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Nutshell Sports NCAA Football Ratings

These ratings are designed to change slowly
throughout the season. You can see which direction
your team is going on the week-by-week rating.

And we didn't do badly against the line.

Season was 376-324. 52 games ahead.
Second Half was 166-131. 35 games ahead.

Not Bad. And you thought we were nuts.

See my Ratings Summary to see what type of ratings you like best.

Predictive Ratings (pred) and Middle Game Ratings.

Current Odds

	Updated 01/08/2008

The teams are arranged by their predictive ratings.
Also included are the teams' Middle Game Ratings.
The predictive tells how they are playing right now.
Middle Game tells how they have played during the season.
If the predictive rating is higher, your team is getting better.
If the Middle Game is higher, your team is getting worse. Sorry.
All ratings only include games played by teams in the top level.

Is LSU the best? I doubt it. They beat Ohio State, who also folded
in last year's championship. I'll assume LSU deserves that. But
there are still unanswered questions. Can LSU beat USC or West
Virginia? We'll never know. And why is Ohio State still ahead of
LSU? Simple. In their typical game they played at a higher level.
Unfortunately, they didn't play at such a high level when they
played LSU. But what's new about that?

To see why Ohio State is still ahead, refer to the Weeks chart.

rank  team             pred     middle

1 USC                  135.34   133.71
2 West Virginia        132.53   129.05
3 Ohio State           131.59   135.43
4 Oklahoma             131.24   131.59
5 Missouri             130.39   124.93
6 LSU                  130.33   131.12
7 Oregon               129.35   129.55
8 Florida              128.17   127.95
9 Texas                127.51   128.05
10 Kansas              127.24   121.89
11 Virginia Tech       125.08   120.67
12 Michigan            124.62   126.09
13 Georgia             122.84   115.22
14 Clemson             122.81   120.70
15 Arizona State       122.00   123.61
16 Texas Tech          121.82   122.20
17 BYU                 121.67   122.05
18 Penn State          121.54   122.33
19 Oregon State        121.21   116.41
20 Wisconsin           120.57   121.14
21 Tennessee           120.03   119.33
22 Arizona             119.87   117.64
23 Cincinnati          119.84   117.76
24 Auburn              119.79   121.77
25 South Florida       119.44   117.52
26 California          119.23   126.75
27 Arkansas            119.22   121.20
28 UCLA                118.74   116.26
29 Boston College      117.98   118.83
30 Michigan State      117.74   113.98
31 TCU                 117.15   118.70
32 Rutgers             117.13   119.10
33 Utah                116.87   112.49
34 Oklahoma State      116.86   116.02
35 Boise State         116.85   118.14
36 Texas A&M           116.82   116.54
37 Louisville          116.64   120.79
38 Wake Forest         116.24   115.01
39 Washington          115.64   116.76
40 Illinois            115.57   110.42
41 Purdue              115.15   116.57
42 Virginia            115.02   109.84
43 Nebraska            114.91   116.97
44 Maryland            114.60   112.12
45 Pittsburgh          114.31   112.82
46 Kentucky            114.20   113.63
47 South Carolina      114.17   114.72
48 Air Force           113.25   109.54
49 Alabama             112.95   114.04
50 Tulsa               112.91   111.81
51 Washington State    112.76   113.36
52 Florida State       112.61   115.86
53 Hawaii              112.43   113.72
54 Colorado            111.79   111.61
55 Connecticut         110.49   110.93
56 Georgia Tech        110.02   116.09
57 C. Florida          109.82   102.95
58 Iowa                109.58   112.62
59 Navy                108.95   108.93
60 Mississippi State   108.78   103.55
61 Kansas State        108.76   110.81
62 Notre Dame          108.64   109.65
63 Indiana             107.54   106.94
64 East Carolina       107.27   106.19
65 Vanderbilt          107.06   106.13
66 New Mexico          107.04   104.41
67 Stanford            106.63   104.24
68 Southern Miss       106.38   107.47
69 Houston             106.22   110.16
70 Iowa State          105.69   105.48
71 C. Michigan         105.51   106.55
72 Minnesota           105.46   106.71
73 Fresno State        105.19   100.56
74 Miami               103.90   109.35
75 North Carolina      103.86   102.21
76 Northwestern        103.45   103.45
77 Mississippi         103.32   101.93
78 Ball State          102.93   103.97
79 NC State            102.60   106.24
80 Colorado State      102.54   102.54
81 Troy State          102.50   100.30
82 Nevada              102.06   104.32
83 W. Michigan          99.02    97.60
84 San Diego State      98.71    98.35
85 Wyoming              98.53   104.63
86 Marshall             98.53    98.53
87 Syracuse             98.37    99.85
88 Baylor               98.14   102.62
89 Rice                 96.29    95.48
90 Tulane               96.01    95.79
91 Florida Atlantic     95.95    90.54
92 UTEP                 95.75   100.00
93 Toledo               95.59    95.79
94 Ohio                 95.45    95.50
95 SMU                  94.79    97.27
96 San Jose State       94.48    94.22
97 Bowling Green        93.77    93.67
98 La-Monroe            93.68    91.54
99 Duke                 93.45    93.34
100 Memphis             93.45    93.18
101 E. Michigan         93.41    91.98
102 Akron               93.15    96.02
103 UNLV                93.09    93.83
104 Middle Tenn         92.91    96.24
105 Miami OH            92.70    94.08
106 Buffalo             92.15    90.95
107 Northern Illinois   90.66    93.63
108 Arkansas State      90.47    90.65
109 Kent State          89.11    92.76
110 UAB                 88.98    94.04
111 Army                88.87    89.61
112 Louisiana Tech      87.46    88.14
113 La-Lafayette        87.12    87.22
114 Temple              86.40    83.20
115 NM State            85.15    88.78
116 Utah State          85.01    82.39
117 Idaho               82.22    83.05
118 W. Kentucky         80.26    78.18
119 North Texas         78.63    79.69
120 Florida Int'l       77.46    73.51

Better or Worse?

Did your team get better this season?
Did they flop? Is it time for a new coach?
It certainly looks as if Louisville, Notre
Dame, California, Baylor, and Nebraska fit
that description. Or, perhaps, just better
players.

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Commentary Page

Speaking Out

In my lifetime we have gone from politeness and common sense to political correctness. Ironically, the same people that want to organize manners want to de-organize religion. In other words, they are very confused. I am tired of the 85+ % liberal press and radical college professors putting crap into young people's heads. Here are some places and articles where you can hear common sense which is not regulated.

Where to get real news from both sides. What a concept.

Articles

Not-So-Funny Bunny

Gee, I wonder how young Arabs learn to hate Israel? If you don't get it yet, they are taught to hate in many places. Here's an example.

What Do You Want Israel to Do? You Solve the Problem.

What is the real goal of Arabs and "Palestininas"?

God Phobia

Liberal politicians in general just do not get it.

Islamophobia?

Just Another Group Promoting Racism and Hatred

Someone is Defending our Freedom of Speech.

CAIR is not my friend. If you like freedom of speech, CAIR is not your friend and they're spending your tax dollars in a deliberate lie.

The Dishonest Reporting Awards are Out!

Hostile Berkeley and Islam

I thought universities were "enlightened" and open-minded. Seems they are only open-minded to those with whom they agree. "Enlightened"? How about "in the dark"?

Deconstructing the False Equation

There is no apartheid in Israel. Deal with it.

Common Sense Sources

Media Myths Explained.

Political Correctness Watch

Think you're getting accurate news about what's going on in the Middle East?

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.

If You Want to Use your Brain Instead of Being a Parrot, Research Both of These Sources:

Liberal Sources

Conservative Sources

Since the hippies tried to save the world, every new generation thinks it has the solution to all the problems the current leaders have caused. It takes a long time to civilize a society. It doesn't take long for "idealists" to destroy it.

I am conservative. I believe that our values and ideas should continue unless they are proved to be inferior over time. I do not like the liberal concept of trashing things that work and replacing them with things that sound good. Study both sides to find out what is true. Stop telling me I am a racist and hateful and more unless you have studied my side's viewpoint. I do not like watching the media cause problems so they can sell papers and airtime the next day while blaming those problems on the other side.

Wise up.