2018 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
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80-90% chance of victory:

  20 Eastern Washington        over   80 Maine                      38.5 to 24.5
  24 Utah State                over   89 North Texas                42.0 to 28.0
   2 Clemson                   over   11 Notre Dame                 35.0 to 21.0

70-80% chance of victory:

   3 North Dakota State        over   14 South Dakota State         35.0 to 24.5
 172 Prairie View              over  232 North Carolina Central     35.0 to 24.5
  74 Brigham Young             over  131 Western Michigan           31.5 to 24.5
   1 Alabama                   over    5 Oklahoma                   49.0 to 35.0
  25 Utah                      over   69 Northwestern               28.0 to 17.5
   4 Georgia                   over   29 Texas                      35.0 to 24.5

60-70% chance of victory:

  28 Fresno State              over   49 Arizona State              28.0 to 24.5
  91 Georgia Southern          over   98 Eastern Michigan           28.0 to 24.5
  51 Appalachian State         over   75 Middle Tennessee State     31.5 to 21.0
 119 Tulane                    over  118 Louisiana - Lafayette      31.5 to 28.0
  38 Ohio                      over  107 San Diego State            31.5 to 24.5
 126 South Florida             over  120 Marshall                   31.5 to 28.0
  62 Toledo                    over  102 Florida International      42.0 to 35.0
 138 Louisiana Tech            over  136 Hawaii                     35.0 to 31.5
  47 Memphis                   over   68 Wake Forest                42.0 to 38.5
  27 Boise State               over   44 Boston College             28.0 to 24.5
  52 Texas Christian           over   72 California                 21.0 to 17.5
  37 Georgia Tech              over   71 Minnesota                  35.0 to 28.0
  42 Vanderbilt                over   76 Baylor                     31.5 to 24.5
  41 Temple                    over   70 Duke                       31.5 to 28.0
  34 Miami - Florida           over   56 Wisconsin                  24.5 to 21.0
  16 Auburn                    over   35 Purdue                     28.0 to 24.5
  17 Washington State          over   50 Iowa State                 31.5 to 24.5
  10 West Virginia             over   39 Syracuse                   42.0 to 35.0
   8 Michigan                  over   22 Florida                    31.5 to 21.0
  96 Arkansas State            over  101 Nevada - Reno              31.5 to 28.0
  32 South Carolina            over   63 Virginia                   31.5 to 24.5
   9 Missouri                  over   31 Oklahoma State             42.0 to 38.5
  40 Oregon                    over   65 Michigan State             24.5 to 21.0
  30 Stanford                  over   53 Pittsburgh                 31.5 to 28.0
  43 Cincinnati                over   82 Virginia Tech              31.5 to 24.5
  18 Penn State                over   36 Kentucky                   28.0 to 21.0
  12 Central Florida           over   23 Louisiana State            31.5 to 28.0
   7 Mississippi State         over   15 Iowa                       21.0 to 17.5
   6 Ohio State                over   19 Washington                 31.5 to 28.0

50-60% chance of victory:

  94 Northern Illinois         over   92 Alabama - Birmingham       21.0 to 21.0
  57 Army                      over   55 Houston                    35.0 to 31.5
  77 Buffalo                   over  106 Troy State                 28.0 to 28.0
  26 North Carolina State      over   21 Texas A&M                  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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