Sunday, December 5, 2010

TopoRank Bowl Predictions

Time to handicap all the bowl games!:

VisitorHomePredictSpreadActual
BYUUTEP17.011.5-1228
Northern IllinoisFresno St1.12.5-323
OhioTroy4.4-(1-1.5)-27
S.MississippiLouisville7.73.53
UtahBoise St17.316-1723
NavySan Diego State5.6----
HawaiiTulsa10.512-12.5-27
Florida IntlToledo6.81.5-22
Air ForceGeorgia Tech4.42-2.57
West VirginiaNorth Carolina St7.12.516
MissouriIowa6.10-1-3
East CarolinaMaryland16.47.5-831
IllinoisBaylor5.7-(1.5-2)24
Oklahoma StArizona1.6626
ArmySMU3.2----
Kansas StSyracuse12.32-3-2
North CarolinaTennessee6.9-(1.5-2.5)-3
NebraskaWashington15.313-13.5-12
South FloridaClemson3.24-4.5-5
Notre DameMiami2.03-16
Georgia UCF11.37-4
South CarolinaFlorida St0.13-9
NorthwesternTexas Tech5.29-9.57
FloridaPenn St7.6713
AlabamaMichigan St13.610.5-1142
Mississippi StMichigan3.0638
WisconsinTCU8.62.5-32
ConnecticutOklahoma18.217-1828
StanfordVirginia Tech14.53-3.528
Ohio StArkansas7.63-3.55
Middle TennesseeMiami (OH)6.31.5-214
LSUTexas A&M1.7-1-17
PittsburghKentucky4.82.5-317
NevadaBoston College21.19.5-107
OregonAuburn16.7-(2.5-3)-3

Boise State is the clear Bowl placement loser here, and Connecticut is a questionable choice for the Fiesta Bowl. Swapping those two would do them justice and avoid a couple of ho-hum blowout games.

TopoRank finishes the bowl season 17 of 33, which loses just short of 2%.
I'll have to take a long hard look at the theory behind it, and perhaps change it up for next year.

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