2009 Week 1 (3-7 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:

  33 Utah                      over  200 Utah State                 49.0 to  7.0
  21 Arizona State             over  203 Idaho State                59.5 to 14.0
  20 Auburn                    over  184 Louisiana Tech             49.0 to  7.0
   5 Florida                   over  228 Charleston Southern        70.0 to  7.0
  59 Holy Cross                over  224 Georgetown                 52.5 to 14.0
   9 Kansas                    over  233 Northern Colorado          63.0 to  7.0
  24 Louisville                over  240 Indiana State              73.5 to 14.0
  23 Penn State                over  160 Akron                      42.0 to 10.5
   4 Southern California       over  152 San Jose State             49.0 to  7.0
   8 Texas                     over  153 Northeast Louisiana        52.5 to 14.0
   2 West Virginia             over  120 Liberty                    52.5 to 14.0

80-90% chance of victory:

 105 Ball State                over  204 North Texas                45.5 to 21.0
  68 Villanova                 over  198 Temple                     38.5 to 14.0
  31 Hawaii                    over  207 Central Arkansas           59.5 to 21.0
  61 Air Force                 over  150 Nicholls State             38.5 to 14.0
  56 Arizona                   over  112 Central Michigan           42.0 to 24.5
 163 Arkansas State            over  238 Mississippi Valley State   42.0 to 14.0
  17 Boston College            over  128 Northeastern               38.5 to 10.5
  52 California - Los Angeles  over  129 San Diego State            38.5 to 17.5
  72 Central Florida           over  229 Samford                    56.0 to 17.5
  13 Clemson                   over  137 Middle Tennessee State     45.5 to 14.0
  54 Richmond                  over  156 Duke                       38.5 to 21.0
 110 Elon                      over  186 Davidson                   42.0 to 24.5
 100 Furman                    over  214 Presbyterian               45.5 to 21.0
  50 Georgia Tech              over  165 Jacksonville State         42.0 to 14.0
 102 Hampton                   over  211 North Carolina Central     45.5 to 21.0
  93 Houston                   over  201 Northwestern State         45.5 to 21.0
  89 Lehigh                    over  173 Central Connecticut        38.5 to 17.5
  22 Michigan                  over  107 Western Michigan           38.5 to 17.5
  48 Michigan State            over  159 Montana State              42.0 to 17.5
  83 Mississippi State         over  187 Jackson State              42.0 to 14.0
  29 Arkansas                  over  210 Missouri State             56.0 to 17.5
  53 Nebraska                  over  134 Florida Atlantic           45.5 to 24.5
  43 New Hampshire             over  234 Saint Francis - Pennsylv   63.0 to 17.5
  40 Kentucky                  over  148 Miami - Ohio               42.0 to 21.0
   7 Missouri                  over   66 Illinois                   38.5 to 24.5
   6 Ohio State                over   74 Navy                       49.0 to 21.0
  34 Oregon State              over  168 Portland State             49.0 to 17.5
  57 Purdue                    over  133 Toledo                     49.0 to 28.0
  94 Southern Mississippi      over  231 Alcorn State               42.0 to  7.0
  16 South Florida             over   78 Wofford                    38.5 to 21.0
  25 Tennessee                 over  121 Western Kentucky           42.0 to 17.5
  15 Texas Tech                over  212 North Dakota               63.0 to 14.0
  71 Vanderbilt                over  202 Western Carolina           49.0 to 17.5
  47 Virginia                  over  127 William & Mary             42.0 to 21.0
  44 Wake Forest               over  154 Baylor                     42.0 to 14.0
   1 Louisiana State           over   63 Washington                 42.0 to 24.5
 209 Winston-Salem             over  242 North Carolina A&T         42.0 to 21.0
  30 Wisconsin                 over  162 Northern Illinois          45.5 to 14.0
 118 Wyoming                   over  182 Weber State                35.0 to 17.5

70-80% chance of victory:

  96 Indiana                   over  140 Eastern Kentucky           35.0 to 24.5
  39 North Dakota State        over  123 Iowa State                 35.0 to 21.0
  64 Tulsa                     over  175 Tulane                     42.0 to 28.0
  27 California                over   45 Maryland                   31.5 to 24.5
  90 Colgate                   over  158 Monmouth                   35.0 to 17.5
  18 Appalachian State         over   95 East Carolina              42.0 to 31.5
 155 Delaware State            over  218 Florida A&M                28.0 to 17.5
  76 Fresno State              over  131 California - Davis         42.0 to 24.5
  91 Hofstra                   over  139 Stony Brook                35.0 to 21.0
  60 Southern Illinois         over  132 Marshall                   35.0 to 24.5
  10 Virginia Tech             over   42 Alabama                    28.0 to 17.5
 149 Nevada - Las Vegas        over  197 Sacramento State           31.5 to 17.5
   3 Oklahoma                  over   19 Brigham Young              35.0 to 24.5
  86 North Carolina            over  125 The Citadel                38.5 to 24.5
 106 Northwestern              over  136 Towson                     28.0 to 21.0
  87 Notre Dame                over  103 Nevada - Reno              35.0 to 24.5
  62 Connecticut               over  138 Ohio                       35.0 to 21.0
  65 Pittsburgh                over   99 Youngstown State           28.0 to 21.0
 171 Southern Methodist        over  219 Stephen F. Austin          35.0 to 24.5
  55 Texas A&M                 over   75 New Mexico                 28.0 to 21.0
 144 Texas - El Paso           over  166 Buffalo                    38.5 to 28.0
 222 Prairie View              over  244 Texas Southern             31.5 to 17.5
 195 Robert Morris             over  237 Virginia Military          35.0 to 24.5
  73 Washington State          over  113 Stanford                   31.5 to 21.0
  70 Colorado                  over  109 Colorado State             35.0 to 21.0
  49 Florida State             over   79 Miami - Florida            28.0 to 21.0

60-70% chance of victory:

  81 Troy State                over  130 Bowling Green              35.0 to 28.0
 111 Illinois State            over  164 Eastern Illinois           31.5 to 24.5
  38 South Carolina            over   85 North Carolina State       28.0 to 21.0
 145 Sam Houston State         over  141 Western Illinois           28.0 to 24.5
 176 Alabama - Birmingham      over  167 Rice                       38.5 to 35.0
 169 Duquesne                  over  178 Bucknell                   28.0 to 24.5
 170 Eastern Michigan          over  179 Army                       28.0 to 24.5
  97 Georgia Southern          over  108 Albany                     31.5 to 24.5
  28 Massachusetts             over   67 Kansas State               31.5 to 28.0
 189 New Mexico State          over  196 Idaho                      35.0 to 31.5
  12 Georgia                   over   36 Oklahoma State             35.0 to 28.0
 226 Sacred Heart              over  232 Marist                     35.0 to 28.0
 177 Alabama A&M               over  220 Tennessee State            35.0 to 28.0
 115 Mississippi               over  146 Memphis                    31.5 to 28.0
 122 South Carolina State      over  157 Grambling                  28.0 to 21.0

50-60% chance of victory:

  14 Boise State               over   11 Oregon                     38.5 to 35.0
 135 Coastal Carolina          over  161 Kent State                 28.0 to 28.0
  58 Northern Iowa             over   80 Iowa                       21.0 to 21.0
 172 Southern                  over  191 Louisiana - Lafayette      31.5 to 28.0
 119 Fordham                   over  151 Rhode Island               31.5 to 28.0
 116 Minnesota                 over  142 Syracuse                   31.5 to 31.5
  35 Rutgers                   over   26 Cincinnati                 28.0 to 24.5

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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