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Rivals Rundown 2013 College Football Preseason Top 30 Teams

August 29, 2013 benchwarmer42Leave a comment

Welcome to our inaugural Rivals Rundown Preseason Top 30 Teams!!! We are excited to present this the morning of the 2013 College Football Season. We have published our Top 5 teams for all of the BCS Conferences and this is the culmination of all that research. This is not our prediction of how the season will end, this is where we rank the teams as of today. Throughout the season we will visit our Top 30 and adjust as we see fit. Sometimes the whole thing might get flipped upside down but that’s College Football. Here is our Rivals Rundown 2013 College Football Preseason Top 30!!!

1. Alabama Crimson Tide
2. Oregon Ducks
3. Ohio State Buckeyes
4. Georgia Bulldogs
5. Clemson Tigers
6. Louisville Cardinals
7. Texas Longhorns
8. Nebraska Cornhuskers
9. Florida State Seminoles
10. Oklahoma State Cowboys
11. South Carolina Gamecocks
12. LSU Tigers
13. USC Trojans
14. Stanford Cardinal
15. Florida Gators
16. Texas A&M Aggies
17. Oregon State Beavers
18. TCU Horned Frogs
19. Boise State Broncos
20. Oklahoma Sooners
21. Michigan Wolverines
22. Northwestern Wildcats
23. Arizona State Sun Devils
24. Fresno State Bulldogs
25. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
26. Baylor Bears
27. Washington Huskies
28. Northern Illinois Huskies
29 Miami Hurricanes
30. Ohio Bobcats

@CONFERENCE_USA 2013 PRESEASON TOP 5!!!!

August 8, 2013August 11, 2013 benchwarmer421 Comment

Conference USA 2013 Preseason Top 5

The 2013 version of Conference USA, the 2012 version of Conference USA, and the 2014 Version of Conference USA will all be different. With the ever-changing landscape of college football still in motion, Conference USA will find itself in motion for one more year. The new conference welcomes a collection of teams from Sun Belt and WAC with only one of those six that will make an immediate impact, the rest will have to wait. Now in it’s 19th season, Conference USA is proving to be a conference where teams can take the next step in developing it’s football program. One of the newcomers that has caught our eye is the University of Texas San Antonio. In 2012 we predicted that UTSA would have a winning record, they proved us right. This year we’re not going to make the same prediction but we love what is happening with this program in San Antonio. Larry Coker might be the most disrespected coach with a National Championship in the recent history of college football. Coach Coker has found a new life with the Roadrunners in San Antonio, with a program that had never played a down of football the Roadrunners have posted a 12-10 record in two years. Now, it’s big boy football time for UTSA and waiting for them this year, they will have home games against Oklahoma St, Houston, and Rice. This will be an interesting test and pay attention to the Sep 7th game against the Cowboys, it’s going to tell us more then most people realize about future of Roadrunner Football. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s finally get to the Rivals Rundown of Conference USA 2013 Preseason Top 5. Here’s the Rundown…

1. Rice 9-3 (West Division Champion)

When pinning two programs head to head, normally we take the home team, in the case of Rice vs Tulsa, we are taking Rice which leaves us picking them as one of the surprise teams of college football for 2013. Last year RIce won six of it’s last 7 games finishing it off with a bowl victory against Air Force. The season and the finish was an important hurdle for a program trying to build a winning mentality with it’s players. Head Coach David Bailiff is going into his 7th year at Rice with his most experienced team on both offense and defense. We love the fact that they have 18 returning starters with 10 of those being seniors. The schedule will start off with it’s toughest team on the road at Texas A&M, from there they get 3 home games until their conference fate could be decided with a road game against Tulsa. No matter what will happen in the match ups with A&M and Tulsa, Rice has an extremely winnable schedule and we are looking for them to take the West Division and the overall Championship for Conference USA. We know our TV will be ready for that A&M game to see where Rice stacks up!

2. Tulsa 9-3

Tulsa is becoming a safe pick, that’s why the majority of preseason publications have them winning the West Division and winning the entire conference. We see problems with Tulsa and think this will be a little bit of a down year, unless there defense adopts early. The strength for Tulsa this year is found with their offense, they return a senior QB and their top WR’s to a solid which should show improvement on offensive production vs 2012. That production will make up for some of the losses on defense but not all. Tulsa lost all but two starters on a defense that by the end of the year ranked 25th overall in production. We see a drop in defense and tough games, against equal or superior offenses in Bowling Green, East Carolina, Oklahoma, and Rice. Not to mention tough match-ups with Iowa State and Marshall. We are calling for Tulsa to match the 9-3 regular season mark of 2012 but a loss to Rice will place them on the sidelines for the C-USA Championship.

3. East Carolina 8-4 (East Division Champions)

We have a problem at our number three pick on the C-USA Rundown, the problem is that we honestly think East Carolina is the third best team… We know that doesn’t sound like a problem, the problem is that Marshall could end up with a better record because of their schedule. East Carolina has a schedule that features away games against North Carolina and N.C. State while Marshall has Miami of Ohio and University of Ohio in the same non-conference two games. Both teams play Virginia Tech as an equalizer. So, for our Rundown we are going with the Pirates but by the slimmest of margins. East Carolina features 8 returning starters on both sides of the ball which should show solid improvements. The defense will have to adjust to a new coaching staff but have two very winnable games to start the schedule and get everyone on the same page. The offense showed it’s explosiveness in the last 6 regular season games winning 5 of 6 before stumbling in it’s bowl game. The match-up against Virginia Tech at home could spell for a special season if East Carolina can pull the major upset. Look for the Pirates to equal their win total from 2012 in the regular season and play for a conference title.

4. Marshall Thundering Herd 8-4

We mentioned the schedule in our preview for East Carolina and we mentioned the win total. We mentioned that we like the Pirates to win the conference but look for the Thundering Herd to be in the race until the final of the regular season on Nov. 30th against the Pirates in Huntington. Marshall is looking to finally return to it’s past glory and could easily trade a prediction for a 10 win season. They return leaders on both sides of the ball and coach Doc Holiday has put together an offense that ranked in the top 10 last season for scoring and number one overall for passing yards per game. If the Herd perform they could be 8-1 entering their finally three games of the season which features Tulsa and East Carolina. Again, we feel that East Carolina is the better team but the schedule could be the thing the propels Marshall to the top and playing for a title.

5. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 8-4

The new kid on the block gets no love as the Blue Raiders enter Conference USA from the Sun Belt playing a new slate of opponents and tough road games out of conference with North Carolina and BYU. They do get both Marshall and East Carolina at home which well help them in their toughest conference match-ups. The questions that leave them out of the talk of winning the division come on both sides of the ball where they must become more efficient against some better offenses then what they faced last season. We like the future of Middle Tennessee and expect a successful season ending in a much deserved bowl birth!

2013 @BIGX12COFERENCE PRESEASON TOP 5 PREDICTIONS

August 5, 2013 benchwarmer42Leave a comment

Big XII Conference Top 5 Preseason Predictions

The Big XII Conference going into the 2013 season is one of the most wide open, if not the most wide open race in the country. In looking at the teams, there is not a standout…There is no Ohio State or Alabama, which is inconceivable in a conference with college football powers like Texas and Oklahoma. On the other side of the coin, there are four teams that could all be in the BCS conversation come November, so here is our best guess…The Rundown:

1. University of Texas Longhorns 10-2

On paper, the Longhorns would be the team to beat for us going into 2013, if it wasn’t for a shaky quarterback performance by Ash last year and if it wasn’t for the complete embarrassment that Texas put up against Oklahoma in the Red River Shootout, we might all be talking about how this is the year Mack Brown’s boys are going back to the National Championship Game! Looking back in 2012, The Longhorns weretwo scores away from being 10-2..think about that, a team that returns 17 starters was only 2 touchdowns away from a double digit season. This year looking forward, Texas gets some decent competition early with a road game to BYU and a home game against Ole Miss, this will set them up for their first test against the ageless wonder Bill Snyder and Kansas St. That game will tell us a lot about both teams, we like Texas in that one and look for them to avenge the losses to West Virginia and TCU, oh and also we’re taking them against Oklahoma. The trouble we see is Oklahoma St and Baylor… Texas doesn’t have to be perfect to make the BCS and we like those odds.

2. Oklahoma State Cowboys 10-2

Mike Gundy is one of our favorite coaches in the country, if we had a coaching vacancy here at the RR he would make the short list! Gundy this year isn’t quite locked and loaded with a 2011 team here but he has stocked the selves with enough talent that it could be a plug-n-play type of year in Stillwater. Oklahoma State has enough returners on defense to be good, the problem this year was same as last year with a defense that gave up 30 or more points in every loss. They will have to bring that number down to give this offense a chance to shine. We like the chances for the Cowboys to compete for a Big XII title and we might be putting them in our number one spot it they had Texas at home but the don’t so they fall to number two. Don’t be surprised if they open the season 9-0 and lose two of their last three.

3. Texas Christian University Horned Frogs 9-3

We’ve all heard that “Defense” wins Championships! Well, TCU has a defense returning in 2013 that could be ranked in the top 10 maybe the top 5 in all the country by season’s end. They return 9 starters, filling in one gap with a senior, on a defense that was the best in the conference and finished in the top 20 last year. The questions come on offense, mainly the offensive line, where the Frogs are looking to fill holes in a line that under-preformed last year. Looking at the playmakers on offense, TCU has new life getting back two of their leaders that went down in 2012 to injury, QB Pachall now a senior and RB James. If you take a step back you will see a defense that will keep them close and an offense that now has leadership..we like that combination and give TCU our “Outsiders” shot to win the Big XII.

4. University of Oklahoma Sooners 9-3

We made a statement in the opening that the Big XII race was wide freaking open and this is why. The University of Oklahoma Sooners falls to our number four spot, while we still haven’t talked about K-State, Baylor, and West Virginia all teams that if the cards fall right will break the top four by seasons end, so what does it mean? It means that this conference from top to bottom even with it’s recent losses is still one of the toughest in the country. We see Oklahoma as a 10 win a year program, it’s a winning bet but with what we just said this year they are going to have a tough task at matching last year’s win total. If they get the right bowl match-up look for another 10 wins. Oklahoma on offense has solid returners on the O-line and some playmakers with RB Williams and WR Saunders but without a leader at QB this offense is going to have trouble keeping up with some of the more high-scoring offenses. The other trouble show’s up on defense were a lack of experience mixed with a complete remodel makes us think, Stoop’s year is 2014.

5. Baylor Bears 8-4

2013 is going to be the year were Baylor get the chance to show if it’s an every year top 25 preseason pick or if they will take a couple of years between to rebuild rather then reload. Last year Baylor surprised a lot, including us, showing that after losing RGIII, they could still compete for a shot at the Big XII Title, this year however, we don’t see that happening. In a league where the top programs are out to prove something against the SEC and PAC 12, we look for Baylor to have a successful season, no title but getting ready for the next two season. With that being said, they do have Texas and Oklahoma at home, we like them to have an upset in one of those two.

Big Update of Preseason Predictions!

August 4, 2013September 7, 2013 benchwarmer42Leave a comment

The website www.stassen.com recently updated their database of preseason predictions from different websites and magazines! As we here at rivalsrundown.com our releasing our previews we will compare and eventually add ours to the table! Enjoy the update and get ready for kickoff!!!

National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	USA Today (mag.)	McIllece Sports	F’Ball Out- siders	Arena Fanatic	Gold Sheet
1	Alabama	269	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	Oregon	247	4	3	8	5	5	2	2	2	1
3	Ohio State	243	2	2	5	2	2	6	10	4	3
4	Georgia	219	6	4	12	9	4	9	9	3	4
5	Stanford	209	3	7	2	11	3	–	3	5	5
6	South Carolina	197	9	5	3	14	11	13	14	6	7
7	Texas A&M	196	5	9	7	13	7	4	15	12	11
8	Clemson	183	7	6	9	15	8	15	20	8	8
9	Oklahoma State	177	11	16	6	8	19	3	6	15	18
10	Texas	171	18	18	14	4	13	11	8	10	12
11	Florida State	165	13	15	18	3	17	5	19	14	10
12	Louisiana State	160	8	12	16	17	18	–	4	7	6
13	Florida	157	12	13	4	18	10	–	5	13	16
14	Notre Dame	146	14	8	10	10	14	20	13	24	20
15	Louisville	144	10	10	11	7	12	–	–	9	14
16	Nebraska	120	21	21	21	16	9	8	21	11	–
17	Michigan	117	16	14	13	24	15	12	–	22	15
18	Boise State	116	17	11	15	–	6	–	12	–	9
19	Oklahoma	107	15	17	19	19	21	24	7	–	19
20	Texas Christian	98	22	20	–	21	16	18	11	20	22
21	Wisconsin	83	–	19	24	20	–	7	16	–	17
22	Southern Cal	66	25	–	–	6	–	10	17	–	–
23	Michigan State	46	20	–	–	23	–	17	18	–	–
24	Fresno State	42	–	22	–	22	22	–	–	16	–
25	Miami-Florida	38	24	–	22	25	–	21	25	–	–

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	USA Today (mag.)	McIllece Sports	F’Ball Out- siders	Arena Fanatic	Gold Sheet
26	Northwestern	36	–	24	–	–	20	–	–	–	13
27t	Arizona State	33	–	23	–	–	–	16	–	–	21
27t	Baylor	33	19	–	17	–	–	–	–	–	24
29	Oregon State	29	–	25	23	–	–	25	22	–	–
30t	UCLA	27	23	–	20	–	–	–	–	–	23
30t	Virginia Tech	27	–	–	–	12	–	–	23	–	–
32	Georgia Tech	18	–	–	–	–	–	19	–	–	25
33	North Caroolina	17	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	–	–
34t	Kansas State	16	–	–	–	–	24	22	–	–	–
34t	Mississippi	16	–	–	25	–	–	–	–	21	–
36t	Cincinnati	8	–	–	–	–	–	23	–	–	–
36t	Northern Illinois	8	–	–	–	–	23	–	–	–	–
38	Penn State	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	–	–
39	Tulsa	6	–	–	–	–	25	–	–	–	–
40	unranked	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Notes:

Arena Fanatic did not list a team for #17-#19, #23, or #25, at time of this writing.

Conference predictions

AAC (former Big East)

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	USA Today (mag.)	McIllece Sports	F’Ball Out- siders	Arena Fanatic	Gold Sheet
1	Louisville	11½	1	1	1	1	1	2½	2	1	1
2	Cincinnati	23½	3	2	3	3	4½	1	1	2	4
3	Central Florida	31	4	4	5	2	2½	2½	3	5	3
4	Rutgers	32	2	3	2	5½	2½	8	4	3	2
5t	Connecticut	55½	6	6	4	7	8½	9	5	4	6
5t	Houston	55½	5	7	10	4	4½	6	6	8	5
7	Southern Methodist	59½	7	8	6	5½	7	4	9	6	7
8	South Florida	64	8	5	7	8	6	7	8	7	8
9	Temple	78½	10	10	8	10	8½	5	7	10	10
10	Memphis	84	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Rutgers and Southern Methodist for 5th-6th place in the AAC.

USA Today predicted a tie between Central Florida and Rutgers for 2nd-3rd place in the AAC.

USA Today predicted a tie between Cincinnati and Houston for 4th-5th place in the AAC.

USA Today predicted a tie between Connecticut and Temple for 8th-9th place in the AAC.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Central Florida and Louisville for 2nd-3rd place in the AAC.

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	USA Today (mag.)	McIllece Sports	F’Ball Out- siders	Arena Fanatic	Gold Sheet
Atlantic
1	Clemson	12	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1
2	Florida State	15	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2
3	N.C. State	33	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3
4	Maryland	40	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	3	5
5t	Syracuse	48	6	6	5	7	5	3	3	7	6
5t	Wake Forest	48	7	5	6	4	5	7	5	5	4
7	Boston College	56	5	7	7	6	7	5	6	6	7
Coastal
1	Miami-Florida	16½	1	1	1	2	1½	3	2	2	3
2	Virginia Tech	21½	3	2	4	1	1½	4	1	3	2
3	Georgia Tech	23½	2	3	3	3½	4	2	4	1	1
4	North Carolina	28½	4	4	2	3½	3	1	3	4	4
5	Pittsburgh	49½	5	5	5	6	5½	7	5	5	6
6	Virginia	54½	6	6	6	6	5½	6	6	6	7
7	Duke	58	7	7	7	6	7	5	7	7	5

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Maryland, N.C. State, and Wake Forest, for 3rd-5th place in the ACC Atlantic division.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Georgia Tech and North Carolina for 3rd-4th place in the ACC Coastal division.

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Duke, Pittsburgh, and Virginia, for 5th-7th place in the ACC Coastal division.

USA Today predicted a three-way tie between Maryland, Syracuse, and Wake Forest, for 4th-6th place in the ACC Atlantic division.

USA Today predicted a tie between Miami-Florida and Virginia Tech for 1st-2nd place in the ACC Coastal division.

USA Today predicted a tie between Pittsburgh and Virginia for 5th-6th place in the ACC Coastal division.

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	USA Today (mag.)	McIllece Sports	F’Ball Out- siders	Arena Fanatic	Gold Sheet
Leaders
1	Ohio State	10	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
2	Wisconsin	17	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
3	Penn State	28	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
4	Indiana	36	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4
5	Purdue	44½	5	5	4	5	5½	5	5	5	5
6	Illinois	53½	6	6	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6
Legends
1	Nebraska	14½	3	2	2	1½	1	1	2	1	1
2	Michigan	19	1	1	1	3½	2	2½	3	2	3
3	Michigan State	24	2	4	4	1½	4	2½	1	3	2
4	Northwestern	32½	4	3	3	3½	3	4	4	4	4
5	Iowa	47	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	Minnesota	52	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Lindy’s swapped Purdue/Illinois and Iowa/Minnesota in their division predictions — they had Iowa/Monnesota in Leaders and Purdue/Illinois in Legends. Since they predicted each pair of teams 5th/6th (in the wrong division), I counted that as a prediciton of 5th/6th in the proper one.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Michigan State and Nebraska for 1st-2nd place in the Big Ten Legends division.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Michigan and Northwestern for 3rd-4th place in the Big Ten Legends division.

USA Today predicted a tie between Illinois and Purdue for 5th-6th place in the Big Ten Leaders division.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Michigan and Michigan State for 2nd-3rd place in the Big Ten Legends division.

Big XII

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	USA Today (mag.)	McIllece Sports	F’Ball Out- siders	Arena Fanatic	Gold Sheet
1	Oklahoma State	14	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	2	2
2	Texas	17	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	1	1
3	Oklahoma	24½	2	2	3	3	3	3½	2	3	3
4	Texas Christian	37½	5	4	6	4	3	3½	4	4	4
5	Baylor	47½	4	6	4	5	6½	6	5	6	5
6	Kansas State	49	6	5	5	6	5	5	6	5	6
7	Texas Tech	69	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	9
8	West Virginia	73½	9	8	9	8	6½	10	7	9	7
9	Iowa State	75	7	9	8	9½	9½	7	9	8	8
10	Kansas	88	10	10	10	9½	9½	9	10	10	10

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Iowa State and Kansas for 9th-10th place in the Big XII.

USA Today predicted a tie between Baylor and West Virginia for 6th-7th place in the Big XII.

USA Today predicted a tie between Iowa State and Kansas for 9th-10th place in the Big XII.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Oklahoma and Texas Christian for 3rd-4th place in the Big XII.

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	USA Today (mag.)	McIllece Sports	F’Ball Out- siders	Arena Fanatic	Gold Sheet
East
1	East Carolina	11½	1	2	1	2	1½	1	1	1	1
2	Marshall	20	3	1	3	1	1½	2½	2	2	4
3	Middle Tennessee	29	2	3	2	5	4	4	4	3	2
4	Southern Miss	40	5	5	4	3½	3	5½	3	6	5
5	UAB	41	4	4	5	3½	5½	7	5	4	3
6	Florida Atlantic	53½	6	6	6	6½	5½	5½	7	5	6
7	Florida Int’l	57	7	7	7	6½	7	2½	6	7	7
West
1	Tulsa	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Rice	20	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
3	Louisiana Tech	32½	4	3	3	4½	3½	3½	2	5	4
4	Texas-El Paso	40	3	4	4	6	6	5	5	2	5
5	North Texas	41½	5	6	5	4½	3½	3½	4	4	6
6	Tulane	48	6	5	6	3	5	7	7	6	3
7	UTSA	61	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Southern Mississippi and UAB for 3rd-4th place in CUSA East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and Florida International for 6th-7th place in CUSA East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and North Texas for 4th-5th place in CUSA West.

USA Today predicted a tie between East Carolina and Marshall for 1st-2nd place in CUSA East.

USA Today predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and UAB for 5th-6th place in CUSA East.

USA Today predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and North Texas for 3rd-4th place in CUSA West.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Florida International and Marshall for 2nd-3rd place in CUSA East.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and Southern Mississippi for 5th-6th place in CUSA East.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and North Texas for 3rd-4th place in CUSA West.

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	USA Today (mag.)	McIllece Sports	F’Ball Out- siders	Arena Fanatic	Gold Sheet
East
1	Bowling Green	13	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2
2	Ohio	16	1	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	1
3	Buffalo	29	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
4	Kent State	33	4	3	2	4	5	4	4	4	3
5	Miami-Ohio	45	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5
6	Akron	56	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
7	Massachusetts	60	5	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
West
1	Northern Illinois	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2t	Ball State	22½	2	2	3	3	3	2½	3	2	2
2t	Toledo	22½	3	3	2	2	2	2½	2	3	3
4	Western Michigan	37	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
5	Central Michigan	44	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	Eastern Michigan	54	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Ball State and Toledo for 2nd-3rd place in the MAC West.

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	USA Today (mag.)	McIllece Sports	F’Ball Out- siders	Arena Fanatic	Gold Sheet
West
1	Fresno State	10	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
2	San Diego State	22	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
3	San Jose State	23½	2	2	3	3	4½	1	2	3	3
4	Nevada	36	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	4
5	Nevada-Las Vegas	48	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	4	5
6	Hawaii	49½	6	6	6	5	4½	5	5	6	6
Mountain
1	Boise State	10	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
2	Utah State	17	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
3	Air Force	28½	3	3	3	3½	3	3	3	4	3
4	Wyoming	39½	4	4	4	5	5½	5	4	3	5
5	Colorado State	44	5	5	5	3½	5½	4	5	5	6
6	New Mexico	50	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	6	4

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Air Force and Colorado State for 3rd-4th place in the MWC Mountain division.

USA Today predicted a tie between Hawai’i and San Jose State for 4th-5th place in the MWC West division.

USA Today predicted a tie between Colorado State and Wyoming for 5th-6th place in the MWC Mountain division.

Pacific 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	USA Today (mag.)	McIllece Sports	F’Ball Out- siders	Arena Fanatic	Gold Sheet
North
1	Oregon	11½	2	1	2	1	1½	1	1	1	1
2	Stanford	16½	1	2	1	2	1½	3	2	2	2
3	Oregon State	28½	4	3	3	3	3½	2	3	4	3
4	Washington	33½	3	4	4	4	3½	4	4	3	4
5	California	48	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	6
6	Washington State	51	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	5
South
1	Southern Cal	17½	2	2	4	1	2½	1	1	1	3
2	Arizona State	19½	3	1	2	2	2½	2	3	3	1
3	UCLA	21	1	3	1	3	1	3	5	2	2
4	Arizona	33½	4	4	3	4	4½	4	2	4	4
5	Utah	43½	5	5	5	5	4½	5	4	5	5
6	Colorado	54	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

USA Today predicted a tie between Oregon and Stanford for 1st-2nd place in the PAC 12 North.

USA Today predicted a tie between Oregon State and Washington for 3rd-4th place in the PAC 12 North.

USA Today predicted a tie between Arizona State and Southern Cal for 2nd-3rd place in the PAC 12 South.

USA Today predicted a tie between Arizona and Utah for 4th-5th place in the PAC 12 South.

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	USA Today (mag.)	McIllece Sports	F’Ball Out- siders	Arena Fanatic	Gold Sheet
East
1	Georgia	12	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	South Carolina	18	2	2	1	2½	2½	2	3	2	1
3	Florida	24	3	3	2	2½	2½	3	2	3	3
4	Vanderbilt	39½	4	4	4	5½	4	4	6	4	4
5	Tennessee	47½	5	5	5	4	5½	6	5	6	6
6	Missouri	48	6	6	6	5½	5½	5	4	5	5
7	Kentucky	63	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
West
1	Alabama	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Texas A&M	20½	2	2	2	2½	2	2	3	3	2
3	Louisiana State	24½	3	3	3	2½	3	3	2	2	3
4	Mississippi	36½	4	4	4	4	4½	4	4	4	4
5	Mississippi State	50	5	5	7	6½	4½	5	6	6	5
6	Arkansas	55½	6	7	5	5	6½	7	5	7	7
7	Auburn	56	7	6	6	6½	6½	6	7	5	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Florida and South Carolina for 2nd-3rd place in the SEC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Missouri and Vanderbilt for 5th-6th place in the SEC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Louisiana State and Texas A&M for 2nd-3rd place in the SEC West.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Auburn and Mississippi State for 6th-7th place in the SEC West.

USA Today predicted a tie between Florida and South Carolina for 2nd-3rd place in the SEC East.

USA Today predicted a tie between Missouri and Tenneessee for 5th-6th place in the SEC East.

USA Today predicted a tie between Mississippi and Mississippi State for 4th-5th place in the SEC West.

USA Today predicted a tie between Arkansas and Auburn for 6th-7th place in the SEC West.

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	USA Today (mag.)	McIllece Sports	F’Ball Out- siders	Arena Fanatic	Gold Sheet
1	Louisiana-Lafay.	17½	3	1	2	1	1	1½	3	2	3
2	Louisiana-Monroe	21½	1	2	3	3	4½	3	2	1	2
3	Arkansas State	25	2	4	4	3	4½	1½	1	4	1
4	Western Kentucky	28½	4	3	1	3	2½	4	4	3	4
5	Troy	42½	5	5	5	5	2½	5	5	5	5
6	Texas State	54½	6	6	6	6	6	6½	6	6	6
7	South Alabama	63½	7	7	7	7	7	6½	7	8	7
8	Georgia State	71	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Arkansas State, Louisiana-Monroe, and Western Kentucky, for 2nd-4th place in the Sun Belt.

USA Today predicted a tie between Troy and Western Kentucky for 2nd-3rd place in the Sun Belt.

USA Today predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Monroe for 4th-5th place in the Sun Belt.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette for 1st-2nd place in the Sun Belt.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between South Alabama and Texas State for 6th-7th place in the Sun Belt.

Vegas Setting the Odds for Over/Under Wins for all of College Football!

July 4, 2013 benchwarmer42Leave a comment

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A big part of my preseason analysis of college football is trying to figure out how many wins each team is going to collect. The preseason top 10 is pretty predictable, although, every now and then a team completely bombs, most recently Va Tech and Texas come to mind. But let’s take a look at what 5dimeshas put together for us…

AIR FORCE: Over 6.5 (+120) Under 6.5 (-160)

AKRON: Over 2.5 (-140) Under 2.5 (EVEN)

ALABAMA: Over 11.5 (+140) Under 11.5 (-180)

ARIZONA: Over 7.5 (-120) Under 7.5 (-120)

ARIZONA STATE: Over 9.5 (+175) Under 9.5 (-245)

ARKANSAS: Over 5.5 (-140) Under 5.5 (EVEN)

ARKANSAS STATE: Over 7.5 (+160) Under 7.5 (-210)

ARMY: Over 4.5 (-110) Under 4.5 (-130)

AUBURN: Over 6.5 (+120) Under 6.5 (-160)

BALL STATE: Over 9.5 (+165) Under 9.5 (-215)

BAYLOR: Over 7.5 (-175) Under 7.5 (+135)

BOISE STATE: Over 10.5 (+120) Under 10.5 (-160)

BOSTON COLLEGE: Over 4.5 (+140) Under 4.5 (-180)

BOWLING GREEN: Over 8.5 (-150) Under 8.5 (+110)

BUFFALO: Over 5.5 (-140) Under 5.5 (EVEN)

BYU: Over 8.5 (+100) Under 8.5 (-140)

CALIFORNIA: Over 4.5 (+110) Under 4.5 (-150)

CENTRAL FLORIDA: Over 8.5 (+125) Under 8.5 (-165)

CENTRAL MICHIGAN: Over 4.5 (+130) Under 4.5 (-170)

CINCINNATI: Over 9.5 (+120) Under 9.5 (-160)

CLEMSON: Over 10.5 (+165) Under 10.5 (-215)

COLORADO: Over 3.5 (-160) Under 3.5 (+120)

COLORADO STATE: Over 5.5 (-195) Under 5.5 (+155)

CONNECTICUT: Over 5.5 (-140) Under 5.5 (+100)

DUKE: Over 5.5 (+120) Under 5.5 (-160)

EAST CAROLINA: Over 7.5 (-120) Under 7.5 (-120)

EASTERN MICHIGAN: Over 2.5 (+160) Under 2.5 (-210)

FLORIDA: Over 9.5 (+120) Under 9.5 (-160)

FLORIDA ATLANTIC: Over 3.5 (+155) Under 3.5 (-195)

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL: Over 2.5 (-140) Under 2.5 (EVEN)

FLORIDA STATE: Over 10.5 (+110) Under 10.5 (-150)

FRESNO STATE: Over 10.5 (+120) Under 10.5 (-160)

GEORGIA: Over 9.5 (-195) Under 9.5 (+155)

GEORGIA STATE: Over 2.5 (+130) Under 2.5 (-170)

GEORGIA TECH: Over 8.5 (-120) Under 8.5 (-120)

HAWAII: Over 3.5 (-130) Under 3.5 (-110)

HOUSTON: Over 5.5 (+120) Under 5.5 (-160)

IDAHO: Over 1.5 (+220) Under 1.5 (-300)

ILLINOIS: Over 3.5 (-160) Under 3.5 (+120)

INDIANA: Over 5.5 (-190) Under 5.5 (+150)

IOWA: Over 5.5 (-120) Under 5.5 (-120)

IOWA STATE: Over 5.5 (+175) Under 5.5 (-245)

KANSAS: Over 3.5 (-120) Under 3.5 (-120)

KANSAS STATE: Over 8.5 (+155) Under 8.5 (-195)

KENTUCKY: Over 3.5 (-160) Under 3.5 (+120)

KENT STATE: Over 5.5 (-105) Under 5.5 (-135)

LOUISVILLE: Over 10.5 (-130) Under 10.5 (-110)

LOUISIANA TECH: Over 5.5 (-180) Under 5.5 (+140)

LSU: Over 9.5 (+120) Under 9.5 (-160)

MARSHALL: Over 9.5 (+125) Under 9.5 (-165)

MARYLAND: Over 6.5 (-140) Under 6.5 (EVEN)

MASSACHUSETTS: Over 1.5 (+155) Under 1.5 (-195)

MEMPHIS: Over 4.5 (-165) Under 4.5 (+125)

MIAMI: Over 9.5 (+150) Under 9.5 (-190)

MIAMI OHIO: Over 4.5 (+140) Under 4.5 (-180)

MICHIGAN: Over 9.5 (-155) Under 9.5 (+115)

MICHIGAN STATE: Over 8.5 (-120) Under 8.5 (-120)

MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE: Over 5.5 (-150) Under 5.5 (+110)

MINNESOTA: Over 5.5 (-120) Under 5.5 (-120)

MISSISSIPPI: Over 8.5 (+120) Under 8.5 (-160)

MISSISSIPPI STATE: Over 5.5 (+140) Under 5.5 (-180)

MISSOURI: Over 5.5 (-180) Under 5.5 (+140)

NAVY: Over 6.5 (-120) Under 6.5 (-120)

NC STATE: Over 6.5 (-185) Under 6.5 (+145)

NEBRASKA: Over 9.5 (EVEN) Under 9.5 (-140)

NEVADA: Over 6.5 (+140) Under 6.5 (-180)

NEW MEXICO: Over 4.5 (+140) Under 4.5 (-180)

NEW MEXICO STATE: Over 2.5 (-120) Under 2.5 (-120)

NORTH CAROLINA: Over 9.5 (+170) Under 9.5 (-230)

NORTH TEXAS: Over 5.5 (+170) Under 5.5 (-230)

NORTHERN ILLINOIS: Over 9.5 (-175) Under 9.5 (+135)

NORTHWESTERN: Over 8.5 (-130) Under 8.5 (-110)

NOTRE DAME: Over 9.5 (-105) Under 9.5 (-135)

OHIO: Over 9.5 (+140) Under 9.5 (-180)

OHIO STATE: Over 11.5 (+160) Under 11.5 (-210)

OKLAHOMA: Over 9.5 (+160) Under 9.5 (-210)

OKLAHOMA STATE: Over 10.5 (+170) Under 10.5 (-230)

OREGON: Over 10.5 (-190) Under 10.5 (+150)

OREGON STATE: Over 8.5 (-210) Under 8.5 (+160)

PENN STATE: Over 8.5 (+150) Under 8.5 (-190)

PITTSBURGH: Over 5.5 (-110) Under 5.5 (-130)

PURDUE: Over 5.5 (+175) Under 5.5 (-245)

RICE: Over 7.5 (-190) Under 7.5 (+150)

RUTGERS: Over 6.5 (+110) Under 6.5 (-150)

SAN DIEGO STATE: Over 7.5 (+140) Under 7.5 (-180)

SAN JOSE STATE: Over 7.5 (+100) Under 7.5 (-140)

SMU: Over 5.5 (+140) Under 5.5 (-180)

SOUTH ALABAMA: Over 2.5 (-155) Under 2.5 (+115)

SOUTH CAROLINA: Over 9.5 (-195) Under 9.5 (+155)

SOUTH FLORIDA: Over 5.5 (-180) Under 5.5 (+140)

SOUTHERN MISS: Over 5.5 (-130) Under 5.5 (-110)

STANFORD: Over 9.5 (-120) Under 9.5 (-120)

SYRACUSE: Over 4.5 (-120) Under 4.5 (-120)

TCU: Over 9.5 (+180) Under 9.5 (-260)

TEMPLE: Over 4.5 (+130) Under 4.5 (-170)

TENNESSEE: Over 5.5 (-210) Under 5.5 (+160)

TEXAS: Over 9.5 (-150) Under 9.5 (+110)

TEXAS A&M: Over 9.5 (-180) Under 9.5 (+140)

TEXAS STATE: Over 5.5 (+125) Under 5.5 (-165)

TEXAS TECH: Over 7.5 (+145) Under 7.5 (-185)

TOLEDO: Over 8.5 (+130) Under 8.5 (-170)

TROY: Over 5.5 (-195) Under 5.5 (+155)

TULANE: Over 5.5 (EVEN) Under 5.5 (-140)

TULSA: Over 8.5 (-185) Under 8.5 (+145)

UAB: Over 5.5 (+140) Under 5.5 (-180)

UCLA: Over 8.5 (+180) Under 8.5 (-260)

UL LAFAYETTE: Over 8.5 (-180) Under 8.5 (+140)

UL MONROE: Over 7.5 (+110) Under 7.5 (-150)

UNLV: Over 4.5 (EVEN) Under 4.5 (-140)

USC: Over 10.5 (+165) Under 10.5 (-215)

UTAH: Over 5.5 (+145) Under 5.5 (-185)

UTAH STATE: Over 7.5 (-150) Under 7.5 (+110)

UTEP: Over 4.5 (+120) Under 4.5 (-160)

UTSA: Over 2.5 (+115) Under 2.5 (-155)

VANDERBILT: Over 7.5 (EVEN) Under 7.5 (-140)

VIRGINIA: Over 4.5 (-120) Under 4.5 (-120)

VIRGINIA TECH: Over 9.5 (+140) Under 9.5 (-180)

WAKE FOREST: Over 5.5 (-170) Under 5.5 (+130)

WASHINGTON: Over 7.5 (-120) Under 7.5 (-120)

WASHINGTON STATE: Over 4.5 (-130) Under 4.5 (-110)

WEST VIRGINIA: Over 5.5 (-210) Under 5.5 (+160)

WESTERN KENTUCKY: Over 6.5 (-195) Under 6.5 (+155)

WESTERN MICHIGAN: Over 5.5 (-150) Under 5.5 (+110)

WISCONSIN: Over 8.5 (-210) Under 8.5 (+160)

WYOMING: Over 5.5 (-175) Under 5.5 (+135)

[H/T: CBS Sports, via Beyond the Bets]