My Games of the Week (Bowl Edition)

My Games of the Week (Bowl Edition)

December 19
Cure Bowl, Orlando 11am CBSSN
San Jose State vs Georgia State
We start off with an irrelevant bowl. Georgia State as a .500 team is appearing in their first D1 bowl and San Jose State shouldn’t be in post season but by the grace of the NCAA.. they are here. San Jose State wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: San Jose State
Charlie’s Pick: San Jose State
Dustin’s Pick: San Jose State

New Mexico Bowl, Albuquerque 1pm ESPN
Arizona vs New Mexico
Another bowl that probably shouldn’t be played. New Mexico has a home game. But Arizona wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Arizona
Charlie’s Pick: Arizona
Dustin’s Pick: Arizona

Royal Purple Bowl, Las Vegas 1:30pm ABC
BYU vs Utah
It’s the Holy War game all over again. This could get messy. Utah wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: BYU
Charlie’s Pick: Utah
Dustin’s Pick: Utah

Camellia Bowl, Montgomery 4:30pm ESPN
Ohio vs App State
Ohio had a good season. But Appalachian State is the little school that can and will. App State wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Ohio
Charlie’s Pick: Ohio
Dustin’s Pick: Ohio

New Orleans Bowl, 8pm ESPN
Arkansas State vs Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech is good. But the Red Wolves have had an outstanding season. Arkansas State wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Louisiana Tech
Charlie’s Pick: Arkansas State
Dustin’s Pick: Louisiana Tech

December 21
Miami Beach Bowl, Miami 1:30pm ESPN
Western Kentucky vs South Florida
Western Kentucky puts a bow on a great season with a win at the original site of the Orange Bowl.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Western Kentucky
Charlie’s Pick: Western Kentucky
Dustin’s Pick: Western Kentucky

December 22
Idaho Potato Bowl, Boise 2:30pm ESPN
Akron vs Utah State
Utah State wins here.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Utah State
Charlie’s Pick: Utah State
Dustin’s Pick: Utah State

Boca Raton Bowl, Miami 6pm ESPN
Toledo vs Temple
Two good teams here that are evenly matched. Temple wins in a close one.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Temple
Charlie’s Pick: Temple
Dustin’s Pick: Temple

December 23
Poinsettia Bowl, San Diego 3:30pm ESPN
Boise State vs Northern Illinois
Boise State wins this one

Celebrity Guest Picker: Boise State
Charlie’s Pick: Northern Illinois
Dustin’s Pick: Boise State

GoDaddy Bowl Mobile 7pm ESPN
Georgia Southern vs Bowling Green
Bowling Green wins going away.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Bowling Green
Charlie’s Pick: Bowling Green
Dustin’s Pick: Bowling Green

December 24
Bahamas Bowl, Nassau 11am ESPN
MTSU vs Western Michigan
Pass me some fried chicken. Western Michigan wins with heart.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Western Michigan
Charlie’s Pick: Western Michigan
Dustin’s Pick: Western Michigan

Hawaii Bowl, Hawaii 7pm ESPN
SDSU vs Cincinnati
Aloha Mountain West champions.. SDSU wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: SDSU
Charlie’s Pick: Cincinnati
Dustin’s Pick: SDSU

December 26
St Pete Bowl, 10am ESPN
UConn vs Marshall
Its all Marshall Marshall Marshall with the win.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Marshall
Charlie’s Pick: Marshall
Dustin’s Pick: Marshall

Sun Bowl, El Paso 1pm CBS
Miami, FL vs Washington State
Don’t ever count out the Pirate of the Palouse, Washington State wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Washington State
Charlie’s Pick: Washington State
Dustin’s Pick: Miami, FL

Heart of Dallas 2:30pm ESPN
Washington vs Southern Miss
I would love to take the Golden Eagles but I can’t. Washington wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Southern Miss
Charlie’s Pick: Washington
Dustin’s Pick: Washington

Pinstripe Bowl 2:30pm ABC
Indiana vs Duke
Indiana should be a 9-win team with some huge upsets. But they are only a 6 win team. They get their 7th win by beating Duke.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Indiana
Charlie’s Pick: Duke
Dustin’s Pick: Indiana

Independence Bowl Shreveport 4:45pm ESPN
Tulsa vs Virginia Tech
Beamer gets one final W. Virginia Tech wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Virginia Tech
Charlie’s Pick: Virginia Tech
Dustin’s Pick: Virginia Tech

Foster Farms Bowl, Santa Clara 8:15pm ESPN
UCLA vs Nebraska
Nebraska is here only by the grace of the NCAA. UCLA wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: UCLA
Charlie’s Pick: UCLA
Dustin’s Pick: UCLA

December 28
Military Bowl, Annapolis 1:30pm ESPN
Pitt vs Navy
Navy wins easily.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Navy
Charlie’s Pick: Navy
Dustin’s Pick: Navy

Quicklane Bowl, Detroit 4pm ESPN2
Central Michigan vs Minnesota
Minnesota is here by the grace of the NCAA. Minnesota makes the best of the benevolence with a win.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Minnesota
Charlie’s Pick: Central Michigan
Dustin’s Pick: Minnesota

December 29
Armed Forces Bowl, Ft Worth 1pm ESPN
Cal vs Air Force
Cal wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Cal
Charlie’s Pick: Air Force
Dustin’s Pick: Air Force

Russell Athletic Bowl, Orlando 4:30pm ESPN
North Carolina vs Baylor
The bears pooped in the woods in front of everyone. At least they brought toilet paper this time. Baylor wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: North Carolina
Charlie’s Pick: North Carolina
Dustin’s Pick: North Carolina

Arizona Bowl, Tucson 6:30pm
Nevada vs Colorado State
CSU has shown improvement this season Colorado State wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Colorado State
Charlie’s Pick: Colorado State
Dustin’s Pick: Nevada

Texas Bowl, Houston 8pm ESPN
LSU vs Texas Tech
Eye of the Tiger… LSU wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: LSU
Charlie’s Pick: LSU
Dustin’s Pick: LSU

December 30
Belk Bowl, Charlotte 2:30pm ESPN
NC State vs Mississippi State
Mississippi State wins

Celebrity Guest Picker: Mississippi State
Charlie’s Pick: Mississippi State
Dustin’s Pick: Mississippi State

Music City Bowl, Nashville 6pm ESPN
Texas A&M vs Louisville
Texas A&M wins and cools the hot seat.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Texas A&M
Charlie’s Pick: Texas A&M
Dustin’s Pick: Texas A&M

Holiday Bowl, San Diego 9:30pm ESPN
USC vs Wisconsin
Clay Helton and USC wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: USC
Charlie’s Pick: USC
Dustin’s Pick: USC

December 31
Peach Bowl, Atlanta 11am ESPN
Houston vs Florida State
Houston comes back from the brink and wins. Florida State finds a way this time to stop them. FSU with the win.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Florida State
Charlie’s Pick: Florida State
Dustin’s Pick: Florida State

Playoff 1 Cotton Bowl, Arlington 7pm ESPN
Michigan State vs Alabama
Alabama in a good game.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Alabama
Charlie’s Pick: Alabama
Dustin’s Pick: Alabama

Playoff 2 Orange Bowl, Miami 3pm ESPN
Oklahoma vs Clemson
The experts in arid regions say Oklahoma but Big Game Bob historically has trouble in big games. This is about a big as it can get. Clemson for the win.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Clemson
Charlie’s Pick: Oklahoma
Dustin’s Pick: Oklahoma

January 1
Outback Bowl, Tampa 11am ESPN2
Northwestern vs UTK
NW upset Stanford to begin the season. Their upset luck has run out. UTK with the win.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Northwestern
Charlie’s Pick: Northwestern
Dustin’s Pick: Northwestern

Citrus Bowl, Orlando 12pm ABC
Michigan vs Florida
Can you believe some Gator fans want to fire their coach after losing to Alabama in the SEC Championship game? Michigan is still rebuilding. Florida wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Florida
Charlie’s Pick: Florida
Dustin’s Pick: Florida

Fiesta Bowl, 12pm ESPN
Notre Dame vs Ohio State
Luckeye fans were crying that they were not in the playoff. Um if you want to be in the playoff you can do one of two things: A get a 16 team playoff going or B um I dono.. maybe beat Michigan State. When you play a “Little Sisters of the Poor” (quoting Gordon Gee) schedule that sees you play only two ranked teams and you loose to one of then yea.. you will miss a 4 team playoff. Buck up kid. Maybe beat fellow week scheduler Notre Dame and prove your worth. Ohio State wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Ohio State
Charlie’s Pick: Notre Dame
Dustin’s Pick: Ohio State

Rose Bowl, 4pm ESPN
Stanford vs Iowa
Stanford wins but closer than the experts think.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Stanford
Charlie’s Pick: Stanford
Dustin’s Pick: Iowa

Sugar Bowl, 7:30pm ESPN
Oklahoma State vs Ole Miss
If they lay off the synthetic wacky weed, they can win. Ole Miss wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Ole Miss
Charlie’s Pick: Ole Miss
Dustin’s Pick: Ole Miss

January 2
Taxslayer Bowl, Jacksonville 11am ESPN
Penn State vs Georgia
Georgia wins

Celebrity Guest Picker: Georgia
Charlie’s Pick: Penn State
Dustin’s Pick: Penn State

Liberty Bowl, Memphis 2:20pm ESPN
Kansas State vs Arkansas
Roll Dam Hogs!! Arkansas wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Arkansas
Charlie’s Pick: Arkansas
Dustin’s Pick: Arkansas

Alamo Bowl, San Antonio 5:45pm ESPN
Oregon vs TCU
TCU with the win.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Oregon
Charlie’s Pick: TCU
Dustin’s Pick: TCU

Cactus Bowl, Phoenix 9:15pm ESPN
West Virginia vs Arizona State
Well all right all right all right.. West Virginia wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Arizona State
Charlie’s Pick: West Virginia
Dustin’s Pick: Arizona State

January 11
National Playoff Game, Glendale 7:30pm ESPN
Alabama sneaks one out and gets the win for the “glory of the SEC.” Ohio State files a protest and requests a 16-team playoff scenario where they are guaranteed a playoff spot because after all they are Ohio State.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Alabama
Charlie’s Pick: Oklahoma
Dustin’s Pick: Alabama

Playoffs? Playoffs!! Playoffs?

Playoffs? Playoffs!! Playoffs?

Yes playoffs. Lets not just do a little 4-team playoff but lets do a 16-team playoff. The Playoff would start on December 19 with 8 games, the following weekend it would be 4 then the semi finals on January 2 and the championship game on January 11. (This is the same length of the current bowl season.) The locations would be bid similar to the men and women’s basketball tournaments.

Every conference (10 teams) would get an automatic bid for their conference champion providing that their champion has no more than one loss. If a conference cannot provide a champion with one loss or less then there would be an extra at large spot. Independent non-conference teams would have to get into the playoffs by securing an at large spot. There would be at least 6 at large spots available. In the case of this season only the AAC (Houston (12-1), ACC (Clemson (13-0), Big 12 (Oklahoma (11-1), Big 10 (Michigan State (12-1) and the SEC (Alabama (12-1) had teams that qualified for automatic bids. With only 5 automatic bids this season that makes for 11 at large spots.

For the purposes of this discussion we will be using my rankings to seed the field. I kicked out Appalachian State and Western Kentucky because of their low quality wins. Toledo might have made it in because they beat both Arkansas and Iowa State. However their loss to Western Michigan and only playing a 11 game schedule killed them. That is why I moved North Carolina and Florida up.

Here is my field of 16 for the playoffs:

1. Clemson (13-0) ACC Champion
2. Alabama (12-1) SEC Champion
3. Michigan State (12-1) Big 10 Champion
4. Oklahoma (11-1) Big 12 Champion
5. Houston (12-1) AAC Champion
6. Ohio State (11-1)
7. Iowa (12-1)
8. TCU (10-2)
9. Northwestern (10-2)
10. Stanford (11-2) PAC 12 Champion
11. Notre Dame (10-2)
12. Navy (9-2)
13. Oklahoma State (10-2)
14. Florida State (10-2)
15. North Carolina (11-2)
16. Florida (10-3)

Conference Champions:
Houston (12-1) AAC
Clemson (13-0) ACC
Oklahoma (11-1) Big 12
Michigan State (12-1) Big 10
Does not have a qualifying champion CUSA (Western Kentucky 11-2)
Does not have a qualifying champion MAC (Bowling Green 10-3)
Does not have a qualifying champion Mountain West SDSU (10-3)
Does not have a qualifying champion PAC 12 Stanford (11-2)
Alabama (12-1) SEC
Does not have a qualifying champion Sunbelt (Arkansas State 9-3)

My Games of the Week Results

Finally, this has been a great season of college football. There have been some good upsets. The race to who would be crowned the best picker was close in the 15 weeks of the season. I would like to thank Charlie, Dustin and the Celebrity Guest Picker for spending the last 15 weeks giving of their time. Thanks also to Dustin to selecting the games to be picked.

This year I avenged my lost to Charlie last year. Last season he won with 96-54 compared to my 95-55 record. This is my best finish ever for picking games in four years:

2015: 109-31
2014: 95-55
2013: 102-48
2012: 103-37

Here are the results from this season:

Blake:
Total on the season: Wins: 109 Losses: 31

Charlie:
Total on the season: Wins: 99 Losses: 41

Celebrity Guest Picker:

Total on the season: Wins: 98 Losses: 42

Dustin:
Total on the season: Wins: 80 Losses: 60

Look for our picks for the bowl games in the next few weeks. The Celebrity Guest Picker won the 2014 bowl picking bonanza.

My Top 25 College Football 2015 Week Fourteen – December 7, 2015

My Top 25 College Football 2015
Week Fourteen – December 7, 2015

1. Clemson (13-0) Beat AA Wofford, South Carolina, Syracuse, Wake Forrest, Florida State, NC State, Miami, FL, Boston College, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Louisville and App State
2. Alabama (12-1) Lost to Ole Miss and Beat AA Charleston Southern, Florida, Auburn, Mississippi State, LSU, UTK, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana Monroe, Wisconsin and MTSU
3. Michigan State (12-1) Lost to Nebraska and Beat Iowa, Penn State, Ohio State, Maryland, Indiana, Michigan, Rutgers, Purdue, Central Michigan, Air Force, Western Michigan and Oregon
4. Oklahoma (11-1) Lost to Texas and Beat Oklahoma State, TCU, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Texas Tech, Kansas State, West Virginia, Tulsa, Akron and UTK
5. Houston (12-1) Lost to UConn and Beat AA Tennessee Tech, Temple, Navy, Memphis, Cincinnati, Vanderbilt, UCF, Tulane, SMU, Tulsa, Texas State and Louisville
6. Ohio State (11-1) Lost to Michigan State and Beat Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, Rutgers, Penn State, Maryland, Indiana, Western Michigan, Northern Illinois, Virginia Tech and Hawaii
7. Iowa (12-1) Lost to Michigan State and Beat AA Illinois State, Nebraska, Purdue, Minnesota, Indiana, Maryland, Northwestern, Illinois, Wisconsin, North Texas, Pitt and Iowa State
8. TCU (10-2) Lost to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State and Beat AA SFA, Baylor, Kansas, West Virginia, Iowa State, Kansas State, Texas, Texas Tech, SMU and Minnesota
9. Northwestern (10-2) Lost to Iowa and Michigan and Beat AA Eastern Illinois, Illinois, Wisconsin, Purdue, Penn State, Nebraska, Minnesota, Ball State, Duke and Stanford
10. Stanford (11-2) Lost to Oregon and Northwestern and Beat USC, Notre Dame, Cal, Colorado, Washington State, Washington, UCLA, Arizona, Oregon State, UCF and USC
11. Notre Dame (10-2) Lost to Stanford and Clemson and Beat Boston College, Wake Forrest, Pitt, Temple, USC, Navy, UMass, Georgia Tech, Texas and Virginia
12. Navy (9-2) Lost to Houston and Notre Dame and Beat AA Colgate, Tulsa, SMU, Memphis, USF, Tulane, Air Force, UConn and East Carolina
13. Oklahoma State (10-2) Lost to Oklahoma and Baylor and Beat AA Central Arkansas, Iowa State, TCU, Texas Tech, Kansas, West Virginia, Kansas State, Texas, UTSA and Central Michigan
14. Florida State (10-2) Lost to Clemson and Georgia Tech and Beat AA Chattanooga, Florida, NC State, Syracuse, Louisville, Miami, FL, Wake Forrest, Boston College, Texas State and South Florida
15. Appalachian State (10-2) Lost to Arkansas State and Clemson and Beat AA Howard, South Alabama, Idaho, Troy, Georgia Southern, Louisiana Monroe, Georgia State, Louisiana, Wyoming and Old Dominion
16. Western Kentucky (11-2) Lost to Indiana and LSU and Beat Southern Miss, Marshall. FIU, FAU, Old Dominion, North Texas, MTSU, Rice, Miami, OH, Vanderbilt and Louisiana Tech
17. Toledo (9-2) Lost to Western Michigan and Northern Illinois and Beat Bowling Green, Central Michigan, UMass, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Ball State, Arkansas State, Arkansas and Iowa State
18. North Carolina (11-2) Lost to Clemson, South Carolina and Beat AA NC A&T, AA Delaware, NC State, Virginia Tech, Duke, Miami, FL, Pitt, Virginia, Wake Forrest, Georgia Tech and Illinois
19. Florida (10-3) Lost to Alabama, Florida State and LSU and Beat FAU, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Missouri, Ole Miss, UTK, Kentucky, New Mexico State and ECU
20. Temple (10-3) Lost to Houston, Notre Dame and South Florida and Beat UConn, Memphis, SMU, East Carolina, UCF, Tulane, Charlotte, UMass, Penn State and Cincinnati
21. Memphis (9-3) Lost to Temple, Houston and Navy and Beat AA Missouri State, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, Ole Miss, South Florida, Cincinnati, Bowling Green and Kansas
22. Ole Miss (9-3) Lost to Arkansas, Memphis and Florida and Beat AA UT Martin, Mississippi State, Auburn, Texas A&M, New Mexico State, LSU, Vanderbilt, Alabama and Fresno State
23. Utah (9-3) Lost to UCLA, Arizona and USC and Beat Colorado, Washington, Oregon State, Arizona State, Cal, Oregon, Fresno State, Michigan and Utah State
24. Bowling Green (10-3) Lost to Toledo, Memphis and UTK and Beat Northern Illinois, Ball State, Western Michigan, Ohio, Kent State, Akron, UMass, Buffalo, Maryland and Purdue
25. Wisconsin (9-3) Lost to Northwestern, Iowa and Alabama and Beat Maryland, Rutgers, Illinois, Purdue, Nebraska, Hawaii, Troy, Minnesota and Miami, OH

Waiting to get into the Top 25:
26. LSU (9-3) Lost to Ole Miss, Arkansas and Alabama and Beat Texas A&M, Western Kentucky, Florida, South Carolina, Eastern Michigan, Syracuse, Mississippi State and Auburn
27. Georgia (9-3) Lost to Florida, UTK and Alabama and Beat Georgia Southern in OT, Beat AA Southern, Auburn, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Louisiana Monroe and Vanderbilt
28. SDSU (10-3) Lost to Penn State, Cal and South Alabama and Beat AA San Diego, Air Force, Nevada, UNLV, Wyoming, Colorado State, Utah State, San Jose State, Hawaii and Fresno State
29. Oregon (9-3) Lost to Washington State, Utah and Michigan State and Beat AA Eastern Washington, Stanford, Oregon State, USC, Arizona State, Cal, Washington, Colorado and Georgia State
30. Michigan (9-3) Lost to Ohio State, Michigan State and Utah and Beat Indiana in OT and Penn State, Rutgers, Minnesota, Northwestern, Maryland, BYU, Oregon State and UNLV
31. BYU (9-3) Lost to Missouri, UCLA and Michigan and Beat AA Wagner, Utah State, Fresno State, San Jose State, Cincinnati, East Carolina, UConn, Nebraska and Boise State
32. Arkansas State (9-3) Lost to Toledo, USC and Missouri and Beat AA Missouri State, Texas State, New Mexico State, Louisiana Monroe, Appalachian State, Georgia State, Louisiana, South Alabama and Idaho
33. Baylor (9-3) Lost to Texas, TCU and Oklahoma and Beat AA Lamar, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Iowa State, West Virginia, Kansas, Texas Tech, Rice and SMU
34. UTK (8-4) Lost to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and Oklahoma and Beat AA Western Carolina, Vanderbilt, Missouri, North Texas, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia and Bowling Green
35. USF (8-4) Lost to Navy, Memphis, Maryland and Florida State and Beat AA Florida A&M, UCF, Cincinnati, Temple, East Carolina, SMU, UConn and Syracuse
36. Texas A&M (8-4) Lost to LSU, Auburn, Alabama and Ole Miss and Beat AA Western Carolina, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Arkansas, Nevada, Arizona State and Ball State
37. Mississippi State (8-4) Lost to Ole Miss, Alabama, Texas A&M and LSU and Beat AA NW State, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Louisiana Tech, Troy, Auburn and So Miss
38. Ohio (8-4) Lost to Bowling Green, Buffalo, Western Michigan and Minnesota and Beat AA Southwestern Louisiana, Northern Illinois, Ball State, Kent State, Miami, OH, Akron, Idaho and Marshall
39. Marshall (9-3) Lost to Western Kentucky, MTSU and Ohio and Beat AA Norfolk State, FIU, Charlotte, North Texas, FAU, Southern Miss, ODU, Kent State and Purdue
40. Southern Miss (9-4) Lost to Western Kentucky, Marshall, Nebraska and Mississippi State and Beat AA Austin Peay, Louisiana Tech, Old Dominion, Rice, UTEP, Charlotte, North Texas, UTSA and Texas State
41. Louisiana Tech (8-4) Lost to Southern Miss, Mississippi State, Western Kentucky and Kansas State and Beat AA Southern, UTEP, North Texas, Rice, MTSU, UTSA, Louisiana and FIU
42. Pitt (8-4) Lost to Miami, FL, Notre Dame, North Carolina and Iowa and Beat AA Youngstown State, Louisville, Duke, Syracuse, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Akron
43. Washington State (8-4) Lost to AA Portland State, Washington, Stanford and Cal and Beat Colorado, UCLA, Arizona State, Arizona, Oregon State, Oregon, Rutgers and Wyoming
44. UCLA (8-4) Lost to USC, Washington State, Colorado, Stanford, Arizona State and Beat Utah, Oregon State, Cal, Arizona, BYU, Virginia and UNLV
45. Boise State (8-4) Lost to Air Force, New Mexico, Utah State and BYU and Beat AA Idaho State, San Jose State, UNLV, Wyoming, Colorado State, Hawaii, Virginia and Washington
46. Georgia Southern (8-4) Lost to Georgia State, Georgia, App State and West Virginia and Beat AA The Citadel, Texas State, New Mexico State, Troy, Louisiana-Monroe, Idaho, South Alabama and Western Michigan
47. USC (8-5) Lost to Stanford, Oregon, Notre Dame, Stanford and Washington and Beat UCLA, Colorado, Arizona, Cal, Utah, Arizona State, Arkansas State and Idaho
48. Northern Illinois (8-5) Lost to Bowling Green, Ohio, Central Michigan, Boston College and Lost to Ohio State in a close one and Beat AA Murray State, Western Michigan, Buffalo, Toledo, Eastern Michigan, Miami, OH, Ball State and UNLV
49. Air Force (8-5) Lost to SDSU, New Mexico, Colorado State, Navy and Michigan State and Beat AA Morgan State, Utah State, Boise State, Army, Hawaii, Fresno State, Wyoming and San Jose State
50. Arkansas (7-5) Lost to Mississippi State, Alabama, Texas A&M, Toledo and Texas Tech and Beat AA UT Martin, Missouri, LSU, Ole Miss, Auburn, UTEP and UTK

Waiting to get into the Top 50:
51. Cincinnati (7-5) Lost to South Florida, Houston, BYU, Memphis and Temple and Beat AA Alabama A&M, East Carolina, Tulsa, UCF, UConn, Miami, FL and Miami, OH
52. Louisville (7-5) Lost to Pitt, Florida State, Clemson, Auburn and Houston and Beat AA Samford, Virginia, Kentucky, Syracuse, Wake Forrest, Boston College and NC State
53. West Virginia (7-5) Lost to Kansas State, TCU, Baylor, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State and Beat AA Liberty, Iowa State, Kansas, Texas, Texas Tech, Maryland and Georgia Southern
54. Cal (7-5) Lost to Stanford, Oregon, USC, UCLA and Utah and Beat AA Grambling State, Arizona State, Oregon State, Washington State, Washington, Texas and SDSU
55. Texas Tech (7-5) Lost to West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Baylor and TCU and Beat AA Sam Houston State, Texas, Kansas State, Kansas, Iowa State, Arkansas and UTEP
56. Miami, FL (8-4) Lost to North Carolina, Clemson, Florida State and Cincinnati and Beat AA Bethune-Cookman, Pitt, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Duke, Virginia Tech, Nebraska and FAU
57. Duke (7-5) Lost to Virginia, Pitt, North Carolina, Miami, FL and Northwestern and Beat AA NC Central, Wake Forrest, Virginia Tech, Army, Boston College, Georgia Tech and Tulane
58. MTSU (7-5) Lost to Louisiana Tech, Western Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Illinois and Alabama and Beat AA Jackson State, UTSA, North Texas, FAU, Marshall, FIU and Charlotte
59. Akron (7-5) Lost to Central Michigan, Bowling Green, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pitt and Beat AA Savannah State, Miami, OH, Kent State, Buffalo, UMass, Eastern Michigan and Louisiana Lafayette
60. Indiana (6-6) Lost to Michigan, Iowa, Michigan State, Rutgers, Ohio State and Penn State and Barely beat AA Southern Illinois and Beat Purdue, Maryland, Wake Forrest, FIU and Western Kentucky
61. Penn State (7-5) Lost to Michigan State, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State and Temple and Beat Illinois, Maryland, Indiana, Army, SDSU, Buffalo and Rutgers
62. NC State (7-5) Lost to North Carolina, Florida State, Clemson, Virginia Tech and Louisville and Beat AA Eastern Ky, Boston College, Syracuse, Wake Forrest, South Alabama, Old Dominion and Troy
63. Western Michigan (7-5) Lost to Northern Illinois, Bowling Green, Ohio State, Michigan State and Georgia Southern and Beat AA Murray State, Toledo, Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Miami, OH, Ohio and Central
64. Auburn (6-6) Lost to Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Mississippi State and LSU and Barely beat AA Jacksonville State, Texas A&M, Idaho, Kentucky, San Jose State and Louisville
65. Colorado State (7-5) Lost to SDSU, Boise State, Utah State, Colorado and Minnesota and Beat AA Savannah State, Fresno State, New Mexico, UNLV, Wyoming, Air Force and UTSA
66. Central Michigan (7-5) Lost to Toledo, Western Michigan, Michigan State, Syracuse and Oklahoma State and Beat AA Monmouth, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Akron, Ball State, Buffalo and Northern Illinois
67. New Mexico (7-5) Lost to Colorado State, San Jose State, Nevada, Arizona State and Tulsa and Beat AA Mississippi Valley State, Air Force, Boise State, Utah State, Hawaii, New Mexico State and Wyoming
68. Kansas State (6-6) Lost to Texas Tech, Baylor, Oklahoma, TCU and Oklahoma State and Beat AA South Dakota, West Virginia, Kansas, Iowa State, Texas, Louisiana Tech and UTSA
69. Tulsa (6-6) Lost to Navy, Cincinnati, Memphis, East Carolina, Houston, Oklahoma and Beat Tulane, UCF, SMU, Louisiana Monroe, FAU and New Mexico
70. Virginia Tech (6-6) Lost to North Carolina, Duke, Miami, FL, Pitt, East Carolina and Ohio State and Beat AA Furman, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Boston College, NC State and Purdue
71. Washington (6-6) Lost to Arizona State, Utah, Stanford, Oregon, Cal and Boise State and Beat AA Sacramento State, Washington, Oregon State, Arizona, USC and Utah State
72. Arizona (6-6) Lost to Arizona State, USC, Washington, Washington State, Stanford and UCLA and Beat AA Northern Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Oregon State, UTSA and Nevada
73. UConn (6-6) Lost to Temple, Cincinnati, USF, BYU, Missouri and Navy and Beat AA Villanova, Houston, Tulane, East Carolina, UCF and Army
74. Utah State (6-6) Lost to BYU, Air Force, New Mexico, SDSU, Washington and Utah and Beat AA Southern Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Boise State, Fresno State and Colorado State
75. Arizona State (6-6) Lost to Cal, Washington State, Oregon, Utah, USC and Texas A&M and Beat AA Cal Poly, Arizona, Colorado, UCLA, Washington and New Mexico
76. Nevada (6-6) Lost to SDSU, Utah State, Wyoming, UNLV, Arizona and Texas A&M and Beat AA UC Davis, San Jose State, Fresno State, Hawaii, New Mexico and Buffalo
77. Georgia State (6-6) Lost to AA Liberty, Louisiana, Arkansas State, Appalachian State, Oregon and Charlotte and Beat Georgia Southern, Texas State, Troy, New Mexico State, South Alabama and Ball State

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78. Nebraska (5-7) Lost to Iowa, Purdue, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Illinois, Miami, FL and BYU and Beat Rutgers, Michigan State, South Alabama, Minnesota and Southern Miss
79. East Carolina (5-7) Lost to Cincinnati, South Florida, UConn, Temple, BYU, Navy and Florida and Beat AA Towson, UCF, Tulsa, SMU and Virginia Tech
80. Texas (5-7) Lost to Lost to Texas Tech, West Virginia, Iowa State, TCU, Cal, Oklahoma State and Notre Dame and Beat Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Rice and Oklahoma
81. Minnesota (5-7) Lost to Wisconsin, Iowa, Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska, TCU and Northwestern and Beat Colorado State in OT, Illinois, Ohio, Purdue and Kent State
82. Kentucky (5-7) Lost to Louisville, Vanderbilt, Georgia, UTK, Auburn, Florida and Mississippi State and Beat AA Eastern Kentucky, Charlotte, Missouri, Louisiana and South Carolina
83. UTEP (5-7) Lost to Louisiana Tech, Old Dominion, Southern Miss, FIU, UTSA, Arkansas and Texas Tech and Beat AA Incarnate Word, North Texas, Rice, FAU and New Mexico State
84. San Jose State (5-7) Lost to Boise State, Nevada, BYU, SDSU, Auburn, Oregon State and Air Force and Beat AA New Hampshire, Hawaii, New Mexico, UNLV and Fresno State
85. FIU (5-7) Lost to Western Kentucky, Marshall, FAU, MTSU, UMass, Louisiana Tech and Indiana and Beat AA NC Central, Charlotte, Old Dominion, UTEP and UCF
86. Rice (5-7) Lost to UTSA, Southern Mississippi, UTEP, Louisiana Tech, Western Kentucky, Baylor and Texas and Beat AA Wagner, Charlotte, Army, FAU and North Texas
87. Missouri (5-7) Lost to Arkansas, UTK, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Florida and Kentucky and Beat AA SEMO, BYU, South Carolina, UConn and Arkansas State
88. Buffalo (5-7) Lost to UMass, Akron, Northern Illinois, Central Michigan, Bowling Green, Nevada and Penn State and Beat AA Albany, Kent State, Miami, OH, Ohio and FAU
89. Illinois (5-7) Lost to Northwestern, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Iowa and North Carolina and Beat AA Western Illinois, Purdue, Nebraska, MTSU and Kent State
90. South Alabama (5-7) Lost to App State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Texas State, Arkansas State, NC State and Nebraska and Beat AA Gardner-Webb, Louisiana, Idaho, Troy and SDSU
91. Old Dominion (5-7) Lost to FAU, Southern Miss, UTEP, Western Kentucky, FIU, Marshall, Appalachian State, NC State and Beat AA Norfolk State, UTSA, Charlotte and Eastern Michigan
92. Idaho (4-8) Lost to App State, Auburn, South Alabama, New Mexico State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Ohio and USC and Beat AA Wofford, Texas State, Louisiana Monroe and Troy
93. Vanderbilt (4-8) Lost to UTK, Texas A&M, Florida, Houston, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Western Kentucky and Georgia and Beat Kentucky, Missouri, Austin Peay and MTSU
94. Troy (4-8) Lost to Georgia State, Georgia Southern, Appalachian State, Idaho, Mississippi State, South Alabama, Wisconsin and NC State and Beat AA Charleston Southern, Louisiana, Louisiana Monroe and New Mexico State
95. Syracuse (4-8) Lost to NC State, Clemson, Louisville, Florida State, Pitt, Virginia, South Florida and LSU and Beat AA Rhode Island, Boston College, Central Michigan and Wake Forrest
96. Virginia (4-8) Lost to Virginia Tech, Louisville, Miami, FL, North Carolina, Pitt, Boise State, UCLA and Notre Dame and Beat AA William and Mary, Duke, Georgia Tech and Syracuse
97. Louisiana Lafayette (4-8) Lost to Troy, App State, New Mexico State, South Alabama, Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech, Kentucky and Akron and Beat AA NW State, Georgia State, Louisiana Monroe and Texas State
98. Rutgers (4-8) Lost to Maryland, Nebraska, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan State, Penn State and Washington State and Beat AA Norfolk State, Army, Indiana and Kansas
99. Georgia Tech (3-9) Lost to Georgia, Miami, FL, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Pitt, Clemson, North Carolina, Duke and Notre Dame and Beat AA Alcorn State, Florida State and Tulane
100. Miami, OH (3-9) Lost to Akron, Buffalo, Western Michigan, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Kent State, Western Kentucky, Cincinnati and Wisconsin and Beat AA Presbyterian College, UMass and Eastern Michigan
101. Ball State (3-9) Lost to Bowling Green, Ohio, Western Michigan, Central Michigan, Georgia State, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Texas A&M and Northwestern and Beat AA VMI, UMass and Eastern Michigan
102. Tulane (3-9) Lost to Tulsa, SMU, UConn, Memphis, Navy, Houston, Temple, Duke and Georgia Tech and Beat AA Maine, Army and UCF
103. New Mexico State (3-9) Lost to Louisiana Monroe, Arkansas State, Troy, Georgia Southern, Ole Miss, New Mexico, Florida, UTEP and Georgia State and Beat Louisiana, Idaho and Texas State
104. Texas State (3-9) Lost to Arkansas State, Idaho, Georgia State, New Mexico State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana, Houston, Southern Miss and Florida State and Beat AA Prairie View A&M, Louisiana Monroe and South Alabama
105. UMass (3-9) Lost to Miami, OH, Akron, Ball State, Toledo, Kent State, Bowling Green, Notre Dame, Colorado and Temple and Beat Buffalo, FIU and Eastern Michigan
106. Kent State (3-9) Lost to Akron, Central Michigan, Ohio, Buffalo, Bowling Green, Toledo, Marshall, Minnesota and Illinois and Beat AA Delaware State, UMass and Miami, OH
107. UNLV (3-9) Lost to Wyoming, SDSU, Colorado State, Boise State, Fresno State, San Jose State, Michigan, Northern Illinois and UCLA and Beat AA Idaho State, Hawaii and Nevada
108. UTSA (3-9) Lost to MTSU, Old Dominion, North Texas, Southern Miss, Louisiana Tech, Colorado State, Oklahoma State, Arizona and Kansas State and Beat Rice, UTEP and Charlotte
109. Fresno State (3-9) Lost to Colorado State, BYU, Nevada, Air Force, Utah State, SDSU, San Jose State, Utah and Ole Miss and Beat AA Abilene Christian, Hawaii and UNLV
110. FAU (3-9) Lost to Florida, MTSU, Western Kentucky, UTEP, Marshall, Rice, Buffalo, Tulsa and Miami, FL and Beat Old Dominion, Charlotte and FIU
111. Wake Forrest (3-9) Lost to Duke, Clemson, Notre Dame, Louisville, NC State, Florida State, Indiana and Syracuse and Beat AA Elon, North Carolina, Boston College and Army
112. Iowa State (3-9) Lost to West Virginia, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Baylor, TCU, Texas Tech, Toledo and Iowa and Beat AA Northern Iowa, Texas and Kansas
113. Boston College (3-9) Lost to Syracuse, Notre Dame, NC State, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Clemson, Wake Forrest, Florida State and Duke and Beat AA Maine, Northern Illinois and AA Howard
114. Colorado (4-9) Lost to Utah, Washington State, USC, Stanford, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon and Hawaii and Beat AA Nicholls State, UMass, Oregon State and Colorado State
115. Maryland (3-9) Lost to Indiana, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Iowa, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Bowling Green and West Virginia and Beat AA Richmond, Rutgers and USF
116. South Carolina (3-9) Lost to AA The Citadel, Clemson, Florida, UTK, Texas A&M, LSU, Missouri, Georgia and Kentucky and Beat Vanderbilt, North Carolina and UCF
117. Army (2-9) Lost to AA Fordham, Rutgers, Tulane, Air Force, Rice, Duke, Penn State, Wake Forrest and UConn and Beat AA Bucknell and Eastern Michigan
118. Hawaii (3-10) Lost to San Jose State, Fresno State, UNLV, Air Force, Nevada, New Mexico, SDSU, Boise State, Wisconsin and Ohio State and Beat AA UC Davis, Louisiana-Monroe and Colorado
119. Oregon State (2-10) Lost to Oregon, Washington, Cal, UCLA, Utah, Colorado, Washington State, Arizona, Stanford and Michigan and Beat AA Weber State and San Jose State
120. Charlotte (2-10) Lost to Rice, Kentucky, UTSA, FIU, Marshall, Southern Miss, Old Dominion, Temple, FAU and MTSU and Beat AA Presbyterian and Georgia State
121. Purdue (2-10) Lost to Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan State, Bowling Green, Virginia Tech and Marshall and Beat AA Indiana State and Nebraska
122. Wyoming (2-10) Lost to AA North Dakota, SDSU, Colorado State, Utah State, Boise State, Air Force, App State, New Mexico, Washington State and Eastern Michigan and Beat Nevada and UNLV
123. SMU (2-10) Lost to AA James Madison, Memphis, Navy, Temple, Tulsa, South Florida, Houston, East Carolina, Baylor and TCU and Beat North Texas and Tulane
124. Eastern Michigan (1-11) Lost to Central Michigan, UMass, Miami, OH, Western Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Akron, LSU, Army, Old Dominion and Ball State and Beat Wyoming
125. Louisiana Monroe (2-11) Lost to Hawaii, Texas State, Arkansas State, Troy, Louisiana, Idaho, Appalachian State, Tulsa, Georgia Southern, New Mexico State, Alabama and Georgia and Beat AA Nicholls State
126. North Texas (1-11) Lost to AA Portland State, UTEP, MTSU, UTK, Louisiana Tech, UTSA, Marshall, Western Kentucky, Southern Miss, Iowa, SMU and Rice
127. Kansas (0-12) Lost to AA South Dakota State, Kansas State, West Virginia, TCU, Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Baylor, Iowa State, Rutgers and Memphis
128. UCF (0-12) Lost to AA Furman, USF, East Carolina, Tulsa, Cincinnati, Houston, Temple, UConn, Tulane, South Carolina, FIU and Stanford

I rank teams weekly based upon how I believe they will finish at the end of the season. This is a controversial system but is strangely more accurate than the AP and Coaches poles, which typically have more movement during the season.

My Games of the Week (Week 14)

This is it. The final week of the regular season and championship week. Who is going to what bowl will be answered. We will also crown a regular season champion game picker. Lets get to it.

MAC Championship: Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois
Only the Vols, Tigers and Rockets could knock down one of the best teams in the MAC. Friday night they show that they are the best team in the MAC by beating Northern Illinois.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Northern Illinois
Charlie’s Pick: Northern Illinois
Dustin’s Pick: Bowling Green

AAC Championship: Temple at Houston
Outside of laying an egg at UConn the Cougars have been flawless. Temple has had one of their best seasons ever. This should be a close game with Houston winning.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Houston
Charlie’s Pick: Temple
Dustin’s Pick: Houston

Texas at Baylor
Its all about Baylor Baylor Baylor with the win.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Baylor
Charlie’s Pick: Baylor
Dustin’s Pick: Baylor

C-USA Championship: Southern Miss at Western Kentucky
Southern Miss is good but Jeff Brohm is one of the best up and coming coaches in college football. Western Kentucky wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Western Kentucky
Charlie’s Pick: Western Kentucky
Dustin’s Pick: Western Kentucky

Texas State at Arkansas State
All Red Wolves here.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Arkansas State
Charlie’s Pick: Arkansas State
Dustin’s Pick: Arkansas State

SEC Championship: Florida at Alabama
Florida has had a good season but this is all Bama’s to lose. Alabama wins.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Alabama
Charlie’s Pick: Alabama
Dustin’s Pick: Alabama

Mountain West Championship: Air Force at SDSU
SDSU gets the win in a close one.

Celebrity Guest Picker: SDSU
Charlie’s Pick: Air Force
Dustin’s Pick: Air Force

PAC-12 Championship: Stanford at USC
Stanford wins this one.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Stanford
Charlie’s Pick: Stanford
Dustin’s Pick: Stanford

Big 10 Championship: Michigan State vs Iowa
Sparty wins in a good battle.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Michigan State
Charlie’s Pick: Michigan State
Dustin’s Pick: Michigan State

ACC Championship: North Carolina vs Clemson
Clemson wins going away.

Celebrity Guest Picker: Clemson
Charlie’s Pick: Clemson
Dustin’s Pick: Clemson

Bonus Game:
NCAA Playoffs: Wabash College at St. Thomas
St Thomas wins again and advances.

Celebrity Guest Picker: St Thomas
Charlie’s Pick: St Thomas
Dustin’s Pick: St Thomas

Celebrity Guest Picker:

Wins: 9 Losses: 1
Total on the season: Wins: 90 Losses: 40

Blake:
Wins: 7
 Losses: 3

Total on the season: Wins: 100 Losses: 30

Charlie:
Wins: 8 Losses: 2

Total on the season: Wins: 93 Losses: 37

Dustin:
Wins: 5 Losses: 5
Total on the season: Wins: 72 Losses: 58

Longest Current Winning Streaks:
Clemson 15
Iowa 12

Stats and notes:

Undefeated Teams:
Big 10 1
Big 12 0
American 0
ACC 1
SEC 0
MAC 0
PAC 12 0
Independent 0
C-USA 0
Mountain West 0
Sun Belt 0

Undefeated teams by conference:
None
Clemson
None
Iowa
None
None
None
None
None
None
None

One Loss Teams:
Houston
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Michigan State, Ohio State
None
None
None
None
None
Alabama
None

Two Loss Teams:
Navy, Temple
Florida State
Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma State
Northwestern
Western Kentucky
Notre Dame
Toledo
None
Stanford
Florida
Appalachian State

FINAL THOUGHT: The Losing Bowls
Too may bowls and not enough teams. There are 40 bowls out there. That means there is a need for 80 teams to go to bowls. The problem is that there are only 75 bowl eligible teams currently. That number could climb to 78 if Kansas State, Georgia State and South Alabama all win their games this weekend. That means the bowls must fill at least two positions with 5-7 teams. But do 5-7 teams really need to go? Why not invite FCS schools? Oh wait.. the good FCS schools are involved in a real playoff right now.