2017 Bowl Picks

These picks will be updated constantly throughout the schedule.

Enjoy.

2017 Final Ratings

In these, you will find:

-A ratings that gives a recency bias

-Out of conference schedule strength

-The delta from the first batch of ratings to the last.  Kansas State improved by 71 places!  Auburn and Florida Atlantic made 61 and 60 spot leaps respectively.

-And an average of all three metrics, unedited, performance and recency.

This was not a good year for the Committee's end product.

I get it, don't get blown out by Iowa (whom I have rated 10th).  But to ignore such tangible assets such as "won the conference that scored the best" and "had the hardest out of conference schedule" in favor of something esoteric like "reputation" or hypothetical on-field results just doesn't sit well with me at all.

And Washington in the NY6 just seems like making up the numbers, although that would probably be the case regardless of their choice.

It doesn't terribly mar what was an excellent season, but the decision-making is a little bit of a sour taste in the mouth.

2017 Lock Of The Week, Week 14

A very strange year.  Best I can do with locks is .500, but I'm currently +35 overall.

Boise State -9.5 v. Fresno State

The bevy of rematches this week are making for some difficult choices.  It's hard to trust a team to lay over a touchdown to a team they just lost to by 11 last week, albeit on the road.

Last week:  Virginia Tech -7 @ Virginia (incorrect)

Season:  6-7

2017 Week 12 Ratings

That is one crazy non-adjusted Top 25.

Surprised Alabama stayed steady.

Surprised that 1-2 in both ratings are the same.

Nothing final until after Army-Navy since that game will have an impact on top 5 teams.

2017 Lock Of The Week, Week 13

This late season swoon has coincided with a lack of confidence in this point spreads.  It's been like picking NFL games in November.

Virginia Tech -7 @ Virginia

This may be Virginia's best opportunity to win this rivalry game since their last win in 2003.  VT's offense has totally fallen apart in November so I'll take the home dog in a low-scoring affair.

Last week:  USC -16 v. UCLA (incorrect)

Season:  6-6

2017 Week 12 Ratings

A day late, but not a dollar short this week due to travel.  Southern Cupcake Weekend always takes it's toll on southern powers, and this weekend was no different.

2017 Lock Of The Week, Week 12

Very quickly since I'm on the road.

USC -16 v. UCLA

Last week:  Ohio State -17 v. Michigan State (incorrect)

Season:  6-5