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1) Remember that all seed lines are read left to right. 2) Teams that are currently projected as auto-bids are listed in the bubble section at the bottom with respect to where they would be without their autobid. 3) Things are still very fluid at this time of year, if I see a team is listed in a bunch of brackets but not in my bubble section, I'll often take a fresh look at their resume and slot them accordingly. 4) I anticipate updates on Monday and Friday mornings for the rest of January, and then I will attempt to get in 3 updates a week. 1:  Michigan State,  Oklahoma,  Virginia, Xavier 2:  North Carolina,  Kansas,   Villanova, Kentucky 3:  Iowa State,  Dayton ,  Providence, Miami (FL) 4:  Purdue,  Texas Tech,  Texas A&M, Duke 5:  Iowa,   Florida,  Pittsburgh, Arizona 6:  Maryland,  West Virginia,  Oregon,   George Washington 7: Louisville,  Oregon State,   Butler, ...

It's time for my annual New Year's Eve tradition, my first bracket of the year! Bracketology this time of year is an inexact science, the RPI hasn't really settled yet as seen through things such as 3-loss Texas A&M Corpus Christi being in the top 50. Updates through January will be once or twice a week, once we get into February and I have more data points to rely on they'll be near-daily. This bracket is through games of December 30th. The seed lists are simply read left to right, there's no snaking involved. 1: Michigan State, Xavier, Virginia, Oklahoma 2: North Carolina, Kansas, Iowa State, Villanova 3: Kentucky, Purdue, Dayton , Miami (FL) 4: Texas A&M, Providence, Duke, Texas Tech 5: Oregon, Pittsburgh, Florida, Arizona 6: Utah, Butler, Texas, Maryland 7: Iowa, George Washington, Louisville, West Virginia 8: Colorado, USC, South Carolina, Georgia 9: Seton Hall, Oregon State, Vanderbilt, UCLA 10: Baylor, Wichita State , Notre Dame, Connecticu...

College Football Picks 2015: 9-7 +6.3 units College Football Picks Week 2, 2015: 5-4, +4.6 units East Carolina @ Florida Pick: East Carolina +21 (3 units) +3 units Eastern Michigan @ Wyoming Pick: Eastern Michigan +13.5 (2 units) +2 units Louisiana Tech @ Western Kentucky Pick: Western Kentucky +2.5 (2 units) +2 units Massachusetts @ Colorado Pick: Massachusetts +13 (1 unit) -1.1 units Rice @ Texas Pick: Rice +14 (1 unit) Push +- 0 units Bowling Green @ Maryland Pick: Bowling Green +7.5 (1 unit) +1 unit Florida International @ Indiana Pick: Florida International +7.5 (1 unit) -1.1 units Appalachian State @ Clemson Pick: Appalachian State +19 (1 unit) -1.1 units Washington State @ Rutgers Pick: Rutgers -3 (1 unit) -1.1 units Minnesota @ Colorado State Pick: Minnesota +5.5 (1 unit) +1 unit

Here are my NFL Picks against the spread for week 1! Unlike my college football picks, there's no hard methodology here. It's just my opinion. Pittsburgh @ New England Pick: Pittsburgh +7.5 (1 unit) +1 unit Kansas City @ Houston Pick: Houston -1 (2 units) Indianapolis @ Buffalo Pick: Buffalo +2.5 (2 units) Carolina @ Jacksonville Pick: Jacksonville +3 (3 units) Seattle @ St. Louis Pick: St. Louis +3.5 (3 units) New Orleans @ Arizona Pick: Arizona -2.5 (1 unit) Detroit @ San Diego Pick: San Diego -3 (3 units) Cincinnati @ Oakland Pick: Oakland +3.5 (2 units) New York Giants @ Dallas Pick: New York Giants +5.5 (2 units) Philadelphia @ Atlanta Pick: Atlanta +3 (4 units)

Here are my selections for week 1 of the college football season. These picks are entirely based off of my power ratings formula, no human input is going into this. College Football Picks 2015: 4-3 +1.7 units Penn State @ Temple Pick: Temple +7 (2 units) +2 units Louisville @ Auburn Pick: Louisville +10.5 (1 unit) +1 unit Arizona State @ Texas A&M Pick: Arizona State +3.5 (1 unit) -1.1 unit Georgia Southern @ West Virginia Pick: Georgia Southern +19.5 (1 unit) -1.1 unit Western Kentucky @ Vanderbilt Pick: Vanderbilt +2.5 (1 unit) +1 unit Purdue @ Marshall Pick: Marshall -7.5 (1 unit) +1 unit Florida Atlantic @ Tulsa Pick: Tulsa -6.5 (1 unit) -1.1 unit

With FBS season beginning today, I figured it might be a good ideas to just dump off my projected records for every team this season. Keep in mind that a team's record is how many games they're favored in, so these numbers may differ significantly from the expected records if a team is a small underdog or favorite in many games. SEC West Alabama 11-1 (7-1) Mississippi 11-1 (7-1) LSU 9-3 (5-3) Mississippi State 8-4 (4-4) Arkansas 7-5 (3-5) Texas A&M 6-6 (3-5) Auburn 4-8 (0-8) SEC East Georgia 11-1 (8-0) Missouri 11-1 (7-1) Tennessee 8-4 (5-3) South Carolina 7-5 (3-5) Vanderbilt 6-6 (2-6) Kentucky 6-6 (2-6) Florida 2-10 (0-8) Big Ten East Ohio State 12-0 (8-0) Michigan State 11-1 (7-1) Penn State 8-4 (5-3) Michigan 7-5 (4-4) Rutgers 6-6 (2-6) Maryland 3-9 (1-7) Indiana 3-9 (0-8) Big Ten West Wisconsin 10-2 (7-1) Minnesota 9-3 (6-2) Nebraska 10-2 (6-2) Northwestern 6-6 (4-4) Iowa 8-4 (4-4) Purdue 3-9 (2-6) Illinois 3-9 (0-8) Pac-12 South ...

1) This bracket is final. I just finished my bracket which can be found  here . 2) If BYU is in, I think that they have the spot currently belonging to Ole Miss, possibly Boise State. But we will see. 3) Be sure to follow us on  Twitter . 1:  Kentucky, Villanova,   Duke, Wisconsin 2: Virginia,  Arizona, Gonzaga ,  Kansas 3:   Iowa State, Notre Dame,   Maryland, Baylor 4: Louisville, Oklahoma, West Virginia,  Northern Iowa 5: North Carolina,  SMU,   Wichita State, Georgetown 6: Arkansas,  Michigan State,   Utah, Providence 7:  VCU,   Butler,  Oregon, San Diego State 8: Iowa, Xavier, St. John's, Ohio State 9: Davidson, Colorado State, North Carolina State, Cincinnati 10: Oklahoma State, Purdue,  Dayton,   Georgia 11: Temple, Texas, (Indiana/LSU), (Boise State/Ole Miss) 12:  Stephen F. Austin, Wyoming, Buffalo, Wofford 13:  Valparaiso, Harvard,  ...