2004 Week 1 (2-6 Sep) Forecast for College Football Division IA & IAA

                                                                   ave score ROUNDED
rank projected winning team         rank projected losing team     TO NEAREST 3.5 POINTS
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90-100% chance of victory:

  64 Arizona State             over  224 Texas - El Paso            52.5 to 14.0
 115 Western Michigan          over  234 Tennessee - Martin         52.5 to 10.5
  26 Arkansas                  over  183 New Mexico State           49.0 to 10.5
  18 Auburn                    over  206 Northeast Louisiana        56.0 to  7.0
  17 Boise State               over  177 Idaho                      49.0 to 10.5
  52 Connecticut               over  205 Murray State               45.5 to 10.5
  19 Iowa                      over  166 Kent State                 49.0 to 10.5
   2 Kansas State              over   55 Western Kentucky           42.0 to 10.5
  41 Missouri                  over  209 Arkansas State             49.0 to  7.0
 119 Bethune - Cookman         over  236 Savannah State             52.5 to  3.5
 213 Texas Southern            over  239 Prairie View               52.5 to  7.0
 149 The Citadel               over  237 Charleston Southern        52.5 to  7.0

80-90% chance of victory:

  45 Boston College            over  168 Ball State                 38.5 to 17.5
  15 Delaware                  over  116 New Hampshire              45.5 to 17.5
 179 Florida International     over  226 Jacksonville               31.5 to 17.5
  86 Southern Illinois         over  185 Southeast Missouri State   35.0 to 14.0
  33 Utah                      over  128 Texas A&M                  38.5 to 17.5
  36 Villanova                 over  121 Bucknell                   35.0 to 10.5
  38 Alabama                   over  161 Utah State                 42.0 to 14.0
 125 Alabama - Birmingham      over  197 Baylor                     31.5 to 14.0
  28 Clemson                   over   70 Wake Forest                35.0 to 21.0
  50 Massachusetts             over  216 Delaware State             45.5 to 10.5
 114 Towson                    over  219 Elon                       31.5 to 10.5
  48 Fordham                   over  127 Rhode Island               38.5 to 21.0
 171 Georgetown                over  227 Saint Francis - Pennsylv   35.0 to 17.5
  10 Georgia                   over   88 Georgia Southern           38.5 to 14.0
  54 Georgia Tech              over  175 Samford                    38.5 to 14.0
 124 Hampton                   over  201 Jackson State              35.0 to 17.5
  80 Lafayette                 over  208 Marist                     45.5 to 14.0
 174 Wagner                    over  230 La Salle                   31.5 to 14.0
  42 Lehigh                    over  152 Stony Brook                38.5 to 17.5
   4 Louisiana State           over   32 Oregon State               31.5 to 14.0
  56 Marshall                  over  136 Troy State                 28.0 to 10.5
   9 Maryland                  over   83 Northern Illinois          38.5 to 14.0
  25 Mississippi               over   72 Memphis State              35.0 to 21.0
 111 Morehead State            over  217 Coastal Carolina           38.5 to  7.0
  20 North Carolina State      over  182 Richmond                   52.5 to 14.0
  22 Ohio State                over  105 Cincinnati                 35.0 to 14.0
   1 Oklahoma                  over   35 Bowling Green              42.0 to 17.5
 106 Monmouth                  over  218 Saint Peter's              28.0 to  7.0
  37 Texas Tech                over  220 Southern Methodist         49.0 to 10.5
  23 Virginia                  over  141 Temple                     38.5 to 17.5
   6 Texas                     over   91 North Texas                42.0 to 14.0
  39 West Virginia             over  196 East Carolina              49.0 to 14.0
  49 Wisconsin                 over  191 Central Florida            42.0 to 10.5
  29 Purdue                    over   79 Syracuse                   31.5 to 17.5
  24 Tennessee                 over  100 Nevada - Las Vegas         31.5 to 10.5

70-80% chance of victory:

 192 Eastern Michigan          over  207 Buffalo                    24.5 to 17.5
  77 Albany                    over  153 Hofstra                    31.5 to 21.0
 155 Southwest Missouri State  over  194 Drake                      38.5 to 24.5
  61 Texas Christian           over  102 Northwestern               28.0 to 17.5
  14 Washington State          over   69 New Mexico                 31.5 to 21.0
  21 California                over   71 Air Force                  35.0 to 24.5
  63 Notre Dame                over  143 Brigham Young              24.5 to 14.0
 117 Grambling                 over  178 Alcorn State               38.5 to 24.5
  81 Hawaii                    over  109 Florida Atlantic           38.5 to 28.0
  89 Duquesne                  over  189 Holy Cross                 38.5 to 24.5
 130 Illinois                  over  160 Florida A&M                24.5 to 17.5
  82 Northern Iowa             over  164 Iowa State                 28.0 to 21.0
  96 Kansas                    over  147 Tulsa                      38.5 to 28.0
 134 Northwestern State        over  202 Louisiana - Lafayette      31.5 to 21.0
  27 Minnesota                 over   75 Toledo                     42.0 to 28.0
  87 Navy                      over  123 Duke                       28.0 to 17.5
  30 Nebraska                  over   68 Western Illinois           31.5 to 21.0
 154 Nevada - Reno             over  199 Sacramento State           35.0 to 21.0
 146 Alabama State             over  200 Howard                     31.5 to 17.5
  62 Michigan State            over  118 Rutgers                    31.5 to 24.5
 112 San Diego State           over  148 Idaho State                28.0 to 21.0
 131 Stanford                  over  188 San Jose State             31.5 to 21.0
 173 Gardner - Webb            over  212 Tennessee Tech             31.5 to 21.0
  74 South Carolina            over  135 Vanderbilt                 28.0 to 21.0
 145 Weber State               over  193 Southern Utah              28.0 to 17.5
  78 Washington                over  101 Fresno State               28.0 to 17.5

60-70% chance of victory:

 133 Nicholls State            over  132 Eastern Washington         35.0 to 31.5
 103 Northern Arizona          over  156 Arizona                    28.0 to 21.0
  34 Oklahoma State            over   66 California - Los Angeles   28.0 to 24.5
 163 Sacred Heart              over  203 Central Connecticut        31.5 to 24.5
 181 Indiana                   over  187 Central Michigan           28.0 to 24.5
   7 Michigan                  over    8 Miami - Ohio               24.5 to 21.0
 222 Arkansas - Pine Bluff     over  229 Mississippi Valley State   17.5 to 14.0
  47 Montana                   over   43 Maine                      24.5 to 21.0
  97 North Dakota State        over  167 Northern Colorado          21.0 to 14.0
  73 Penn State                over   90 Akron                      31.5 to 24.5
 120 Alabama A&M               over  169 Tennessee State            24.5 to 21.0
  92 Louisville                over   95 Kentucky                   31.5 to 28.0
 158 Louisiana Tech            over  154 Nevada - Reno              31.5 to 28.0
  46 Pittsburgh                over   94 South Florida              24.5 to 21.0

50-60% chance of victory:

  57 Colorado                  over   51 Colorado State             28.0 to 28.0
 150 Tulane                    over  180 Mississippi State          31.5 to 31.5
 137 Houston                   over  151 Rice                       35.0 to 35.0
  98 William & Mary            over  122 North Carolina             35.0 to 35.0
 170 Virginia Military         over  190 Ohio                       24.5 to 24.5
  65 Southern                  over   59 McNeese State              28.0 to 28.0
 110 Appalachian State         over  129 Wyoming                    24.5 to 24.5
  11 Miami - Florida           over    5 Florida State              21.0 to 21.0

NOTE: the above scores are rounded to the nearest 3.5 points. Exact predicted scores are not released until after game time

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