103.7
South Carolina	102.3	102.2	101.6	102.0
Vanderbilt	87.4	86.4	86.1	86.6

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Alabama	132.8	131.4	133.9	132.7
Texas A&M	117.6	118.7	118.6	118.3
Auburn	118.2	117.0	118.3	117.8
Ole Miss	113.7	113.8	113.9	113.8
L S U	110.7	111.9	112.2	111.6
Arkansas	109.8	109.6	108.2	109.2
Mississippi St.	107.5	107.6	106.7	107.3

SEC Averages	111.3	111.5	111.5	111.5

Sunbelt Conference
East Division	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Coastal Carolina	109.7	106.9	110.1	108.9
Appalachian St.	101.3	100.9	103.4	101.9
Troy	95.1	95.4	95.7	95.4
Georgia St.	93.8	92.9	92.9	93.2
Georgia Southern	90.3	90.7	89.8	90.2

West Division	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Louisiana	108.8	106.5	109.1	108.1
South Alabama	92.9	93.1	92.3	92.8
Arkansas St.	90.3	91.5	89.3	90.4
Texas St.	89.6	87.2	87.7	88.2
UL-Monroe	76.2	76.5	73.9	75.6

Sun Averages	94.8	94.2	94.4	94.5

Rating of Conferences

Rank	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	111.5
2	Big 12	110.2
3	Big Ten	108.2
4	Pac-12	106.8
5	Atlantic Coast	105.3
6	American Athletic	96.0
7	Sun Belt	94.5
8	Mountain West	94.4
9	Independents	91.7
10	Mid-American	90.9
11	Conference USA	85.8

What To Make Of Week 1

Alabama Football 2021 = UCLA Basketball 1967-1973

College basketball between 1967 and 1973 was all about one team against the rest. UCLA so dominated basketball in those years that their games were seldom entertaining to non-Bruins fans. They won games by scores such as 115-65, 114-56, and 82-43. They beat other top 10 teams by scores like 79-53, 73-57, and 96-77. In the rare occasion that they played the #1 team, when they were not ranked #1, they merely won 101-69 after leading by 44 points before putting in the scrubs.

Alabama football has reached that same point. Games are no longer entertaining unless you are a Crimson Tide fan. Coach Nick Saban has reached the same level as John Wooden. Last year, Alabama played a 10-game all SEC schedule plus two playoff games. Six of the 13 opponents were ranked, and ‘Bama won these six gamed by an average of three touchdowns per game. The Tide suffered heavy losses to the NFL Draft, including the Heisman Trophy winner and a 1st round picked quarterback. For any other program, 2021 would be a large rebuilding season. For Alabama, they simply plug in the next 1st round draft pick at QB, who after one career start is now the front-runner for this year’s Heisman Trophy. It’s just like Sidney Wicks replacing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the best player in the nation in 1969-70, and Bill Walton replacing Wicks in 1971-72.

Revenge Of The FCS

Six FCS teams beat FBS teams in Week One of the college football season. While South Dakota State beating Colorado State may not have been all that surprising, since SDSU is the Alabama of FCS, but when Washington lost at home to Montana, that shook the Power 5 Pac-12 to its foundation.

There are two reasons why these FCS teams were more competitive than normal. First, these FCS teams played football in the Spring. Most of these teams looked like they were in mid-season form, playing more like a Power 5 team in a postseason bowl. Also, with the free extra year given to all players by the NCAA, age tends to lead to parity. An outstanding 5-star 18-year old is light years better than a 3-star 18-year old. A 23-year old college football player most likely is a 3-star holdover, and he is little better than a 23-year old 2-star player at an FCS school.

An excellent case in point is the East Tennessee State slaughter over Vanderbilt. Everything possible was in place to forecast this 20-point blowout win over the SEC host. The Buccaneers played in the Spring and enjoyed an incredible year on the defensive side of the ball. Most of their two-deep returned. Meanwhile, Vanderbilt brought in a new coaching staff after the Commodores went 0-9 and had to use a female soccer player as their placekicker in their final two games. Numerous players left the team via the Transfer Portal, and the incoming coach made it known that he preferred not to sign players from that portal. The Commodores are a very youthful team lacking any real star players, while ETSU had one player in his late 20’s playing Saturday night. Thus, not only was the game an upset that finished 41 points different from the spread, it was obvious that ETSU dominated the Commodores. In some respect, men beat boys.

With all FBS teams now having a game under their belts, expect some of this FCS advantage to disappear each week until it is gone.

Must Watch Games This Week

12 Noon Eastern

Oregon visits the giant horseshoe to face Ohio State on Fox. The Ducks underperformed in a win over Fresno State, but it was obvious that they didn’t show the nation all their weapons. The Pac-12 suffered numerous black eyes, with the rest of the North Division losing their first games.

3:30 PM Eastern

Saturday is the 20th anniversary of the tragic bombings in New York and Washington, D.C. It is no coincidence that Air Force and Navy will play on CBS rather than their regular SEC game.

On ABC, Iowa visits Iowa State for the Cy-Hawk Trophy. The Cyclones were not impressive in their opener against Northern Iowa, but last year, Iowa State lost to Louisiana-Lafayette by 17 in their first game and then beat Oklahoma two weeks later. Iowa looked like the class of the Big Ten West when they trounced Indiana.

7:00 PM Eastern

Perhaps the game of the day comes from Fayetteville, Arkansas, where the Razorbacks will host long-time arch-rival Texas in a game that will soon become a regular affair once Texas joins the SEC (maybe in 2022). Neither team is the dominant top 10 team like they were many times in the 1960’s and 1970’s, but this should be an incredibly, hard-fought game between two 1-0 teams. Catch this game on ESPN.

Mississippi State hosts North Carolina State, and the ACC is suffering more than the Pac-12 after one week. The Wolfpack were one of two bright spots for the ACC, while the Bulldogs had to win on the final play over Louisiana Tech. This should be a close game, and the teams will fight tooth and nail to get to 2-0. This one is on ESPN2.

7:30 PM Eastern

Missouri visits Kentucky in a battle to determine which SEC East team will become the potential top challenger to Georgia, assuming Florida does not retain this position. Missouri had a pedestrian performance in a win over Central Michigan in week one. On the other hand, Kentucky unveiled a new offense led by former Rams’ assistant Laim Coen. Coen’s offense made Penn State transfer Will Levis look like Jared Goff of 2018. Can the Cats put up flashy numbers against an SEC opponent? Tune into this one on The SEC Network.

10:15 PM Eastern

The late games this week could be duds except for the Utah at BYU game in Provo. Aside from it being a rivalry game, both schools looked strong in week one wins. Catch this rivalry game on ESPN.

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August 29, 2021

PiRate Ratings College Football For September 1-6, 2021

Filed under: College Football — Tags: Alabama, Clemson, Computer Ratings, Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame, Ohio St., Oklahoma, Texas, UCLA — piratings @ 6:26 am

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Rutgers	Temple	15.6	15.9	14.6
Central Florida	Boise St.	2.1	1.4	3.9
Appalachian St. (n)	East Carolina	5.2	5.7	6.2
North Carolina St.	South Florida	18.5	19.1	18.3
Tennessee	Bowling Green	35.0	33.5	38.3
Minnesota	Ohio St.	-13.5	-12.2	-12.6
Virginia Tech	North Carolina	-5.5	-7.2	-10.8
Wake Forest	Old Dominion	38.6	36.6	38.9
Charlotte	Duke	-9.9	-10.5	-7.3
Northwestern	Michigan St.	4.3	4.8	5.3
Michigan	Western Michigan	15.0	15.5	17.2
Georgia St.	Army	-0.1	-0.6	-0.9
Kansas St. (n)	Stanford	2.6	1.1	1.5
Kentucky	Louisiana-Monroe	33.3	35.3	35.9
~~Tulane~~	~~Oklahoma~~	~~-28.5~~	~~-27.2~~	~~-25.6~~
Wisconsin	Penn St.	6.5	5.4	5.7
Arkansas	Rice	26.1	25.8	24.2
Oregon	Fresno St.	16.8	16.2	17.2
Maryland	West Virginia	-3.5	-3.5	-3.8
Iowa	Indiana	0.4	-0.4	1.1
Cincinnati	Miami (O)	16.4	18.1	21.9
Navy	Marshall	-0.1	-0.9	-0.8
Miami (Fla.) (n)	Alabama	-13.3	-12.7	-13.7
Pittsburgh	Massachusetts	28.0	29.8	32.6
Missouri	Central Michigan	8.8	10.8	9.7
Mississippi St.	Louisiana Tech	25.8	25.5	27.0
Texas	Louisiana	9.9	9.9	8.2
USC	San Jose St.	18.0	17.3	22.0
Purdue	Oregon St.	1.4	0.7	1.8
Houston	Texas Tech	1.1	-1.3	2.8
Texas St.	Baylor	-13.4	-16.1	-14.6
Ohio U	Syracuse	0.6	3.3	3.9
Auburn	Akron	37.6	38.6	41.5
Illinois	UTSA	7.1	7.2	8.8
Florida	Florida Atlantic	32.4	32.7	32.3
Georgia Tech	Northern Illinois	11.7	14.3	15.2
Clemson (n)	Georgia	-2.3	-1.4	-0.8
South Alabama	Southern Miss.	10.8	8.8	8.6
Texas A&M	Kent St.	28.7	27.4	30.7
UCLA	LSU	4.9	3.5	3.4
Arizona	BYU	-11.0	-10.7	-13.3
California	Nevada	0.3	3.8	3.5
San Diego St.	New Mexico St.	33.1	31.7	35.4
Washington St.	Utah St.	18.7	18.6	18.9
Florida St.	Notre Dame	-2.4	-4.1	-4.7
Ole Miss (n)	Louisville	11.6	11.9	10.0

Note:. Oklahoma vs. Tulane has been moved to Norman, OK.

Home

Oklahoma

Visitor

Tulane

PiRate

33.5

Mean

32.2

Bias

30.6

FBS vs. FCS Games

FBS	FCS	PiRate
UAB (n)	Jacksonville St.	18.3
Utah	Weber St.	30.6
UNLV	Eastern Washington	6.7
New Mexico	Houston Baptist	20.0
Florida Int’l.	Long Island	22.4
Ball St.	Western Illinois	26.7
Buffalo	Wagner	37.7
Coastal Carolina	The Citadel	30.6
Tulsa	UC-Davis	26.3
Western Kentucky	UT-Martin	17.7
Arizona St.	Southern Utah	37.7
Eastern Michigan	St. Francis (PA)	29.3
Kansas	South Dakota	14.6
Colorado	Northern Colorado	31.0
Colorado St.	South Dakota St.	7.6
Wyoming	Montana St.	21.4
Hawaii	Portland St.	21.8
Air Force	Lafayette	35.0
Boston College	Colgate	37.6
Connecticut	Holy Cross	7.3
Nebraska	Fordham	25.5
Iowa St.	Northern Iowa	36.7
Liberty	Campbell	26.7
Georgia Southern	Gardner-Webb	28.8
South Carolina	Eastern Illinois	30.4
Middle Tennessee	Monmouth	8.6
Oklahoma St.	Missouri St.	35.0
Memphis	Nicholls	21.6
SMU	Abilene Christian	28.5
Toledo	Norfolk St.	33.4
Arkansas St.	Central Arkansas	15.6
Troy	Southern	25.7
North Texas	Northwestern St.	11.1
Virginia	William & Mary	31.9
Vanderbilt	East Tennessee St.	20.3
TCU	Duquesne	43.9
Washington	Montana	28.8
UTEP	Bethune-Cookman	11.7

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

Rank	Team	Rating
1	Alabama	130.2
2	Oklahoma	128.1
3	Georgia	125.2
4	Iowa St.	124.8
5	Clemson	122.2
6	Ohio St.	121.9
7	U S C	119.4
8	Florida	118.2
9	Texas A&M	118.1
10	North Carolina	117.7
11	Miami (Fla.)	116.9
12	Cincinnati	116.5
13	Auburn	116.1
14	T C U	116.0
15	Wisconsin	115.9
16	Texas	115.6
17	Indiana	115.5
18	Ole Miss	113.3
19	Arizona St.	113.1
20	Oklahoma St.	113.1
21	Penn St.	113.1
22	Iowa	112.8
23	Oregon	112.5
24	West Virginia	112.3
25	L S U	112.1
26	Washington	112.1
27	U C L A	112.0
28	Utah	111.9
29	Notre Dame	110.2
30	Mississippi St.	110.1
31	Arkansas	109.5
32	BYU	109.2
33	Louisiana	109.2
34	Coastal Carolina	108.4
35	Wake Forest	107.7
36	Kentucky	107.4
37	Maryland	107.2
38	Oregon St.	106.9
39	Missouri	106.4
40	Minnesota	106.1
41	NC State	106.1
42	Northwestern	105.8
43	Colorado	105.7
44	Liberty	105.5
45	Virginia Tech	105.3
46	Boston College	105.2
47	Michigan	104.9
48	Baylor	104.5
49	Kansas St.	104.4
50	Tennessee	104.0
51	Boise St.	103.9
52	Purdue	103.7
53	Florida St.	103.5
54	Michigan St.	103.0
55	Stanford	103.0
56	UCF	102.8
57	Virginia	102.7
58	Washington St.	102.5
59	Louisville	102.1
60	Nebraska	102.0
61	Texas Tech	101.9
62	Appalachian St.	101.0
63	South Carolina	100.8
64	San Jose St.	100.8
65	Houston	100.7
66	Pittsburgh	100.2
67	San Diego St.	100.2
68	Tulsa	100.1
69	Army	100.0
70	Miami (Ohio)	99.7
71	Central Michigan	99.7
72	Tulane	99.0
73	Nevada	98.8
74	Wyoming	98.5
75	California	98.4
76	Georgia Tech	98.2
77	Buffalo	98.0
78	Illinois	97.6
79	Ball St.	97.4
80	Fresno St.	96.7
81	Toledo	96.7
82	Air Force	96.5
83	Georgia St.	96.5
84	East Carolina	95.3
85	U A B	95.2
86	SMU	95.0
87	Rutgers	95.0
88	Arizona	94.6
89	U T S A	93.9
90	Hawaii	93.6
91	Ohio	93.5
92	Marshall	93.4
93	Troy	93.4
94	Memphis	93.2
95	Syracuse	92.9
96	Kent St.	91.7
97	Georgia Southern	91.6
98	Eastern Michigan	91.4
99	South Alabama	91.2
100	Western Michigan	91.0
101	USF	90.4
102	Navy	90.3
103	Vanderbilt	90.1
104	Arkansas St.	89.9
105	Duke	89.8
106	Colorado St.	89.0
107	Texas St.	87.8
108	Florida Atlantic	87.7
109	Northern Illinois	87.5
110	Rice	87.1
111	Louisiana Tech	86.5
112	Utah St.	85.8
113	New Mexico	85.7
114	Kansas	85.4
115	U N L V	84.9
116	Southern Miss.	84.4
117	Middle Tennessee	83.7
118	Western Kentucky	82.7
119	North Texas	81.7
120	Temple	81.6
121	Akron	79.8
122	Charlotte	79.5
123	Florida Int’l.	79.0
124	U T E P	77.9
125	UL-Monroe	75.6
126	Connecticut	74.3
127	UMass	73.1
128	Old Dominion	71.4
129	Bowling Green	70.8
130	New Mexico St.	67.8

PiRate Ratings By Conference

American Athletic Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Cincinnati	116.3	115.3	118.0	116.5
UCF	102.5	101.2	104.8	102.8
Houston	101.1	99.5	101.6	100.7
Tulsa	100.2	100.3	99.7	100.1
Tulane	98.8	97.5	100.6	99.0
East Carolina	95.3	94.3	96.2	95.3
SMU	94.3	95.4	95.4	95.0
Memphis	92.4	92.8	94.3	93.2
USF	91.0	89.7	90.6	90.4
Navy	90.8	90.0	90.3	90.3
Temple	80.6	82.4	81.9	81.6

AAC Averages	96.7	96.2	97.6	96.8

Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Clemson	120.9	121.5	124.0	122.2
Wake Forest	108.0	106.7	108.3	107.7
NC State	106.5	105.8	105.9	106.1
Boston College	104.7	105.3	105.7	105.2
Florida St.	103.4	103.6	103.5	103.5
Louisville	101.7	101.4	103.2	102.1
Syracuse	93.7	93.1	92.1	92.9

Coastal Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
North Carolina	116.4	116.7	119.9	117.7
Miami (Fla.)	117.1	116.1	117.7	116.9
Virginia Tech	106.4	104.9	104.7	105.3
Virginia	102.1	104.1	101.8	102.7
Pittsburgh	99.8	100.9	100.1	100.2
Georgia Tech	98.0	98.3	98.3	98.2
Duke	89.7	91.2	88.5	89.8

ACC Averages	104.9	105.0	105.3	105.0

Big 12 Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Oklahoma	129.3	126.7	128.2	128.1
Iowa St.	125.3	123.5	125.6	124.8
T C U	116.6	115.1	116.3	116.0
Texas	116.7	114.5	115.6	115.6
Oklahoma St.	113.5	113.2	112.5	113.1
West Virginia	113.8	112.0	111.1	112.3
Baylor	104.9	104.8	103.8	104.5
Kansas St.	104.9	104.7	103.5	104.4
Texas Tech	102.0	102.8	100.8	101.9
Kansas	88.1	85.6	82.5	85.4

Big 12 Averages	111.5	110.3	110.0	110.6

Big Ten Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Ohio St.	121.1	121.3	123.2	121.9
Indiana	114.9	115.0	116.4	115.5
Penn St.	111.7	112.8	114.6	113.1
Maryland	108.7	106.9	105.8	107.2
Michigan	104.3	105.1	105.3	104.9
Michigan St.	103.5	103.0	102.5	103.0
Rutgers	94.1	96.3	94.5	95.0

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Wisconsin	115.2	115.2	117.3	115.9
Iowa	112.3	111.6	114.5	112.8
Minnesota	104.6	106.1	107.6	106.1
Northwestern	105.8	105.8	105.8	105.8
Purdue	103.6	102.9	104.5	103.7
Nebraska	101.7	102.2	102.0	102.0
Illinois	97.1	97.6	98.2	97.6

Big Ten Averages	107.0	107.3	108.0	107.5

Conference USA
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Marshall	93.4	93.4	93.6	93.4
Florida Atlantic	86.7	88.6	87.8	87.7
Middle Tennessee	83.4	83.1	84.7	83.7
Western Kentucky	81.7	83.6	82.8	82.7
Charlotte	78.8	79.6	80.2	79.5
Florida Int’l.	77.9	78.9	80.1	79.0
Old Dominion	71.2	71.9	71.2	71.4

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
U A B	95.4	95.2	94.9	95.2
U T S A	94.0	94.5	93.4	93.9
Rice	87.0	87.1	87.3	87.1
Louisiana Tech	86.9	87.4	85.2	86.5
Southern Miss.	83.3	85.2	84.5	84.4
North Texas	82.1	81.7	81.4	81.7
U T E P	78.1	79.1	76.3	77.9

CUSA Averages	84.3	84.9	84.5	84.6

FBS Independents
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Notre Dame	108.8	110.6	111.2	110.2
BYU	109.2	108.2	110.3	109.2
Liberty	104.3	105.6	106.5	105.5
Army	100.0	99.8	100.2	100.0
Connecticut	74.9	76.1	72.0	74.3
UMass	74.8	74.0	70.5	73.1
New Mexico St.	68.5	69.2	65.7	67.8

Indep. Averages	91.5	91.9	90.9	91.5

Mid-American Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Miami (Ohio)	101.9	99.2	98.1	99.7
Buffalo	98.5	97.5	97.9	98.0
Ohio	92.2	94.4	94.0	93.5
Kent St.	91.3	93.4	90.5	91.7
Akron	81.8	79.6	78.1	79.8
Bowling Green	71.6	72.1	68.8	70.8

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Central Michigan	100.5	99.1	99.5	99.7
Ball St.	98.4	98.3	95.5	97.4
Toledo	97.5	96.7	95.8	96.7
Eastern Michigan	93.1	91.2	89.8	91.4
Western Michigan	91.2	91.6	90.1	91.0
Northern Illinois	89.3	87.0	86.1	87.5

MAC Averages	92.3	91.7	90.4	91.4

Mountain West Conference
Mountain Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Boise St.	103.9	103.3	104.3	103.9
Wyoming	97.7	98.4	99.5	98.5
Air Force	96.4	96.3	96.9	96.5
Colorado St.	88.8	88.8	89.3	89.0
Utah St.	85.6	86.6	85.2	85.8
New Mexico	85.8	86.2	85.2	85.7

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
San Jose St.	101.3	101.6	99.5	100.8
San Diego St.	100.6	99.9	100.2	100.2
Nevada	98.4	99.7	98.4	98.8
Fresno St.	95.2	97.2	97.9	96.7
Hawaii	93.9	93.2	93.6	93.6
U N L V	85.8	84.3	84.6	84.9

MWC Averages	94.4	94.6	94.5	94.5

Pac-12 Conference
North Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Oregon	111.0	112.4	114.1	112.5
Washington	110.9	112.4	112.9	112.1
Oregon St.	106.7	106.7	107.3	106.9
Stanford	102.6	103.9	102.4	103.0
Washington St.	102.3	103.2	102.1	102.5
California	95.7	100.5	99.0	98.4

South Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
U S C	118.8	118.4	120.9	119.4
Arizona St.	112.4	113.5	113.6	113.1
U C L A	111.9	111.9	112.2	112.0
Utah	111.8	112.1	111.8	111.9
Colorado	106.4	105.8	104.9	105.7
Arizona	95.2	94.5	94.0	94.6

Pac-12 Averages	107.1	107.9	107.9	107.7

Southeastern Conference
East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Georgia	124.8	124.5	126.3	125.2
Florida	117.0	119.4	118.1	118.2
Kentucky	106.7	108.8	106.8	107.4
Missouri	106.2	106.9	106.2	106.4
Tennessee	104.1	103.1	104.6	104.0
South Carolina	101.1	101.0	100.4	100.8
Vanderbilt	90.9	89.9	89.6	90.1

West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Alabama	130.4	128.8	131.3	130.2
Texas A&M	117.4	118.3	118.6	118.1
Auburn	116.4	115.2	116.6	116.1
Ole Miss	113.3	113.3	113.2	113.3
L S U	111.0	112.4	112.8	112.1
Mississippi St.	110.2	110.4	109.7	110.1
Arkansas	110.1	109.9	108.5	109.5

SEC Averages	111.4	111.6	111.6	111.5

Sunbelt Conference
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Coastal Carolina	109.2	106.4	109.6	108.4
Appalachian St.	100.5	100.0	102.5	101.0
Georgia St.	97.0	96.2	96.3	96.5
Troy	93.1	93.4	93.7	93.4
Georgia Southern	91.7	92.1	91.2	91.6

Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Louisiana	109.8	107.6	110.4	109.2
South Alabama	91.6	91.5	90.6	91.2
Arkansas St.	89.8	91.0	88.8	89.9
Texas St.	89.4	86.7	87.2	87.8
UL-Monroe	76.4	76.5	73.9	75.6

Sun Averages	94.8	94.1	94.4	94.5

Rating of Conferences

Rank	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	111.5
2	Big 12	110.6
3	Pac-12	107.7
4	Big Ten	107.5
5	Atlantic Coast	105.0
6	American Athletic	96.8
7	Mountain West	94.5
8	Sun Belt	94.5
9	Independents	91.5
10	Mid-American	91.4
11	Conference USA	84.6

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March 19, 2021

PiRate Ratings NCAA Tournament Spreads

Filed under: College Basketball — Tags: Florida St., Gonzaga, iowa, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, UCLA, USC, Virginia — piratings @ 6:27 pm

Saturday, March 20, 2021

Favorite	Underdog	Spread
Gonzaga	Norfolk St.	29.8
Oklahoma	Missouri	0.9
Creighton	UCSB	6.6
Virginia	Ohio	6.1
USC	Drake	5.1
Kansas	Eastern Washington	9.6
Oregon	VCU	0.7
Iowa	Grand Canyon	15.6
Michigan	Texas Southern	24.9
LSU	St. Bonaventure	0.2
Colorado	Georgetown	4.6
Florida St.	UNCG	10.0
BYU	UCLA	3.9
Texas	Abilene Christian	7.2
Connecticut	Maryland	2.2
Alabama	Iona	19.2

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March 12, 2021

PiRate Ratings College Basketball Spreads

Filed under: College Basketball — Tags: Alabama, Baylor, conference tournaments, Illinois, iowa, Kansas, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia — piratings @ 6:16 am

Friday, March 12, 2021

Team 1	Team 2	Spread
Wichita St.	South Florida	8.9
SMU	Cincinnati	5.6
Houston	Tulane	16.8
Memphis	Central Florida	6.2
~~Virginia~~ (forfeit due to Covid)	Georgia Tech	~~1.3~~
Florida St.	North Carolina	1.4
Baylor	Oklahoma St.	8.0
Kansas	Texas	0.3
Seton Hall	Georgetown	2.2
Creighton	Connecticut	1.3
Southern Utah	Montana St.	6.0
Eastern Washington	Montana	5.4
Michigan	Maryland	8.2
Purdue	Ohio St.	-1.6
Illinois	Rutgers	8.0
Iowa	Wisconsin	5.8
UCSB	UC Davis	10.7
UC-Irvine	UC Riverside	-0.9
Western Ky.	UAB	0.1
Louisiana Tech	North Texas	0.4
Iona	Niagara	3.5
Saint Peter’s	Fairfield	5.8
Toledo	Ohio	3.1
Buffalo	Akron	4.2
Coppin St.	Morgan St.	-3.5
~~North Carolina A&T~~ (forfeit due to Covid)	Norfolk St.	~~-4.6~~
San Diego St.	Nevada	7.2
Utah St.	Colorado St.	1.8
Oregon	Oregon St.	7.0
USC	Colorado	0.4
Alabama	Mississippi St.	9.6
Tennessee	Florida	1.4
Arkansas	Missouri	5.5
LSU	Ole Miss	3.4
Nicholls	Northwestern St.	8.2
Abilene Christian	Lamar	14.4
Jackson St.	Texas Southern	-1.5
Prairie View A&M	Grambling	5.8
Grand Canyon	Seattle	6.0
Utah Valley	New Mexico St.	-3.5

Conference Tournaments Update

America East Conference

Championship Game–Saturday, March 13, 11 AM, ESPN2

6 U Mass-Lowell at 4 Hartford

American Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 12 @ Fort Worth, TX

1 Wichita St. vs. 8 South Florida

4 SMU vs. 5 Cincinnati Friday

2 Houston vs. 10 Tulane

3 Memphis vs. 6 Central Florida

Atlantic Coast Conference

Semifinals, Friday, March 12

~~1 Virginia~~ vs. 4 Georgia Tech (Georgia Tech wins by forfeit)

2 Florida St. vs. 6 North Carolina

Atlantic 10 Conference

Championship Game–Sunday, March 14, 1PM, CBS @ Dayton, OH

1 Saint Bonaventure vs. 2 Virginia Commonwealth

Big East Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ New York, NY

5 Seton Hall vs. 8 Georgetown

2 Creighton vs. 3 Connecticut

Big Sky Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Boise, ID

1 Southern Utah vs. 5 Montana St.

2 Eastern Washington vs. 6 Montana

Big Ten Conference

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 12 @ Indianapolis, IN

1 Michigan vs. 8 Maryland

4 Purdue vs. 5 Ohio St.

2 Illinois vs. 7 Rutgers

3 Iowa vs. 6 Wisconsin

Big 12 Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Kansas City, MO

1 Baylor vs. 5 Oklahoma St.

2 Kansas vs. 3 Texas

Big West Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Las Vegas

1 UCSB vs. 5 UC-Davis

2 UC-Irvine vs. 3 UC-Riverside

Conference USA

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Frisco, TX (Dallas Cowboys Practice Facility)

1E Western Kentucky vs. 2W UAB

1W Louisiana Tech vs. 3W North Texas

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Semifinals, Friday, March 12 @ Atlantic City, NJ

5 Niagara vs. 9 Iona

3 St. Peter’s vs. 7 Fairfield

Mid-American Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Cleveland

1 Toledo vs. 5 Ohio U

2 Buffalo vs. 3 Akron

Mideastern Athletic Conference

Semifinals, Friday, March 12 @ Norfolk, VA

1N Coppin St. vs. 3N Morgan St.

~~1S North Carolina A&T~~ vs. 2N Norfolk St. (Norfolk St. wins by forfeit)

Mountain West Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Las Vegas

1 San Diego St. vs. 5 Nevada

2 Utah St. vs. 3 Colorado St.

Pac-12 Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Las Vegas

1 Oregon vs. 5 Oregon St.

2 USC vs. 3 Colorado

Patriot League

Championship Game, Sunday March 14, 12 PM EST, CBSSN

9 Loyola (MD) at 2 Colgate

Southeastern Conference

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 12 @ Nashville, TN

1 Alabama vs. 9 Mississippi St.

4 Tennessee vs. 5 Florida

2 Arkansas vs. 7 Missouri

3 LSU vs. 6 Ole Miss

Southland Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Katy, TX (Greater Houston)

1 Nicholls vs. 4 Northwestern St.

2 Abilene Christian vs. 6 Lamar

Southwestern Athletic Conference

Semifinals, Friday, March 12 @ Birmingham, AL

1 Prairie View A&M vs. 4 Grambling

2 Jackson St. vs. 3 Texas Southern

Western Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Las Vegas

1 Grand Canyon vs. 5 Seattle

2 Utah Valley vs. 3 New Mexico St.

Automatic Qualifiers

Liberty 23-5

Winthrop 23-1

Loyola (Chi.) 24-4

Morehead St. 23-7

UNC-Greensboro 21-8

Appalachian St. 17-11

Drexel 12-7

Cleveland St. 19-7

Mount St. Mary’s 12-10

Oral Roberts 16-10

Gonzaga 26-0

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March 10, 2021

PiRate Ratings College Basketball Spreads

Filed under: College Basketball — Tags: Connecticut, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, San DIego St., Syracuse, Texas, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin — piratings @ 9:07 pm

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Home	Visitor	Spread
South Florida	Temple	-2.6
Tulsa	Tulane	2.7
Central Florida	East Carolina	4.7
Virginia	Syracuse	3.4
Georgia Tech	Miami	11.1
Florida St.	Duke	4.8
Virginia Tech	North Carolina	-3.0
West Virginia	Oklahoma St.	1.4
Baylor	Kansas St.	22.7
Kansas	Oklahoma	2.6
Texas	Texas Tech	0.3
Villanova	Georgetown	8.6
St. John’s	Seton Hall	-0.2
Creighton	Butler	11.0
Connecticut	DePaul	11.0
Southern Utah	Northern Colorado	6.7
Idaho St.	Montana St.	-1.6
Eastern Washington	Northern Arizona	15.2
Weber St.	Montana	4.9
Maryland	Michigan St.	2.2
Ohio St.	Minnesota	7.3
Rutgers	Indiana	1.3
Wisconsin	Penn St.	2.3
UCSB	Long Beach St.	14.8
UC Davis	Cal St. Bakersfield	-5.4
UC Irvine	Cal Poly	17.1
UC Riverside	Hawaii	7.0
Western Kentucky	UTSA	5.3
UAB	Rice	7.8
Louisiana Tech	Florida Atlantic	8.9
Old Dominion	North Texas	-6.1
Saint Peter’s	Rider	6.2
Marist	Niagara	-1.0
Toledo	Ball St.	8.3
Kent St.	Ohio U	1.1
Buffalo	Miami (O)	8.0
Akron	Bowling Green	1.2
Florida A&M	Morgan St.	-1.2
Norfolk St.	North Carolina Central	4.6
San Diego St.	Wyoming	15.2
Boise St.	Nevada	4.0
Utah St.	UNLV	11.1
Colorado St.	Fresno St.	10.9
Oregon	Arizona St.	7.7
UCLA	Oregon St.	5.4
USC	Utah	7.3
Colorado	California	14.8
Kentucky	Mississippi St.	2.5
Florida	Vanderbilt	7.0
Missouri	Georgia	4.2
Ole Miss	South Carolina	5.1
Northwestern St.	New Orleans	-2.2
Sam Houston St.	Lamar	8.8
Texas Southern	Alcorn St.	7.1
Grambling	Southern	-1.7
California Baptist	Seattle	0.2
New Mexico St.	UT Rio Grande Valley	7.9

Conference Tournaments Update

America East Conference

Championship Game–Saturday, March 13, 11 AM, ESPN2

6 U Mass-Lowell at 4 Hartford

American Athletic Conference

1st Round–Thursday, March 11 @ Fort Worth, TX

8 South Florida vs. 9 Temple (winner plays 1 Wichita St. Friday)

(4 SMU plays 5 Cincinnati Friday)

7 Tulsa vs. 10 Tulane (winner plays 2 Houston Friday)

6 Central Florida vs. 11 East Carolina (winner plays 3 Memphis Friday)

Atlantic Coast Conference

Quarterfinals, Thursday, March 11

1 Virginia vs. 8 Syracuse

4 Georgia Tech vs. 13 Miami (Fla.)

2 Florida St. vs. 10 Duke

3 Virginia Tech vs. 6 North Carolina

Atlantic 10 Conference

Championship Game–Sunday, March 14, 1PM, CBS @ Dayton, OH

1 Saint Bonaventure vs. 2 Virginia Commonwealth

Big East Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ New York, NY

1 Villanova vs. 8 Georgetown

4 St. John’s vs. 5 Seton Hall

2 Creighton vs. 10 Butler

3 Connecticut vs. 11 DePaul

Big Sky Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Boise, ID

1 Southern Utah vs. 8 Northern Colorado

4 Idaho St. vs. 5 Montana St.

2 Eastern Washington vs. 10 Northern Arizona

3 Weber St. vs. 6 Montana

Big Ten Conference

2nd Round–Thursday, March 11 @ Indianapolis, IN

8 Maryland vs. 9 Michigan St.

5 Ohio St. vs. 13 Minnesota

7 Rutgers vs. 10 Indiana

6 Wisconsin vs. 11 Penn St.

Big 12 Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Kansas City, MO

1 Baylor vs. 9 Kansas St.

4 West Virginia vs. 5 Oklahoma St.

2 Kansas vs. 7 Oklahoma

3 Texas vs. 6 Texas Tech

Big West Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Las Vegas

1 UCSB vs. 9 Long Beach St.

4 Cal St. Bakersfield vs. 5 UC-Davis

2 UC-Irvine vs. 10 Cal Poly

3 UC-Riverside vs. 6 Hawaii

Conference USA

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Frisco, TX (Dallas Cowboys Practice Facility)

1E Western Kentucky vs. 4W UTSA

2W UAB vs. 6W Rice

1W Louisiana Tech vs. 4E Florida Atlantic

2E Old Dominion vs. 3W North Texas

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals Continue, Thursday, March 11 @ Atlantic City, NJ

4 Marist vs. 5 Niagara

3 St. Peter’s vs. 11 Rider

Mid-American Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Cleveland

1 Toledo vs. 8 Ball St.

4 Kent St. vs. 5 Ohio U

2 Buffalo vs. 7 Miami (O)

3 Akron vs. 6 Bowling Green

Mideastern Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals, Thursday, March 11 @ Norfolk, VA

2S Florida A&M vs. 3N Morgan St.

2N Norfolk St. vs. 3S UNC-Central

Mountain West Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Las Vegas

1 San Diego St. vs. 8 Wyoming

4 Boise St. vs. 5 Nevada

2 Utah St. vs. 7 UNLV

3 Colorado St. vs. 6 Fresno St.

Pac-12 Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Las Vegas

1 Oregon vs. 8 Arizona St.

4 UCLA vs. 5 Oregon St.

2 USC vs. 7 Utah

3 Colorado vs. 11 California

Patriot League

Championship Game, Sunday March 14, 12 PM EST, CBSSN

9 Loyola (MD) at 2 Colgate

Southeastern Conference

2nd Round–Thursday, March 11 @ Nashville, TN

8 Kentucky vs. 9 Mississippi St. (winner plays 1 Alabama Friday)

5 Florida vs. 13 Vanderbilt (winner plays 4 Tennessee Friday)

7 Missouri vs. 10 Georgia (winner plays 2 Arkansas Friday)

6 Ole Miss vs. 11 South Carolina (winner plays 3 LSU Friday)

Southland Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Katy, TX (Greater Houston)

4 Northwestern St. vs. 5 New Orleans

3 Sam Houston St. vs. 6 Lamar

Southwestern Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals Continue, Thursday, March 11 @ Birmingham, AL

4 Grambling vs. 5 Southern

3 Texas Southern vs. 6 Alcorn St.

Western Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Las Vegas

4 California-Baptist vs. 5 Seattle (winner plays 1 Grand Canyon Friday)

3 New Mexico St. vs. 6 UT-Rio Grande Valley (winner plays 2 Utah Valley Friday)

Automatic Qualifiers

Liberty 23-5

Winthrop 23-1

Loyola (Chi.) 24-4

Morehead St. 23-7

UNC-Greensboro 21-8

Appalachian St. 17-11

Drexel 12-7

Cleveland St. 19-7

Mount St. Mary’s 12-10

Oral Roberts 16-10

Gonzaga 26-0

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February 27, 2021

PiRate Ratings College Basketball Spreads

Filed under: College Basketball — Tags: Baylor, Duke, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas — piratings @ 12:00 am

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Multiple Bid League Games

Home	Visitor	Spread
Davidson	VCU	-1.6
George Mason	La Salle	5.0
Duquesne	Rhode Island	-1.4
Georgia Tech	Syracuse	4.4
Boston College	Notre Dame	-3.9
North Carolina	Florida St.	-2.2
Virginia Tech	Wake Forest	10.2
Duke	Louisville	4.5
Central Florida	Temple	4.9
Texas Tech	Texas	1.0
Oklahoma	Oklahoma St.	2.6
West Virginia	Kansas St.	17.5
Iowa St.	TCU	-0.3
Kansas	Baylor	-6.6
DePaul	Georgetown	-0.6
Connecticut	Marquette	6.1
Xavier	Creighton	-4.2
Indiana	Michigan	-8.1
Wisconsin	Illinois	-2.0
Nebraska	Minnesota	-3.7
Loyola (Chi.)	Southern Illinois	21.3
Illinois St.	Northern Iowa	1.4
Valparaiso	Indiana St.	-3.6
Evansville	Missouri St.	-7.2
Bradley	Drake	-7.0
San Diego St.	Boise St.	6.0
Colorado St.	Air Force	20.3
Wyoming	San Jose St.	10.9
Arizona	Washington	14.7
California	Oregon	-8.7
Stanford	Oregon St.	7.1
Utah	USC	-6.7
Arizona St.	Washington St.	3.0
Colorado	UCLA	5.8
Auburn	Tennessee	-2.9
Georgia	South Carolina	4.4
Arkansas	LSU	4.2
Vanderbilt	Ole Miss	-2.9
Kentucky	Florida	-1.0
Mississippi St.	Alabama	-7.7
San Diego	Pepperdine	-3.9
Gonzaga	Loyola Marymount	24.9
BYU	Saint Mary’s	8.7
Pacific	San Francisco	-0.2

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