The school Jerry Falwell built gave the FCS another win over the FBS. Breitbart Sports projected Liberty would be in the Top 100 if they played in the FBS in our review of smaller programs. The ACC bounced back into
After one of the craziest week of upsets in college football history, the following are the updated ratings of each team, their conference, and the ranking of the team they beat and by what score this week. Florida State would
While most attention turned to conference play, big developments occurred in interconference play. Indiana propelled the Big Ten past the ACC and into a tie for the third-rated conference with the Pac-12, and Utah State stunned BYU to lead the
Upsets by Arizona, TCU, Mississippi, Utah State, and Mississippi State put the exclamation point on the craziest few days in recent college football history. Breitbart Sports’ simplified scoreboard lists all 128 teams alphabetically. There is a row for each team.
The Big Ten and Pac-12 have now caught the ACC in a virtual tie for third best conference, while the Mountain West almost caught Conference USA and the American Athletic for the best non-Power 5 Conference. The following table updates
Yale scored the first Ivy League win over an FBS/D1 school in 28 years, while Akron (MAC) and Colorado State (MWC) both delivered huge upsets over ACC teams. The following are the results for every FBS team listed by conference.
A Canadian school founded in 1663, a Division II school, and a California Community College join seven FCS schools who we project would win about half their games against FBS teams. 10. College of San Mateo: Juniors good enough to
The ranks of Historically Black Colleges, Junior Colleges, Canadian Football, and lower NCAA divisions field a number of football teams that would likely win some games if they were able to play FBS schools. A list of the top-200 non-FBS
Cincinnati visits Ohio State at 6 p.m. in the last big conference clash–the start times and projections listed below for the 106 FBS teams in action this week show the attention turning to conference play as the conference pecking order
Florida State vs. Oregon and a rematch of last year’s Sugar Bowl would be the first semifinal playoff games in college football history if the Pythagorean Ratings stayed the same and were followed. It is highly likely that play within
The Big Ten is still ranked 5th, but is back within a field goal of 3rd after an incredible 12-1 mark Saturday that included upsets of teams from the SEC and ACC. The SEC kept a slim lead over the
Below are the final scoring margins vs. the projected margins for each FBS team. A separate post totals these by conference to update the conference ratings. East Carolina’s 70-41 win over North Carolina puts them in the driver’s seat to
Things could not have gotten any worse for the Big Ten. The conference’s teams were projected to barely break .500 with a 7-6 record on Saturday. Instead, the conference erupted with one upset after another to shoot out to a
Oklahoma hopes to replace Alabama as center of the football universe. Oklahoma moved up two spots past Alabama and into No. 2 in this week’s Pythagorean Ratings, and could easily move into No. 1 if they defeat a West Virginia
The Big Ten has one last day to impress, the Big 12 just missed when K-State blew what should have been a win over the SEC but Oklahoma still passed Alabama for second, and BYU gets a surprise chance to
Two years ago the Washington Nationals put together a 98-win playoff team on only $81 million in salaries, the 11th best deal since 1998 based on calculations detailed in a separate post. They paid more this year, and will not
The Baltimore Orioles are the best deal in baseball, clinching the playoffs Tuesday despite $107 million in salaries that projected an 81-81 season. They are on pace to win 17 more than their salaries justify, the 25th-best deal since 1998.
The following scoreboard gives the Week 3 results for all 128 FBS teams by conference. A separate post breaks down the overall ranking of all 10 conferences. Starting with the American, Cincinnati was ranked 64th coming into the week and
The ACC and Big 12 both had better records and better victory margins than expected to pass the Pac-12 as the second and third best conferences through Week 3 (see Week 2 standings here). The Big Ten had another terrible
The Big 12 has two chances to challenge the SEC’s No. 1 ranking (click here) if they can surpass their projected 4.9-4.1 record this week with an Oklahoma win over Tennessee and Texas Tech win over Arkansas. Iowa State, Oklahoma State,
BYU kicked off Week 3 by surviving a Thursday night scare against Houston, and could repeat their feat from 30 years ago of competing for a national title without beating a ranked team. After destroying Texas in Week 2, BYU
Two of the biggest programs in the country, Ohio State and Texas, found playing without their starting quarterbacks very difficult, and the ACC took advantage to pass both of their conferences. Conference USA moved into 6th place and not far
The Big Ten has been essentially eliminated from the first four-team playoff in history–in Week 2. The fourth-best team in the ACC faced the largest crowd in Ohio State history and beat the second-best team in the Big Ten to
The argument for a 2-loss SEC team going to the playoff ahead of another 1-loss team could hinge on if Mississippi State, Missouri, and South Carolina win this weekend. If two of them stumble, then the Big 12 could catch them
The following is the list of the projected score of every college football game this weekend–though fans should adjust their point spreads based on the latest injuries through a service such as DonBest. Teams are listed alphabetically within their conference,
