2005 Bowl Games Forecast for College Football Division IA & IAA

                                                                   ave score ROUNDED
rank projected winning team         rank projected losing team     TO NEAREST 3.5 POINTS
 --- ----------------------          --- ----------------------    ---------------------

70-80% chance of victory:

  69 Southern Mississippi      over  146 Arkansas State             31.5 to 17.5
  20 California                over   60 Brigham Young              28.0 to 17.5
  25 Arizona State             over   54 Rutgers                    35.0 to 28.0
  14 Michigan                  over   38 Nebraska                   24.5 to 14.0

60-70% chance of victory:

  91 Northern Iowa             over  109 Appalachian State          28.0 to 24.5
  73 Toledo                    over   92 Texas - El Paso            31.5 to 28.0
  59 Navy                      over   79 Colorado State             31.5 to 28.0
  51 Kansas                    over   96 Houston                    24.5 to 17.5
  84 Memphis                   over  113 Akron                      24.5 to 21.0
  22 Clemson                   over   47 Colorado                   24.5 to 17.5
  10 Miami - Florida           over   19 Louisiana State            17.5 to 14.0
  26 Minnesota                 over   31 Virginia                   31.5 to 31.5
  24 Texas Christian           over   32 Iowa State                 24.5 to 21.0
  43 Fresno State              over   74 Tulsa                      28.0 to 21.0
   7 Auburn                    over   21 Wisconsin                  28.0 to 21.0
   5 Georgia                   over   11 West Virginia              21.0 to 17.5
   3 Ohio State                over   12 Notre Dame                 28.0 to 21.0
  13 Texas Tech                over   23 Alabama                    24.5 to 21.0
   8 Penn State                over   27 Florida State              24.5 to 21.0

50-60% chance of victory:

  98 Nevada - Reno             over  112 Central Florida            31.5 to 31.5
  17 Boston College            over   35 Boise State                24.5 to 24.5
  15 Oregon                    over   18 Oklahoma                   28.0 to 24.5
  40 Utah                      over   42 Georgia Tech               21.0 to 21.0
  41 California - Los Angeles  over   48 Northwestern               42.0 to 38.5
  44 South Carolina            over   52 Missouri                   24.5 to 24.5
  36 North Carolina State      over   45 South Florida              17.5 to 17.5
   9 Iowa                      over   16 Florida                    21.0 to 21.0
   4 Louisville                over    6 Virginia Tech              28.0 to 28.0
   1 Texas                     over    2 Southern California        31.5 to 28.0

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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