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Welcome Back! What a fantastic weekend of games! We had a few routs, but there were quite a few close contests and even some upsets. Plus an unbelievable ending. Here are my thoughts from Week 3. 1. Texas Tech may very well repeat s Big 12 champions, but it won't be in as dominating a fashion as it was last year. Houston jumped out in front, fell behind, then nearly tied the game on a 2-point conversion, falling just short in a 28-26 loss. Unfortunately for us as viewers, the Cougars are likely the toughest team the Red Raiders will face all season, though they do face Arizona on Oct 31. Here are TT's remaining Big 12 games: at Colorado, Ariz State, at Cincinnati, Arizona, WVU, at Oklahoma State, at Baylor, and TCU. Do you see any major challenges there? It would take a huge upset (or 2) for the Red Raiders not to make the Big 12 CG. 2. Georgia won easily, 45-17, and was never really challenged against Arkansas, but it was sort of a weird game. The Dawgs had 254 yards rushing, ...

Welcome Back! Last week, I was better than usual again at 73-13, a winning percentage of 84.9%! Overall, I am 160-25, or 86.5%, a drop of 1.4% from the week before. There is no way I will sustain that for the year, but maybe I can stay above 75% this year. There are 75 games in total this week, 11 less than last week, so once again, it took me a while. Fortunately, there are far fewer FCS games, though that will likely bring down my percentage. So... on with the picks! Thursday, September 17 Syracuse @ Pittsburgh - The Panthers have a 45-32-3 lead in the series, winning the last 2, and 20 of the last 24 (since 2002) as these teams have played yearly since 1955, when they restarted after a 25-year hiatus. They actually first met in 1916, and played 10 times between then and 1930 (6-2-2 in favor of Pitt). The Orange are 1-1 on the young season, but 0-1 in the ACC after the loss to Cal last weekend at home. The Panthers had a tough test against UCF last week, but should handle Syracuse in...

Welcome Back! Today I'll talk mostly about the out of conference results from Weeks Zero and One. I'll also begin the lists of undefeated and winless teams, as well as those with a win, but no FBS wins. Interconference results This year, I am using a chart, which should more clearly highlight how each conference is doing. It will be organized by their overall OOC record. Unfortunately, you may need to scroll to see the last few columns. Conference Overall Pct Rank vs FBS Pct Rank vs P4 Pct Rank vs G6 Pct Rank SEC 28-2 .933 1 20-2 .909 1 8-2 .800 1 12-0 1.000 1 Big Ten 27-8 .771 2 21-8 .724 2 3-7 .300 5 18-1 .947 4 ACC 20-6 .769 3 12-6 .667 3 5-6 .455 3 7-0 1.000 2 Big 12 23-7 .767 4 8-7 .533 5 4-6 .400 4 4-1 .800 6 Independents 3-1 .750 5 2-1 .667 4 1-1 .500 2 1-0 1.000 3 Sun Belt 17-10 .630 6 5-10 .333 8 0-7 .000 10 5-3 .625 8 MWC 11-8 .578 7 5-7 .417 7 0-4 .000 8 5-3 .625 8 American 14-11 .560 8 9-10 .474 6 1-8 .111 6 8-2 .800 5 MAC 12-15 .444 9 2-13 .133 10 1-9 .100 7 1-4 .2...

Welcome Back! As you might expect, we had quite a bit of movement after the 2nd full week of games. We even had some movement within the Top 10, as Texas moves up to #1, Oregon drops to #3 and Michigan moves back in to the top 10, while Ole Miss drops from #9 to #11. Other than movement within itself, the Top 25 retains the same teams. We also have a repeat team at the bottom, as Charlotte stays #138. Here are the teams that moved 8 spots or more (biggest movers highlighted): North Texas +8 to #44 Minnesota -13 to #50 Mississippi State +24 to #52 Va Tech +15 to #55 San Diego St -8 to #65 Navy -22 to #66 Oklahoma St +27 to #68 Maryland +10 to #70 Arkansas -8 to #75 NDSU +8 to #77 ODU -12 to #80 ECU -21 to #83 App State +13 to #86 UConn -11 to #88 Air Force -9 to #89 FAU +20 to #96 FIU +11 to #104 Boston College +8 to #105 Kennesaw St -19 to #107 Rutgers -13 to #113 Buffalo -12 to #115 Ga State +13 to #117 Mo State +9 to #118 Nevada -23 to #133 Northern Illinois -12 to #135 As a reminder...