2018 Week 1 (30 Aug - 3 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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70-80% chance of victory:

   2 Ohio State                over  159 Oregon State               63.0 to 21.0

60-70% chance of victory:

 155 Alabama - Birmingham      over  236 Savannah State             45.5 to 31.5
 157 Central Connecticut       over  215 Ball State                 45.5 to 31.5
 193 Tennessee - Chattanooga   over  209 Tennessee Tech             35.0 to 28.0
  17 Central Florida           over  180 Connecticut                49.0 to 28.0
 114 Delaware                  over  177 Rhode Island               38.5 to 24.5
 188 Eastern Kentucky          over  252 Morehead State             52.5 to 31.5
 103 Kennesaw State            over  173 Georgia State              38.5 to 24.5
  85 Minnesota                 over  204 New Mexico State           42.0 to 14.0
  61 Western Illinois          over  134 Montana State              38.5 to 31.5
 117 Southern Illinois         over  213 Murray State               45.5 to 31.5
 170 North Dakota              over  253 Mississippi Valley State   52.5 to 24.5
   9 Oklahoma State            over  179 Missouri State             63.0 to 28.0
 130 California - Davis        over  220 San Jose State             49.0 to 35.0
  37 Texas A&M                 over  212 Northwestern State         56.0 to 24.5
  34 Wake Forest               over  127 Tulane                     42.0 to 31.5
  42 Utah                      over   82 Weber State                35.0 to 28.0
  68 Colorado                  over  150 Colorado State             42.0 to 31.5
  43 Duke                      over   75 Army                       38.5 to 28.0
  39 Michigan State            over  111 Utah State                 42.0 to 24.5
 132 Nevada - Reno             over  226 Portland State             52.5 to 35.0
  15 Stanford                  over   62 San Diego State            42.0 to 28.0
  10 Wisconsin                 over  135 Western Kentucky           52.5 to 21.0
   1 Alabama                   over   18 Louisville                 45.5 to 28.0
  49 Arizona                   over  140 Brigham Young              45.5 to 31.5
  63 Arizona State             over  131 Texas - San Antonio        42.0 to 28.0
  79 Arkansas                  over  197 Eastern Illinois           45.5 to 31.5
  94 Arkansas State            over  175 Southeast Missouri State   42.0 to 31.5
  87 Baylor                    over  230 Abilene Christian          49.0 to 24.5
 136 Buffalo                   over  245 Delaware State             49.0 to 24.5
  60 California                over   65 North Carolina             42.0 to 35.0
   3 Clemson                   over   99 Furman                     52.5 to 24.5
 122 Colgate                   over  174 Holy Cross                 38.5 to 28.0
 202 Dayton                    over  241 Robert Morris              35.0 to 17.5
 105 North Carolina A&T        over  163 East Carolina              42.0 to 28.0
  59 Florida                   over  160 Charleston Southern        38.5 to 24.5
  50 Indiana                   over  154 Florida International      45.5 to 31.5
  83 Fresno State              over  176 Idaho                      42.0 to 24.5
   6 Georgia                   over  172 Austin Peay                59.5 to 21.0
 153 Georgia Southern          over  207 South Carolina State       35.0 to 28.0
  31 Georgia Tech              over  169 Alcorn State               49.0 to 28.0
 141 Illinois                  over  211 Kent State                 35.0 to 21.0
  22 Iowa                      over   95 Northern Illinois          42.0 to 28.0
  35 Kansas State              over   58 South Dakota               45.5 to 35.0
  78 Kentucky                  over  119 Central Michigan           42.0 to 31.5
 151 Liberty                   over  184 Old Dominion               45.5 to 31.5
 142 Grambling                 over  187 Louisiana - Lafayette      42.0 to 31.5
  29 Texas                     over  109 Maryland                   42.0 to 28.0
  30 Memphis                   over  133 Mercer                     52.5 to 35.0
  23 Mississippi State         over  234 Stephen F. Austin          56.0 to 17.5
  47 Missouri                  over  162 Tennessee - Martin         45.5 to 28.0
 167 Towson                    over  239 Morgan State               42.0 to 28.0
  89 Nebraska                  over  165 Akron                      45.5 to 31.5
 168 New Mexico                over  248 Incarnate Word             52.5 to 28.0
  12 North Dakota State        over  199 California Poly            52.5 to 14.0
  77 Ohio                      over  208 Howard                     52.5 to 31.5
   4 Oklahoma                  over   67 Florida Atlantic           59.5 to 35.0
  41 Oregon                    over  181 Bowling Green              59.5 to 31.5
   5 Penn State                over   66 Appalachian State          49.0 to 24.5
  55 Pittsburgh                over  144 Albany                     38.5 to 28.0
  64 Houston                   over  205 Rice                       42.0 to 21.0
 125 Rutgers                   over  217 Texas State - San Marcos   42.0 to 24.5
 192 Sacred Heart              over  235 Lafayette                  38.5 to 28.0
  92 Louisiana Tech            over  182 South Alabama              38.5 to 31.5
  52 South Carolina            over  149 Coastal Carolina           42.0 to 24.5
  45 South Florida             over  148 Elon                       45.5 to 28.0
  25 Southern California       over  138 Nevada - Las Vegas         52.5 to 28.0
 124 Southern Mississippi      over  244 Jackson State              42.0 to 21.0
  80 Southern Utah             over  242 North Alabama              73.5 to 45.5
  11 Texas Christian           over  190 Southern                   56.0 to 24.5
 166 Tennessee State           over  191 Bethune - Cookman          38.5 to 31.5
  70 Toledo                    over  249 Virginia Military          56.0 to 21.0
  56 California - Los Angeles  over  161 Cincinnati                 45.5 to 28.0
 195 Fordham                   over  225 North Carolina - Charlot   42.0 to 31.5
 118 Northern Arizona          over  229 Texas - El Paso            45.5 to 28.0
  97 Vanderbilt                over  137 Middle Tennessee State     38.5 to 31.5
  38 West Virginia             over   93 Tennessee                  45.5 to 31.5
 129 Wofford                   over  178 The Citadel                38.5 to 28.0
  36 Washington State          over   73 Wyoming                    31.5 to 24.5
  57 Youngstown State          over  219 Butler                     49.0 to 21.0

50-60% chance of victory:

 156 Southeast Louisiana       over  145 Northeast Louisiana        45.5 to 42.0
 107 Maine                     over  110 New Hampshire              35.0 to 31.5
  33 Northwestern              over   51 Purdue                     31.5 to 31.5
 121 Eastern Michigan          over  139 Monmouth                   38.5 to 38.5
  90 Western Michigan          over   74 Syracuse                   45.5 to 42.0
  96 Stony Brook               over  102 Air Force                  38.5 to 35.0
   7 Auburn                    over    8 Washington                 31.5 to 31.5
  32 Massachusetts             over   46 Boston College             38.5 to 38.5
 164 William & Mary            over  216 Bucknell                   28.0 to 24.5
  48 Navy                      over   91 Hawaii                     42.0 to 38.5
  27 South Dakota State        over   26 Iowa State                 38.5 to 35.0
 183 Kansas                    over  194 Nicholls State             38.5 to 35.0
 158 Lehigh                    over  189 Saint Francis - Pennsylv   42.0 to 38.5
 238 Marist                    over  237 Georgetown                 31.5 to 31.5
 113 Marshall                  over  152 Miami - Ohio               35.0 to 31.5
  53 Northern Iowa             over  106 Montana                    38.5 to 35.0
  20 James Madison             over   28 North Carolina State       38.5 to 35.0
 100 Southern Methodist        over  120 North Texas                49.0 to 45.5
 171 McNeese State             over  185 Northern Colorado          38.5 to 35.0
  13 Notre Dame                over   21 Michigan                   38.5 to 31.5
  86 Villanova                 over   72 Temple                     28.0 to 28.0
  44 Texas Tech                over   54 Mississippi                49.0 to 49.0
  40 Boise State               over   71 Troy State                 38.5 to 35.0
 112 Central Arkansas          over  108 Tulsa                      38.5 to 38.5
  69 Richmond                  over  101 Virginia                   42.0 to 35.0
  19 Louisiana State           over   16 Miami - Florida            31.5 to 31.5
 196 North Carolina Central    over  203 Prairie View               35.0 to 28.0
  24 Florida State             over   14 Virginia Tech              35.0 to 31.5

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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