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Welcome Back! We are now about 1/3 of the way through the season for most teams, and there is a lot more interesting info, as we are now starting to see trends. However, OOC games are just about done, so I may put that part aside until the end of the year. Interconference results Here is where we stand so far: Overall: 1) SEC-            41-5/.891 2) Big Ten-      43 -9/.827 3) Big 12-       36-10/.783 4) ACC-            34-17/.667 5) American     29-15/.659 6) MWC-           23-15/.605 7) SBC-                23-25/.479 8) CUSA-           18-23/.439 9) Pac 12-           3-6/.333 9) Ind             2-4/.333 11) MAC          14-30/.318 12) FCS          4-...

Welcome Back! This will be the last week that I count my preseason factors. That is why teams like Clemson, who is only 1-3, is still in the top 10. I have no doubt that the Tigers will drop quite a bit next week even though they are off this weekend. I've waited this long so that every team will have played at least 4 games, or 1/3 of the season. So get ready for major changes next week! This week, only 22 of my top 34 moved either up or down, and the top 4 remain unchanged. However, we have a new team at the bottom, as Kent State gets back there after a short hiatus. As a reminder, I use a points based system. Teams start out with a certain number of points based on 12 different factors, and those points range from a low of 51.184 (#136 Kent State) to a high of 1,348.285 points (#1 Ohio State), so as you can see, there are almost 1300 points separating 1st and last place- plenty of room to fit in 134 additional teams. In other words, teams are an average of 9.7 points apart, but ...

Welcome Back! Even though this 4th weekend of college football didn't have any marquee games, there were still a lot of results that affected conference races and perceptions of conferences.   Winners Oklahoma - The Sooners outlasted Auburn 24-17 at home (with the help of the refs, evidently), but they are still undefeated and should be 5-0 when they meet Texas in the Red River Rivalry on Oct 11. Ole Miss - The Rebels crushed Tulane 45-10 handing the Green Wave their 1st loss of the season. Missouri - The Tigers stayed undefeated with a 29-20 win over South Carolina, and should be 5-0 when they host Alabama on Oct 11. Win that one and they could be 7-0 going into their huge game with Vandy. Yeah, I said it. Speaking of which... Vanderbilt - The Commodores slaughtered Georgia State 70-21, and with a home date vs Utah State next week, should be 5-0 when they head to Tuscaloosa on Oct 4.  Oregon - The Ducks have won 22 consecutive regular season games, and the 41-7 win over ...

Welcome Back! Last week, I was a decent 59-11 (84.3% for the 2nd week in a row!), making me 210-39 overall, a winning percentage of 84.4% (down 0.01% from last week).  This week there are "only" 62 games, the fewest so far, and very few of them are what I would call compelling. However, we are finally getting into conference play a bit more, but there are quite a few teams enjoying an off week. Let's see if I can have another week above 80%. So... on with the picks! Thursday, September 18 Rice @ Charlotte - This series is tied at 3 wins apiece, with the 49ers winning 3 of the past 4, including 21-20 last year in Houston. However, the Owls have won 2 of the 3 games played in Charlotte. If Rice wants to have a winning season, they absolutely must win games like this, especially since there appear to be at least 5 more losses on their schedule- at Navy, at UTSA, Memphis, UNT, and at USF. In other words, they need to avoid upsets, and maybe pull one or 2 of their own. Charlot...