Bowls correctly predicted by each ranking listed in Kenneth Massey's last Pre-Bowl College Football Ranking Comparison. Each ranking is scored, with one point for predicting each bowl winner, except two points are given for predicting the winner of the College Football Playoff National Championship. |
1 BDF 30.000 (30/41 i.e. 30 0) 1 CTW 30.000 (30/41 i.e. 30 0) 3 DCI 27.000 (27/41 i.e. 27 0) 3 SFX 27.000 (27/41 i.e. 27 0) 5 TPR 26.000 (26/41 i.e. 26 0) 6 BRN 25.000 (25/41 i.e. 25 0) 6 DEZ 25.000 (25/41 i.e. 25 0) 6 GRR 25.000 (25/41 i.e. 25 0) 6 MVP 25.000 (25/41 i.e. 25 0) 6 PFZ 25.000 (25/41 i.e. 25 0) 6 PIG 25.000 (25/41 i.e. 25 0) 6 TFG 25.000 (25/41 i.e. 25 0) 13 EFI 24.000 (24/41 i.e. 24 0) 13 MAR 24.000 (24/41 i.e. 24 0) 13 MOR 24.000 (24/41 i.e. 24 0) 13 S&P 24.000 (24/41 i.e. 24 0) 17 BAS 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 BOW 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 CGV 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 CMV 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 DES 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 DP 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 DUN 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 DWI 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 ENG 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 FPI 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 JTR 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 KAM 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 KEL 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 KNT 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 LOG 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 MCL 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 MDS 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 MvG 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 NUT 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 17 WWP 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 37 ACU 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 37 BBT 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 37 BSS 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 37 D1A 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 37 DOK 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 37 HKB 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 37 KEN 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 37 KH 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 37 MAS 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 37 PPP 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 37 RT 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 37 TRP 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 37 WLK 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 50 ABC 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 ARG 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 Average 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 BWE 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 DII 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 FEI 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 GLD 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 HAT 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 HNL 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 HOW 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 KPK 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 LSD 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 NOL 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 PAY 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 RBA 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 RUD 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 RWP 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 SAG 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 SOL 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 50 WOB 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 70 CFP 20.500 (20.5/41 i.e. 20.5 0) 71 AND 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 BMC 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 CSL 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 FAS 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 FMG 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 ISR 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 KLK 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 KRA 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 LSW 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 MCK 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 MGN 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 MJS 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 MRK 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 OSC 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 PIR 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 REW 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 RSL 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 RTP 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 SEL 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 STH 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 UCC 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 USA 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 WEL 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 WOL 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 71 YCM 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 96 AP 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 ASH 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 BCM 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 COL 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 DOI 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 DOL 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 EZ 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 GBE 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 JRT 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 KEE 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 LAZ 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 MGS 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 MTN 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 Median 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 ONV 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 PCP 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 PGH 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 RME 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 RTH 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 VRN 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 96 WIL 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 117 COF 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 117 JNK 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 119 BIH 17.000 (17/41 i.e. 17 0) 119 RFL 17.000 (17/41 i.e. 17 0) 121 RTB 16.000 (16/41 i.e. 16 0) Scoring: Round 1: 1 point. Round 2: 2 points. A winning team whose rank is equal to the loser, gives half the credit they otherwise would, in that and subsequent games it wins. |
But how do the top 25 of the rankings stack up? Here is a bowl prediction count based solely on the top 25 teams in each ranking, treating the other teams as a large 26th-place tie. |
1 BDF 25.000 (25/41 i.e. 25 0) 2 CTW 24.500 (24.5/41 i.e. 24.5 0) 3 SFX 24.000 (24/41 i.e. 24 0) 4 TPR 23.000 (23/41 i.e. 23 0) 5 CMV 22.500 (22.5/41 i.e. 22.5 0) 5 DCI 22.500 (22.5/41 i.e. 22.5 0) 5 GRR 22.500 (22.5/41 i.e. 22.5 0) 8 BRN 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 8 PIG 22.000 (22/41 i.e. 22 0) 10 ENG 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 10 KAM 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 10 RBA 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 10 TRP 21.000 (21/41 i.e. 21 0) 14 BAS 20.500 (20.5/41 i.e. 20.5 0) 14 CFP 20.500 (20.5/41 i.e. 20.5 0) 14 FPI 20.500 (20.5/41 i.e. 20.5 0) 14 MAR 20.500 (20.5/41 i.e. 20.5 0) 14 MCK 20.500 (20.5/41 i.e. 20.5 0) 14 MVP 20.500 (20.5/41 i.e. 20.5 0) 14 PFZ 20.500 (20.5/41 i.e. 20.5 0) 14 WWP 20.500 (20.5/41 i.e. 20.5 0) 22 ACU 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 22 DOK 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 22 DP 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 22 EFI 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 22 HNL 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 22 KEN 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 22 MAS 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 22 MOR 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 22 MvG 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 22 S&P 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 22 SAG 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 22 USA 20.000 (20/41 i.e. 20 0) 34 BOW 19.500 (19.5/41 i.e. 19.5 0) 34 BWE 19.500 (19.5/41 i.e. 19.5 0) 34 DEZ 19.500 (19.5/41 i.e. 19.5 0) 34 DII 19.500 (19.5/41 i.e. 19.5 0) 34 DUN 19.500 (19.5/41 i.e. 19.5 0) 34 KH 19.500 (19.5/41 i.e. 19.5 0) 34 MDS 19.500 (19.5/41 i.e. 19.5 0) 34 NUT 19.500 (19.5/41 i.e. 19.5 0) 34 RSL 19.500 (19.5/41 i.e. 19.5 0) 34 RUD 19.500 (19.5/41 i.e. 19.5 0) 44 ABC 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 AND 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 AP 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 Average 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 FMG 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 GLD 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 HAT 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 HKB 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 KLK 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 KPK 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 LOG 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 MCL 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 MGS 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 RTH 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 RTP 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 TFG 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 44 WLK 19.000 (19/41 i.e. 19 0) 61 ASH 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 61 BBT 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 61 BMC 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 61 BSS 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 61 CGV 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 61 D1A 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 61 DOL 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 61 KEL 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 61 KNT 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 61 MGN 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 61 MTN 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 61 NOL 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 61 PCP 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 61 PPP 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 61 SEL 18.500 (18.5/41 i.e. 18.5 0) 76 DES 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 DOI 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 FEI 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 HOW 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 JNK 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 JRT 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 JTR 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 ONV 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 OSC 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 PGH 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 PIR 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 RFL 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 RT 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 UCC 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 WIL 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 76 WOB 18.000 (18/41 i.e. 18 0) 92 ISR 17.500 (17.5/41 i.e. 17.5 0) 92 KEE 17.500 (17.5/41 i.e. 17.5 0) 92 KRA 17.500 (17.5/41 i.e. 17.5 0) 92 LAZ 17.500 (17.5/41 i.e. 17.5 0) 92 Median 17.500 (17.5/41 i.e. 17.5 0) 92 RME 17.500 (17.5/41 i.e. 17.5 0) 92 RTB 17.500 (17.5/41 i.e. 17.5 0) 92 SOL 17.500 (17.5/41 i.e. 17.5 0) 92 VRN 17.500 (17.5/41 i.e. 17.5 0) 101 COL 17.000 (17/41 i.e. 17 0) 101 DWI 17.000 (17/41 i.e. 17 0) 101 GBE 17.000 (17/41 i.e. 17 0) 101 LSW 17.000 (17/41 i.e. 17 0) 101 MRK 17.000 (17/41 i.e. 17 0) 101 STH 17.000 (17/41 i.e. 17 0) 101 YCM 17.000 (17/41 i.e. 17 0) 108 ARG 16.500 (16.5/41 i.e. 16.5 0) 108 BCM 16.500 (16.5/41 i.e. 16.5 0) 108 CSL 16.500 (16.5/41 i.e. 16.5 0) 108 EZ 16.500 (16.5/41 i.e. 16.5 0) 108 FAS 16.500 (16.5/41 i.e. 16.5 0) 108 MJS 16.500 (16.5/41 i.e. 16.5 0) 108 PAY 16.500 (16.5/41 i.e. 16.5 0) 108 RWP 16.500 (16.5/41 i.e. 16.5 0) 108 WEL 16.500 (16.5/41 i.e. 16.5 0) 108 WOL 16.500 (16.5/41 i.e. 16.5 0) 118 BIH 16.000 (16/41 i.e. 16 0) 118 LSD 16.000 (16/41 i.e. 16 0) 118 REW 16.000 (16/41 i.e. 16 0) 121 COF 15.000 (15/41 i.e. 15 0) Scoring: Round 1: 1 point. Round 2: 2 points. A winning team whose rank is equal to the loser, gives half the credit they otherwise would, in that and subsequent games it wins. Top 25 rankings only. |
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