PRI Ratings, Week 13

Biggest gain from Week 11: New Mexico State 98 -> 71 27 places
Biggest loss from Week 11: UTEP 61 -> 82 21 places

Things seem to be settling in with the consensus. Except for Tulsa.

For Entertainment Purposes Only Lock Of The Week, Week 13

Briefly, staying in the Pac-12 again this week:

Stanford -7.5 v. Notre Dame

Last week: Oregon -14.5 v. USC (incorrect)
Season: 8-4

PRI Ratings, Week 12

Biggest gain from Week 11: Iowa State 94 -> 48 46 places
Biggest loss from Week 11: San Jose State 36 -> 75 39 places

Don't play 1-AA teams is the lesson for Florida, especially when your resume isn't great to begin with.

For Entertainment Purposes Only Lock Of The Week, Week 12

Only a couple more weeks to go, amazingly.

Oregon -14.5 v. USC

I'll take only needing 2 touchdowns in Autzen against a USC team that runs hot-and-cold.

Last week:  Arkansas -14 v. Tennessee (correct)
Season:  8-3

PRI Ratings, Week 11

Biggest gain from Week 10: San Diego State 69 -> 33 36 places
Biggest loss from Week 10: San Jose State 24 -> 57 33 places

San Jose State falls out of the top 25, to the delight of everyone.

That's a fine top 10, insofar as a good number of those teams were considered national title contenders at some point during the season. The wacky results from earlier this year have given way to matching the broader consensus out there. Yes, there is the case of 3-loss (and none of them close) Tulsa, but I choose to give them credit for difficult scheduling. How many teams in 1-A would have fared better against a non-conference schedule of at Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and at Boise? Can you name 10? Tulsa might be a very good team, but people view the three losses with no context whatsoever.

For Entertainment Purposes Only Stone Cold Lock Of The Week, Week 11

I liked a lot of the lines better this week.  To wit:

Arkansas -14 v. Tennessee

Having a hard time seeing how Tennessee keeps it within 2 TD's in Fayetteville.  They simply cannot score.

Last week:  Alabama -4.5 v. LSU (loss)
Season:  7-3

PRI Ratings - Week 10

Biggest gain from Week 9: Texas Christian 66 -> 33 33 places
Biggest loss from Week 9: Miami (OH) 78 -> 105 27 places

For Entertainment Purposes Stone Cold Lock Of The Week - Week 10

Since everyone has an opinion, and I don't like the Top 25 odds at all this week:

 

Alabama -4.5 v. LSU

 

Trent Richardson and the Alabama secondary at home makes the difference here.

 

Last week: Oklahoma State -14 @ Baylor (correct)
Season: 7-2