2017 Week 8 (19-21 Oct) 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:

   1 Alabama                   over   81 Tennessee                  45.5 to  7.0
 135 Charleston Southern       over  248 Savannah State             42.0 to 10.5
  59 Jacksonville State        over  200 Eastern Illinois           35.0 to 14.0
 150 McNeese State             over  245 Incarnate Word             45.5 to 14.0
  55 South Dakota State        over  213 Missouri State             45.5 to 17.5
  72 North Carolina A&T        over  188 Bethune - Cookman          35.0 to 14.0
  90 Sam Houston State         over  242 Lamar                      56.0 to 21.0
   9 Texas Christian           over  203 Kansas                     56.0 to 10.5
  97 Texas - San Antonio       over  236 Rice                       38.5 to 10.5
 101 Western Carolina          over  250 Virginia Military          49.0 to 17.5
  17 Virginia Tech             over   84 North Carolina             38.5 to 17.5
  16 James Madison             over  148 William & Mary             38.5 to 17.5
  12 Wisconsin                 over   99 Maryland                   42.0 to 17.5

80-90% chance of victory:

  83 Arkansas State            over  160 Louisiana - Lafayette      42.0 to 24.5
  95 Appalachian State         over  180 Coastal Carolina           35.0 to 21.0
   7 Auburn                    over   70 Arkansas                   35.0 to 17.5
  52 Boise State               over  142 Wyoming                    35.0 to 17.5
  87 Northern Illinois         over  205 Bowling Green              35.0 to 21.0
 216 Dayton                    over  254 Davidson                   31.5 to 10.5
 178 South Carolina State      over  246 Delaware State             28.0 to 10.5
  42 Duke                      over   88 Pittsburgh                 31.5 to 21.0
  20 Florida State             over   49 Louisville                 38.5 to 24.5
  85 Southern Illinois         over  198 Indiana State              38.5 to 24.5
 124 Kennesaw State            over  208 Gardner - Webb             35.0 to 17.5
  14 Miami - Florida           over   64 Syracuse                   38.5 to 17.5
  65 Minnesota                 over  157 Illinois                   28.0 to 14.0
  23 Mississippi State         over   77 Kentucky                   38.5 to 24.5
  13 North Dakota State        over   50 Western Illinois           38.5 to 21.0
 115 Central Arkansas          over  207 Northwestern State         31.5 to 17.5
 105 Ohio                      over  209 Kent State                 35.0 to 17.5
  71 Toledo                    over  147 Akron                      38.5 to 24.5
  34 South Florida             over  132 Tulane                     38.5 to 24.5

70-80% chance of victory:

 141 Southeast Louisiana       over  218 Abilene Christian          31.5 to 24.5
 140 San Diego                 over  227 Jacksonville               38.5 to 24.5
   8 Oklahoma                  over   47 Kansas State               35.0 to 28.0
 133 New Hampshire             over  199 Towson                     31.5 to 17.5
 163 Alabama - Birmingham      over  237 North Carolina - Charlot   35.0 to 21.0
  92 Northern Arizona          over  130 California - Davis         35.0 to 24.5
   4 Penn State                over   18 Michigan                   28.0 to 17.5
  37 Purdue                    over  129 Rutgers                    31.5 to 21.0
  39 Utah                      over   69 Arizona State              35.0 to 21.0
  31 Washington State          over   80 Colorado                   31.5 to 21.0

60-70% chance of victory:

  74 Houston                   over   62 Memphis                    31.5 to 24.5
 103 Marshall                  over  169 Middle Tennessee State     28.0 to 24.5
  66 Air Force                 over  154 Nevada - Reno              38.5 to 28.0
  48 Colorado State            over  131 New Mexico                 35.0 to 24.5
 134 Western Kentucky          over  191 Old Dominion               31.5 to 21.0
 102 Army                      over  139 Temple                     24.5 to 21.0
 155 Austin Peay               over  167 Southeast Missouri State   24.5 to 21.0
 185 Ball State                over  176 Central Michigan           28.0 to 24.5
  24 West Virginia             over   98 Baylor                     38.5 to 28.0
 189 Campbell                  over  232 Butler                     28.0 to 21.0
 121 Weber State               over  172 California Poly            28.0 to 24.5
 168 Central Connecticut       over  215 Bryant                     38.5 to 31.5
  60 Southern Methodist        over  151 Cincinnati                 38.5 to 28.0
  96 Tulsa                     over  187 Connecticut                42.0 to 31.5
 120 Dartmouth                 over  137 Columbia                   24.5 to 21.0
 122 Duquesne                  over  171 Saint Francis - Pennsylv   31.5 to 21.0
 156 Brigham Young             over  201 East Carolina              31.5 to 24.5
 166 Tennessee - Martin        over  202 Eastern Kentucky           24.5 to 21.0
  68 Western Michigan          over  123 Eastern Michigan           35.0 to 28.0
 106 Florida Atlantic          over  116 North Texas                38.5 to 35.0
  93 Furman                    over  108 Mercer                     35.0 to 31.5
 112 Troy State                over  146 Georgia State              24.5 to 21.0
  25 Georgia Tech              over   36 Wake Forest                28.0 to 21.0
 153 Grambling                 over  161 Alcorn State               35.0 to 24.5
 220 Hampton                   over  217 Florida A&M                24.5 to 17.5
 144 Holy Cross                over  184 Colgate                    24.5 to 21.0
 214 Howard                    over  241 Morgan State               35.0 to 28.0
 193 Idaho State               over  206 Portland State             38.5 to 31.5
  21 South Dakota              over  111 Illinois State             35.0 to 24.5
 181 Southern                  over  243 Jackson State              31.5 to 21.0
 195 Bucknell                  over  230 Lafayette                  24.5 to 17.5
 100 Louisiana Tech            over  114 Southern Mississippi       31.5 to 24.5
 170 Massachusetts             over  162 Georgia Southern           31.5 to 28.0
 113 Buffalo                   over  165 Miami - Ohio               28.0 to 24.5
  44 Michigan State            over   38 Indiana                    28.0 to 24.5
  41 Louisiana State           over   57 Mississippi                35.0 to 31.5
 247 Houston Baptist           over  253 Mississippi Valley State   31.5 to 24.5
 128 Missouri                  over  177 Idaho                      35.0 to 28.0
 118 Monmouth                  over  159 Liberty                    35.0 to 28.0
 244 Stetson                   over  252 Morehead State             35.0 to 28.0
  19 Central Florida           over   56 Navy                       38.5 to 31.5
 109 Nevada - Las Vegas        over  125 Utah State                 38.5 to 35.0
 190 North Carolina Central    over  225 Norfolk State              28.0 to 14.0
 136 Montana State             over  192 Northern Colorado          35.0 to 28.0
  30 Youngstown State          over   67 Northern Iowa              28.0 to 21.0
  33 Iowa                      over   53 Northwestern               24.5 to 21.0
  10 Notre Dame                over   22 Southern California        35.0 to 28.0
  63 Yale                      over  149 Pennsylvania               35.0 to 28.0
 173 Sacred Heart              over  239 Robert Morris              28.0 to 17.5
  43 San Diego State           over   75 Fresno State               31.5 to 17.5
 158 South Alabama             over  152 Northeast Louisiana        35.0 to 31.5
  73 Eastern Washington        over  110 Southern Utah              38.5 to 31.5
 233 Stephen F. Austin         over  247 Houston Baptist            28.0 to 17.5
 145 The Citadel               over  197 Tennessee - Chattanooga    24.5 to 24.5
   3 Oklahoma State            over   29 Texas                      38.5 to 31.5
  28 Texas Tech                over   26 Iowa State                 42.0 to 38.5
  61 Virginia                  over   91 Boston College             28.0 to 21.0
 127 Wofford                   over  119 Samford                    28.0 to 24.5

50-60% chance of victory:

  78 Maine                     over  104 Albany                     24.5 to 21.0
  51 California                over   35 Arizona                    35.0 to 35.0
  54 California - Los Angeles  over   40 Oregon                     42.0 to 42.0
 212 Cornell                   over  219 Brown                      24.5 to 24.5
 107 Delaware                  over   79 Richmond                   24.5 to 24.5
 231 Georgetown                over  211 Fordham                    28.0 to 28.0
  76 Princeton                 over  117 Harvard                    28.0 to 28.0
 238 Marist                    over  223 Drake                      28.0 to 24.5
 179 North Dakota              over  138 Sacramento State           31.5 to 31.5
 175 Rhode Island              over  143 Elon                       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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