Odds and Ends 12-7-22

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Welcome Back!

This is sort of a scaled down version this week. Next week, I will have info about how my preseason predictions did!

Enjoy!


Intra-conference results

Here is how the divisions stacked up against each other within each conference:

The SEC West is 6-9 against the SEC East
The Big Ten East is 14-8 against the Big Ten West
The ACC Atlantic is 11-4 against the ACC Coastal
The MWC Mountain is 11-8 against the MWC West
The SBC East is 7-8 against the SBC West
The MAC East is 11-8 against the MAC West

In the Championship Games, the SEC East was 1-0 against the West this week; the Big Ten East was 1-0 against the West; the ACC Atlantic was 1-0 against the Coastal; the MWC Mountain was 0-1 against the West; the SBC West was 1-0 against the East; and the MAC West was 1-0 against the East. 

With the season over, the only conference that was close was the Sun Belt, with the West "winning" 8-7. Surprisingly, or perhaps not, the SEC East actually outplayed the SEC West, winning 9 of the 15 games, or 60%. To no one's surprise, the Big Ten East, ACC Atlantic, and MWC Mountain dominated their counterparts, though the MWC West team, Fresno State, won the CG. Another surprise was that the MAC East did comfortably better against the West, though Toledo defeated Ohio in the CG.



Undefeated/Winless teams

The following teams finished the regular season undefeated (listed alphabetically):

Georgia
Michigan



We finish with 2 (out of 131) undefeated teams in FBS, a loss of 1 from last week. There are NO winless teams.


Here are the undefeated teams by conference:

Big Ten- 1
SEC -1
Big 12 -0
ACC- 0
Pac 12 -0
SBC- 0
AAC- 0
CUSA- 0
Ind -0
MAC- 0
MWC- 0

In addition, there are 2 teams with only 1 win, but no wins over an FBS opponent. Those teams are:

UMass
USF


Bowl eligible/eliminated 

The following teams have earned their 6th win, and thus are bowl eligible. Three teams, Army, Appalachian State, and Marshall, play 2 FCS teams, so they will need 7 wins to qualify. As a transitional team, James Madison is ineligible for a bowl no matter how many games it wins. Since there are 41 bowl games, 82 teams will be needed. Teams that finish 5-7 may fill some of those slots if enough teams don't qualify with 6 wins. So far, we have 81 teams eligible. The teams are listed alphabetically.

Air Force
Alabama
Arkansas
Baylor
Boise State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
BYU
Cincinnati
Clemson
Coastal Carolina
Duke
East Carolina
Eastern Michigan
Florida
Fresno State
FSU
Georgia
Georgia Southern
Houston
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kansas State
Kentucky
Liberty
Louisiana
Louisville
LSU
Marshall
Maryland
Memphis
Miami, Ohio
Michigan
Middle Tennessee
Minnesota
Mississippi State
Missouri
NC State
*New Mexico State
North Carolina
North Texas
Notre Dame
Ohio
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Ole Miss
Oregon
Oregon State
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Purdue
San Diego State
San Jose State
SMU
South Alabama
South Carolina
Southern Miss
Syracuse
TCU
Tennessee
Texas
Texas Tech
Toledo
Troy
Tulane
UAB
UCF
UCLA
UConn
USC
Utah
Utah State
UTSA
Wake Forest
Washington
Washington State
Wisconsin
WKU
Wyoming

*= Eligible through an NCAA waiver.

Broken down by conference:

SEC- 11- 78.6% of members
ACC- 9- 64.3%
Big Ten- 9- 64.3%
Big 12- 8- 80%
AAC- 7- 63.6%
Pac 12- 7- 58.3%
MWC- 7- 58.3%
SBC- 7- 50%
MAC- 6- 50%
Independents-5- 71.4%
CUSA- 5- 45.5%


The following teams have 7 losses, and therefore are eliminated from participating in a bowl, unless there are not enough 6-win teams available. At least 1 team, and as many as 3, will be needed to fill all of the bowl slots.

Akron
Appalachian State
Arizona
Arizona State
Arkansas State
Army 
Auburn
Ball State
Boston College
California
Central Michigan
Charlotte
Colorado
Colorado State
FAU
FIU
Georgia State
Georgia Tech
Hawaii
Indiana
Iowa State
Kent State
La Tech
Miami, Florida
Michigan State
Navy
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Northern Illinois
Northwestern
ODU
*Rice
Rutgers
Stanford
Temple
Texas A&M
Texas State
Tulsa
OLM
UMass
UNLV
USF
UTEP
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
Western Michigan

*= Rice has been selected for a bowl to fill the remaining slot due to having the highest APR score of the 5-7 teams.

NOTE: Army and App State have only 6 losses, but since they have 2 wins over FCS teams, needed 7 wins to become bowl eligible. 

In case you are interested, here are the number of teams with each amount of wins:
13 wins- 2 teams 1.5%
12 wins- 1 team 0.8%
11 wins- 6 teams 4.6%
10 wins- 7 teams 5.3%
9 wins- 13 teams 9.9%
8 wins- 17 teams 13.0%
7 wins- 18 teams 13.7%
6 wins- 19 teams 14.5%
5 wins- 17 teams 13.0%
4 wins- 11 teams 8.4%
3 wins- 11 teams 8.4%
2 wins- 5 teams 3.8%
1 win- 4 teams 3.1%
0 wins- 0 teams 0%

Note: Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding to nearest tenth.

Here are the amount of teams with each amount of losses:

0 losses- 2 teams 1.5%
1 loss- 2 teams 1.5%
2 losses- 10 teams 7.6%
3 losses- 10 teams 7.6%
4 losses- 20 teams 15.3%
5 losses- 19 teams 14.5%
6 losses- 21 teams 16.0%
7 losses- 18 teams 13.7%
8 losses- 11 teams 8.4%
9 losses- 8 teams 6.1%
10 losses- 6 teams 4.6%
11 losses- 4 teams 3.1%



Updates on my playoff picks 

I was correct on Georgia and Ohio State, and wrong on Alabama and Utah. Not bad to pick 50% of the field before the season even started. And Utah was playing as well as anyone at the end of the season.


Games I'm Excited About

There's only one game this week- Army-Navy in Philadelphia, and that game is always one of the best of the year!



Feel free to leave a comment. Check out yesterday's Power Rankings, and come back tomorrow for Paul's Picks! 

Until next time, may you and your loved ones be blessed!      

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